Equally dance-friendly as they are radio-ready, The Black Ghosts are one of my favorite twosomes in music today, their video for “Any Way You Choose To Give It” turning me onto their sound last winter. The new album from Simian’s Simon Lord and The Wiseguys’ Theo Keating is out July 8 — so I decided [...]

New York’s Armand Van Helden is the man responsible for such dancefloor faves as “My My My,” “Professional Widow,” “Funk Phenomena,” “Flowerz,” “I Want Your Soul,” and now … a hip hop track called “New Era” for the Retro Kidz. So I wanted to know how one of the world’s most prolific O.G. dance music [...]

It occurred to me the other day that there are not nearly enough people hip on the dope design work coming out of my old stomping grounds. And DJ Mike The 2600 King is one talented motherfucker. Not only can he start yer party like no one’s business, but he can make the [...]

I wanna introduce you to two guys from Chicago who, along with the likes of Switch, James Amato, Sinden and others, are championing a new wave of dance music many are calling ‘fidget.’ Chris Santiago and Tim Bush — as Santiago & Bushido — don’t necessarily prove to be a perfect fit into that [...]

Hearkening back to the days when “Fresh Prince Of Bel Air” was on the tube, “House Party” was on the big screen and Hammer ruled the radio, the RETRO KIDZ are in the building — and trust us, you won’t miss them. Draped in the freshest 90’s gear and emanating feel-good vibes of yesteryear [...]

Ever wondered what would happen if an independent record label truly stripped itself of all the unspoken rules surrounding genres and completely shed the increasingly old-fashioned model that’s been weighing down music distribution? Well, long-celebrated producer DJ Junior Sanchez his dreamteam are taking direct aim at solving it all with their new BROBOT label and [...]