Peace, 2016

What a rough year for our community. We mourned the losses at Pulse Nightclub and the Oakland Ghost Ship warehouse. Those are our fellow dancers. We mourned the loss of David Bowie, Prince, and David Mancuso, among others. Those are the people who made us dance together. We also caught our collective breath when the…

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Family First

Let’s talk about family. These past few weeks have been rough for the Women On Wax family as we all felt the loss that one of our own is experiencing. The departure of anyone, whether expected or not, is difficult, and this year has especially been hard. It seems we’ve all lost family members, friends,…

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Queen Beats

Over a month ago, Minx started up her weekly radio show again, this time through Deep Space Radio (if you don’t know yet, you should) as a featured artist. Every Tuesday, at 6 pm EST, she’s live in the chatroom and making you work out during your drive home, your dinnertime, your grocery shopping—whatever you’ve…

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Movement Reflections

  It’s been more than two weeks. Most of us should be recovered by now, so let’s take a moment to reflect. Movement is always a time of music and dancing, but it’s also about friends, family, love, community, history, and above all, home and a sense of belonging. Expat Detroiters return to their roots,…

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I See You San Francisco!

Next month, I’ll be heading to the west side (California, that is) to play alongside some of my favorites. The lineup is not only regional (San Francisco, Detroit, Chicago) but global (Berlin), and you know we’ll work it out! Honey Soundsystem always brings it (and then some), so make sure you buy your tickets early.…

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America’s Techno Gay Underground

A couple of weeks ago, Resident Advisor published an article entitled, “America’s Gay Techno Underground,” prominently featuring some of our favorite promoters/DJ collectives, including Honey Soundsystem (Minx will be playing alongside them, Steffi, and the Black Madonna on Saturday, April 16 in San Francisco) and Detroit’s own Macho City. These parties are a throwback to…

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Detroit In Support of Flint!

  On March 11th, Detroiters are coming together for Flint and its children. Some of Detroit’s finest are showing out for this event (including Minx, who is playing at midnight back to back w/Patrice Scott), with all of the proceeds for the event going to affect residents and the Flint Child Health and Development Fund.…

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15 Years, WOW!

We’re well into 2016, and the W.O.W. family is already moving forward on several projects and gigs. We’re always looking forward and excited for what’s coming up next. But listen, 2016 is also the year that we mark 15 years of bringing you music! The “Introduction EP” was released in 2001 with the description, “Detroit-based…

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DJ Minx & Diviniti are makin’ you MOVE!

Detroit-based WOW Recordings drops it’s 19th release courtesy of label honch DJ Minx,  alongside the sublime vocal talents of Diviniti. Minx’s original is a heads-down assault on the dancefloor, made for the underground with a vocal hook to keep the club on it’s toes.  This is a real late night affair with plenty of groove.…

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