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Joey Beltram: The "hoover" innovator doesn't suck

By Drexel Faris
Oct 26, 2006

Joey Beltram highlights an all-star lineup at the Meltdown Block Party on Saturday, October 28 at Lizard Lounge and Club Seven.
The Beatdown

DJ Sander heads up the audio/visual club

By Drexel Faris
Oct 19, 2006

Back in 1999, when Sander Kleinenberg burst onto the global club scene, the still-wet-behind-the-headphones DJ/producer made his name by pushing the sonic envelope with releases that were so forward-thinking, he landed not one but two tracks on the wildly popular Global Underground series mixed by none other than über-DJ Sasha...
Drop the Lime

Keeps the heads guessing but keeps their asses shaking

By Drexel Faris
Sep 28, 2006

The current reigning ambassador of the loosely defined mash-it-up genre known as breakcore, Luca Venezia--aka Drop the Lime--has been expanding the palette of club music aficionados since he broke on the scene in 2003. DTL's blend of grime/dubstep, frenetic 4/4 techno, IDM and Baltimore house, along with a fuck-the-rules attitude,...
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Ben Watt lights up the DJ world with his tech-pop legacy

By Drexel Faris
Jul 27, 2006

Pop-culture logic dictates that Ben Watt should probably be making out with Scary Spice on the British version of The Surreal Life at this point. Rather, he has made the improbable transition from a quasi-celeb of the last decade to a respected underground house jock and producer in this one...
Not-So-Fresh Prince

Diplo's baile-funk production style is hot. His interview skills? Not so much.

By Drexel Faris
Jul 27, 2006

How did Diplo, a dinosaur-loving, M.I.A.-supporting, crunk-spinning white kid from Florida, become the hottest party DJ in Philadelphia (if not the world)? It sure as hell isn't through answering questions with complete sentences. You can't blame the superstar producer/remixer/label head/indie music darling for being busy, especially during his current tour...

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