Melissa Fossum

See more photos of Wet Electic via our slideshow.

The enormous wave pool at Tempe's Big Surf hosted more than just doggy paddles and belly flops during Wet Electric this past week. It was like a giant bowl of twerkin, Harlem Shakin' soup as local EDM fans raved, raged, and unleashed incalculable amounts of fist-pumps and ass-bumps in the shallow water while DJs like Sharaam and Eric Prydz rained down bass and beats from the elevated stage atop dry land.

We captured some of the water-logged Harlem Shakery and sweaty splash-dancing for your perusal and amusement in the following 20 animated GIFs.

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Christopher Victorio

Now that Ultra Music Festival has passed, the next stop festival-wise is Electric Daisy Carnival. There's nothing like the sights: people in neon green, yellow, pink, and orange tutus running around; spirit hoods that look like animal heads, beaded bracelets that cover forearms, sparkling bras, fuzzy boots, goofy glasses, and creative T-shirts. Okay, I think you get the point: Summer festivals are on the way and we need to figure out what to wear.

But that stuff is so expensive! So, Up on the Sun has compiled a list of places and ways to score EDM fesival outfits on the cheap. After all, we know those tickets were pricey and so are hotels in Vegas.

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Birdhouse Management

Steven Chung, who performs as Tranzit and Juheun.

Some guys have all the luck, not to mention effloads of talent to boot. Steven Chung is one of those guys.

Things have been extra rosy for the 32-year-old Scottsdale nightclub veteran and house music guru, who performs as both DJ Tranzit and his darker alter ego Juheun, including inking a major deal with one of the biggest names in the EDM biz.

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Melissa Fossum

DJ Adrian Flanagan

Unlike many New Wave acts, Depeche Mode has managed to withstand the ravages of time -- more or less.

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-Depeche Mode Is Coming to Phoenix; Shadowplay to Pay Tribute This Weekend

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Benjamin Leatherman / someone who likes dogs a lot

Left: a rave. Right: my party.

Dear neighbors,

I hate you. Your haircuts suck and your yard is ugly. To make matters worse, you called my landlord and then the cops on me because I was having a party you described as a "rave."

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When Rebel Disco czar Jake Goldsmith got the call, he practically lost his shit.

Psychemagik would, indeed, be coming to Phoenix to pull a guest gig at the local hepcat DJ collective's Wednesday night party Push Push at Bar Smith. The 30-year-old's enthusiasm was to be expected, considering the esteemed status that the UK-born producer duo of Danny McLewin and Tom Coveney have among dance music gourmandizers like Goldsmith and the other members of Rebel Disco.

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Local DJ and jack of all trades William Reed is a busy guy. When we spoke a couple months ago about the end of the weekly Sticky Fingers dance party, he revealed his plans to start Risky Business, a Thursday night dance party at Gypsy Bar, and his plans to focus on Blaque Panther Disco for a bit. The fruits of his efforts are paying off: his nu-disco/house collaboration with Elise Welch got signed to UK label Re: Sound Records and released its first song, "Pommes Frites" earlier this week.

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Timothy Norris

Deadmau5: "Eat a dick"

By Andy Hermann

As the Hollywood-based casting guru behind Jersey Shore and A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila, Doron Ofir knows how the lowbrow culture game is played. But even the man who gave the world Snooki might have been caught off-guard by the outrage over one of his latest projects: a competitive EDM reality show.

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-Six Ridonkulous Holy Ship!! Dance Move GIFs
-12 Favorite Local EDM Mixes of 2012
-Four Reasons Lollapalooza Needs EDM

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The overwhelming popularity of electronic dance music continued its exponential growth over the last 12 months, both nationwide and here in the Valley of the Sun. Beats were bumping nearly nonstop across the local music landscape in 2012 as new dance clubs (such as the Monarch Theatre and EPIQ) debuted in grand fashion and Phoenix DJs and EDM producers got love via the blogosphere and worked big-time gigs across the globe.

We've spent plenty of the past year listening to the efforts of local turntable fiends and producers and have compiled a rundown of a dozen of our favorite tracks and mixes that grabbed our attention.

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- Top 10 Phoenix Albums of 2012
- Top 10 Reissues and Compilations of 2012
- Jason Woodbury's 10 Best Things I Heard in 2012
- Top 20 Phoenix Concerts of 2012
- Top 12 Biggest Musical Letdowns of 2012

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Benjamin Leatherman

The dance moves came fast and furious at La La Land Music Festival on Friday night.

The Cabbage Patch. The Running Man. The Dougie. There was no shortage of slick dance moves that the folks who attended the La La Land Music Festival at the Phoenix Convention Center on Friday pulled out of their collective repertoires as such EDM superstars as Bl3nd, Cosmic Gate, and Datsik performed.

Then there were the lesser-known dance floor maneuvers that we witnessed over the course of the evening, like The Preening Pegasus, The Puppy Pounder, or The Gym Rat. Never heard of 'em? Check out the 10 animated GIFs we've created that capture such steps in case you're eager to bust 'em at the next rave or club night.

See also:

- La La Land Music Festival, Phoenix Convention Center, 12/7/2012
- La La Land Music Festival 2012 in Photos (Slideshow)

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