My Miami 2017 Vol.1: Franky Rizardo, Miguel Migs, Billy Kenny, Supernova, N'dinga Gaba

Mar 16, 12:24 PM

Who’s ready to join us for some fun in the sun? Ahead of Miami Music Week this year we caught up with a bunch of our good friends and artists to talk their favourite places to have a boogie, classic Miami tracks, where you can catch them spinning this year and what they love about Miami! In Volume one, we asked Miguel Migs, Franky Rizardo, Billy Kenny, N’Dinga Gaba and Supernova to dish the dirt..



Franky Rizardo

1. Where are you flying in from and are you ready for the madness?

I’m Flying in from Atlanta.


2. Where do you like to eat when you’re here, any favourite spots?

I still love to get busy at Sushi Samba, must for me every time I’m there.


3. What’s the best venue(s) in Miami, where do you like to throw down some moves?

Heart Miami is definitely my favourite place. It has that Ibiza afterhours vibe and it’s one my of top places to play.


4. Where can we catch you playing during Miami and who are you looking forward to seeing?

I’m playing at the DJ Mag party at the Rayleigh hotel with Solardo, Darius Syrossian and more.


5. What’s your favourite thing about Miami?

The weather!


6. What’s your favourite classic miami track and what tracks do you predict are gonna be big in Miami this year!?

I think the new Butch remix for Waff will be big, Butch is killing it at the moment.




Miguel Migs

1. Where are you flying in from and are you ready for the madness?

I will be flying in from San Francisco… Always good times in Miami connecting with old friends,checking out some events, and doing our annual Salted party…


2. Where do you like to eat when you’re here, any favourite spots?

It depends on what part of town you’re in… If you’re in the South Beach area I love Lucali Pizza, and GoGo empanadas are always easy and satisfying. If you’re craving a delicious skirt steak La Parrilla on Washington is always good and very casual – and of course the infamous Puerto Sagua is our old school Cuban spot we have all been frequenting for 20 years now, so I have to throw that one in there… But there’s also good Sushi, Tacos, and just about everything around depending on your cravings.


3. What’s the best venue(s) in Miami, where do you like to throw down some moves?

I always like to move our Salted event around each year to different venues as it keeps things interesting and fun to me, and venues change ownership so frequently down there it’s crazy… Last year we did our party at the Epic Hotel Pool, and the year before was the rooftop at Eleven, and in past years we have done great events everywhere from Cafeina, The Vagabond, Trade (the old Liquid), the old 5th Club, The Living Room, Heathrow, The Pawn Shop, Shadow Lounge, Nikki Beach, The old Groove Jet and so many more… Its hard to keep up with the new names of these venues so i remember them this way by the old names…


h4. 4. Where can we catch you playing during Miami and who are you looking forward to seeing?

This year we are combing with Essential (who did a great party a couple years ago at Maps) and we are doing this year’s event at a lovely open air venue downtown called 1306… I love those open air night time events, so this should be fun as always…


5. What’s your favourite thing about Miami?

I love connecting with old friends and just hanging out – ever since the first time I went in the late 90’s I have always had a blast down there every year… and always look forward to the events we do every year, this will be our 13th annual Salted event and we have never missed a year.


6. What’s your favourite classic miami track and what tracks do you predict are gonna be big in Miami this year!?

So many memorable moments through the years… Always mixing things up, testing things out, and making custom edits to keep things fun, unique and interesting…




Billy Kenny

1. Where are you flying in from and are you ready for the madness?

I’ll be flying in a little early after shows on the East Coast the weekend before. Oh, I’m SO ready, i just had a taster playing at Space this past weekend and already can’t wait to be back!


2. Where do you like to eat when you’re here, any favourite spots?

I’m terrible with remembering names, but there’s an awesome Mexican eatery under a hotel in South Beach which i fell in love with last year. We all went there after our rooftop party last year at the Dream Hotel and put ourselves in a food coma to sleep for a few hours before the night time events kicked in.


3. What’s the best venue(s) in Miami, where do you like to throw down some moves?

I love Space after this past weekend but unfortunately won’t be playing there over MMW. Really looking forward to being back at Trade for the Dirtybird B2B Throwdown as well as E11EVEN’s roof top where our This Ain’t Bristol label party will be held Wednesday 22nd.


4. Where can we catch you playing during Miami and who are you looking forward to seeing?

03-22-17 – DJ Mag Poolside Sessions, 03-22-17 – This Ain’t Bristol Showcase, 03-23-17 – Dirtybird Players B2B Throwdown, 03-23-17 – Paradigm Cookout, 03-23-17 – W Miami, 03-24-17 – Townhouse Hotel, 03-25-17 – No Sugar Added. Plus a couple of other shows which I can’t announce just yet.”


5. What’s your favourite thing about Miami?

The weather, after hours laws and shopping!


6. What’s your favourite classic miami track and what tracks do you predict are gonna be big in Miami this year!?

One I love: Oxia – Domino (Original Mix) One for this year although it was made last year: Latmun – Def (Original Mix)




Supernova

1. Where are you flying in from and are you ready for the madness?

Flying in from NYC. Playing at Primary in Chicago March 11th and then some days off in the big apple….more than ready for the Miami madness ;)


2. Where do you like to eat when you’re here, any favourite spots?

There’s a lot of great pleaces, but our fav are Porto Sagua for breakfast and Sushi Belly.


3. What’s the best venue(s) in Miami, where do you like to throw down some moves?

Well we are playing a couple of times at Heart this year that is for sure our fav spot, but during the week it’s also great to be around all the pool parties at the main hotels on Collins Ave. Last but not least in Wynwood there are some amazing warehouse parties as well.


4. Where can we catch you playing during Miami and who are you looking forward to seeing?

We play March 17th a sunrise set at Heart as guest, on March 21th at Clevelander roof top by night and March 25th at Heart with all the Stereo Productions family.


5. What’s your favourite thing about Miami?

Def the beach, weather and good vibes.


6. What’s your favourite classic miami track and what tracks do you predict are gonna be big in Miami this year!?

Classic track : 3am – Bobby Blanco & Miki Moto Big tracks this year…we hope something from Lapsus Music or from our latest releases on Elrow, 8Bit and Stereo Productions :)




N’Dinga Gaba

1. Where are you flying in from and are you ready for the madness?

Flying in from cold Baltimore, Maryland! SO the sun will be a nice change :-)


2. Where do you like to eat when you’re here, any favourite spots?

I have a secret taco spot that I hit every time I go to Miami. It’s tiny and inexpensive.. somewhere around 15th and Collins.. Best tacos ever!! :-)


3. What’s the best venue(s) in Miami, where do you like to throw down some moves?

Ocean’s Ten, The National and The Clevelander are always fun for outdoor vibes


4. Where can we catch you playing during Miami and who are you looking forward to seeing?

Global Diplomacy will be doing our first WMC event alongside Salah Ananse’s Afrique Electrique on Friday March 24th at Ocean’s Ten in South Beach. So that will most likely be my exclusive WMC gig. I look forward to seeing all of my DJ friends there to catch up!


5. What’s your favourite thing about Miami?

The sun, the fun and the music


6. What’s your favourite classic miami track and what tracks do you predict are gonna be big in Miami this year!?

Negrocan- Cada Vez (Grant Nelson Vocal Mix) is always a favorite classic to play in Miami. We have a lot of new stuff coming on our Global Diplomacy WMC sampler around the time of the conference.. so hopefully something from that will be big this year :-)


Keep your eyes peeled for our next installment of ‘My Miami’ where we’ll be catching up with more of your favourite artists ahead of MMW!




Why not check out our Traxsource guide to Miami here, stay on top of our hometown like a local:‘HERE’.


And in case you missed it, we’ve given you the lowdown of the tracks to watch for this year’s Miami in our 2017 Miami Buzz Chart: ‘HERE’.