TAG: Richie Hawtin

May16

10 Great Acts to Catch at EDC New York (Video)

Electric Daisy Carnival returns to New York City for two days beginning on Friday, May 17. Saturday has already sold out, with limited Friday tickets remaining. URB has handpicked the essential acts to catch at this dance music festival, in no particular order but alphabetical.

Art Department | Neongarden | Saturday, 4:00-6:00pm

 Toronto veterans Kenny Glasgow and Jonny White are Art Department. Over recent years, they have broke the mold in creating an upbeat live DJ/vocal performance that is taking sound systems by storm. Art Department perform regularly with the Crosstown Rebels crew and have also worked with Hot Creations. The stage is …

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Jan30

First Movement-Detroit Acts Announced :: Richie Hawtin, DVS1, Carl Craig

Detroit’s annual techno gathering, Movement, has announced the first wave of artists scheduled to play the 2013 edition over Memorial Day weekend. The line-up includes Detroit stars Richie Hawtin, Carl Craig and Derrick May & Kevin Saunderson, in what we assume to be a tag-team configuration.

Another major B2B set on the line-up is Marcel Dettman and Ben Klock, both residents at the infamous Berghain in Berlin. Two more Berghain residents,  Detroit native Ryan Elliot and Movement first-timer …

Nov15

R.I.P. Experimental Ambient Artist Pete Namlook

It has just been announced that acclaimed German musician and label-head Pete Namlook passed away last week of as-yet undetermined causes. The producer was 52 years old. …MORE

Nov13

WATCH Richie Hawtin CNTRL Beyond EDM Tour Week 1 Video

Richie Hawtin‘s month long CNTRL: Beyond EDM trek across America’s universities and nightclubs is deep into it’s third week. And while most of the online action has come via live streams of DJ sets and educational panels, not everyone has the time (or in the right timezone) to sit and watch things as they happen. So we enjoyed this wrap-up of the first week’s events, including an impromptu hotel party webcast, a meet-up with Josh Wink, and a serious post-Sandy throw down from Hawtin, Eon Golden, tINI and Loco Dice.

 

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Nov05

Three Places At Once :: Moogfest 2012 Recap

Less about a specific genre or style of music and more about the celebration of one man’s inventions, Moogfest 2012 offered a bit more variety in styles of music than your typical music festival. From ’80s new wave to the latest indie rock by way of early ’90s rave, ’90s alternative, minimal techno and just about anything else that’s touched a Moog.