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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.
Miami Red Bull Thre3Style Miami: What You Missed
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.
Gallery Miami Winter Music Conference at the Clevelander
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?
Contributors Jipsy in the Shop
April 21, 2009 - 10:22 pm
Notorious photographer Richard Avedon once said, “If a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it’s as though I’ve neglected something essential to my existence, as though I had forgotten to wake up.” ChinaShop contributor Jipsy feels pretty much exactly the same way. You can check out her incredible images at www.jipsy.com and www.nefariousgirl.com.
Miami Sunday School for Degenerates
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.
Miami Miami Vices – Until Next Year…
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.
Miami Sunday School for Electro Sinners
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.
Contributors The Shelborne Diaries
April 21, 2009 - 10:07 pm
Wednesday 3:05
The Shelborne
There’s something about Miami during the Winter Music Conference. Time simply fractures. So now, short of a trip to publix, some random conversations about whether or not to see Danny Howells in bed (at BED) tonight and why the music sounds so good from the 15th floor of the Shelborne and why the people look so Mtv. But the sun is out, the breeze is blowing, and America’s biggest party seems to be on it’s way.
Miami Sasha and John Digweed – Act 2
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.
Event Sasha and John Digweed Sunset Cruise
April 13, 2009 - 3:43 pm
Writing about the Sasha and John Digweed boat party is a thankless task because the truth is no words, no pictures and no video can adequately approximate the magic of being there.
Not that the details can hurt. Imagine a yacht, the kind where polite people welcome you to the party as if they were happy to see you. Then glance around the deck and see people like Dj Dan, Hernan Cattaneo, John Graham, Nick Warren hanging out, catching up on things. Eating a prime rib dinner, making as many trips to the open bar as you wanted. Oh, and sailing across Miami with a bunch of your favorite people, who you haven’t seen since the last party, while Sasha and John play the perfect, sexy “backyard” set of the year. Throw a circle of good energy around the enterprise and it’s suddenly like maybe there really is a reason to believe in Santa Claus. Because this party, if you are lucky enough to be there, is the ultimate gift.
Even more to the point, it is probably the last of the Miami traditions left standing. The Masters at Work Party, Danny at Space, all are barely memories now. But the boat party, which began back in the days before the dot com boom had burst, is alive and well. And, for me, it’s still the real reason to make the trek to Miami.
Words by Neil Feineman, Photos by Jipsy
Photos by Jipsy for Nefariousgirl.com
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