Darren Emerson

DJ and producer Darren Emerson was once a member of dub-strewn acid house collective Underworld. And lest you forget, he opens and closes his new mix compilation, GU36: Bogotá, with the then-progressive trio’s 1993 epic “MMM Skyscraper I Love You.” The two CDs this bookends are Emerson’s third entry for…

DJ Boris

In a world where divas are bionically enhanced, the bloom of marquees and floodlights can be seen from space, and the energy crisis has been averted by harnessing the kinetic motion of dance floors, powerhouse is the genre of choice. And those who choose power house DJ Boris, who has…

Steve Angello, at Mansion’s Five-Year Anniversary

Naming his label Size Records, DJ/producer Steve Angello set himself up for criticism if he couldn’t lay down the magnitude of tracks necessary to command a room like Mansion, where he will help commemorate the club’s fifth birthday this Saturday. Luckily, Angello’s brand of breezy, big-room progressive house perfectly complements…

Justin Nozuka

The New York-born, Toronto-raised singer-songwriter Justin Nozuka boasts an entertainment-world pedigree that will perhaps forever haunt him in blurbs such as this one. His mother, Holly Sedgwick, is sister of actress Kyra — which makes Kevin Bacon his uncle and Edie Sedgwick a cousin. One brother, Phillip, is an actor,…

Women Who Shred coming to City Limits on May 16

Question: what’s hotter than female rock stars? The answer is obviously nothing. City Limits in Delray clearly knows this as they’ve just announced the Women Who Shred show on Saturday May 16th starring Jennifer Batten, who’s toured with the King of Pop and Jeff Beck, Vickie Genfan, Guitar Player Magazine’s…

Q&A With Gustavo Matamoros on the Subtropics Festival

This year Subtropics marks its 21 year anniversary and 20th edition (more on that later) of bringing together sound minds in South Florida. The conference features performances, lectures, networking opportunities and exhibits for audiophiles and the uninitiated alike. Artistic Director of the festival Gustavo Matamoros, a sound educator at the…

Afrobeta Brings Its Space Funk to Transit Lounge This Friday

Cosmic.  Karmic.  Ghettotech house.  These are a few of the words used by local duo Afrobeta to describe their sound.  An ambient blend of disco, funk and house with underpinnings of various other electro styles ranging from breaks to trance and even bit of gabba, Tony “Smurphio” Laurencio and Cristina…

Wednesday: Soultech Presents Marcin Czubala

This week’s installment of Soultech at Skybar presents Berlin-based Polish techno producer/DJ Martin Czubala. Not your run-of-the-mill minimal techy, Czubala comes from an extensive background in classical music, having performed in over 300 European concerts in the early ’90s before delving into EDM production. While grounded in minimal house and…

Q&A With Satyricon, Playing at Club Cinema This Sunday

It’s hard to overstate the influence of the long-running Norwegian band Satyricon on the world’s extreme heavy metal scene. Its tenacity alone is amazing — the core of the band, frontman/songwriter Satyr and drummer Frost, has been playing together continuously since 1992. On albums and tours, an all-star cast of…

Cowards In Compton Get Sprayed In Dade

Back in 92′, that’s 17 years ago, Snoop wasn’t the Doggfather, DRE wasn’t unfuckwithable and Luke got tried on wax on a track called “Fuck Wit Dre Day” on The Chronic. The diss apparently stemmed from a song on Luke’s first solo cd, I Got Shit On My Mind, where…

Multi-Grammy Nominee Ximena Sariñana Announces U.S. Tour

Ximena Sariñana is nothing if not precocious. The Mexican actress/singer-songwriter claims her love affair with music began at the age of 2, when she attended an Ella Fitzgerald concert and at 7 she was enrolled in singing lessons with famed vocal coach, Ricardo Sanchez at the urging of her neighbor,…

Saturday Night: Konrad Black at Glass

Konrad BlackSaturday, February 14, 2009Glass, Miami BeachBetter than: Certainly anything else going on in the Beach that night. The turnout for Konrad Black’s show on Saturday night could have been much greater given the hype. But it was Valentine’s, after all, and most people were probably either at home making…

Friday Night: Chana and Afrobeta at Bayfront Park

DWNTWN Concert Series with Afrobeta and ChanaFriday, February 13, 2009Tina Hills Pavilion at Bayfront Park, MiamiBetter than: Ever.Psst…things are happening in Downtown Miami. Especially at Bayfront Park: Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays you can find free yoga; Thursdays you can find delicious organic produce at the farmers market; and second Fridays…