Do It Go

There’s much more to Miami Beach than meets the eye, much more than any surface can suggest. The ocean is always near, and no one knows what lies on the bottom of the ocean. There’s always more, and it’s always in flux, like the waves on the beach, or like waves of sound. These waves do merge, and separate again only to merge somewhere further down the shore. This is where an organization like Subtropics can show itself not as visionary, but entirely reactionary, responding to the music in the air and in the land and sea.

It is an infectious rhythm, the city of Miami Beach contains multitudes of sounds that echo from all corners of the cultural map. They’re heard every night in the bars and discos and clubs. The club scene is one of the reasons why people come to stay at a Miami Beach hotel , looking for a chance to get away from the sounds of the city and experience something that will take them out through dancing for a little while.

The intense creativity of the locals are the sturdy foods of the music scene, and underneath the mango tree there are the root vegetables, a representation of the ones who mine the area for lost sounds. These sound artists come through the presentations Subtropics bring to the city, events like Subtropicalia . Here, there are the new music artists for an age where digital meets earth consciousness, circuit-bending as a means of combining all the gee-whiz of contemporary technology with the glocal aesthetic that looks at sustainable futures.

It’s not new, not for here, with 20 years of festivals behind them, and hopefully, many more to come. In the meantime, where there are young kids interested in something besides the usual MTV rhythms, there are outlets here for spectators as well as the new artists, and a place where visionaries can find themselves in good company.

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