With his Lights Out parties and releases, British super-DJ Steve Lawler ruled dance floors with a sound that lived up to that name. It was thumping, dark, and almost fiercely inward-looking, so it was no surprise that Lawler cited Depeche Mode and the Doors as influences. But just as the…
Paul Morris started the booking agency AM Only in 1995 while he was a student at the University of Florida. It was a fortuitous time, when dance music was about to break big into this nation’s consciousness. As electronic sounds shifted through the rave scene and beyond, AM Only grew…
If you’re out and about today, here are some worth checking out. *The Shelborne’s DJ Mag Recession Sessions pool party, with Sharam, Steve Lawler, Dennis Ferrer, Will Saul, James Zabiela, Joris Voorn, Nic Fanciulli, and S.O.S. Presale tickets long ago sold out, but you may be able to pay to get…
King Britt has never been an easy talent to pin down. The main common thread, perhaps, throughout the career of the easy-going Philadelphia artist is one of experimenting. In every genre he tackles, he’s always been a little out in left field. That’s been true from his beginning as the…
Think of this as a chill way to kick off the week, or, if dance music is not your thing, to get a final taste of live sounds before you go into hiding. (The latter would be kind of a shame, considering the range of genres and artists represented, including,…
Wally Lopez is hands-down the most well-known DJ/remixer in the world right now representing Spain. Born and still based in Madrid, the bespectacled electro-house champion got his start in radio, first spinning dance grooves on the air at just 13 years old. Over the years, he moved throughout the country’s…
James Zabiela is just 30 years old, but is well on his way to achieving superstar DJ status. Chalk it up to the fact that the preternaturally gifted mixer and producer already boasts almost ten years as a pro. Since his earliest days winning bedroom DJ competitions, Zabiela has continued…
What quarter-century crisis? WMC celebrates its 25th birthday bigger and better than ever
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After flirting with the mainstream in the late ’90s, drum ‘n’ bass got a little confused when the millennium turned. The music became darker, and harder, diverging into way too many subgenres with ridiculous names (drill ‘n’ bass, anyone?) and scaring off the women. Most of the female energy went…
Dan Ghenacia
Robbie Rivera’s Juicy Beach party offers some lineup curveballs
Cedric Gervais debuts new album tracks at WMC
Lil Jon recently sat down with TMZ for about a half-hour-long interview as part of the site’s ongoing video interview series, TMZ Live. In it, he discusses Weezy’s upcoming jail sentence, why he hasn’t worked with Justin Bieber, and why fans should stop screaming “Yeah!” and “Okay!” at him in…
The annual Radio One pool party is almost eerily absent this year, but don’t worry about getting wrapped up in brand names. All of the superstar DJ talent will be here anyways, and still helmed by the legendary Pete Tong — they’ll just be playing under the banner of “Pete’s…
Paul Morris started the booking agency AM Only in 1995, while he was a student at the University of Florida. It was a fortuitous time, right when dance music was about to break big into this country’s consciousness. As electronic sounds shifted through the rave scene and beyond, AM Only…
Cedric Gervais, Miami’s king of Space, has a lot to live up to at this year’s WMC. Last year, his moody, slow-burning jam “Mauri’s Dream” scored an “essential tune of the week” nod on Pete Tong’s BBC One radio show for almost a month running. With that coronation, the track…
To view a full slideshow of photos from the concert, click here. AirWith AMThe Fillmore Miami BeachSaturday, March 13, 2010Better Than: Hair of the dog. The Review:They’re rare, but there are some live music moments so absolutely perfect, that they’re as weirdly sad as they are sublime, because you know they have…
Yes we’re already giving away tickets to the annual Get Physical night party, which, with the lineup addition of Tiefschwarz and Matthew Dear, is shaping up to be even better than last year’s. In Crossfade’s eyes, anything Get Physical touches is golden, so we’re excited about not just the label’s…
A few weeks ago, we posted about Mixed Doubles, presented by the Berlin-based booking agencies Wilde and Playkula, along with London-based labels Leftroom and murmur. It’s a daytime, tennis-themed party that goes from noon to 10 p.m. on Thursday, March 25, and features some top techno from people like the…
Back in the good old days of vinyl, it seemed like every DJ with a love of four-four beats was running around New York City with a Nervous Records bag. That little sweating cartoon guy logo was ubiquitous in the late ’90s and early ’00s, but the label refuses to…
You wouldn’t know it by his minimal but funky robo-beats, but Parisian star Dan Ghenacia started off his DJ career enamored of deep house. Yes, he was lured to the psychedelia dark side during a year abroad in California, and brought back the soulful sounds to his native Paris, where…
