Joe Nice – Man About Europe
Joe Nice's European Tour starts Friday and he's bringing the business to 5 countries in 8 days! Check the dates, and if he's in a city near you we suggest hiding your China and taping-up your windows.
- May 11: Manchester, UK
- May 12: Istanbul, TR
- May 16: Dublin, IE
- May 17: Dusseldorf, DE
- May 18: Helsinki, FI
Soul Mob Sunday’s in DC
The Rock and Roll Hotel was one of the first establishments to trail-blaze their way into DC's NE H Street Neighborhood, now dubbed the "Atlas District". Since those early days they have presented a consistent formula of live indie, rock and electronic acts downstairs with local DJs upstairs playing a blend of get-your-feet moving music. With a recently finished rooftop deck going up just in time for Summer, R&R was already on our short list of places to go in the District. Now, our good friend Neil Kurland of Baltimore's Soul Mob is taking over Sunday nights in the upstairs, leveraging his many travels around the globe to bring DC a sampling of some of the amazing artists that he has had the pleasure of meeting, and introducing their sounds to the District. Expect a night of truly underground house music with a focus on the dance floor!
Gourmetbeats will be in attendance this Sunday the 13th for the soft-opening featuring Philly's DJ Terreyl - Bring your Mama!
Tonight in Baltimore: Tyler Schmith @ Red Maple
Catch Tyler Schmith tonight in Baltimore @ Red Maple: 930 N. Charles St!
Tonight in DC: Joe Nice + Hatcha at Forward Fest!
If you are a music lover in the DC area you undoubtedly know that ForwardFest is going on this week, one of the city's largest electronic music festivals. They have done a great job this year of bringing out some names that are really pushing boundaries in current music. Tonight our own Joe Nice will be behind the decks along with Legendary dubstep trailblazer Hatcha for what is sure to be a bass-heavy night of chest-thumping music.
Also, our good friends from the ForQuarters collective as well as The Elders will be in another part of the city for the Forward Fest House showcase. All in all it's a great night to be in DC. We'll see you out tonight!
The Gumball with Tommy Largo – This Saturday!
Baltimore's ForQuarters Collective is once again bringing some top-tier talent to Charm City, this time all the way from the Netherlands! If you are a lover of deep or jacking house music, chances are you have heard one of Tommy Largo's productions. With releases on many of the country's top House Music labels, Tommy's songs have been played by the likes of DJ Sneak, Derrick Carter, Mark Farina and Johnny Fiasco just to name a few. His productions are proven floor fillers, and now he brings his signature sound to Baltimore for another installment of The Gumball! As an added bonus, opening support is being provided by our good friends The Elders, further securing this as a can't-miss evening.
WMC 2012 – Featured: The Ones We Missed!
The conference is here and we’re jumping in! Watch out for live tweets from the Gourmetbeats twitter team to show up right here on the front page, or follow the list on twitter at http://twitter.com/gourmetbeats/wmc2012-gourmetbeats-team
Remember, you can see ALL of our WMC2012 featured posts by following the WMC2012 Tag. As our last WMC countdown post, we wanted to feature some of the parties that we may have missed. With 500+ events happening, there is just no way that we can cover all of it, and those that we featured here don’t even begin to scratch the surface of what’s out there. Here are a couple of others that we didn’t get to.
Future Classics (TODAY)
Organized by our good friends Terry Thompson and Neil Kurland, future classics at the National is going on its Fifth year at the conference, and features some of the biggest names in dance. The venue itself is out of this world, and this is sure to be a showcase of the wilder side of Miami.
Baltimore Soultree (WEDNESDAY)
Bringing that Baltimore sound to Miami and featuring our good friend N’Dinga Gaba, along with DJ Pope, Teddy Douglas and Cleo Khary, this will be a great place to get your dose of Soul on Wednesday!
Topless (THURSDAY)
Pool party featuring squirt gun battles, beach balls, and booty shaking music. Need we say more? Presented by our friends at SpinSpinNYC!
APT Entertainment Showcase (FRIDAY)
Another rocking day party, we’ll let the lineup speak for itself: Mark Farina, Sonny Fodera, Atnarko, Nutritious, Colette, Wattie Green, Olivier Desmet, Jason Hodges, Hanna Haise, Andy Riley, Joshua Iz, Hugh Cleal, Sleep & Boo, and Elephant Noise. What???
House Guests @ Love/Hate Lounge (SATURDAY)
This little bar down on Washington Ave is one of our favorite places in Miami. Last year we saw our top two performances of the conference here. It’s just large enough to allow comfortable dancing, has awesome sound, and the Saturday night party with DJ Sneak, DJ Mes, Sonny Fodera and DC’s own Dimitri Max is sure to be a showcase of jacking house at its finest.
The Un-Official WMC Hangover Vol. 4 (SUNDAY)
Sunday marks the end of the conference and our favorite closing party has returned to D’Vine Hookah Lounge! Featuring some of the best in the biz, including Oscar P, Jeff Craven, Jonn Hawley, Tommy Largo, JC Hanna, The Elders, and more, it’s a great place to unwind with friends before bidding farewell back to normal life.
Full event listings: http://www.thelistwmc.com/
WMC 2012 – Featured: Dance for the Cause
Wednesday March 21st at Deluca
530 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach
8PM-Midnight
What's better than dancing to great music? Doing it for a great cause! Organized by our good friend Donny Sizemore (Sizemo) and featuring some great Gourmetbeats talent including The Elders and our own Tyler Schmith, the event hopes to raise awareness for the Campaign for Cancer Prevention which supports several of the world's largest and longest running studies into understanding cancer causes and preventions. It's free, but we suggest contributing to Donny's goal of $3,000 towards the cause!
WMC 2012 – Featured: Where to get your pop licked
Afternoon Delight - Friday March 23rd
Daytime parties are one of the best things about the Winter Music Conference. It's been cold all winter, and March in Miami is that perfect time when you can work on your tan while your friends are still wearing long-sleeves back home. The girls are in bikinis, the palm trees are swayin', and the hardest decision you'll have is choosing where to spend your day. If it's house music and outdoor revelry that you're looking for, March 23rd's Afternoon Delight is a great choice.
Going on its 7th year at the conference, A.D. has successfully remained one of the most exuberant and well attended daytime events at the WMC, bringing just the right mix of excellent music, lovely ladies, and ice cold popsicles. Adam Auburn of LA's Auburn Entertainment along with DAE Recordings and a host of other sponsors and contributors have successfully branded Afternoon Delight as a rocking ass party, and after being named as one of the best 5 daytime events in Miami by Mixmag, it's even expanded to LA where it is now a regular summer fixture.
One of the things that elevates Afternoon Delight from the rest of the daytime WMC events is the careful planning that's put into the lineup. Not just the top-tier talent that plays every year, but the thoughtful programming of set times which results in an overall experience that is cohesive and never boring. You can bet that as the sun is going down, the music will align with just how your feeling at that moment, and this makes for one of the best vibes we've experienced at the conference.
The lineup this year sticks with the recipe seen previously of proven crowd-moving performers and includes the likes of Todd Terry, Ron Carroll, Jamie Lewis, Andy Caldwell, Spinna, Jask, Groove Assassin, Adam Auburn, Aaron Dae & Dirty, and David Sabat. Recently moving to Oceans 10 @ 960 Ocean Drive, you can find tickets and guestlist requests at http://afternoondelight2012.eventbrite.com/
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Friends and Contributers
- Adam Auburn
- Deep Sugar
- Digital Mystikz
- Dj Illkid
- Dubstep Forum
- DubWarNYC
- ForQuarters Collective
- Joe Nice
- N'Dinga Gaba
- Neil Kurland
- Reverend Mitton
- Soul Mob Productions