Powersurge Music Festival @ Madison Event Center

Let's face it: Female artists are a distinct minority in the male-dominated electronic dance music biz. It's even rarer to find female DJ duos, much less a talented twosome like South American siren Monica Farr and Minnesota beat mistress Lucy Luxe. The Twin City team, which performs as Dirty Talk,...

By Benjamin Leatherman

January 26, 2012

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Let's face it: Female artists are a distinct minority in the male-dominated electronic dance music biz. It's even rarer to find female DJ duos, much less a talented twosome like South American siren Monica Farr and Minnesota beat mistress Lucy Luxe. The Twin City team, which performs as Dirty Talk, has been taking the EDM world by storm the past few years, spreading their infectious blends of murky electro mixed with drumstep, moombahton, and tech-house in venues across America. Dirty Talk will headline this weekend's Powersurge Music Festival, which will be their first Valley appearance. Italian hardstyle artist T.A.T.A.N.K.A. (a.k.a. Valerio Mascellino) and NYC's Eco also are scheduled to perform at the event, which will invade the Madison Event Center, 441 West Madison Street, on Saturday, January 28. A slew of local DJs will also perform, including Mando Rockz, Sam Groove, Matthew Harris, and Kromozome Zero. Doors open at 7 p.m. Admission starts at $20. Call 602-284-2842.

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Benjamin Leatherman is a staff writer for Phoenix New Times where he focuses primarily on arts, culture, music, and nightlife. He began writing for New Times in 2003 and joined the staff full-time in 2005. Prior to that, he contributed to magazines such as Tips & Tricks and The Wrestler. Benjamin has earned multiple awards from the Arizona Press Club including an award for sports enterprise reporting in 2009 and an award for statewide arts reporting in 2014. He holds a bachelor’s of arts in journalism from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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