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The New Mr. Las Vegas
Tiësto takes up residency in Sin City
May 1st, 2013
Wayne Newton, Celine Dion and Elton John will simply have to make room: Tiësto is moving to the top of Vegas’ marquee. Quite possibly the most famous man in electronic dance music, the Dutch DJ/producer is slated for a whopping 40 dates, including May 3, 5, 18 and 24, at the recently opened Hakkasan and an additional 20 gigs at Wet Republic. Read more »
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Go Hardwell or Go Home
The Dutch DJ/producer is a tornado of activity, and he’s headed this way
April 17th, 2013
Robbert van de Corput certainly keeps busy. The 25-year-old Dutch spinster better known as Hardwell just headlined Ultra Music Festival in Miami, is in the midst of playing two weekends at Coachella, is launching his own sold-out “I AM Hardwell” festival in Amsterdam and is set to help open Hakkasan Las Vegas on April 19 and Wet Republic on April 20. Read more »
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Welcome to Juicy Beach
Robbie Rivera brings the Miami vibe to Las Vegas
April 16th, 2013
Everyone who’s anyone in Miami during the Winter Music Conference/Miami Music Week knows Robbie Rivera’s annual Juicy Beach is a must-see (and hear) event. And Las Vegas fans who’ve been waiting for the legendary party to find the perfect home in our city can finally get a taste when it launches April 20 at the Hard Rock Hotel’s pool complex. Read more »
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From Marseille to Marquee
French-import Keidy brings that je ne sais quoi
April 9th, 2013
His hands fly across the mixer and CDJs with an agile dynamic rarely seen in a house-music set. The DJ/producer simply known as Keidy has a heart that’s essentially been pounding at 128-beats-per-minute for a marathon weekend of gigs. Read more »
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Avicii Aiming for the Next Le7el
DJ is full steam ahead for summer
April 9th, 2013
The past year has been monumental for electronic dance music, and that’s thanks in no small part to Tim Bergling, who is better known as Avicii. His breakout hit “Le7els” helped mainstream the genre, and his latest banger “I Could Be The One” with Nicky Romero has reached No. 1 on the U.K. charts. Read more »
Paul Oakenfold is the New Ibiza
Catching up with the DJ/producer who helped change Las Vegas nightlife
April 2nd, 2013
Before everyone grabbed on to (and subsequently strangled the life out of) the “Las Vegas is the new Ibiza” tagline, Paul Oakenfold can be credited as one of the first in the scene to call it, circa 2008. His groundbreaking three-year Perfecto residency at Rain changed the game as we know it, including the electronic dance music that now commands the prime-time slot, instilling the idea of a costumed cast of performers hanging from the ceiling and even allowing the previously taboo glow sticks back into the club. Read more »
The Minimal Master
Josh Wink finally returns to Las Vegas with techno and house in tow
March 20th, 2013
Josh Wink could be considered a DJ’s DJ. But he should also be considered one of the scene’s most respected DJ/producers—if he isn’t already. Or, at the very least, Wink should have a card-catalog entry in your mental library of electronic-music masters. Read more »
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Them Jeans, Unbuttoned
True open-format DJ Jason Stewart bares all for a pro-on-pro interview by Las Vegas’ DJ88
March 14th, 2013
Them Jeans stands tall—literally, at 6-feet-8—as a DJ/producer who seamlessly swerves in and out of various subgenres with a signature sound. A teenage graffiti artist who tagged under the name “Jeans,” Southern California native Jason Stewart stumbled upon DJing, not knowing it would become his E-ticket to touring the world and becoming a tastemaker. Stewart today hosts the hilariously impromptu podcast Tall Tales and is the driving force behind the infamous Dim Mak parties in L.A. Read more »
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‘Pop Culture’ Prodigy
Electro-pop DJ/producer Madeon presses pause to talk Gaga, his makeshift recording studio at Encore and his minimalist fashion sense
March 7th, 2013
Hugo Leclercq left school at age 16, taught himself music and perfect English, and then caught the ear of Lady Gaga, who was so impressed by the now-18-year-old native of Nantes, France, that she asked him to open for her on her North American tour. Read more »
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Aloha, Las Vegas
Electronic trio Splitbreed puts it all out there for dubstep fans
March 7th, 2013
Even if you haven’t been able to get into dubstep, the brand of hip-hop-influenced bass music Splitbreed offers is a lot more user-friendly—while still retaining some grit. With all its current members deriving from families with musical backgrounds, it seemed only a natural fit for brothers and emcees Kalani and Tau’i Mo’e, along with DJ/producer BGenius, to pursue a career in the industry. Read more »
