But if one thing marked 2009 on the dance floor, it was a new sense of eclecticism. Read More
Veering between skeletal minimal, plush house, and unabashedly chintzy lounge, Maayam Nidam's reprocessing of contemporary Cuban music yields a seamless blend of loop-based music that combines DJ Shadow + Jan Jelenik + Ricardo Villalobos. Read More
The past year brought the worst economy since the malaise of the '70s, and like that era, it also saw dance music sweep the nation. Read More
DJ T. thought Canada and America's immigration checks were bad, until he landed in Auckland, New Zealand. Read More
It's likely we all know the events and stories for which 2009 will be remembered: global recession, the first year of Obama's presidency, a seemingly endless stream of celebrity deaths, the stolen Iranian and Afghani elections and Japan's historical shakeup, and Twitter's penetration into almost everything. Read More
What's hot and what's not in this week's new releases. Read More
I'm over here for a couple of days, because I'm working on a theater production in Potsdam, near Berlin. Read More
As far back as the early '90s, Ricardo Villalobos began building an impressive discography of 12" releases on respected dance ... Read the full Ricardo Villalobos bio.