On his recent tour, Marco V made a stop at Pacha NYC on April 26, and Crossfadr caught up with him in an interview. An EDM innovator who initiated the tech-trance subgenre, the producer born Marco Verkuijlen has played at countless clubs and festivals across the globe. After his stateside [...]
While the mainstream media is focusing on the big and crunchy EDM acts like Skrillex, Swedish House Mafia and Deadmau5 there is a strong local scene of DJs and producers in New York City that are responsible for filling the lounges and clubs with a dance floor friendly [...]
Musical party provocateur Barry Ashworth is well known as front-man for the Dub Pistols, a London band whose highly-danceable mash-up of dub, rock, electronica and hip-hop has taken them from the brink of multi-million dollar international success to the edge of destruction and back again. Ashworth is also a sought [...]
As a member of the underground electronic dance group Phuture, DJ Pierre was an instrumental figure in the foundation of the Chicago acid house sound. Phuture’s groundbreaking 1987 single “Acid Trax,” with its high-pitched Roland 303 squelches, is widely regarded as the first ever recorded example of acid house music. [...]
Having inherited a love of music from her father - Olympian, stuntman, singer and one of the first owners of Ibiza’s superclub Manumission - Lora set about learning her trade as a respected club DJ, carving out her reputation as one of the most exciting disc-spinners around. With celebrity fans [...]
Roger Campos aka DJ Laroj is one of the more popular and well-respected DJs currently spinning around L.A. A longtime resident at Funkmosphere, a weekly funk throw down in Culver City hosted by Stones Throw recording artist, Dam-Funk, Laroj also plays lead guitar for the film soundtrack-inspired indie psych band [...]
The last 12 months have seen a collection of highly acclaimed productions, combined with his live sets push Dibby Dougherty to be one of Ireland's most exciting and ground breaking young talents to cause a stir in the global dance music scene in recent years. Born in Derry in the [...]
DJ Clifton aka Soft Touch is a resident selector at Funky Soul, a righteous get-down that packs them in every Saturday night at the Echo on L.A.’s eastside. During the week Clifton can also be heard around town at spots like the Beauty Bar and Club Underground spinning everything [...]
Who is DJ KALKUTTA? To put it simply, a talented New York based turntablist and producer affectionately referred to as Bollywood Barbie, who's real life "Cinderella story" only adds to her intrigue. Born in Calcutta (Kolkata), India her birthparents surrendered her to a Mother Teresa founded orphanage at just 2 days old. She [...]
DJ/Producer Dalton Loughlin (DJ DL) was born and raised in New York City. His father was the manager of the China Club in the late 80's early 90's, as well as a long list of A list night clubs in New York City, Los Angeles, and Aspen Colorado. DL grew [...]