Electronic Music

The Best Electronic [EDM] Shows in St. Louis: May 2013

Many EDM fans are suffering from post-Coachella hangover. Not to fear, warmer weather is bringing more and more festivals. This month, St. Louis has a wide array of genre within EDM represented, so lets drop in and see what's in store.

Photos: One More Time, the Daft Punk Tribute at 2720 Cherokee

One More Time: A Daft Punk Tribute, presented by Loyal Family and Connector, brought down the house on April 12, 2013 at 2720 Cherokee, as two Daft Punk impersonating DJs -- complete with their own mini-Daft Punk pyramid, which looked like a smaller version of the real thing -- spun the hits of the ... More >>

No, Seriously, Is Daft Punk Playing Coachella?

Editor's Note: While the Daft Punk tribute went off last night at 2720 Cherokee, the real deal is rumored to play Coachella Music Festival this year. Here's a report from Kai Flanders of the RFT's sister paper, the LA Weekly.This is, so far, the burning question of this Coachella, being asked everyw ... More >>

The Six Best Effect-Enhanced Guitar Solos

Ever since prehistoric man hit a stick and a rock together and thought "I bet that would sound sweet through a delay pedal," musicians have craved new sonic avenues for their instruments. Here are the six best effect-enhanced guitar solos, including the time in which each solo begins. Let us know wh ... More >>

Pulse Festival to Bring Electronic Music Royalty to St. Louis

St. Louis' electronic scene has blossomed in recent years, as evidenced by the ravenous crowds that gather when a worldwide sensation comes around town. The popularity of the genre also cultivated a string of local artists that are starting to get national attention. Well, adherents to the wide-ran ... More >>

The Agony and the Ecstasy: A decade after the heyday of St. Louis' rave scene, it still feels like the morning after

St. Louis' Rave Scene Gains Closure With One Last Party

​Between 1990 and 2001, the city's rave scene was one of the healthiest in the country and possibly the largest in the Midwest: A dynamic, reverent community that created a family out of people who knew only each other's first names. This was before the pacifiers and the phat pants, before glo ... More >>

Winter Warpdrive VI

9 p.m. Saturday, February 12. The Roberts Orpheum Theater, 416 North Ninth Street.

Photos: Matthew Dear at the Koken Art Factory, Saturday, January 29

Electronic innovator Matthew Dear performed with a full band at the Koken Art Factory on Saturday night, January 29. How was the show? Did Dear's full-band set-up trump his solo-only work/DJing? Let us know in the comments- - and check out photos from a slideshow shot by Jason Stoff.Jason StoffMatth ... More >>

A Fusion Restaurant's Website Speaks!

http://www.angelfire.com/super/badwebs/​A common complaint of many diners is the appalling quality of most restaurants' websites. I could list the many egregious sins of these sites, but McSweeney's has published a satirical -- or is it? -- piece titled "If This Fusion Restaurant's Website Could T ... More >>

Matthew Dear Coming to the Koken Art Factory

Puja Patel/Village VoiceMatthew Dear in Brooklyn, 11/24/10​This is a good one, folks: Ghostly International label anchor/co-founder Matthew Dear is doing a show at the Koken Art Factory on Saturday, January 29. (According to his booking agent, it's a full-band show, not just a DJ set.) Dear is ... More >>

Ten Best Things to do on New Year's Eve in St. Louis

"Everybody's having fun out here. They drinking, they fighting, they pissing on the streets. It's New Year's Eve. They loving the ladies."​If you're still wondering where 2010 went, you're not alone. But it's basically over -- so get over it. Here are our top picks for the last day of the Greg ... More >>

Photos: Paul Oakenfold at Europe Night Club, Thursday, November 18 Bonus Stagedive Video

On a chilly night in St. Louis, superstar DJ Paul Oakenfold warmed up the crowd at Europe Night Club. Todd Owyoung was there and brought back a slideshow of photos. Here's a sampling below:Todd Owyoung​ View a slideshow of Paul Oakenfold at Europe Nightclub photos

Video: Daft Punk Beams Itself Into a NYC Phoenix Show

Last night was just your normal, garden-variety Phoenix headlining show at Madison Square Garden. And then Daft Punk showed up to crash the party. (You know, the usual. No big deal.) The duo started performing "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger," which eventually morphed into Phoenix's hit "1901." Th ... More >>

Update: Paul Oakenfold Show Set for Europe Nightclub

Paul Oakenfold, the world's most successful DJ, will play Europe Nightclub November 18, as B & W Productions confirmed in an exclusive interview with RFT this morning. "The good thing about Oakenfold, he attracts people who have been in the club scene for a long time, and he always brings someb ... More >>

HOME Nightclub Closed

Deadmau5 at Home Nightclub, September 2008. Photo by Vikram Singh.​As of today, HOME Nightclub is closed, according to a statement released this morning. The reason given was the club's inability "to sustain profitability." (Full release after the jump.) Since opening in December 2007, the ven ... More >>

The Chemical Brothers Promote New Interactive Audio-Video Album With iPad Giveaway

The Chemical Brothers' Further​Tuesday, June 22 marked the release date of the Chemical Brothers' seventh album, Further. Although, "album" doesn't begin to define the project, which consists of eight new tracks, each with a corresponding film produced by Adam Smith and Marcus Lyall in conju ... More >>

Listen and Go See: Live Electronic Act Buz at the Firebird, Saturday, June 19

​Hat tip to a random reader for pointing me toward Buz, a local live-electronic duo worth checking out. The band's been around for awhile -- it released an album called Shapeshifter back in 2006 -- but keyboardist Jake Elking tells me Buz hopes to have a new record out by the end of the year. ... More >>

Homespun: Murder Happens, Dead World and Dying Suns

In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer reviews Murder Happens' new CD, Dead World and Dying Suns. He had this to say: By looking at the album credits for Murder Happens' latest CD, one might think that band leader Paul Wood won a trip to Industrial Rock Fantasy Camp. Dead World and Dying Suns fe ... More >>

Minimal techno wizard Richie Hawtin celebrates Independence Day with a St. Louis appearance and a new Twitter application

Photos: Paul van Dyk Now and a Year Ago

German DJ Paul van Dyk performed last night at Home Nightclub, drawing club-goers with Germany T-shirts, furry leg warmers and at least one LP-toting super-fan. PVD was in the Lou last year as well and performed at Dante's Nightclub. (See photos from that show.) Below are photos from his gig last ni ... More >>

Calendar Pimp Emergency Broadcast System

William Gass invites you to visit the Front Room.If you're already watching the clock and thumbing through the paltry excuses you've yet to use for ditching work early on a Friday afternoon, set your thumbs at ease. You suddenly need to go to the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis before it closes ... More >>

The Faint

8 p.m. Friday, December 12. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Show Review: Paul van Dyk at Dante's Nightclub, June 25, 2008

John Digweed Q&A: Preview of Sasha & Digweed's April 14 St. Louis Appearance

Spin-Off Contestant #1: Rob Gray

Lollapalooza, Day One: It's Daft Punk's World, We Just Live In It

LCD Soundsystem

Sound of Silver (DFA/Capitol)

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Tonight We’re Gonna Party Like It’s 1999

A new generation of ravers takes the beat back to the warehouse

Beat Generation

Electronic music: the year in review

Slow Dazzle

The View from the Floor (Misra)

Head South, Young DJ

Got skills? Then welcome to Miami.

Sasha with DJ John Debo

Wednesday, October 23; Velvet

Meg Lee Chin with Chris Connelly

Monday, September 16; Galaxy

Future Sound of London

The Isness (Hypnotic)

Hipper Hop

The Anti-Pop Consortium built up its reputation by tearing down rap conventions

Bob Mould with Her Space Holiday

Friday, March 29; Pageant.

Spark & Spiel

Circuit-benders make music from obsolete electronics. You won't believe your ears.

Super Furry Animals

Rings Around the World (Sony)

Best Post-Weekend Comedown

Mondays at the Upstairs Lounge

Beat-Crazy

Miami's Winter Music Conference draws anybody who's anybody in the electronic-music world

PROPPING THE DATA

Even though the instruments of choice are computers, Paul Davis and Joe Beuckman of Beige Records make music brimming with energy and personality

"EXTREME" NOISE TERROR

The best loud stuff Japan has to offer

SPACE BLAST

The Superstars of Love throw a helluva party

DJ Craze with Infamous, DJ K-Nine, Tré and Two Tone

Thursday, Oct. 28; Galaxy

BUMP-BUMP IN THE NIGHT

Superstar DJ Carl Cox moves the masses with his inspired beat-matching

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Osmosis (Leaf Records)

QUICKIES

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