Dallas Observer Mixtape with Fantum

Brian Knolley has spent nearly three decades in the trenches of Dallas’ house music scene. He can be seen laying down sides as part of the Our House crew or as a guest at parties all over the city. Knolley’s experience comes through with every needle drop, every mix, every…

Dallas Observer Mixtape with WishFM B2B Holmes

Wade Hampton has seen it all. As DJ Wish FM he manned the storied dance floor of the Starck Club and was a guiding light of the original rave scene. Now he’s settled in Dallas, where he was involved in Ghostbar and now Uptown hotspot Sisu. He’s been helping club…

Dallas Observer Mixtape with Joe MxMind

For the last two decades, Joe MxMind has been active in all aspects of DFW DJ culture: behind the decks, in front of the decks, promoting other DJs on the decks and broadcasting DJs by way of his active sessions.fm online radio station. MxMind is driven by a deep appreciation…

Dallas Observer Mixtape with Brett Johnson

There’s a long list of house and techno producers who have come from Dallas but garnered more success outside its limits. Brett Johnson’s discography begins in ’99 with his Vibrations EP for Esoteric Records. Since then, he’s had 50 more releases, including singles and remixes, for top labels such as…

Dallas Observer Mixtape with Bradlee

DJ Bradlee’s face is one many will recognize; he mans the bar at Beauty Bar and It’ll Do. But there was a time when Bradlee spent more time behind the decks than the bar. His night jobs give him a front-row seat to the best of local DJ culture, and…

Dallas Observer Mixtape with Mike Stewart

DJs come in all shapes and sizes, varying from casual weekend raver to the career, full-time DJ. Mike Stewart is the latter. He makes people happy for a living by pulling from a wide variety of genres in the two DJ businesses of which he is part owner. Stewart is…

Dallas Observer Mixtape with Stone Castle

Shawn Kasal has been a DJ for only a few years, but it’s clearly his calling. Under the alias Stone Castle, he spins and produces techno in support of local DJ crew Lolo and as a guest on other DJ nights throughout town. Unlike many DJs, Kasal has a background…

Dallas Observer Mixtape with Urbanic: DJ QU, Truncate and More

Encouraged by his recent trip to Detroit for the Movement festival, Matthew Urbanic delivers an inspired mix that is heavy on techno. As a DJ, Urbanic is mostly associated with house music, but he recently began exploring new sonic pastures. Choice cuts from the likes of Fred P, Deadbeat, Function,…

Dallas Observer Mixtape with Miss CJ

Miss CJ knows what it means to hustle and grind. The producer, DJ and promoter is a unifying force for the bass-heavy music scene in DFW and a founding member of the Basshead Society, which throws the annual Evarland Music and Arts Festival, a weekend of music, dancing and camping on a…

From Dallas to Detroit: A Trip to Techno Mecca

Techno is a misunderstood genre in Texas. Here, the word techno is a catch-all used to describe all electronic music. Some even confuse it with the pop music-centered EDM fad, which is lot like lumping Good Charlotte in with Black Flag and calling them both punk. They’re just not the…

‘Dallas Observer’ Mixtape with Redsean

Sean Humphrey isn’t old school, but he’s not exactly a spring chicken, either. He got his start playing in bands but in recent years has embraced the life of a working DJ. Humphrey operates under the alias Redsean, playing in Uptown most weekends. Humphrey is also active as a musician and…

Dallas Observer Mixtape with NOSO: Two Tone Feature

Dance music genres go in and out of fashion, but drum and bass has continually defied the odds to remain   relevant. Two:Tone Crew ahem done the same. They’ve provided a consistent platform for drum and bass music at their Thursday night residency at Wit’s End, where they regularly host…

Dallas Observer Mixtape with Bon Spengler

Bon Spengler works as a DJ and promoter and is a key player on the online radio station and label Proton Radio. She is one of the gatekeepers of the local techno scene and one of the loudest cheerleaders for the many talented DJs and producers emerging in Dallas. Spengler…