Alejandra Loera

Davis Duong aka Skittles at the first International Gloving Championship.; Credit: Courtesy of Plurlife.com

Meet Skittles, Master of the EDM Art of Gloving

Originating in the early rave days, the first well known instance of gloving could be credited to Hermes, who put 10 Rav'n lights into a pair of white gloves. Few could've guessed that the simple act of making his fingers dance in the darkness would be the beginning of an......
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Five Things EDM Can Learn from Burning Man

Curious Josh / LA WeeklyInstallation outside DisorientEDM festivals continue to expand, with more weekends, bigger acts, and huge crowds. But are they getting better? Ticket prices are more expensive, sound quality isn't always great, and there are way too many bros. Though Burning Man is expanding itself and certainly not......
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The Worst of Burning Man 2013

Curious JoshThe 27th annual Burning Man came to a close Monday with thousands of camps, art carts and stages broken down and packed away in moving trucks. In just a few days the temporary city of Black Rock, inhabited by more than 60,000 people, disappeared like a mirage in the......
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The Best of Burning Man 2013

Curious Josh / LA WeeklyThe Temple of Whollyness at Burning Man 2013Another gritty and glorious Burning Man came and went last weekend in the lovely-yet-hostile stretch of desert dubbed Black Rock City. Just miles north of Gerlach, Nevada 61,000 attendees from all over the world came together to feel the......
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Five Great Hang-Out Spots at Coachella

Alejandra LoeraHave you heard of Coachella? We've been writing a lot about it! Though most of you are there to, um, see the music (and, of course, smuggle in drugs) sometimes you want to take a break from all that and roam around. So here are five spots you might......
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The Five Best EDM Performers at Coachella

Courtesy of Jorge Meza PhotographyThe Sahara Tent at CoachellaThe first weekend of Coachella was packed with EDM revelers; in fact, dance music lovers are growing in numbers so much that every other car in line at the campgrounds checking in was blasting some sort of EDM anthem. The festival even......