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  DJ Roya and DJ Funkfinger on Their Favorite Tongue Tied Dance Party Memories

  Friday, November 3, 2017 at 7 a.m.

  The last Tongue Tied is this weekend.

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  The Southwest's Best Turntablists Are Facing Off This Saturday — Here's Why

  Friday, May 12, 2017 at 6 a.m.

  May the best DJ win.

• Markus Schulz on How DJing in Arizona Helped Prepare Him for Superstardom

  Friday, January 15, 2016 at 1 p.m.

  Trance superstar Markus Schulz has racked up more than a few honors during his 25-year career as a DJ and producer. He's crisscrossed the globe countless times over, become one of the highest-paid electronic dance music artists in the world, sold out hundreds of venues, and has been ranked as...

• Motown on Mondays Phoenix Moves to Last Exit Live

  Friday, May 8, 2015 at 3:40 p.m.

  Motown on Mondays is on the move. The DJs behind popular dance joint -- which focuses on remixes of the Motown hits of yesteryear, as well as old-school soul, funk and disco classics -- are planning to pack up their tracks and head across downtown Phoenix from the Crescent Ballroom...

• Phoenix's DJ Akshen Aims to Win the Red Bull Thre3Style National Finals This Weekend

  Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 10:30 a.m.

  Whenever DJ Akshen steps behind a pair of record decks, he tends to become a tempest of motion befitting his moniker. Such is the case on a recent morning in his Arcadia home, where the veteran turntablist is busy painting a small side room with a slew of scratching over...

• Alkemé: "If It Were Up to Me, Everyone Would Go Home and Make Babies After My Sets"

  Friday, September 12, 2014 at 12 p.m.

  Dancing, as famed poet Robert Frost once wrote, is a vertical expression of a horizontal desire. In other words, when some couples take to the dance floor at your average club night, it's not only from a desire to show off some sweet steps and fancy moves. More carnal intentions...