Miami loves Justin Martin. Maybe it’s the San Francisco DJ-producer’s penchant for the kind of booty-clapping bass music the 305 holds so dear. Or maybe it’s his boundless charisma behind the decks — a fun-loving happy-go-lucky personality that shines through in his energetic DJ sets and gets any party started…
San Francisco has been an electronic dance music hotbed for decades. The Bay Area is home to beloved house labels like OM and Dirtybird, along with such luminaries as Dubtribe Sound System, Miguel Migs, and PillowTalk. And on the more experimental tip of the city’s dance music scene is DJ-producer…
In 2007, electro house and indie dance music blew up clubland. And one of the era’s landmark albums was Idealism, the debut long player of German production duo Digitalism on Kitsuné. Standouts like “Pogo” and “Zdarlight” cemented the act’s massive crossover appeal, blending equal parts electro and indie rock. Fast-forward…
UPDATE The premiere of SAFE Miami’s show on Wynwood Radio will not air at 2 p.m. today as originally scheduled, because their “master file was damaged.” The program can now be heard on June 15. Earlier this week, we gave you a heads up on the new Wynwood Radio show…
One of the great things about Miami’s burgeoning underground EDM scene is that we usually get to catch the international up-and-comers before they really blow up. Take Daniel Bortz, currently one of the most buzzed-about DJ-producers in Germany, who’s stopping by the Electric Pickle on Friday in support of his…
If Berlin is the world capital of techno, then Steve Bug might very well be its commander-in-chief. The celebrated DJ-producer has been at the forefront of the German uhntz-uhntz scene since the wall came down. A prolific and versatile producer, Bug’s discography speaks for itself. But he’s probably been most…
Over the last few years, Miami nightlife has seen a definite paradigm shift. And it coincides with the emergence of DJ-promotions collective LINK. The tyranny of commercial dance music and VIP culture on South Beach is being battled each week by parties like LINK’s, which cater strictly to underground electronic…
Chicago may have spawned house music, but its history wouldn’t be complete without the sound of New York soul. And of course, by that we mostly mean Masters At Work, the seminal DJ-production power duo of “Little” Louie Vega and Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez. Releasing variously as M.A.W., Nuyorican Soul, and…
Todd Terje at Electric Pickle May 24
When talking about Miami house, Murk is a name that reigns supreme. The seminal DJ-production duo of Oscar Gaetan and Ralph Falcon not only put Miami on the house music map in the early ’90s, but they also cut some of the biggest house classics, period. But what is Miami…
There’s no question that Miami is a bustling electronic dance music hub. We’ve got the three-headed beast of Winter Music Conference, Miami Music Week, and Ultra Music Festival each year, plus a club scene that never sleeps. But let’s face it, the vast majority of artists headlining all these parties…
Lazaro Casanova Releases LAX EP With Matt Tolfrey and Nikko Gibbler
Over the last year, Italian DJ-production duo Tale of Us has exploded. And Miami was essentially ground zero, with the pair’s sudden, massive international success riding on the heels of two infectious floor bombs — the remixes of Thugfucker’s “Disco Gnome” and WhoMadeWho’s “Every Minute Alone” — that broke out…
Remember all those minimal techno gems from 2005? Neither does anyone else. That’s because minimal is mostly dull, monotonous, nondescript dance-floor fodder. If you ask us, it takes melodies and hooks to truly distinguish a dance track and give it the kind of timelessness imbued in the baroque cosmic disco…
Futurologist writer Alvin Toffler’s theories were a major influence on the pioneers of Detroit techno. In fact, legendary producer Juan Atkins credits Toffler’s term “techno rebels” as the inspiration for the name he gave the electronic music style that he helped create in the early ’80s. Another futurist Toffler theory…
Miami is slowly but surely emerging as an underground EDM capital. And it’s thanks in no small part to locals like Lazaro Casanova who are building musical bridges to sister cities such as London and Los Angeles. No music scene is an island, and collaboration between artists and labels is…
Electronic dance music wunderkind MANIK (AKA Chris Manik) takes music very seriously. For one thing, he’s a prolific producer with over a dozen records released on top labels like Ovum, Poker Flat, Hot Creations, and Culprit in just a few years. But Manik is also a scholar of music. Literally. The…
If you were donning baggy fluorescent pants and twirling glowsticks during the so-called “nu-rave” boom of the mid-noughties, then you may know Devonté Hynes as one-third of the group Test Icicles. And if you’re a hipster indie rock nerd, you might know him as Lightspeed Champion, the “49th coolest person…
Moombah what? Moombahton! We here at Crossfade have been geeking over this quirky style of tropical bass music all year. And locals like DJ-producer SomeJerk and the good folks at (((SHAKE))) are giving us plenty of reason to with their monthly Moombahton Over Miami party at the Vagabond. Plus, the…
Sam Sparro at Bardot April 28
Thanks in no small part to a certain House Mafia, Sweden is becoming synonymous with electronic dance music to the mainstream masses of the world. But if there’s one artist who’s truly repping his country, it’s DJ-producer and label magnate John Dahlbäck. He’s been pumping out his own brand of…
If you’ve never heard of Akufen (AKA Horror, Inc., AKA Marc Leclair), we can’t really call you clueless. After all, the elusive Montreal-based producer rarely gives interviews and it’s been a minute since he’s even played in the U.S. In fact, his show at the Electric Pickle with Flight Crew…
