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Jet, Set, Go!
Sundance 2012’s Vegas nightlife lineup was hotter than ever
February 23rd, 2012
Tao Group has pretty much had the Sundance nightlife scene on lock since Jason Strauss and Noah Tepperberg stretched their marketing arm waaay up to Utah’s celebrity playground, Park City. For its sweet seventh Sundance programming, the group once again commandeered the underground parking garage at the T-Mobile Village at the Town Lift, Jan. 20-23, to bring us a familiar red-lit, Asian-inspired event space replete with VIP booths and a stage for DJs to reign over the steaming, warmly dressed masses Read more »
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Hey DJ, Put a Ring on It
Meet the real DJ wives of Las Vegas
February 9th, 2012
Nowhere near desperate, these ladies are the loves, best friends and rock-solid inspiration to some of Las Vegas’ most popular guys behind the decks. The wives of DJs Stellar, Vice and Digital Boy give Vegas Seven the scoop on their romance with the DJs that got them falling in love. Read more »
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Pumped Up Kicks
Feature Sneaker Boutique’s nightlife scenesters have a fresh beat for party feet
February 2nd, 2012
It was all a dream for four friends studying, living and throwing parties in Reno. When fashion enthusiast and personal shopper Ajay Bouri; DJ and marketing maverick and current talent director of RPM Nightclub Ejay Luera; Aaron White, known to most of Las Vegas as DJ Ikon; and sales guru Keith Lavazzi reunited in Las Vegas, the boys watched their love for style and DJ culture grow into something bigger when they opened Feature Sneaker Boutique in December 2010. Read more »
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Avatars, Keytars and Recycling
Geeking out with new Tao Group resident DJ Joachim Garraud
February 2nd, 2012
Garraud is part of a wave of veteran DJs who have embraced the new groove of electronic dance music and, consequently, are making a big splash in the U.S. He has played Coachella and Lollapalooza and is set to release a new EP off of Steve Aoki’s Dim Mak Records in March that will fuse techno, electro and dubstep. Read more »
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Block-Rockin’ Beast
Las Vegas-based producer Chad Vicious unleashes his aggression on the floor
January 26th, 2012
These days, in Las Vegas, it can be hard to keep your DJs straight. It seems like there are more DJs around than there are people who know how to play a guitar. But the former heavy-metalist and guitar-strumming rock band kid, DJ Chad Vicious (a.k.a. Chad Soares), is a DJ/producer whose sound is one of a kind. Read more »
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Kid With the Golden Arm
Formerly Kid Millionaire, DJ Steve Aoki has grown up to change the music, the scene and the way we party
January 19th, 2012
Steve Aoki has never fit into a mold. From his punk days in L.A. to the early moments of his thriving, 15-year-old record label Dim Mak (which translates to “a touch of death”), Aoki does things his way. The former hard-core straight-edger has incorporated punk-like antics into his sets, making him the most entertaining and interactive DJ to watch live. Read more »
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Hanging on Her Every Word
DJ88 is turning the tables on DJ interviews
January 12th, 2012
Countless DJ interviews on the ’net cover the basics. But have you ever wanted to get inside the mind of a DJ with interviews conducted by another DJ? Bree Cohen—also known on the scene as DJ88, with residencies including Insert Coin(s), Hyde and Marquee—is using her new online interview series to dig deep. And now that she’s talked to some of her favorites about the ins and outs of the biz, “Hang the DJ” is becoming the life of the party. Read more »
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Measure of a Man
San Francisco’s DJ Worthy has your ticket for a musical journey
January 12th, 2012
No rookie to electronic music, DJ Worthy fell in love with the deep bass sound in the ’90s during the early rave scene while growing up in Washington, D.C. Absorbed in the East Coast music culture, he went from playing drums, bass and guitar in punk-rock bands to become a DJ of genres ranging from hip-hop to techno before finally finding a home in deep house. Now happily settled as a member of San Francisco’s Dirty Bird label, the groove-giving producer makes his Las Vegas debut at the Revolution Lounge in The Mirage on Jan. 21. Read more »
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Here Comes the Boom
A star on the rise, DJ Stellar fills us in on his skyrocketing career
January 5th, 2012
You can’t call yourself DJ Stellar and not live up to the promise of that name. But Los Angeles native Dave Garcia has gone above and beyond his star-quality title. Since moving to Las Vegas six years ago, the personable DJ has made a name for himself as a resident at the most distinguished house nights such as Godskitchen and Paul Oakenfold’s Perfecto. Read more »
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Strings Attached
Mia Moretti puts a classical spin on her Cosmopolitan residency with violinist Caitlin Moe
December 22nd, 2011
Since their debut at a 2010 Lollapalooza after-party, New York darlings DJ Mia Moretti and violinist Caitlin Moe have been hot on the circuit. Classically trained musician Moe strums over genre-jumping tracks as spinster Moretti orchestrates the night. The duo, who improvise a majority of their sets, kick off their Cosmopolitan residency Dec. 30 and open for Stevie Wonder on New Year’s Eve. Read more »
