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  • Music

    May 24, 2012

    Bassnectar Rumbles Through Lightning In a Bottle Festival

    Freeform artist Lorin Ashton reflects on the release of 'Vava Boom' and his journey in EDM

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    StellaR: "I don't have a bias to any style. I just love to make people dance."

    In the past four years, StellaR has played at some of the biggest parties in the US, from Ultra Music Festival to residencies at Nikki Beach Cabo, Paul Oakenfold's Perfecto at Rain, Artisan Afterhours, and Haze Nightclub in Las Vegas. Born David Garcia, StellaR has loved the EDM scene since he was 1 ... More >>

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    February 29, 2012

    Felguk Talks About Coming To Orange County And Their North American Tour

    ​For five years, Felipe (Fel) and Gustavo (Guk) of Felguk have been tearing up clubs and festivals of all kinds. In 2011, the Brizillian duo was placed in the top 100 DJ poll by DJ Mag. 2007 proved to be a break out year, as they received a personal phone call from Madonna. This led to producing a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    Top Five New Year's Parties in Orange County

    ​So many big names, so little time. Have you ever seen this many gigantic parties in Orange County happening on the same weekend? Sure, the OC Fair's annual New Year's Eve block party is always loads of fun, but Tiesto is performing in Santa Ana. White Wonderland (with Paul van Dyk and Kaskade) wi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 15, 2011

    Ghost Town Jenny

    ​So many big names, so little time. Have you ever seen this many gigantic parties in Orange County happening on the same weekend? Sure, the OC Fair's annual New Year's Eve block party is always loads of fun, but Tiesto is performing in Santa Ana. White Wonderland (with Paul van Dyk and Kaskade) wi ... More >>

  • Music

    November 24, 2011

    Smog's Half-Decade of Dubstep

    With a party at the Galaxy Concert Theatre, the label celebrates five years of heavy bass and sleepless nights

  • Music

    November 24, 2011

    Steve Aoki Hijacks the System

    The prolific electronic music performer/producer talks U.S. dance culture and his upcoming album

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    November 3, 2011

    Austra

    Detroit Bar

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Local Record Review: 'La Machine Magique' by Magic Machines

    ​Magic MachinesLa Machine MagiqueElectricolorIrvine has had a number of one-person electronic acts emerge quietly over time--Phthalocyanine remains a favorite from the late '90s-- so Magic Machines follows in a tradition to an extent. His focus is very much more on the populist front, though, so l ... More >>

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    June 30, 2011
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    April 20, 2011

    Daedelus: LA-based Electro-Pop Master on Beats, Blips and Top Hats

    Lauren Everett​Los Angeles electronic musician Daedelus looks like steampunk personified, as though he popped out of a chimney covered in soot and retired to a laboratory where he'll either solve complex mathematical equations or invent something world-changing. "I've really embraced the whole ta ... More >>

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    February 10, 2011
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    December 16, 2010

    (hed) P.E.

    The Grove of Anaheim

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    'Tron: Legacy' OST: 21 Minutes Streaming on MySpace Today

    ​This is it, folks: A week before the official release of Daft Punk's original motion picture score for TRON: Legacy, MySpace has decided to gift us with a streaming, 21-minute body of work with "the liveliest moments of the soundtrack." Check it out here.

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    [UPDATE] Three Things You Didn't Know About the 'Tron: Legacy' Soundtrack

    ​The whole interview is up on KCRW.com. Listen to it here. "Solar Sailer," an instrumental track, will be offered today only as a free download.Last Saturday in Santa Monica, California, Disney unveiled parts of the Tron: Legacy soundtrack. Five of the 22 tracks were previewed, and director Jose ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    Happy Tron Tuesday!

    ​If you're not sick of all the Tron: Legacy news yet, here's more: On Oct. 28, you can save a spot to watch a 20 minute preview of the much awaited sequel on IMAX 3D by heading over to a special Tron Night website today at 10 a.m.Disney announced the event as the kicker to the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    MORE 'Tron' News: First Look at Daft Punk and 90-Second Clip!

    ​And now even more TRON news on this TRON Tuesday: Walt Disney Picutres has just released this first official (awesome) glimpse at Daft Punk in TRON: Legacy. Check out the full image after the jump.A 90-second clip of the Daft Punk track "The Game Has Changed" has also been released on their Faceb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    DJ and Palette Recordings Boss John Tejada

    Ryu KasaiJohn Tejada works his turntable magic"If you say the word techno, people assume you're playing hard, banging music, and that house is always deep with vocals and congas," says Palette Recordings label boss John Tejada. "Not true. I feel genre descriptions have really lost all focus." Approp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2009

    New Year's Eve Party Playlist

    Looking for some tunes to blast at the bash you're hosting tonight? Or maybe to crank up in the car on your way to a slamming soiree? Here's my New Year's Eve Party Playlist, featuring the best from the past year and stone cold classics. Enjoy. Flickr user Sada 1988Click song title for YouTube clip ... More >>

  • Music

    November 19, 2009

    Ghostland Observatory Fuses the Best of Man and Machine

    Looking for some tunes to blast at the bash you're hosting tonight? Or maybe to crank up in the car on your way to a slamming soiree? Here's my New Year's Eve Party Playlist, featuring the best from the past year and stone cold classics. Enjoy. Flickr user Sada 1988Click song title for YouTube clip ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    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.

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Dance Music Pick of the Week: Thee-O at the Light Gallery

    ​Since the dawn of the 1990s, American dance music culture has seen waves of club-goers, artists and DJs come and go. The survivors are rare: It's hard to stick with a dancing-till-dawn culture as your 40s approach, but that's what one DJ has done. Thee-O continues to be a pillar of Southern Calif ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2009

    Last Night: Brian Eno at Cal State Long Beach

    Andrew YoussefLast Night: Brian Eno at the Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center at California State University, Long Beach; September 20, 2009. Better Than: A majority of my lectures in grad school. Download: "Trope," Brian Eno's new app for the iPhone, and visit Eno's installation o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2009

    Dance Music Pick of the Week: Jason Blakemore at the Light Gallery

    Erin Wade​In a club scene the constantly recycles DJ newbies, groupies and transplants in search for easy stardom, Jason Blakemore is a rare Southern Californian whose been spinning at the region's biggest events since the dawn of the '90s. The Laguna Beach native got his start at iconic Los Angel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    Dance Music Pick of the Week: Garth and Jeno at Focus

    ​Before Jay Denes' Naked Music label arrived from New York, there was a West Coast sound in dance music that was meatier, funkier, and more tribal. While the Naked sound set Kenny G.-like moods to a house beat, the pre-Denes flavors of left coast house music were heavily spiced by dub reggae and t ... More >>

  • Music

    May 21, 2009

    The Prodigy Are Still Changing Their Pitches Up, Probably Not Smacking Bitches Up

    ​Before Jay Denes' Naked Music label arrived from New York, there was a West Coast sound in dance music that was meatier, funkier, and more tribal. While the Naked sound set Kenny G.-like moods to a house beat, the pre-Denes flavors of left coast house music were heavily spiced by dub reggae and t ... More >>

  • Music

    May 7, 2009

    [Locals Only] Chasing Paper With Faded Paper Figures

    ​Before Jay Denes' Naked Music label arrived from New York, there was a West Coast sound in dance music that was meatier, funkier, and more tribal. While the Naked sound set Kenny G.-like moods to a house beat, the pre-Denes flavors of left coast house music were heavily spiced by dub reggae and t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2008

    Club Pick : Bristol Sessions 7th Anniversary at Detroit Bar

    Normally, a good full-body stretch isn't totally necessary before heading out the door on a Friday night. But after only a few hours spent bouncing to the beats of Bristol Sessions at Detroit Bar, you'll be glad you spent an extra minute loosening up those quads. Especially if you consider that OC' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2008

    Club Pick: The Crystal Method at Heat Ultra Lounge Tonight, Oct. 9

    When it comes to drawing OC's club crawling crowd, Anaheim must be doing something right these days. How else can you explain two of the county's hottest night clubs opening just minutes from each other in the land of Disney. First, we celebrated the arrival of Ember. And in more recent months, Heat ... More >>

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    September 11, 2008

    Juan Way

    The Juan MacLean

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    July 24, 2008
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    June 19, 2008
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    May 8, 2008
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    May 1, 2008
  • Blogs

    April 14, 2008

    Chew on This: The Bubblegum Sequencer

    Sweet new way to create electronic music.

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2008

    The Grammys: Drunk on Winehouse

    Every year the Grammy Awards ceremony proves—among other things—how far out of step my tastes are with mainstream music, a state of affairs with which I came to terms, oh, in the early '80s. It also reveals the dearth of imagination/adventurousness of the nominating committee. Most of the music ... More >>

  • Music

    February 7, 2008

    Hits!

    Dr. Freecloud's Record Shoppe

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2008

    Roger Waters at Coachella!

    Seriously. Playing Dark Side of the Moon, according to the LA Times. Also: Death Cab, Breeders, M.I.A., Love & Rockets (woo-hoo!), Cafe Tacuba, Kraftwerk, Raconteurs....you'll know more when we do, but you can probably hit up the Coachella website and find out sooner....

  • Music

    December 20, 2007

    CD Review

    Oh Astro, Champions of Wonder (Illegal Art)

  • Music

    October 4, 2007

    Sprawl of Sound

    Heavenly Beats, Demonic Metal, Slack Clergy: Absorbing Seattle’s Decibel Festival, Assessing Disney’s HOB Flub, Heeding Lazy Preacher

  • Music

    September 13, 2007

    Into the (weird) Groove

    Holy Fuck’s Raw Music Is As Provocative As Their Name

  • Music

    August 23, 2007

    Hispanic! at the Disco

    The Freestyle Experience revives ’80s electro fun(k), barrio-style

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2007

    Photos: Lollapalooza 2007

    The Daft Punk mothership lands in Chicago. Click the image for photos of Blonde Redhead, M.I.A. and other bands at the festival:

  • Music

    July 5, 2007

    MP3 the Easy Way

    Indie music retail gains momentum online

  • Music

    June 7, 2007

    Fo' Sizzle!

    Summer concerts/festivals to heat the beat

  • Music

    January 22, 2004

    Stuck in Thee Garage

    Nobody Listens to TechnoExcept Mick Collins

  • Music

    August 22, 2002

    Languis Resident Aliens

    Sometimes fairly simple, sometimes fairly complex

  • Music

    August 23, 2001

    Church Party!

    Sometimes fairly simple, sometimes fairly complex

  • Music

    July 26, 2001

    Hey, Mr. DJ

    Essential tracks of the moment from DJ Daniel

  • Music

    February 10, 2000

    Visions of Utopia

    Onboard Basslands magic bus

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