At DJ Expo, Nick Spinelli from SCE Event Group and Rachel Lynch of DJ Rachel Entertainment will co-host “The Art…
Atlantic City, N.J. — Once again, DJ Expo will give its attendees a chance to mix with a living legend…
No summer playlist is complete without a healthy dose of Nora En Pure and thankfully the Helvetic talent has served…
When people find out I work for DJ Times magazine, they often ask me: “Who’s your favorite DJ?” My response…
Alpine, Calif. – California, here we come. West Coast Weekender kicks off Thursday and runs until Monday, May 6 at…
As we all know, longevity in anything is never a given. But in the often-fickle world of electronic-dance music, where…
With Dirtybird BBQ season quickly approaching, it’s Claude VonStroke and Eddy has decided to heat things up with a feverish…
Miami, Fla. – Strap in, kids, because Miami Music Week is fast approaching. As usual, DJ Times will be there reporting…
Photo By Lauren Marrone G Jones has been releasing music since 2012, but the past year saw the Cali DJ/producer…
In advance of the third edition of SXM Festival, Francesca Lombardo has shared a pre-event playlist for fans eager to…
The Cityfox LIVE Festival descends on Brooklyn’s Avant Gardner this Saturday, February 16 from 10 PM – 4:30 AM. There…
The 33rd edition of the Scandalo social soireé descends on Brooklyn hotspot Black Flamingo on Friday, January 25 from 10…
Today would have been the ‘Godfather of House’ Frankie Knuckles 64th birthday today and to commemorate this day, long-time friend…
By Jaime Sloane Axel Boman’s playful, avant-garde world is an infectious one. The Swedish DJ/producer galvanizes dancefloors with his melodic…
Mondays are never easy especially with the holiday break quickly approaching, but thankfully the one and only Nina Las Vegas…
New York City – When it comes to the world of electronic dance music, there simply aren’t many like Australia’s…
There is simply no stopping the Atlanta-based imprint Psycho Disco! which is quickly approaching their fourth year with nearly 60…
Comeback Kid After Taking Some Life & Career Bumps, Ghastly Rebounded to Become One of EDM’s Rising Stars https://issuu.com/djtimes/docs/djt-vol31no7_djexpo_/16 Sampling…
This month’s Sounding Off entry offers two reviews. Boston-based DJ Paul Dailey takes on JBL Professional’s EON One Pro active,…
New York City – Just as we officially lose the spring season, quite appropriately, the America’s Best DJ Summer Tour…
One of the trickiest (and at times most frustrating) parts of creating recorded music is mixing and mastering. Broadly speaking,…
It’s just not every day that we see a major new release of Ableton’s flagship product, Live. Heck, it’s not…
Whether you’re a single- or multi-system mobile-DJ operator, you can gain a lot of insight from job interviews — if…
Festival season is vastly approaching Detriot’s beloved Movement Electronic Music Festival has unveiled its diverse lineup for the 2018 edition…
For those of us who’ve been around long enough to remember those heady, early days of the Internet – say,…
Chandler, Ariz. – This past week’s New Year’s festivities rewarded dancing desert dwellers with the 4th annual Decadence Arizona electronic…
Bradley, Calif. – The flock has once again flown west, and Dirtybird Campout 2017 is officially in the books. Since…
Flushing, N.Y. – It’s late April and, in a strange scheduling quirk, the Atlanta Braves have returned to Queens for…
After two successful iterations, the Honcho Summer Campout is set to return bigger and better than ever this weekend with…
New York City – History was made this past Aug. 5 at Manhattan’s Highline Ballroom as DJ Perly became the…
By Mike Gwertzman Loops are the foundation of most styles of dance music. House, techno, and all the various offshoots…
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part review that takes a look at new additions to the Apple’s…
There has been a clear lack of female talent when it comes to electronic festival bookings, and with last year’s…
Halcyon (adj.) – denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful Recalling the Greek…
Many events have stemmed from Burning Man and blossomed into gatherings and eventually into larger events and festivals. Some of…
San Diego—Jason Tokita is one those guys who wants to inhale life. That’s why he’s a touring nightclub DJ who…
I’ve had a home studio for several years. But it was the process of building a new semi-custom home a…
Christian Karlsson and Linus Eklöw may not be household names, but if you’ve been anywhere near the main stage of…
The first review I ever wrote for this magazine was one for a Hercules DJ controller and, in the years…
It has been over 13 years since Germany’s Native Instruments first threw some of its best studio software-synth and effects…
Studio Boom: KRK’s sub family.
By definition, a 4/4 beat is repetitive. What was an indelible tenet of the disco revolution of the ’70s has…
The latest mixing plug-in from iZotope is Neutron and, in some ways, it picks up where Ozone—the Boston-based company’s mastering…
Matthew Benjamin may not be as well-known as many of the festival faves gracing the globe’s biggest stages, but as…
Fancy a 10-day techno bender? Originally started 10 years ago as a post-New Year’s gathering for Bartenders, Promoters, Managers (from…
Photos: Jacob Tyler Dunn Chandler, Ariz. – It may have been winter in the desert, but thousands of young people…
The Roland DJ-808: imagine a DJ controller and software set-up that provides four decks’ worth of the usual DJ capabilities,…
To radically paraphrase and modify Portlandia’s series-opening song in so many words: the spirit of the DJs of yore are…
At the moment I’m writing this article, I find myself just weeks away from making January travel arrangements for Anaheim,…
It was just before Christmas back in 2011 that Gibson—best known as the maker of guitars of the same name—went…
This is a good time to be a music creator; at no time in the history of recorded music has…
Doublemint Gum will lead you to believe that double the pleasure is double the fun, but for Cash Cash, the…
Phoenix, Ariz. – Rani Gharfeh says he was 10-years old when it first happened. He wouldn’t call it “actual” DJing—but…
iZotope VocalSynth Plug-In Since the 1970s, artists and producers have been looking to create interesting vocal treatments using various technology…
Given John Digweed’s considerable impact on electronic-music culture, there really is no better fitting name for his label than Bedrock.…
As fast as technology seems to move, from time to time I’m reminded about how slowly some seemingly obvious ideas…
The spirit of the rave is alive and well in James Denney. If you’ve been in any underground club or…
Hopewell Junction, N.Y. – Mike Alevras started working as a mobile entertainer in the Hudson Valley of New York in…
New York City has seen a long line of late-night DJs rule its legendary clubland, and for more than a…
“i like fun, music, and pizza” There are few other sentences that could sum up Justin Martin as succinctly as…
With a Sharp New Venue in Brooklyn & Fresh Music in the Offing, Soul Clap Continues to Give Up the EFUNK New…
For students of modern music and musicians of a certain age (this is where I cough innocently, I think), the…
One undeniable trend in both music production and DJing is that software developers are working overtime to leverage the prevalence…
New York City – It’s 4:30 a.m. on a quiet Friday morning in Chelsea. Down on West 16th Street, a…
Photos by ArtChick Photography New York City – By now, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson has become accustomed to attention, not to…
Los Angeles – “Duke Dumont Live Sold Out,” the marquee at the Hollywood Palladium reads on a sweltering October evening…
In last month’s issue of DJ Times, Part 1 of my annual DJ Expo Wrap-Up included useful tips from “All-Star MCs”…
Beyond BKN: Garry Rothstein’s Trio DJs has expanded. Brooklyn, N.Y. – Garry Rothstein started DJing at the ripe old age…
Back in 2011, the innovative Boston-based developer iZotope changed the mastering game with the release of Ozone 5 and Ozone…
At the turn of the century—well before EDM hit the mainstream in North America—there were a number of U.K.-based artists…
With a consistently masterful output over the past decade that’s traversed just about every nook of the genre spectrum, John…
Cevin Fisher built his name in the late-’90s with a flurry of monster tracks that earned support from every major…
New York City – While some people spend their entire lives searching for their place, Andrew Rayel managed to find…
With a consistently masterful output over the past decade that’s traversed just about every nook of the spectrum of genres,…
In The Studio With The Orb The Orb has been making music for 25 years now, with group co-founder Alex…
I think of Steve Aoki when I watch a 2011 TV episode of 30 Rock, when Alec Baldwin’s character—the zinger-slinging,…
For the past decade-plus, Jesús “DJ Chus” Esteban and Pablo Ceballos have remained one of the globe’s most popular DJ/production…
There isn’t anyone quite as deserving of the title Rave King as HARD Events founder Gary Richards. After cutting his…
The end of June is fast approaching, which means New York City Pride is fast approaching. Running from June 23…
Las Vegas – After a weekend of big beats and even bigger deep dish pizza in the Windy City, we’re…
Call it a second wind, reinvention, or new life; but however you slice it, Dubfire has built a dance legacy…
Phoenix – We’ve just finished the second qualifying round at the Red Bull Thre3style competition’s USA National Final, held here…
Phoenix, Ariz. – A dozen of America’s top spinners will vie for a national championship this weekend in the Red…
DJ Times spent the Tuesday of Miami Music Week checking out the latest gear at Winter Music Conference and dancing…
It’s no stretch to call Matthew Koma the voice of EDM. Over the past few years, the Brooklyn-born artist has…
With Miami Music Week rapidly approaching, it’s time to start choosing just where you and your friends will be partying…
President’s Day is fast approaching, and New Yorkers are in for a special treat in the form of a six-hour…
It is indeed a pretty rare technology that has true staying power that spans decades. The telephone comes to mind.…
Union, N.J.—Perhaps being born on the Island of Trinidad, where music is ranked as a life necessity right between water…
One of the first reviews I recall writing for these pages was about a DJ controller from Hercules, the market-facing…
After ten years and eight albums, Eliot Lipp is no stranger to electronic music. We featured his remix of El…
Photo Booths Endure as an Upsell That Keeps on Paying Dividends to DJs. Will the Fun Ever End? When Lisa…
Playing Tough Techno & Throwing Devoutly Underground Events, Minnesota’s DVS1 Maintains a Quaint, Yet Effective DIY Ethic Brooklyn, N.Y. –…
What has Robbie Rivera done to join the running for DJ of the Year? Rivera, a house music legend, founded…
You’ve heard the joke about the baker, the photographer, and the bagpiper? Neither have we, but DJ Mark Brenneisen of…
A thief squeezed through a broken window at the Paris Museum of Modern Art on Thursday and stole five paintings,…