Email Author Michaelangelo Matos

2012 Stories by Michaelangelo Matos

• Maya Jane Coles: Say Her Name

  published August 29, 2012

  When West London house producer and DJ Maya Jane Coles plays Electric Zoo this Saturday, she'll have something of an uphill climb ahead of her.... More >>

• Q&A With DJ Dara: "I'm A Raver At Heart, An Old-School Raver"

  published Aug 09, 2012

  Irish drum & bass jock Darragh Guilfoyle, known professionally as DJ Dara, emigrated to the New York in 1994, right as the first American rave scene was lifting off. He quickly befriended fellow ex-pa... More >>

• The Next EP-isode

  published August 8, 2012

  For decades, the EP was the odd man out of recorded-music formats. Typically featuring three to six songs in under a half-hour, an EP had... More >>

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  Q&A: Cajmere On His Roots, The Differences Between House And Rave Audiences, And Tweaking "Percolator"

  published Aug 03, 2012

  Curtis A. Jones would be one of Chicago house music's most important figures even if all he'd done was start a couple of record labels. Twin pillars of the city's mid-'90s second major house wave, Caj... More >>

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  Live: Miguel Takes Control At Joe's Pub

  published Aug 01, 2012

  Miguel Joe's Pub Tuesday, July 31 Better than: Watching at home (which was not too bad, either). The dry-ice machine began covering the Joe's Pub stage floor at 11:22 p.m. By the time Miguel actual... More >>

• Q&A: VP Records' Patricia Chin, Olivier Chastan, And Neil "Diamond" Edwards On Running Their Queens Reggae Powerhouse

  published Aug 01, 2012

  VP Records is the Jamaica, Queens-based powerhouse of the international reggae scene. It owns and distributes a score of other labels including its longtime rival, Greensleeves. Founded by Vincent "Ra... More >>

• Queens's VP Records Heads To Jamaica and Back

  published August 1, 2012

  The first thing you notice when you walk into the Jamaica, Queens, headquarters of global reggae powerhouse VP Records is the chasm in the... More >>

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  Live: IDentity Festival Walks The Line Between Raving And Raging At Jones Beach

  published Jul 30, 2012

  IDentity Festival Jones Beach Theater Saturday, July 28 Better than: A rainout. 3:47 p.m., Babylon-bound LIRR train Seated across from me are two college girls, a blonde and a brunette, and one col... More >>

• Q&A: Adam X On Being Known As A Producer Instead Of A DJ, The Importance Of Mixing It Up, And Berlin's Energy

  published Jul 26, 2012

  Born Adam Mitchell in Coney Island, Brooklyn, techno and industrial producer Adam X was one of the key architects of the early '90s New York rave scene. With his older brother, Frankie Bones—who... More >>

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  Q&A: Jonathan Toubin On His Record Collection, Moving To New York In The '90s, And Wanting To Make Culture

  published Jul 11, 2012

  Some DJs are quiet, let-the-music-do-the-talking types, but not Jonathan Toubin. Interviewed for this week's Voice profile, the 4Knots Music Festival Afterparty host was enthusiastic and opinionated, ... More >>

• Live: Rebecca & Fiona Play To The Party People At Lavo

  published Jun 22, 2012

  Rebecca & Fiona Lavo Thursday, June 21 Better than: The Avicii show at Lavo in January. I'd been watching Swedish DJ duo Rebecca & Fiona play their wrung-out superclub gruel for about an hour and a... More >>

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  First Worsts: Oh "Mandy," You Came And You Sounded Absolutely Terrible

  published Jun 06, 2012

  This month, to celebrate the Internet's unbridled love for wallowing in nostalgia and even greater relishing of talking about why certain cultural artifacts are horrible, Sound of the City presents Fi... More >>

• Live: The Crystal Ark And Avan Lava Bathe In Color At Music Hall Of Williamsburg

  published May 31, 2012

  The Crystal Ark w/Avan Lava Music Hall of Williamsburg Wednesday, May 30 Better than: The record, in one case. Last summer, Jonathan Galkin described his work as DFA Records' head of A&R for me in ... More >>

• Q&A: Jacques Greene On Producing Pop Acts, Being Introduced To Dance Music, And Bridging Gaps Between Audiences

  published Apr 26, 2012

  Electronic dance music's recent youthquake has brought forth not only a lot of new production talent, but also a healthy number with distinctive styles. That's certainly the case with the 22-year-old ... More >>

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  Dick Clark, R.I.P.

  published Apr 18, 2012

  Dick Clark was cool—as in unflappable, not hip. That was key in an American 1950s where, for much of the nation, the latter condition was basically synonymous with "longhaired Commie fag degener... More >>

• Live: Kraftwerk Dazzle The Crowd At MoMA

  published Apr 16, 2012

  See more photos from Kraftwerk's weekend sets. Kraftwerk Museum of Modern Art Saturday, April 14 Better than: The ShowClix waiting room. There was a roar that went up during the full stops between s... More >>

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  Daniel Martin-McCormick's Spin Control

  published March 14, 2012

  "I have a lot of fashion rules," says Daniel Martin-McCormick, the 28-year-old musician who makes up half of the rock-gone-electronic... More >>

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  Oddsmaking: Is The Best Dance Recording Grammy Basically Skrillex's To Loser

  published Feb 12, 2012

  If you think the opinions of critics and passionate fans of rock and rap and pop and country mean nothing to the Grammy Awards, being a dance-music fan widens the gap that much more. Essentially, if y... More >>

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  So Beautifulr So What: Why The Grammys Shoved Paul Simon Aside And Embraced Skrillex

  published Feb 09, 2012

  A good while back, I was envisioning a Grammy-night dogfight between what, at that point, were my two favorite albums of 2011: Lady Gaga's Born This Way and Paul Simon's So Beautiful or So What. (Both... More >>

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  Oddsmaking: Will Adele Go "Rolling" Over Her Song Of The Year Competitionr

  published Feb 08, 2012

  The Grammys have a determinedly behind-the-times history, and Song of the Year is one of the ceremony's most reliably old-fashioned categories. It's given to the songwriter—even though what cons... More >>

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  The Grammys' 53 Record Of The Year Winners, In Order

  published Feb 08, 2012

  53. Phil Collins, "Another Day in Paradise" [1991] 52. The 5th Dimension, "Up, Up and Away" [1968] 51. Olivia Newton-John, "I Honestly Love You" [1975] 50. Celine Dion, "My Heart Will Go On" [1... More >>

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  Don Cornelius, R.I.P.

  published Feb 01, 2012

  What must it have been like to be under the sway of Don Cornelius back when he was a salesmanr Damn hard to resist, most likely. Cornelius was a salesman before he was a DJ, a DJ before he was a TV ho... More >>

• Live: Avicii Pumps (And Pumps) The Crowd At Lavo

  published Jan 23, 2012

  Avicii Lavo Saturday, January 21 Better than: Sensory deprivation. Anthropologically it was worth it; logistically a lot less so. Arriving to Lavo, on East 58th Street, at 11:45 on Saturday night i... More >>

• The Year Ravers and Pop Fans Learned to (File) Share

  published January 18, 2012

  The difference between the way electronic-dance audiences perceive dance music—contemplation-worthy, the locus of a cabal-like... More >>

• The Bunker's Bryan Kasenic On The Berliniamsburg Era, Throwing Parties For Electronic-Music Nerds, And "Amateur Night"

  published Jan 06, 2012

  This week, the Voice profiled Bryan Kasenic, who throws the monthly Bunker party—the city's premiere techno event—which celebrates its ninth year tonight at Public Assembly with a bash fea... More >>