DJ Profiles
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He’s Bringing Records Back
Digging into scenester Sancho Van Ryan’s autographed vinyl collection
January 10th, 2013
Everyone in the Las Vegas nightlife industry loves electronic dance music. Or at least they pretend to, now that it’s seemingly everywhere. Still, it isn’t often that you see one of those movers and shakers carrying around a vinyl electronic-dance-music record in hopes that the superstar DJ will add an autograph to the label. But scene staple Sancho Van Ryan, who just launched VivaVegas.tv in November, has a love of EDM going back more than 15 years—and a vinyl collection to prove it. Read more »
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The Pryda House Music
Eric Prydz moves to America and, Surrenders his New Year’s Eve to Las Vegas
December 20th, 2012
We could have chosen any of the big-name electronic DJ/producers playing New Year’s Eve to profile, but in our minds there was only one name. Well, one very talented Swede who goes by many names. In a rare interview, Eric Prydz (a.k.a. Pryda and Cirez D, among others) gives Vegas Seven an exclusive look into his world and dishes about his move to L.A., his Epic Radio podcast, and if he’ll be singing live anytime soon. Prydz, who just received his second Grammy nomination, promises to challenge the norm Dec. 31 at Surrender with a three hour-minimum set. Read more »
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‘Modus Operandi’
Photek, the creator of intelligent drum and bass, headlines NYE
December 13th, 2012
We’re stoked for the Shelter New Year’s Eve party at Beauty Bar, featuring two areas of sound and headliner Photek. Vegas Seven caught up with L.A.-based Brit Rupert Parkes—a recent Grammy nominee who’s considered the creator of intelligent drum and bass—to chat about the evolution of bass music and who is possibly electronic music’s No. 1 terrorist. Read more »
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‘Gimme Some’
U.K. turntablist Kayper takes the ‘she’ out of ‘she-jay’ and earns respect from her peers
December 6th, 2012
Kayper may be soft-spoken, but the turntablist’s skills speak for her, hands a blur as she juggles beats and scratches up a storm. The U.K.-born Kaajal Bakrania (or Kayper, as she’s known on the club circuit) has been racking up the praise and awards since she started spinning in the late ’90s, including Best DJ at the 2012 London Bar & Club Awards. Kayper returns stateside Dec. 15 for her first gig at Lavo. Read more »
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Crazy Cazzette
An off-beat convo with the oh-so-candid duo
December 6th, 2012
Alexander Björklund and Sebastian Furrer have some serious expectations to live up to. As Cazzette, they are the second act to be managed by Ash Pournouri (the other being Avicii), and the first single off their debut album, Eject, has already garnered some serious buzz. Vegas Seven caught up with the down-to-earth duo in advance of their Dec. 10 show at XS to chat about everything from Alex’s special mushroom sauce to hooking up with Pournouri. Read more »
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3LAU Haus
The Las Vegas native is better known internationally than at home
November 29th, 2012
A Las Vegas native, 3LAU is more recognized on the national/international circuit. The articulate 3LAU is wise beyond his years, so much so that he could be mistaken for an insightful industry vet. We got some time with the worldly spinner before his Dec. 3 gig at Marquee. Read more »
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Do You Know Jack?
Bassjackers are a Dutch duo pulling double-duty
November 20th, 2012
Some DJs are jetsetters. Others prefer to be studio-dwellers. Bassjackers do both. Longtime best friends Marlon Flohr and Ralph van Hilst have disctinct roles: Flohr handles DJ duty, reporting back to van Hilst the producer what tracks garner the biggest response from the dance floor. T Read more »
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Along Came Spider
Tryst’s racy ’rachnid dishes about young Hollywood and impending fatherhood
November 15th, 2012
Oliver Nathan is one of the original celebrity DJs. Coming up with the likes of AM and Mark Ronson in an age where $10,000 per-gig paychecks were stratospheric, Spider, as he’s better known, has seen clubs transition from hip-hop to house and experienced the phenomenon of DJ superstardom. He’s also one of the few who scratches live and truly understands the art of mash-ups, which he does nearly every Friday at Tryst. Read more »
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America Is Finally All Gone
Pete Tong brings his infamous experience stateside
November 15th, 2012
When Pete Tong talks, you listen. The same goes for when the U.K.’s electronic music legend hosts his BBC Radio 1 show and—most importantly—plays music you’ve never heard in a club. He’s long been the go-to guy for breaking records, but Tong is also a master of amassing the best of the best from established underground artists while championing unknown talent. Read more »
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The Uprising
Electronic crossover act Foreign Beggars lose their Vegas virginity
November 8th, 2012
The genre-blurring versatility of the U.K.’s Foreign Beggars is finally touching down in Las Vegas for the first time. Together for a decade, MCs Orifice Vulgatron and Metropolis (above, left and center, respectively) along with DJ Nonames (right) have grown from their underground hip-hop roots to fusing razor-sharp rhymes with grime-y dubstep drops and break beats. Read more »
