Editorial: Metamorphosis – a weekend at Marquee Las Vegas
Pretend you’ve never been to Marquee (at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas.) Adrenaline seeps into your veins as you step through the velvety partitions. You are surrounded by suits and legs bookended by ultra-mini dresses and stilettos. Just before the elevator doors opens, the operator mirrors the grins around him and says, “Have fun tonight!” Drink in hand, you make your way to the floor. In case you weren’t sure, a mural on a wall proclaims, “You’re not in Kansas anymore.”
Happy New Year from Dancing Astronaut
It has been a long and wild year for dance music and an even crazier one for Dancing Astronaut. We have posted over 1700 tracks, covered over 175 events, ran more than 30 contests, and posted 7,145 pictures to Facebook - for a grand total of 3,246 posts to close out 2012. None of this would have been possible without all of you, our passion for dance music is fueled by the loyalty of our readers. You've helped us grow by sharing your love of the music with us.
The Crystal Method, Tommie Sunshine, Drop the Lime and more to perform benefit concert ‘EDM for Sandy Relief’ at Gramercy Theatre
As New York gets back into working order after the devastating effects of Hurricane Sandy there are still thousands of people along NY and NJ's coastlines, from Staten Island to Sea Isle City, who have been displaced from their homes - or left with no home to go back to at all. This Monday at the Gramercy Theatre, "EDM For Sandy Relief," plans to raise funds for those of us outside of Manhattan, who lost more than just power and convenient subway lines. Headlined by the Crystal Method, Tommie Sunshine, Drop the Lime and more, the event plans to donate all proceeds to the American Red Cross and will also be holding a canned and non-perishable Thanksgiving food drive as a well as a silent auction held by the shows sponsors. Come out and show your support.
‘Cream Ibiza’ mixed by Above & Beyond (album review)
If you simply you can't get enough Anjuna, then "Cream Ibiza, mixed by Above & Beyond" is everything you want it to be, a brilliant portrait of the label's recent successes. With appearances by Arty, Mat Zo, Andrew Bayer, Norin & Rad, Parker & Hanson, and Jaytech, it's a snapshot of Above & Beyond as they are in the summer of 2012 -- It's a little slice of trance 2.0, preserved forever. Oh, and Eric Prydz, Markus Schulz, and Jerome Isma-Ae feature, too.
‘Axtone Presents Thomas Gold’: two discs of the German master at his best (album review)
Axtone releases Thomas Gold's double-disc, 33-track compilation 'Axtone Presents Thomas Gold.' We take an in-depth listen to the new tracks, including "The Beginning" and "Fanfare," previously unreleased bootlegs, and private remixes that are finally being unleashed on the world.
Above & Beyond – Group Therapy LA at the Shrine May 17 and May 18 (concert review)
With a stunning three night run at Los Angeles' historic Shrine Auditorium, Above & Beyond demonstrated that, in the right hands, dance music can become more than just entertainment. The Group Therapy experience defies rational explanation. It's magical.