San Fransisco based electronic group The M Machine opens for Markus Schulz tonight at the Statler Towers. Producing and succeeding under the wing of Skrillex, The M Machine was signed to his label, OWSLA, and have since released some EPs and various remixes.

They have an intriguing sound. They produce a genre that blends high-energy dance instrumentals with indie-type vocals. Comprised by Ben Swardlick, Eric Luttrell, and Andy Coenen, their success has grown greatly over the past few years. And to be opening for big-name trance DJ and producer Markus Schulz is an honor.

If you already have your tickets for the show, be ready for a spectacle. According to the Facebook event page, tonight has outgrown Rendezvous and will be held instead upstairs in the Golden Ballroom of Statler City. And be sure to get there for headlining opener, The M Machine.

The annual Mercedes-Benz Buffalo Fashion Week came to existence over three years ago, and after months upon months of preparation and long awaited anticipation, the 2012 show begins today. If you have attended the Buffalo State College's Runway or the well-esteemed Mass Appeal fashion show, you've experienced the exhilaration of inspirational innovation. Whether you stood in the back, sat in the press box, or meandered the VIP room, you've experienced that rush when women and men travel the runway paced by the music that mirrors the designs. The Queen City uses it's thriving culture in fashion and the arts to display such, in the most effervescent way.

Factory Nightlife presents DJ extraordinaire Eddie Halliwell tonight at Rendezvous Niteclub in Statler City. He has become greatly known and respected as an international trance DJ in the decade or so of his career. In addition to being a former DJ for BBC Radio 1, he has also had other phenomenal achievements such as producing seven essential mixes, in 2011 he launched his label Fire It Up Recordings (FIUR) and has spent his fifth year at Cream Ibiza as resident DJ along with Calvin Harris, Laidback Luke, and Paul Van Dyk.

"Now kids just use them, for example, Eddie Halliwell - what he does with those Pioneer CD players is fucking nuts! He had no hesitation; he just went for it and has probably got the best out of the machine," said Paul Van Dyk, a highly-esteemed Grammy award-winning EDM DJ, raising the bar for Halliwell and his talents.

For most of his career he produced only remixes, until he debuted his long-awaited original track "Neon" in the summer of 2011.

Check him on Twitter and Facebook.

The show tonight is strictly 21+ and dress to impress. For more information, check out the Facebook event page.

Black chandeliers were suspended over the long rectangular dance floor and the flashing lights lit up the fancy attire of those who filled Rendezvous Niteclub. A few screens surrounding the DJ set projected the crisp Factory Nightlife logo while deep house kept a continuous feel-good groove.

The venue was dripping with elegance. The sophisticated decor of Statler City and the club itself was breathtaking. Each room had personality and an atmosphere that breathed sleekness.

Jarvis and Angelo Petrucci warmed up the crowd until legendary DJ and producer Paul Oakenfold took the stage. The floor quickly filled in with dancing people and became progressively compact and sweaty, but from what I saw no one seemed to mind. Oakenfold's set was flawless. Well paced house and trance, Oakenfold kept the mood appropriately peaking and dipping.

During his set the screens were projected with mesmerizing morphing geometrical patterns and trippy visuals. Images of women dressed in white danced on a beach as he dropped an Above and Beyond track - my heart soared. That night, Oakenfold brought a perfect mental journey for the trance and house heads. It was a set that had the ability to reach the core of your soul.

Paul Oakenfold, a legend to the EDM scene, will be performing tonight in Buffalo. A big thanks to Factory Nightlife for scoring such a major booking, the show will be held at Rendezvous Niteclub at Statler City (107 Delaware Ave) from 10pm-4am and "come dance all night to this DJ."

Oakenfold's DJ career began in the late 1970s and has prospered greatly up to the present. He has touched almost every aspect of media with his unique presence. His musical history tracks back and is so widespread that it's quite unbelievable how much he has done; collaboration efforts with what seems to be a never-ending list of prominent names in the business, his music has been featured on commercials and he's also taken part in developing soundtracks for films.

In 1989, Oakenfold established Perfecto Records, a trance recording label based in the United Kingdom.

His genre identity is very expansive and ranges, and is not limited to, electronic dance, progressive house, progressive trance, drum and bass, breakbeats and by the 2000s was releasing productions inspired by classic genres such as jazz and soul. An interesting characteristic of Oakenfold's music is his Goa based tunes, specifically trance. Goa music became an inspiration of his in the 1990s after discovering the electronic music genre that originated in Goa, India in the late 80s.

An intriguing track to explore is his original production, "Nixon's Spirit", which embodies hints of the Indian inspired genre and almost has an overall feel of psy-trance paired with Hunter S. Thompson's declarative voice-over.

Over the past decades Oakenfold has won numerous awards and has been top charted internationally.

Don't sleep on this one.
Check out the event page on facebook.
And his official site.




P.S. Remember this one? "Starry Eyed Surprise" Paul Oakenfold ft Shifty from Crazy Town. Oh Crazy Town...