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  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Electric Daisy Carnival Lineup Revealed!

    Insomniac Events announced their highly anticipated line up for the 16th Annual Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas. CEO Pasquale Rotella announced today that more than 100 artists and 500 theatrical groups will be joining the 300,000 expected attendees, including a special performance by the Blue ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    12th Planet, Flinch at Dubtroit's 3 Year Anniversary at the Constellation Room, Feb. 28, 2012

    ​Dubtroit's 3rd AnniversaryConstellation Room, Santa AnaFeb. 28, 2012Dubtroit celebrated its third birthday last night at the Constellation Room with The End is Near Tour, featuring local favorite 12th Planet plus guests. Filled with (mostly) a bro-type demographic, the event was predictably high ... More >>

  • Music

    December 29, 2011

    Kaskade Masters Time, Space and Big-Room Electronica

    The DJ from San Clemente headlines the biggest New Year's parties in the Southwest

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    DJ-Producer Duo Nadastrom On Their Punk-Rap Beginnings, The Evolution Of Dance Music, Touring With Skrillex and Working With Scion A/V

    Nadastrom: Dave Nada and Matt Nordstrom​ While Redbull and Converse have worked tirelessly over the last couple years to support new independent music, Scion has proved committed to supporting ultra-niche artists from subgenres like grindcore, dubstep and moombahton by taking on a label-like role ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2010

    Listen to Snippets of the 'Tron: Legacy' Soundtrack by Daft Punk

    ​If, like us, you can't wait to hear Daft Punk's Tron: Legacy soundtrack, AND have Attention Deficit Disorder anyway, you can head on over to Amazon to listen to 30 second snippets of each track on the album.First impression? Well, it's a score. So they're not the usual dance tracks that you'd hea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    The Crystal Method Reboot Their Sound

    www.thecrystalmethod.com​Vegas-born, LA-based the Crystal Method always got pegged as a Stateside answer to the Chemical Brothers.  If that's the case, it took the duo more than a decade to duplicate the formula: booming 4/4 dance-worthy drug epiphanies with loads of Very Special Guests. ... More >>

  • Music

    May 27, 2010

    Booka Shade's Groove Is In the Art

    Arno Kammermeier and Walter Merziger want to move your body by making dance music for your soul

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Paul Oakenfold to Perform in Costa Mesa

    ​ What the hell is DJ superstar Paul Oakenfold doing at Sutra? We have no idea either. But it's probably to be fucking insane. Plan on going? Get there early--seriously.Oakenfold is probably the DJ to credit with pushing the dance genre and culture to mainstream consciousness, kicking off his sign ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 19, 2009

    Ghostland Observatory

    House of Blues

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    Dance Pick Of The Week: Doc Martin At Focus

    It's a little strange to sense all the buzz surrounding Europe's new dark wave of dance floor sounds, which combine tribal drums with deep, chugging bass and a simmering sense of bacchanalia. The likes of Loco Dice, Sven Vath, Dubfire and Radio Slave have been churning out this latest club-land flav ... More >>

  • Music

    November 12, 2009

    Mash-up Master Dirty South Leads Geekdom's Charge Into Clubland

    It's a little strange to sense all the buzz surrounding Europe's new dark wave of dance floor sounds, which combine tribal drums with deep, chugging bass and a simmering sense of bacchanalia. The likes of Loco Dice, Sven Vath, Dubfire and Radio Slave have been churning out this latest club-land flav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    Dance Pick Of The Week: DJ T at Focus

    Some would credit Europe with this thing we call electronic dance music by pointing back to the pioneering work of Kraftwerk, Giorgio Moroder and Can. They would be half right: Contemporary electronic dance music, like blues, rock and jazz, is a progeny of the interplay between black and white music ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    Dance Music Pick of the Week: James Zabiela

    ​As the '00s dawned a fresh crop of DJs and artists descended on club-land. Where the last generation had mastered the long mixes and hip-hop-style tricks of turntables, the new kids were getting under the hood of technology to produce multimedia experiences on the dance floor. James Zabiela is c ... More >>

  • Music

    October 29, 2009

    Onetime Smooth-House DJ Andy Caldwell Toughens Up His Sound

    ​As the '00s dawned a fresh crop of DJs and artists descended on club-land. Where the last generation had mastered the long mixes and hip-hop-style tricks of turntables, the new kids were getting under the hood of technology to produce multimedia experiences on the dance floor. James Zabiela is c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Dance Music Pick of the Week: Joris Voorn at Code

    Krijin van Noordwijk​Once every few years a game-changing album will accelerate the evolution of electronic dance music. The Prodigy added punk rock aggression to the scene in 1992 (Experience), the Chemical Brothers became the Beatles of club-land in 1995 (Exit Planet Dust) and Moby introduced th ... More >>

  • Music

    October 8, 2009

    Newport-bound DJ Mark Knight Makes Even a Record Label Look Modern

    Krijin van Noordwijk​Once every few years a game-changing album will accelerate the evolution of electronic dance music. The Prodigy added punk rock aggression to the scene in 1992 (Experience), the Chemical Brothers became the Beatles of club-land in 1995 (Exit Planet Dust) and Moby introduced th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2009

    Dance Music Pick of the Week: Mark Farina at Code

    ​In the often futuristic realm of electronic dance music it's easy to forget there is also a strong strain of reverence for the highest forms of pop musicianship. DJ Louie Vega often recalls his salsa heritage, Dennis Ferrer elevates his grooves with gospel, and jazz accentuates the palette of one ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    Dance Music Pick of the Week: Sultan at Code

    ​In the early '00s, after the hype of club culture peaked and many Johnny-come-latelys went home, a new generation of DJs and producers ascended. These younger men and women entered club-land for the right reasons--the music--and came armed with digital-production and social-networking skills that ... More >>

  • Music

    July 9, 2009

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

    ​In the early '00s, after the hype of club culture peaked and many Johnny-come-latelys went home, a new generation of DJs and producers ascended. These younger men and women entered club-land for the right reasons--the music--and came armed with digital-production and social-networking skills that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2009

    Dance Music Pick of the Week: Marques Wyatt at Focus

    BY DENNIS ROMEROQuietly, with little of the nihilistic self-promotion seen in a new generation of spinners, Marques Wyatt has been one of the most-influential West Coast DJs of the super-club era. In 1988 - 1988! - he co-promoted a night that celebrated house music, a year before the sound would hel ... More >>

  • Music

    March 26, 2009

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

    BY DENNIS ROMEROQuietly, with little of the nihilistic self-promotion seen in a new generation of spinners, Marques Wyatt has been one of the most-influential West Coast DJs of the super-club era. In 1988 - 1988! - he co-promoted a night that celebrated house music, a year before the sound would hel ... More >>

  • Music

    February 5, 2009

    Club DJ D. Ramirez Says Business Is Flourishing

    BY DENNIS ROMEROQuietly, with little of the nihilistic self-promotion seen in a new generation of spinners, Marques Wyatt has been one of the most-influential West Coast DJs of the super-club era. In 1988 - 1988! - he co-promoted a night that celebrated house music, a year before the sound would hel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2008

    L.A. Weekly's Top Ten Dance Collections of 2008, Both Mixed and Unmixed

    Any knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive house tracks (from dr ... More >>

  • Music

    August 14, 2008

    [CD Review] Syclops, 'I've Got My Eye on You' (DFA)

    Any knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive house tracks (from dr ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 19, 2008

    Shake & Pop

    Green Velvet

  • Features

    April 17, 2008
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    April 5, 2008
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    March 27, 2008
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    February 28, 2008
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    January 22, 2008

    Coachella lineup announced

    Via Coachella.com: FRIDAY, APRIL 25: Jack Johnson, The Verve, Raconteurs, The Breeders, Fatboy Slim, Tegan and Sara, Madness, The Swell Season, The National, Animal Collective, Slightly Stoopid, Mum, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Stars, Battles, Aesop Rock, Midnight Juggernauts, Does it Offend yo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 10, 2008

    Wobble, Wobble

    Moving Units

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2008

    Autechre, Why You Gotta Mess with Our Minds So?

    Quaristice is the name; fucking up minds is the game. All I wanted to do was to see where in North America Autechre would be touring in support of their forthcoming album, Quaristice (out March 3 on Warp Records). So I went to the British duo's MySpace page. That seemed like a logical move. As y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2007

    Crystal Method in Newport Beach Dec. 27

    Quaristice is the name; fucking up minds is the game. All I wanted to do was to see where in North America Autechre would be touring in support of their forthcoming album, Quaristice (out March 3 on Warp Records). So I went to the British duo's MySpace page. That seemed like a logical move. As y ... More >>

  • Music

    October 25, 2007

    Spinnin' & Singin' Pretty

    DJ Colette Vox the House

  • Music

    August 23, 2007

    Detroit Bass Baller

    Ghetto-Tech Guru DJ Starski’s Hard-Cop Life

  • Music

    June 21, 2007

    The Sound of Godzilla Urinating

    Skinny Puppy & Otto Von Schirach speaker-fist America

  • Music

    May 17, 2007

    Polymorpous and Polyrhythmic

    Three techno DJ mixes to dislocate your hips

  • Music

    May 10, 2007

    Hits!

    Dr. Freeclouds Record Shoppe

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2007

    European Imports of Import

    The mighty Forced Exposure distribution company is America's lifeline to the fertile global electronic-music underground—as well as many other arcane sonic delicacies. Whenever a package from FE arrives, I can be assured a bounty of excellent sounds from the planet's most forward-thinking so ... More >>

  • Features

    December 28, 2006

    The Year the Superstar DJ Died

    WEB EXCLUSIVE!: Dinosaurs rule the dancefloors no more

  • Music

    November 9, 2006

    Hits!

    Dr, Freecloud's

  • Music

    March 30, 2006

    Pretty Awesome Christ Pose

    The Hacienda Tour 2006

  • Music

    March 23, 2006

    Hits!

    Dr. Freecloud's

  • Culture

    February 6, 2003

    In the Beginning

    Genesis P-Orridge invented your nose ring

  • Features

    October 17, 2002

    Westminster Rock City

    DJ Jasper brings Detroit techno home

  • Music

    August 29, 2002

    Fatboy Slim

    DJ Jasper brings Detroit techno home

  • Music

    September 6, 2001

    Raving In Wonderland

    Electronic music goes mainstream

  • Music

    August 9, 2001

    Gathering of the Tribe$

    Mobys Area: One fest is an orgy of musicand advertising

  • Music

    August 9, 2001

    The Return of Q

    The techno artist has a new label, a new album and the same old subatomic attention to detail in every measure

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