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Featured Gallery Miami Sasha and John Digweed Sunset Cruise 2010

April 13, 2010 - 12:19 pm

For the past eight years during Miami’s Winter Music Conference, dance music masters known as Sasha and John Digweed throw what is arguably the party of the year. And by “party of the year” I am not just referring to the thousands of options available during this very full week of every conceivable form of electronic music. I am referring to all parties, everywhere, all year round. Going all out, Sasha and John rent a mega yacht and invite 400 close friends and fans to join them for this special event, the Sunset Cruise. This will prove to be a peak experience in the lives of many of these party goers – not just of the year, but of their party-going careers.

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Miami Red Bull Thre3Style Miami: What You Missed

by Shop Keeper

March 31, 2010 - 2:51 pm

If Red Bull Thre3Style were a disease by now, you’d probably have it. And if you didn’t have it, well, you’d probably want to catch it for a while. If it seems as though a new club every week is playing host to the Red Bull-sponsored DJ battle, it’s probably because it’s true — 3Style is spreading across the nation like a virus, and people are starting to realize its showdown-style premise and display of virtuosity makes for one of those events that, even for those who aren’t DJ aficionados, will make you love it for the competition. So here’s a peek at what was going down in Miami last week.

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Gallery Miami Winter Music Conference at the Clevelander

by Shop Keeper and Angel Tagudin

March 29, 2010 - 11:41 am

This month, the Winter Music Conference in Miami celebrated its 25th anniversary, and it’s safe to say things have come quite a long way — and maybe not so long — since its inception in 1985. But there’s been some speculation about the WMC in the past few years: is it relevant? Or has it devolved from the trend-setting, groundbreaking event thousands of people flock to every year, to something insipid and boring?

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Miami Sunday School for Degenerates

by Neil Feineman

April 21, 2009 - 10:09 pm

If there was one thing that was evident this year, it was how closely “tribes” stuck together and how little cross pollination.

There were the pool parties but now that Beatport charges for their event, conference week lost its one great free networking event. Its DNS were top notch and mercifully less commercial than those at the Shelborne, Surfcomber and Nikki’s, where spring break was more the order of the day. Maybe that’s why my favorite pool party of all was the South Seas South Philly pool party. The pool itself had the charm of an urban watering hole, and if the bodies were less perfect than those at the swanky parties, the dancing, the music and the vibe had a gritty rawness the others couldn’t buy.

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Miami Miami Vices – Until Next Year…

by Neil Feineman

April 21, 2009 - 10:08 pm

Miami’s like a ghost town, populated by a handful of zombified veterans, delaying re-entry as long as possible. Tales of old conferences have been told; reasons to return discussed. And good-byes, some with an air of possible finality, were exchanged.

But so were reasons to return, like the boat party, Sunday School and John Digweed’s throw-down at the Vagabond. At least in Digweed’s case, that has as much to do with the club as it does the DJ.

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Miami Sunday School for Electro Sinners

by Neil Feineman

April 21, 2009 - 10:08 pm

Miami has never been known for its service, political consciousness or sensitivity. But tourism is big business here and Winter Music Conference is one of its big cash cows. So you wouldn’t be out of line to expect the city to go out of its way to do everything it can to at least feign an interest in consumer satisfaction.

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Miami Sasha and John Digweed – Act 2

by Neil Feineman

April 21, 2009 - 9:56 pm

The Sasha and John Digweed boat party may have upheld an annual tradition but tweaked another. In the past, the party was on a Friday, the night after they played at the Mansion. This year, you had about two hours to get from the boat to the South Beach super club, and the process was jarring.

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