Best party you played or attended?

Jump 'N Funk with Rich Medina
—Keen One (Miami, FL)

I only played one party, and it was nowhere near the best. I think Sunday School for Degenerates wins that title again, but watching both the Masters at Work on four CDJs each, with Jazzy Jeff jumpin' in on Serato — on a yacht — that was dope bidness.
—Susan Langan aka Qzen, iTunes Dance & Electronic Programmer (San Francisco, CA)

Spectral Social at the Clinton Hotel.
—Anja Schneider, Mobilee Records (Berlin, Germany)

Spectral Social at the Clinton Hotel.
—Philipp Hofmann, Stars & Heroes (Berlin, Germany)

Somewhere between the Beatport Sessions at the National, Robots at B.E.D., and Sunday School for Degenerates at the Pawn Shop.
—Kim Booth, Rebel Butterfly Promotions (Paris, France)

Caught one or two Ed Banger sets that were great, and Rich Medina as always. Unfortunately, there was nothing mind-fuckingly stellar that really jumped out at me. That's what I look for at WMC: the next. No next this year. Maybe I just missed it. If so, bummer. For gear junkies, however, the Remix Hotel was an interesting stop, as always.
—Jason Jeffers aka Fitzroy (Miami, FL)

The Presets with Crystal Castles and Finesse & Runway at Churchill's — great vibes and one of the only 18+ events during WMC week.
—Lauren "Lolo" Reskin, Sweat Records (Miami, FL)

A tie between Kruder & Dorfmeister, Ben Watt, and Kraak & Smaak for free on the Raleigh rooftop, and the big Om party at Y Ultra Lounge!
—Gunnar Hissam, Om Records (San Francisco, CA)

The Wednesday-night afterparty at the One More Day Mansion, straight into the Scion Raleigh rooftop rave with the Rub, Justice, and Andy Smith on Thursday day.
—Roxy Cottontail, promoter/DJ (New York, NY)

I played a really nice event for Johnny Walker Blue Label with a big group of friends including Doug Lee (Rong Music), Justine D (Motherfucker), DJ Pube$ from LA, Blu Jemz (Turntable Lab), Lindsey Caldwell (Negroclash), and Chess Hubbard that was a real break from the normal MIA madness. Oysters, caviar, lots of top-shelf whiskey, and an enormous check at the end… What beats that?
—James F!@$%^ Friedman, Throne of Blood (New York, NY)

Three-way toss up between our Robots party at B.E.D. with Tiefschwarz, the insane afterhours gig at Pawnshop for Sunday School for Degenerates, and the Roam Music party on the rooftop of the Townhouse Hotel with myself, Three, Pier Bucci, and Mathew Jonson. I'd have to say that this rooftop party was the best party I attended. Really nice vibe and the setting was perfect.
—Bill Patrick, Robots (New York, NY)

Played? Chocolate Sundays at the Purdy Lounge, featuring A-Trak, the Bangers, Egg Foo Young, and the Stunnas. Attended? Ed Banger party at Studio A and the following afterparty at PS14 that went until 10am. Oof!
—Induce, WonderSound (Miami, FL)

Best party played was the Turntable Lab party with the rest of the MoneyShot crew at the Shore Club. The best party attended was probably the afterparty held at my house (One More Day Mansion) on Wednesday night after the Mark got shut down by fire marshals. It was pure insanity, off the chainsaw, bonkers, banana-rama. Peaches, Spank Rock, JD of Le Tigre, Roxy Cottontail, Lastnightsparty.com, the Turntable Lab DJs, and half of Philly were all in the building. An amazing way to start WMC.
—Jake Jefferson, MoneyShot/One More Day (Miami, FL)

Best party played—and by played I mean planned—was the Ed Banger afterparty at PS14 … I pulled it together day-of, had Franki Chan draw a flyer, and we jammed 'til 10am. It was unreal. Best party attended was the penthouse party with Justice and MSTRKRFT. Amazing!
—Xavier Burt, MoneyShot/One More Day (Miami, FL)

Top records of WMC?

Dawn Penn, "You Don't Love Me (No No No)" (Atlantic)
A Tribe Called Quest, "Award Tour" (Jive)
DJ Khaled, "We Taking Over" (Koch)
—Keen One (Miami, FL)

PATT remixes! No, really: all the "Who's Afraid of Detroit?" remixes were everywhere.
—Susan Langan aka Qzen, iTunes Dance & Electronic Programmer (San Francisco, CA)

Klaxons, "Myths of the Near Future" — does anyone else feel as if Klaxons should have been at WMC?!
—Celeste Tabora, VP of Publicity, the 857 Collective (Los Angeles, CA)

You mean MP3 — didn't see any records, [it was all] Serato. What happened to vinyl?
— Joel Meinholz, promoter (Miami, FL)

Pär Grindvik, "Attack" (Sthlm)
Claude VonStroke, "Who's Afraid of Detroit (3 Channels Mix)" (Dirtybird)
Marco Resmann, "Gouache" (Mobilee)
—Anja Schneider, Mobilee Records (Berlin, Germany)

Depeche Mode, "Everything Counts" remix
"Who's Afraid of Richie Hawtin" — ah no, that was Detroit, right?
Larry Heard Presents Mr White, "The Sun Can't Compare" (Alleviated)
—Philipp Hofmann, Stars & Heroes (Berlin, Germany)

Jamie Jones, "Panic" (Crosstown Rebels)
Larry Heard Presents Mr White, "The Sun Can't Compare" (Alleviated)
Martin Landsky, "Dance for You" (Poker Flat)
—Kim Booth, Rebel Butterfly Promotions (Paris, France)

Kieren Hebden & Steve Reid, "People Be Happy/Rhythm Dance (Audion's Highlight Mix)" (Domino)
—Piotr Orlov, URGE (New York, NY)

Onionz, "Woman of the Sun" (Om)
Bassnectar, "Yo (Trevor Lovey's Mix)" (Om)
—Gunnar Hissam, Om Records (San Francisco, CA)

Lil' Mama, "Lip Gloss" (Jive)
Spank Rock & Amanda Blank, "Bump (Switch Remix)" (Big Dada)
DJ Mehdi with Chromeo, "I Am Somebody" (Ed Banger)
—Roxy Cottontail, promoter/DJ (New York, NY)

The Rapture, "W.A.Y.U.H. (Claude VonStroke Vocal Pantydropper Mix)" (Throne of Blood)
Frankie Valli, "Beggin' (Pilooski Edit)" (D*I*R*T*Y Edits)
Hot Chip, "My Piano" (!K7)
—James F!@$%^ Friedman, Throne of Blood (New York, NY)

Frank Roger, "Raise Your Hands"
Blackstrobe, "I'm a Man (Audion's Donation Mix)"
Heartthrob vs Troy Pierce, "Horse Nation Amended"
—Sam Valenti IV, Ghostly International/Spectral Sound (Ann Arbor, MI)

Not sure, but the winner for the most overplayed, overrated record that you could definitely hear more than once in a night if there was more than one DJ playing: Mims' "This is Why I'm Hot." What a fuckin' bore!
—Induce, WonderSound (Miami, FL)

Did you discover any new records or artists?

Busy P and DJ Mehdi killed it.
—Jamie Strong, Stones Throw (Los Angeles, CA)

I finally got to see Lo-Fi-Fnk and was pleasantly surprised!
—Celeste Tabora, VP of Publicity, the 857 Collective (Los Angeles, CA)

Ed Banger Records and [visual artist] Parra.
—Joel Meinholz, promoter (Miami, FL)

Seth Troxler!
—Anja Schneider, Mobilee Records (Berlin, Germany)

El-P's new album is awesome, and I love the Klaxons!
—Lauren "Lolo" Reskin, Sweat Records (Miami, FL)

Found out how much I've been sleeping on the Ed Banger guys and their heavy-metal house! Fuckin' aggro!
—Induce, WonderSound (Miami, FL)

The Bangers from NYC!!! They killed it Sunday at Purdy Lounge… DJ Roctakon at the Shore Club and Purple Crush from NYC… All amazing… The new Vice Records mix CD is also out of this world.
—Xavier Burt, MoneyShot/One More Day (Miami, FL)

Best and worst Miami fashion?

Have you been to Miami? Fashion is not its strong point. For the worst, there was this one girl who was wearing a yellow top with her boobs wired up — it looked like a planter. The best isn't claimed by anyone particularly, though it was likely taken by some girl with less gold or lots more fabric on than Planterboobs.
—Susan Langan aka Qzen, iTunes Dance & Electronic Programmer

Seth Troxler wearing tight swimming shorts.
—Anja Schneider, Mobilee Records (Berlin, Germany)

Best: A pink dress fat-suit with a big arse and big boobs. Worst: The same.
—Kim Booth, Rebel Butterfly Promotions (Paris, France)

Aside from the "club people," lots of the locals have style so it was mostly the tourists committing fashion crimes. On guys, I'm definitely sick of seeing the edgy-graphic-hoodie-tight-jeans-and-dunks thing. On girls, I still wish pointy shoes would go away.
—Lauren "Lolo" Reskin, Sweat Records (Miami, FL)

Too many hipster t-shirts/hoodies/colorful sneakers worn by old people.
—Piotr Orlov, URGE (New York, NY)

Best: Steed Lord on Collins Ave.
Worst: The gel-haired Dragon Ball Z guidos on Collins Ave.
—Roxy Cottontail, promoter/DJ (New York, NY)

I'd need a whole book for the worsts. Sorry, but it's Miami Beach. I will give it up to Pube$'s white Marc Jacobs shoes. They were a bold (and handsome) look.
—James F!@$%^ Friedman, Throne of Blood (New York, NY)

Best & Worst: Konrad Black in tight black leather pants jacked up to his nipples with a black Robots shirt tucked in.
—Bill Patrick, Robots (New York, NY)

Best: NEON EVERYWHERE!!
Worst: The spring-break vertical stripes in South Beach.
—Jake Jefferson, MoneyShot/One More Day (Miami, FL)

Craziest moment you saw or experienced?

Thunderstorm rolling over me while DJing outside.
—Keen One (Miami, FL)

Grooverider using Serato. (I hung out with the wrong people, apparently.)
—Susan Langen aka Qzen, iTunes Dance & Electronic Programmer

Some random guy licked my face. Yeah. Some random guy licked my face.
—Celeste Tabora, VP of Publicity, the 857 Collective (Los Angeles, CA)

PS14 with no power, trying to run two sound systems off a generator.
—Lauren "Lolo" Reskin, Sweat Records (Miami, FL)

Meeting Tiëstovanbuurenfold.
—Anja Schneider, Mobilee Records (Berlin, Germany)

Mr and Mrs Perfect Surgery walking down Collins in stars-and-stripes outfits — have never seen that in real life.
—Philipp Hofmann, Stars and Heroes (Berlin, Germany)

Getting my photo taken with Ferry Corsten on the main stage at Ultra — genius moment!
—Kim Booth, Rebel Butterfly Promotions (Paris, France)

Standing a couple meters away from a fight that ended up with a gunshot being accidentally fired and the top of someone's ear sliced off with a bottle.
—Jason Jeffers aka Fitzroy (Miami, FL)

My assistant Lindsay getting crushed by a speaker falling on her.
—Gunnar Hissam, Om Records (San Francisco, CA)

Either Peaches jumping up and down on Jake's bed with DJ Lloydski and Spank Rock while JD remixed the DJ Contra set with a vocoder, or jumping on top of the speakers at the Raleigh rooftop rave during Justice's set with Peaches.
—Roxy Cottontail, promoter/party diva (New York, NY)

Standing five feet away from some guy who pulled a gun out in the middle of Collins Ave at 3pm and almost getting hit by the stray bullet that blew the tire of the car next to me. All while [intoxicated].
—Bill Patrick, Robots (New York, NY)

A tie: Biz Markie learning Traktor Scratch from Mo (Droid Behavior/NI) and Jazzy Jeff at the Native Instruments room at Remix Hotel. Also, yoga class at Miambient with Sascha from Flavorpill DJing and luminaries like Steve Nalepa and Princess Superstar in poses!
—Susan Mainzer, Vibration Institute Music (Los Angeles, CA)

The most you paid for a single drink?

$15
—Jamie Strong, Stones Throw (Los Angeles, CA)

$18
—Anja Schneider, Mobilee Records (Berlin, Germany)

Can't remember paying for anything; a benefit of being a local.
—Jason Jeffers aka Fitzroy (Miami, FL)

Pay? What's that?
—James F!@$%^ Friedman, Throne of Blood (New York, NY)

Nothing. Ever.
—Induce, WonderSound (Miami, FL)

Think it was around $32 for two shots of Patron…
—Jake Jefferson, MoneyShot/One More Day (Miami, FL)

Nu rave, filter punk, scuzz disco etc: here to stay?

Yes, but where was the Western country?
—Anja Schneider, Mobilee Records (Berlin, Germany)

Gospel core!
—Bill Patrick, Robots (New York, NY)

Nope.
—Philipp Hofmann, Stars and Heroes (Berlin, Germany)

Yes. I see crossover potential.
—Piotr Orlov, URGE (New York, NY)

Eh?
—Gunnar Hissam, Om Records (San Francisco, CA)

Not if the fate of electroclash is any indicator.
—Susan Mainzer, Vibration Institute Music (Los Angeles, CA)

Wha? Oh you mean "blog house"?
—Sam Valenti IV, Ghostly International/Spectral Sound (Ann Arbor, MI)