Through their record labels Audiophile, Audiophile Deep and Audiophile XXL, Jimmy Freer and Chris Wu have become cornerstones of Dallas dance music. Outside of the dance community, their labels may be overlooked in Dallas, but Audiophile has a higher profile than the vast majority of local record labels. They release music…
After years of hearing stories about record stores closing, it seems the tide has turned and stores are popping up everywhere with increasing frequency. While Dallas lost two of its best spots in the past year, Groovenet and Dead Wax Records, there’s no shortage of crate digging options in the…
This week’s Dallas Observer Mixtape features the exotic beats of radio show host DJ Flying B. Through his shows The Flying Burrito Music Show and Global Beats, Flying B explores modern around the globe. This may go down as one of the strangest installments in this series. The mix itself is…
Anthony Harwood is a Chicago native who relocated to Dallas more than a decade ago. You can find him playing around town, but only occasionally. Lately he’s been busy starting an internet radio station, not just programming the music but actually writing software code, and raising his daughter. The depth…
Omar Mustafa represents the brighter side of Dallas’ younger-generation DJ culture. He’s dedicated to the art of the mix, but as an audience member he’s a staple on the dancefloor of many other DJ’s dance nights. If you go out to see club DJs often enough, you are more than…
Wanz Dover is a veteran musician, producer and DJ in Dallas, and a regular contributor to the Dallas Observer. He hosts his own residencies at venues like Double Wide, Midnight Rambler and Off The Record. Dallas is overflowing with DJ residencies. Musical curators, turntablists and mixologists representing a wide number…
Matthew Parks is a highly trained technician behind the decks. His humble demeanor is misleading, given the very aggressive style with which he mixes techno. Usually very banging techno, at that — the kind that often has more appeal to fans of industrial, noise, experimental, punk or even metal than…
Detroit is the birthplace of techno, and each Memorial Day weekend fans from around the world flock to Detroit’s Movement Festival, or Detroit Electronic Music Festival. This year, Dallas music was on display. Crowds of well over 100,000 congregated in Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit for six stages of music…
Luke Sardello is so much more than just a veteran DJ. Sardello is the epitome of an old school Dallas vet, but he is also a music connoisseur, curator and part of the brains behind Josey Records. As a DJ he’s largely associated with house music, but — as a…
Israel Marcano Jr could be considered an ex-pat of the infamous 90s Dallas rave scene. He has witnessed Dallas go through it’s many phases over the years. Israel’s mix for this week reflects that by not settling stylistically. The propulsive pulse of house music with dashes of techno and breaks…
Chris Roze is a consistent face among forward but floor-friendly club music DJs. As a member of Trillwave, he’s been a part of the many parties that crew has thrown at Beauty Bar over the past year. The Trillwave crew has bowed out of the always challenging world of DJ…
Mikey Rodge has been a constant presence amongst the younger set of DJ’s to come out of the short lived days, but fondly remembered Fallout Lounge. Rodge is an ex-pat of the blog house scene that brought a generation of indie kids into club music. As a DJ, promoter and…
Not that long ago, techno music was a dirty secret in Dallas. It was genre banned from peak-time status and banished to the wee-hour slots — if it was booked at all. But, in the form of their production duo Cache Money, Andrew Glebhoff and Adam Jilek are a perfect examples…
Owning a record store in the 21st century means a more than it used to. While vinyl’s return to favor has led to a host of new record stores in Dallas, simply selling records isn’t always enough for DJs. That’s why when Josh Kynd and his wife decided to open…
| Gavin Guthrie has a gift for the follow through. Just a few years into his career as a dance music producer under the name TX Connect, Guthrie has more vinyl releases than most of his veteran peers in Dallas. In the past year alone, he dropped releases on European…
DJ Titan has been a cornerstone in Dallas drum and bass for the past 15 years. He’s been a musical pilot behind the decks and producer in the studio. For this week’s mixtape, Titan digs deep for an upbeat, vocal-driven mini-mix of drum and bass featuring a few tunes from regional producers…
Mr. Daishiki Jones is pretty much the definition of of a proper house head. The amount of passion that exudes from this man through his mixes and declarations of his profound love of house are truly inspiring. He spent his early years soaking in the culture of Chicago house music…
Over the past 10 years, Record Store Day has become a behemoth celebration of all things vinyl. Vinyl nerds line up as early as 7 a.m. to get their hands on the exclusive RSD deals, with the most in-demand specials usually gone within the first few hours. Longtime crate diggers,…
Hunter Vaughn has been a fixture in Dallas DJ culture over the past decade with stints at clubs like Zubar, Lizard Lounge and Crown & Harp. Vaughn shows a level of genre flexibility that has played in his favor, while also proving to be an active producer. He even has a new…
Brian Bishop goes by the stage name of Vectorvision. Bishop has been a modest but vital part of Dallas electronic music for well over two decades. He’s amassed a vinyl collection that make even the most experienced DJ vets blush with jealousy, an arsenal of modular systems and rare synths, and…
S.O.U.L.Jah has been an ever-present force in Dallas DJ culture over the past decade, holding down a string of residencies in a variety of genres at some of Dallas’ most beloved DJ haunts. S.O.U.L.Jah has deep roots in Dallas drum and bass, but has never been one to play it…
Omar Mustafa is part of the younger class of DJs that have come up in Dallas in recent years. Mustafa has made the rounds as an audience member and as a DJ, playing at many of the key spots for the city’s key promoters. Mustafe is always able to adapt…
