Email Author Kristal Hawkins

2010 Stories by Kristal Hawkins

• 'Go Go Gangster Cumbia Presents Very Be Careful+Geko Jones'

  published December 29, 2010

  Que Bajo DJ Geko Jones throws a '30s gangster-themed party with go-go/burlesque dancers and America's leading exponents of Colombia's vallenato... More >>

• 'The Bunker Presents Optimo+Donato Dozzy+Derek Plaslaiko'

  published December 29, 2010

  JD Twitch and JG Wilkes spent the last ten years making Glasgow's Sub Club a party legend and exporting their hedonistic aesthetic to the world.... More >>

• 'House Ritual Presents Louie Vega+Jihad Muhammad'

  published December 29, 2010

  Early Sunday parties are a beautiful house tradition. With the desperate Saturday night adventurers out of the club, tea dances are about music,... More >>

• Todd Edwards+ Adam X+Heather Heart+DB

  published December 22, 2010

  By day, the Golden Unicorn restaurant is a multi-floor dim sum institution; tonight it’s the site of an old-school, mostly local throwdown.... More >>

• "DFA Records New Year’s Eve Party"

  published December 22, 2010

  James Murphy's DFA gathers the family to spend the holiday in the city. After solid separate contributions to NYC's house scene, SuperFamily's... More >>

• "Blkmarket Membership": Robag Wruhme and Ben Klock

  published December 22, 2010

  Standard NYE decadence isn't quite enough for Blkmarket Membership residents Taimur and Fahad--they're stretching their party out over a grueling... More >>

• 'Paradizo vs Stimulus Response Presents Willie Graff+Sean Cormac+Lola Rephan'

  published December 15, 2010

  Born to American hippies in Ibiza, Willie Graff grew up amid Balearic house's beachside genesis. Now he's a resident at Ibiza's Funky Room as well... More >>

• 'Free the Music Presents Brothers' Vibe'

  published December 15, 2010

  Raised in Newark on a steady diet of Latin sounds, Tony Rodriguez started DJing before he finished elementary school. Under his own name and as... More >>

• 'Kush Sessions Present BlaqJeff+DJ Mus+Prawns & Bajaj'

  published December 15, 2010

  Residents BlaqJeff and DJ Mus gather some of their favorite local house hands for the holidays. Onionz founded his Electrik Soul label 17 years... More >>

• Verboten Presents Davide Squillace+Seth Troxler+Martin Buttrich+Luca Bacchetti

  published December 8, 2010

  Davide Squillace and Luca Bacchetti founded Hideout Records as a label that wouldn't be hemmed in by genres—but rest assured that what the... More >>

• 'Turbotax Presents Julio Bashmore+Jacques Greene'

  published December 8, 2010

  His label boss, Claude VonStroke, is nearby at District 36, but Dirtybird artist Julio Bashmore offers plenty on his own tonight. The Bristol... More >>

• 'The Bunker Presents Function+Silent Servant+Grave Lady'

  published December 8, 2010

  Dave "Function" Sumner has sturdy roots in the local rave scene--NASA, Storm Rave, Limelight--but calling him old-school is too simplistic. He's... More >>

• TURN IT UP

  published December 8, 2010

  They’ve graced their party with a name that’s awfully hard to live up to—don’t expect a weekend-long array of world-class... More >>

• 'Basic NYC Presents Derrick May'

  published December 1, 2010

  Alongside Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson (collectively the suburbanites were known as the Belleville Three), Derrick May made Detroit techno a... More >>

• 'Discovery Presents Scott Grooves'

  published December 1, 2010

  Disco-loving biweekly bash Discovery celebrates its first anniversary with Scott Grooves. He's not one of the bigger names in Detroit, but... More >>

• Luciano+Reboot+Robert Dietz

  published December 1, 2010

  Chilean/Swiss minimalist Luciano and two of his Frankfurt-born Cadenza label signings revisit their Ibizan summer at the local outpost of one of... More >>

• Magda+Marc Houle

  published November 24, 2010

  Magda is best known for her work with Richie Hawtin and his M_nus label, but she's increasingly getting props as an independent artist. She's a... More >>

• 'Dark Disco Presents Nosaj Thing+Mary Anne Hobbs+Dirty South Joe'

  published November 24, 2010

  Mary Anne Hobbs may have done more than anyone to popularize dubstep and its increasingly divergent offshoots. She's long championed Britain's... More >>

• 'BlkMarket Membership Presents Koze+Cassy+Isolee'

  published November 24, 2010

  His groundbreaking Rest and the gorgeous "Beau Mot Plage" made Isolee one of microhouse's early stars a decade ago; his new single on Dial,... More >>

• 'Hard NYC Turkey Soup 2010 Presents A-Trak+Tiga+Flying Lotus'

  published November 17, 2010

  Alongside Nick Catchdubs, Fool's Gold cofounder A-Trak discovered Kid Cudi, opened for Kanye West, and remixed Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The Montreal... More >>

• 'Bu-Mako Presents Jenifa Mayanja+Isoul8'

  published November 17, 2010

  Bu-Mako Recordings founder Jenifa Mayanja has an impressive resume--the Ugandan-born DJ and producer was a buyer at Dancetracks and has commanded... More >>

• 'Turbotax Presents Kyle Hall+Shortstuff+Laurel Halo'

  published November 17, 2010

  Young Kyle Hall spent his Detroit teen years impressing the masters of techno--he counts Theo Parrish, Rick Wilhite, Mike Huckaby, and Omar S. as... More >>

• 'No Regular Play Presents Federico Maccherone+Cem G & Rg'

  published November 10, 2010

  Wolf + Lamb pals No Regular Play make house new again, slowing it down, cutting it apart, but shrouding it in organic sounds and a jazz... More >>

• 'Basic NYC Presents Carl Craig'

  published November 10, 2010

  The jazz-influenced, Subotnick-indebted '90s classics Carl Craig created under his Paperclip People, 69, Psyche and Innerzone Orchestra guises... More >>

• 'Seclusiasis Presents Who Run It?'

  published November 10, 2010

  Street bass leader Starkey makes something like the Philly version of dubstep: massive bass shaped by melody and hip-hop, with grime and... More >>