Electronic Music

Mike Servito on the current popularity of EDM and the fading line between house and techno

Mike Servito is a New York-based DJ and resident of the monthly Brooklyn techno club night, the Bunker. He came of age in Detroit during the 1990s, and you can hear it in his sound, which pays a substantial debt to many of the legendary mixmasters of that era. Equally inspired by techno heroes Derri ... More >>

The best EDM in Denver this weekend

SLOW HANDS @ NORAD | SAT, 5/11/13 There are plenty of DJs out there who are skilled at crafting upbeat dance sets to high-tempo music -- after all, it's easy to keep the dance floor moving when you keep the beats-per-minute at a fast-paced 160-180. Even dubstep only slows the tempo to around 140 BPM ... More >>

Maya Jane Coles on her quick rise in America

One of electronic music's fastest rising young stars, Maya Jane Coles has become a major phenomenon over the last two years. Just 25 years old, the Londoner has been recognized as one of the hottest DJs on the planet by everyone from Rolling Stone to Resident Advisor and she has performed at major f ... More >>

Traversable Wormhole will bend space and time at NORAD

The best dance music in Denver this weekend: Max Cooper, Doc Martin, Miguel Migs and more

Max Cooper spends his Afterhours at NORAD this Saturday The world of electronic music is lucky that Max Cooper, a computational biologist who earned his Ph.D. at Nottingham University, decided to pursue a life behind the decks. Before 2010, music was an evenings-and-weekends gig for Cooper, who was ... More >>

Stacey Pullen

EDC 2012: House Music Beef With DJ Sneak Plays Out in Steve Angello's DJ Set

In early spring, a Twitter beef erupted between DJ Sneak, a Chicago house music legend, and Steve Angello, one-third of the DJ supergroup Swedish House Mafia. Sneak called SHM's music "fake shit" and said they "do not play house music" -- as in, real house music. On Friday, in front of a huge crow ... More >>

Subb-an brings the tech-house down on Saturday, May 19

New club alert: NORAD Dance Bar to open next month in the space currently occupied by 2200

Since being transformed into a nightclub from a coffeehouse, the tan building on the corner of 22nd and Champa Street has been known by many names over the years: Club Evolution, the Loft, Club Ra, Gallery 22 and, most recently, 2200. This Saturday, May 19, the club will be rechristened once again a ... More >>

Rusko: "I, of course, support medical marijuana, and I am clearly a patient."

For Colorado's annual celebration in honor of smoking the ganja -- known otherwise as the twentieth of April to non-imbibers -- Rusko (aka Christopher Mercer), the reknown dubstep producer hailing from the England, is bringing his production to 1STBANK Center, along with DJ Shadow, Paper Diamond and ... More >>

Pete Moss wears his DJ hat on March 10 at Funky Buddha

Pete Moss

Global Dance Festival three-day passes to go on sale Wednesday

Get your track pads and refresh buttons ready, electro-heads! Exclusive three-day passes for the 2012 Global Dance Festival at Red Rocks Amphitheater are about to go on sale. This Wednesday, February 15 at noon, Triad Dragons are releasing exclusive, three-day passes to the largest electronic music ... More >>

Andy Turner of Plaid on The Black Dog, Michael Arias, Scintilli and virtues of soft synths

Terrorbird MediaPlaid​Andy Turner and Ed Handley of Plaid (due Saturday, November 19, at the Bluebird) were part of the groundbreaking electronic music project The Black Dog in the late '80s through the earliest part of the '90s with Ken Downie. Mixing ambient soundscaping with textured, synco ... More >>

John Digweed

Thursday, August 4, Beta, 303-383-1909.

Robotic Pirate Monkey, July 8 at the Bluebird

DJ ESP spins on April 29 at the Appaloosa Grill

Weekend Dance Card: Planet of the Drums, the Missing Link, Lee Burridge, Margaret Dygas, Get Down Underground

​Drum-and-bass seems to be re-surging, due perhaps in part to the current obsession with all things bass-heavy. Reload: Planet of the Drums, tonight at the Gothic Theatre, features a familiar line-up: Dara, AK1200 and Dieselboy, three selectors who have long been at the forefront of the Americ ... More >>

Tiesto at 1STBANK Center, 11/13/10

TIESTO With Robbie Rivera 11.13.10 | 1STBANK Center Holland's native son, superstar trance DJ and dance music producer Tiesto, boasts a resume that would be hard not to find impressive. Some of its highlights: Headlining Coachella and Bonnaroo; a Grammy nomination for his 2007 album, Elements of ... More >>

Last night: Skylab lifts the Coliseum into deep space - 09/25/10

Ferry Corsten.​SKYLAB Ferry Corsten, Bad Boy Bill, DJ Irene, Dieselboy and Wolfgang Gartner 09.25.10 | Denver Coliseum The lineup at Skylab this year was impressive, featuring names that have been in the electronic-music scene for a long time, including hard-house diva DJ Irene and one of the ... More >>

Wolfgang Gartner at Skylab

Win a pair of tickets to Skylab this weekend at the Denver Coliseum

If you're a dance music fan, the Denver Coliseum is the place to be this weekend. On Saturday, September 25, Skylab, presented by the Triad Dragons and Beatport, is celebrating its 16th year with performances by Ferry Corsten, Bad Boy Bill, Wolfgang Gartner, Showtek, Dieselboy, DJ Irene and a laud ... More >>

Bart B More at Beta

Mark Farina weaves a tapestry of funk at the Gothic

Mark Farina|Miguel Migs 4.29.10 | Gothic Theatre Downtempo guru Mark Farina has been touring with deep house DJ Miguel Migs, but fortunately for Denver, his stop at the Gothic added two local players to the bill. First up was Half Color, a two-man group out of Fort Collins playing downtempo, liv ... More >>

Mark Farina tonight at the Gothic Theatre

Shauna Regan​Didn't get tickets to Lupe Fiasco and B.o.B. at the Ogden? Bummer, kid. It's sold out, from what we hear. No worries. Mark Farina's at the Gothic tonight with Miguel Migs, J Flash and Half Color, and there's still tickets left for that show. Farina, in case you're not familiar, g ... More >>

CMKY announces preliminary 2010 festival lineup

​The preliminary lineup for Boulder's third annual electronic music fest Communikey Festival of Electronic Arts -- which takes place over four days from April 15-18 this year and continues its tradition of bringing in top-notch talent from the electronic music underground -- has been announced ... More >>

Top Ten Dance Albums of 2009

​The past year brought the worst economy since the malaise of the 1970s, and like that era, it also saw dance music sweep the nation. Lady Gaga, the Black Eyed Peas, Beyoncé and P. Diddy all dabbled in the sound. Even Michael Jackson was said to be working on a dance album with the Peas' Will ... More >>

Dave Seaman at the Church

Last Night: Daedelus at the Bluebird

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Satoshi Tomiie at Vinyl

DJ Sneak at Vinyl

Claude VonStroke at Beta

CacheFlowe's "Computer World" video

If you weren't lucky enough to catch CacheFlowe's performance of his awesome, dubsteppy cover of Kraftwerk's "Computer World," today's your lucky day because he has released a video of the performance, and we've got it for you. Actually, even if you did catch it, you're still lucky, because along w ... More >>

Thomas Fehlmann at the Fox Theatre

Matthew Dear

Matthew Dear at Beta

Dean Coleman

Vinyl

Mahjongg

Tuesday, February 26, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

Jochem Paap

Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom

Quivver

Vinyl

Parenthetical Girls

Friday, November 24, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

Chapel of Groove

Baby Anne

The Church

Carl Cox

Thursday, October 6, the Church, 303-832-3528.

Scratching the Surface

DJ Hive

Club Scout

Amon Tobin

Critic's Choice

Sasha

Obliqand Proud of It

The men behind a new electro label aren't all that interested in dancing.

Grade C

Craig C is taking Denver house music to the masses.