{"id":21119,"date":"2023-03-24T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/?p=21119"},"modified":"2023-04-06T12:53:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T16:53:17","slug":"mmw-day-1-nexus-radio-lounge-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/?p=21119","title":{"rendered":"MMW Day 1: Nexus Radio Lounge (Miami Beach)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Nexus Radio<\/a><\/em> is an internet radio station specializing in electronic dance music. Every year during Miami Music Week <\/em>they host the Nexus Lounge<\/em> where DJ’s from around the world visit for interviews by the Nexus <\/em>staff. And for the fifth MMW in-a-row, Orlando Entertainment News<\/em> was invited to observe and photograph the fun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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They use a nightclub or rented hotel conference room somewhere in Miami Beach. As you can see, they had it set-up this year to include 3 different interview “booths”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We arrived close to 1PM to find the room already buzzing with DJ guests and their entourages. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The room had this ocean and pool deck view as their backdrop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Already in progress, an interview with Trance DJ Mark Sixma (NL). We had seen him previously play at an Armin van Buuren (NL) concert in Amsterdam back in 2019<\/a>. I mentioned the event and he specifically remembered it because it took place on a docked boat in Amsterdam harbour.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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After the interview, posing with the President of Nexus Radio<\/em>, Manny Esparza.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ DLMT (CDN)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Mr. Black (IL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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San Francisco-based DJ Wenzday (USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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At times the room got jammed as more came in for their interview time slots. Hot hors d’oeuvres and an open bar kept everyone happy!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ ALWZ SNNY (USA) in his iconic sunshine mask.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The interviews progressed at a fast pace. DJ Lollo (I)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Tenaj (CH\/USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Of course Nexus Radio<\/em> was playing in the background. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I was so impressed with the interviewers and their ability to carry-on 15-minute discussions with guests who were in many cases basically strangers. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Trashock (I)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mike Willemsen best known as DJ Mike Williams (NL).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Maddix (NL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Miami-based DJ duo C-Fast (USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Taking the dance music world by storm the last couple years, DJ Joel Corry (GB). He played at Celine <\/em>last April.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ duo The Disco Fries (USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Izzy Medina (USA) joined by Zoe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Kung Pao (USA) getting ready for his turn in the hot seat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Neurotic (USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Tantok (USA) brought along the helmet that he performs in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Alessandro (BG)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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DJ Dark Intensity (USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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As the DJ’s arrived, pictures were taken at the Nexus <\/em>backdrop wall and they signed an autograph poster.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And then on to their interview. Lucas de Wert and Steven Jansen are DJ duo Lucas & Steve (NL).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I didn’t want to overstay my welcome so I cut out around 4PM. But as I was getting ready to depart, I spotted this silhouette view of Manny over by the balcony with two lovely ladies. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On the left, another DJ that has taken the dance music world by storm the last few years because she writes her own music and sings her own vocals: DJ Anabel Englund (USA). On the right, DJ Romi Lux (CZ\/USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Miami Music Week<\/em> Day 1 is a wrap. Big thanks to Manny Esparza for the invite and the hospitality! At the Nexus Radio Lounge<\/em>, a good time was had by all.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1899],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-reports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCN5950-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7OlZE-5uD","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21119"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21549,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21119\/revisions\/21549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}