DJing

Nicky Romero Is Dedicated to Being a Killer Producer, Mono Be Damned

Nick Rotteveel--that's Nicky Romero to you--is a Dutch producer/DJ that rose out of the streets of Holland into super stardom after being taken under the wing of former number one DJ in the world David Guetta. Currently deejaying all over the world including Ultra Music Festival and Coachella this y ... More >>

Gary Richards Was an EDM Hustler Long Before He Started HARD

With the advent of the HARD Summer line-up and its hilarious trailer circling the Internet, we couldn't help but notice how much they have outdone themselves in terms of bringing the most in the now, up and coming and sought after talent today with a diverse line-up featuring everyone from Dog Blood ... More >>

Myndset is an Old School DJ With New School Head Gear

There are some local artists who are destined for the lime-light, even if Orange County doesn't always have much to offer in that regard. This is something Myndset learned early on in his career as a hip-hop DJ. At the time he went by a different moniker and played every major club in OC feeding the ... More >>

Norin & Rad Put as Much Fire Into Their Beats as They Do Into Their Food

[Locals Only] The Westminster duo's diet of trance beats, hard work and Srirachi earns them a deal with EDM label Anjunabeats

Rebecca & Fiona Vow to Never Be Boring Beatport Jockeys

See Also: *Rebecca & Fiona - Dim Mak Studios - 7/12/12 *Richie Hawtin Uses His CNTRL: Beyond EDM Tour to Educate Your Ass, Then Make it Shake *Top Five Best and Worst Parts of Escape From Wonderland - NOS Events Center - October 27,2012 Rebecca Scheja and Fiona Fitzpatrick are best known for th ... More >>

Battle-Tested DJ Shogun Finally Returns to OC

[Locals Only] The first Asian American DJ on Armin van Buuren's trance label traveled the world to prove himself

Kristina Sky Was Dragged To Her First EDM Rave in the '90s, She Hasn't Looked Back Since

Kristina Sky sensed that the EDM movement would continue to gain popularity in the states since her early rave days in the 90s. The LA-bred trance artist started off promoting dessert parties before picking up vinyl records and a set of turntables 10 years ago. Today, she DJ's all over the world sha ... More >>

Slander: Two Former OC Frat Boys Help Take TrapStyle Worldwide

Derek Andersen and Scott Land meet as fraternity brothers at University of California Irvine. Their DJ careers started as half a joke and half destiny. Originally DJing parties for their fraternity because at the time everyone only played hip-hop, Andersen was passionate about bringing house music t ... More >>

The EC Twins

Sutra

Despite Being Underrepresented, Female DJs Say There's No Crying in EDM

See Also: Did EDC Live Up to the Hype? Let's Ask the DJs Kaskade Talks EDC, Freaks of Nature Tour and Partying at Focus Tuesdays in OC Sure, this is the 21st century and women's rights are firmly in place for the most part, but we can't help noticing the large gap in equality between men and wome ... More >>

EDC 2012: Calvin Harris Plays CDs of Himself Singing

Dance music is fighting for its soul. The charts are filled with tracks (Rihanna, Flo Rida) that borrow from the ecstatic trance and pulsing grooves of electronic dance music. The last time pop was so infatuated with the dance floor was 1979, the year disco died. This time around fans are more sav ... More >>

"Can U Feel It" Director Charly Friedrichs Talks About his EDM Documentary: "When parents see this, they will understand why their kids love EDM so much"

The Ultra Music Festival Miami has been considered the "Best Music Event" by the International Dance Music Awards for years (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, to be exact). The Ibiza DJ Awards called it the "Best International Dance Music Festival" in 2008. But what really happens at the Ultra ... More >>

The Juan Maclean Plays Our House

If it gets you and I excited, John Maclean wants to make it

DJDC Wants to Break the World Record for the Longest DJ Set Ever at Yost

Doug Neill/OC WeeklyDJDC at last year's Pacific Festival OC, when he tried to break the record the first time​Austrian DJDC is planning to break the Guinness World Record for the longest club DJ set ever again. The current world record DJ set stands with DJ King at 120 hours and 19 minutes; DJDC ( ... More >>

DJ Dan Sena: From Playing in Punk Rock Bands at Koo's Cafe to Collaborating with Del Tha Funkee Homosapien

​ Orange Country DJ Supreme, long-time resident spinner of the Detroit Bar, Dan Sena, recently released his newest EP titled, Candy Floss Art Capitalism. From being part of the indie-emo band Give Until Gone to punk-rock group Bullet Train to Vegas, the Santa Ana native has done it all. Now, Sen ... More >>

The Soul Hustlers

Commonwealth Lounge

Footage of Thom Yorke's Live DJ Set at Low End Theory

Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​ Yes, much like you, we were all kicking ourselves for not being at Thom Yorke's surprise DJ set at Low End Theory at Lincoln Heights last week, spinning Kraftwerk and Modeselektor during his set. Today, the Brainfeeder site (run by Flying Lotus) posted a great-looking cli ... More >>

A Very Goodfoot Christmas

Alex's Bar

DJ Shadow

House of Blues

DJ/Promoter Ana Calderon: 'I Think A Lot of DJs Hate Me Because...I Made the Promoter/DJ Situation Become More of a Norm.'

Doug Neil/OC WeeklyDJ Ana Calderon (with hat) at a recent Club Mesa event. To her left is SUN Group co-founder Brendan Thomas.​If you're one of the lucky ticket bearers, the doors of the Fox Pomona will part Oct. 19 so you can witness the sold-out, ethereal post-punk glory of Interpol.  Arriv ... More >>

Toejamz's Beats Get Stuck in Your Head

[Locals Only] Yorba Linda DJ gets audiences on their feet

College Night Bowling

Lucky Strike Lanes and Lounge

Infected Mushroom

Sutra Lounge

DJ Twothousand Divine Hopes to Do Good

[Locals Only] Jesse Montoya, a.k.a. Twothousand Divine, is either almost famous or almost homeless

Gadgets and Gear: Checking in on CES (Consumer Electronic Show), Las Vegas (Part 2)

Editor's note: Correspondent Nathalie Voirin has fired off her second update from the CES show in Las Vegas. She's kicking knowledge and taking pics all through the event. Stay tuned for more! Here's a cheap fix DJ mixer for $50. It's for the turntablist (or wanna be) who doesn't have it all. This ... More >>

[Locals Only] Fiero Meld Turntablism With Live Instrumentation

Dance Music Pick of the Week: Ben Watt at Focus

​Ben Watt is one half of Everything But The Girl, the pop group he co-founded with his wife, Tracey Thorn, in the 1990s. As the act turned to electronic influence, he came to DJing and he hasn't really looked back--even when DJing is not half as lucrative as being a pop star.

Kid Koala

Detroit Bar

KCRW's Summer Nights Dance Party

Orange County Performing Arts Center

Musician Swap Meet

Old World

Rock-n-Roll Thursdays

Johnny's Saloon

Chicago DJ Bad Boy Bill Goes Old-School, Releases an Album

TONIGHT: Dinner with Dave and We Are the Pilots

Yes, it's time for another twice-monthly installment of Dinner with Dave, where Dave Mau cooks up some free food, a local DJ spins, and a local band plays. Tonight it's two dear Heard Mentality favorites, DJ Oldboy and Anaheim's We Are the Pilots, pictured. WAtP bassist has referred to it as "the fi ... More >>

LA Record presents: DJ Nobody; Heru Avenger; Charlie Rose

DJ Kaskade's Latest Takes His Music to a Lighter Place, But Don't Call It 'Trance'

Underground Lounge

La Cave

Psycho Trailer Park

Que Sera

Encendido

Miercoles Splash

Club Pick: Scooter and Levelle at Sutra Nov. 22

Fans of house music culture are in store for a demonstration true DJ dexterity tomorrow night as Sutra Lounge hosts the innovative turntable duo Scooter and Levelle. Considered local heroes of the San Diego club scene where they first emerged, their sound relies on a basic mantra: two DJs, with a lu ... More >>

'70s Spin

DJ MomJeans at Fresh Fridays Grand Opening

Hard Day's Night

Hard Day's Night

Jazzy Jeff

Jazzy Jeff

Pop Briatannica

Last Night: Peter Hook @ Detroit Bar

Last Night: Peter Hook DJing at Detroit Bar, July, 3 2008 There’s usually nothing like watching an aging icon get up in front of an audience at a venue to show us they still got it. You can’t help being drawn in by the powerful sense of tension. You might find your self echoing certain question ... More >>

To Do Tonight 7/3: Nightlife Edition

Nightlife Edition: Because you don't have work on Friday* Peter Hook DJ Set, 9:00 p.m. Oh, for Joy (Division)! Detroit Bar 843 W. 19th St. Costa Mesa CA 92627 949-642-0600 Glam, 9:00 p.m. Break out those clear-heeled stilettos. Club Bravo 1490 S. Anaheim Blvd. Anaheim CA 92805 714-553 ... More >>

Peter Hook's DJing at Detroit Bar Tonight

The Mancunian responsible for some of the most memorable bass lines ever for Joy Division and New Order, Peter Hook now maintains a lucrative little hobby DJing 'round the planet these days. From all accounts, Hook's quite the entertainer, if not the most skilled decknician ever to work a pair of ... More >>

What You Missed Over The Weekend Part XVII

By far the most interesting thing to happen this weekend was the thievery of Jenna Jameson's vagina. You're just going to have to read about it yourself. Speaking of vaginas, Rich Kane submitted another arousing issue of the Reg-O-Meter complete with mentions of Asian masseuses, pussy (cats) and sa ... More >>

Hip-hop Pioneer Afrika Bambaataa Coming to OC

Afrika Bambaataa—pioneering hip-hop DJ and founder of the Zulu Nation—will perform (in DJing mode) at Detroit Bar on Friday Feb. 22. The only man to collaborate with James Brown ("Unity") and John Lydon ("World Destruction" as Time Zone), Bambaataa is revered for his eclectic DJ sets and for ex ... More >>

Everyone Loves Mashed Potatos

The Mashed Potatos played an amazing set at the Hellman House in Long Beach on Saturday night. They were getting the dance party started inside, while outside was raging with firedancers, a mobile jacuzzi (located in the bed of a camouflaged truck, complete with fountains!), and some guy dressed up ... More >>

DJ Peanut Butter Wolf Goes to Seven

From June 10-16, L.A. disc jockey and Stone Throw Records honcho Peanut Butter Wolf (Chris Manak) is attempting what could be interpreted as the decathlon of DJing. Over seven consecutive nights, he'll be spinning a different style in a different Los Angeles club. Making the feat even more impressi ... More >>