Jack Beats (aka UK-based producers Niall Dailly and Ben Geffin) are teaming up with famed London nightclub Fabric for the…
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Playing Tough Techno & Throwing Devoutly Underground Events, Minnesota’s DVS1 Maintains a Quaint, Yet Effective DIY Ethic Brooklyn, N.Y. –…
With 14 years of DJ and production experience, Sweden’s Marcus Schössow is no novice—and in 2013, he really put it…
When American dance music runs low on ideas, it often seems to appropriate the latest British craze. At the moment,…
New York City—It’s late January and the East Coast is suffering from one of its most treacherous winters in history.…
In techno, eight years is really like 56 years.
Check out Marco Carola, whose new CD, Play It Loud!, his first since 2003, oozes groove and minimal subtleties, like a man wisely trying to preserve his auditory function, and ours, from the punishing techno tendencies of his past. But why, oh why, oh why, you ask? We can only cup our ear and say, “Wha?”
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By: Danna Hawley The beat scene in Los Angeles is heavily primed by Flying Lotus’ wondrous Brainfeeder label, with each…
Amsterdam, Holland—Each year, the Amsterdam Dance Event offers a few pleasant surprises and this past year Cosmic Gate was one…
New York City—We first connected with Avicii this past summer, while the Swedish sensation was visiting Harlem’s Stadiumred Studios to…
What kind of story do you tell about your company? If you want to attract more clients, it helps to…
Say what you will about them, but the business of the Psychopathic Records family—home to Insane Clown Posse, Twiztid, Dark…
Derek Vincent Smith has a knack for seizing opportunities. Rather than spurn P2P, he (alongside Girl Talk) pioneered a free…
Amsterdam, Holland—Call it inevitable. But four days into the Amsterdam Dance Event—with the evenings spent listening to house, techno and…
Murray SawChuck describes himself as the Dennis the Menace of magic. An America’s Got Talent contestant, the magician says he…
What kind of story do you tell about your company? If you want to attract more clients, it helps to…
Amsterdam, Holland—Drawing its limit of 2,500 attendees, the 15th annual Amsterdam Dance Event—held this past Oct. 20-23 at the historic…
Like so many DJs, Paul “Rock” Spitale, owner of Blackrock Sound Solutions in Rochester, NY, endured the trial-and-error phase of…
DJ QBert was officially awarded the 2010 America’s Best DJ title this past Saturday, Oct. 2, at Ghostbar in The…
DJ D-Nice has been in the game since the days of Boogie Down Productions, and in our ongoing series, “Beyond…
“America’s Best DJ” nominee Morgan Page got his start on the college radio airwaves. We asked him who inspires him…
Looking for ways to mine your midweek days for gold and fill your calendar—and your wallet? Come to the International…
What has Robbie Rivera done to join the running for DJ of the Year? Rivera, a house music legend, founded…
America’s Best DJ nominee Moby, aka Richard Hall, represents in many ways every DJ’s ultimate dream: to be able to…
Last time we checked in on ABDJ Nominee Cedric Gervais, he was slamming the Euro Lounge in West Palm Beach,…
Tommie Sunshine re-appears this year on our list of nominees for America’s Best DJ, and with good reason. His Summer…
Novation’s Dicer is a palm-sized control surface that packs quite a punch. It’s a pair of MIDI controllers designed to…
On its latest album Drink The Sea [Glass Air], the Glitch Mob set out to move away from its signature…
America’s Best DJ nominee Sticky Boots has likely inherited a DJ gene—his father was a mobile DJ. “My mobile DJ…
Lava fields and a midnight sun are just two aspects that make Iceland an unusual spot on the map, and…
DJ Jason Jani says he has found a way to reach out to web-savvy audiences (let’s call them Millennials) through…
The main difference between the American mafia and Swedish House Mafia? As far as we can tell, the Swedish House…
You’ve heard the joke about the baker, the photographer, and the bagpiper? Neither have we, but DJ Mark Brenneisen of…
As the race for “America’s Best DJ” begins, some DJs have chimed in with their opinions of at least one…
Detroit—Things got wild and a little wet, but once again, Movement rocked it in the Motor City. Held this past…
And to think it all started at a bar mitzvah, or a wedding–that’s where Steve Porter started DJing. Now, he’s…
Mike Pickering (pic), a storied dance-music jack-of-all-trades who DJed at Hacienda, helped launch Happy Mondays, and who recently restarted Deconstruction…
There’s no doubt that American dance music follows the European lead—sorta’ like when the Dutch and the English ruled the…
“This next year dance music is really gonna rule the world,” said David Guetta today at the International Music Summit…
Jacking house is back, according to Erick Morillo, who spoke at the International Music Summit in Ibiza earlier on Wednesday.…
Inner City’s Kevin Saunderson We’ve been to the The Detroit Electronic Music Festival (Movement), and we’re returning to the Detroit…
Dana White (left) and UFC DJ AL3 Albert Lineses III a.k.a. AL3, is the official DJ for Ultimate Fighting Championship.…
A thief squeezed through a broken window at the Paris Museum of Modern Art on Thursday and stole five paintings,…
Ah, the elusive science to cultivating leads from seed to flower, the key to the Golden Egg. Try a few…
Of the four billion voicemails left every month in the U.S., only eight-percent get returned. The next time you’re sent…
Twenty-five years after his best-seller In Search of Excellence, management guru Tom Peters continues to issue forth pithy business bromides…
It’s true: Millennials distrust “marketing,” are turned off by obvious attempts to “trick” them into buying, and they also think…
With all the bloviating going on about illegal immigrants taking jobs from Americans, little attention has been focused on primates—NAFTA-loving…
How would you EQ Willy’s vocals? We’re not too broken up about big Michael Lynche getting booted from American Idol.…
In the past few weeks, Ford, Honda, and Volkswagen have forecast significant growth for 2010. Several others, including Toyota, Nissan,…
The U.S. Government’s not offering incentives to fill out the federal census. But we’re offering swag for readers to fill…
Pioneer’s CDJ-2000 Again, Pioneer DJ has made our lives easier–somewhat. Sure, they’ve responded to the music industry’s shift toward digital…
Although no statistics are available, we can claim with anecdotal certainty that mothers have purchased more turntables and mixers than…
The economy is showing signs of rebounding, but if the miniscule increase in retail shopping for the month of April…
We can’t think of a more impactful way to heighten brand awareness than the tactic adopted by British oil giant…
We just can’t get enough of “Granite State of Mind,” a spot-on New Hampshire-style parody of Jay-Z’s “Empire State of…
When Roland Coutu first bought his DJ business three years ago, he was charging $450 for a wedding, for a…
San Salvador, El Salvador—Just a week after thousands of electronic dance music enthusiasts slogged through two star-studded days of Ultra…