Articles Tagged With: jamaica

In its 12th voyage to the Caribbean, Groove Cruise Miami -- the unparalleled rave ship that birthed a now crowded market of nautical dance adventures -- proved why it sails in an echelon all its own.

The OG of the high seas.

Jamaica's first major EDM festival is coming in March, 2016. Time to return to our roots.

Diplo, progenitor of a more globally-minded form of dance music, has kept a bit of a running travel log with Vanity Fair over the last year or so. In his latest installment, the American producer and DJ steps out into the world of dancehall in Kingston, Jamaica with photographer Shane McCauley. Dancehall, in case you're unfamiliar, is a "beat-heavy descendant of reggae" as Vanity Fair puts it. Diplo seems to travel back and forth between Jamaica and his home base in LA to work on new music with quite some frequency and he writes to us in his latest photo essay of the scene's intricacies and main characters. Check out some of the photos below and click through to see the full slideshow on Vanity Fair.

Riva Starr's cut on Van She's "Jamaica" is a further testament to his unpredictable, exciting, and garden-fresh production abilities. The track is set to release on the Modular People imprint on July 29.

Van She's second single off their Ideas of Happiness EP is a soothing, summertime track - the perfect tune to ease us into the first official days of summer. Plastic Plates picks the pace up a bit with an intricate percussion section and flighty synths. Given away for free by Modular to pump the July 6th release date of the EP, this remix is the perfect addition to any summer playlist.