Tag Archives: WMC 2011

Gallery Music Pool Party 101

by Rich Thomas and Graham John Bell
March 10, 2011 - 3:25 pm

People-watching at the Winter Music Conference is one of the highlights of the week, and chlorinated bodies of water seem to bring out interesting behaviors. While taking in the soothing sounds of Daz-I-Kue, Alix Alvarez, Vikter Duplaix and other sun drenched DJs at the Lotus WMC 2011 Showcase, we noticed a few things happening poolside and thought we’d report back. All you people looking to hit up WMC in 2012 take note—here’s the ChinaShop guide on how to conduct yourself at a pool party. You can thank us later.

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Gallery Music Vagabonding with David Morales

by Rich Thomas and Graham John Bell
March 9, 2011 - 5:17 pm

Sweaty, smelly, hot and cramped—and that’s just the cab ride to the venue. Our second stop of the evening was the official WMC Opening Night Party at the Vagabond downtown, where Frankie Knuckles, David Morales and Hector Romero were spinning house music so deep they should have been handing out free life preservers at the door. If Tenaglia’s set at the National was the appetizer, this was the main course, and the Vagabond did not disappoint.

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Gallery Music WMC 2011, Day 1: Danny Tenaglia and the Way Back Machine

by Rich Thomas and Graham John Bell
March 9, 2011 - 2:02 pm

It’s been three years since I last touched down in Miami for the electronic music smorgasbord that is the Winter Music Conference. For the uninitiated, WMC is a week-long dance party that occupies most if not all the hotels and live music venues on South Beach. It is ground zero for guidos, beat freaks, spring breakers and foreigners who “love zee house music!” There is no shortage of poolside shenanigans and late night club action to be had, and the party don’t stop ‘til 6 in da mornin’. Unless you’re talking about my photographer and I. In that case, the party has to stop at an hour reasonable enough to return to the hotel, upload photos, and recap the night’s shenanigans in a relatively intelligible manner. We will be doing this for the next four nights. Our first stop tonight, on Day One of the festival: the National Hotel for the 4th annual Future Classics Pool Party.

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