Almost a year to the day after Minitek disappointed Big Apple area dance music fans, a group of ambitious promoters are planning their own smaller-scale event in Brooklyn, NY. Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival (BEMF) today officially announced the line-up for its second event, which will take place on Saturday, August 8th at Old American Can Factory, located at [...]
When word started circling earlier this year that Jenny Tan, one of the organizers and marquee promoters behind New York’s cult-followed Minimoo parties, would be putting together their own Mutek-inspired festival, excitement quickly built to a fever pitch. Dubbing the event Minitek, the promoters leaked information to the public judiciously, teasing partygoers one artist’s name [...]
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Even though Rudy Giuliani hasn’t been mayor for ages, city hall and the NYPD still don’t give a lot of love to those brave souls who promote underground music events. So it wasn’t surprising that the opening night of Minitek was marred by a cameo from [...]
Though it’ll lack the beaches and glitz found at Miami’s Winter Music Conference, the first installment of Minitek hopes to bring some electronic music bragging rights back to New York City. Split between nocturnal events at the Penn Plaza Pavilion and daily events at a venue that’s yet to be disclosed scheduled, the promoters of [...]
