Even though Electronic Dance Music, EDM, has surfaced as the next big thing, the niche for underground dance music is thriving in a way of its own. Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival is a club-to-club festival focused around electronic music and visual arts. In its fifth year (we did a review last year as well), BEMF continues to showcase an array of artists, both established and up-and-coming, representing the eclectic forms of hip hop, bass, house, techno, and IDM amongst others. Deadboy, member of the UK label...
I am genuinely curious how New Yorkers manage to survive and thrive as regular human beings when they're surrounded by so many tempting musical events. After traveling into Brooklyn on Thursday night for Earmilk's own Night Rumours club night, I made my way to Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival (BEMF) on Friday and Saturday, and no amount of coffee can quite revive me today after partying until 4 am three days in a row. By midnight on Saturday, my feet were in so much pain (even in flats) that if I had stopped...