Destructo (AKA Gary Richards) is the electro-house chief in charge of Hard Events, the good people behind Holy Ship!!! and the Hard Miami parties during Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week.

As one of the creators and producers of the original Electric Daisy Carnival in the early 90’s, electronic artist, producer and DJ Destructo has been a force in dance music for nearly three decades.

“I have two words for you: Skrillex confirmed,” Destructo says. There has been a long-running joke among Friendship attendees on whether or not Skrillex would play at the high seas music festival.

After the West Coast Hip-Hop scene has championed G-Funk music for decades, Gary Richards b.k.a. Destructo is introducing a new offset to carry on the legacy while tapping into the listener needs of ...

Few artists gain notoriety in multiple different genres and music industry arenas - and that's why there's no one quite like DJ/producer Destructo. The LA-based artist (né Gary Richards) made a name ...

The Los Angeles-based artist known as Destructo has become an influential tastemaker in the world of music, releasing his own songs, signing artists as part of the monumental Def Jam Recordings label ...

Tommy Trash goes in. Like, any thing he touches turns into dancefloor mayhem. Destructo's "Higher" was already massive enough, but it's almost like Tommy has a button on his mixing console that says ...

Saturday night is for him. It’s also for her. Thanks to Poplife, it’s for everyone, because the non-gender-specific get-down His and Hers was in full-swing at Grand Central’s upstairs Garret. This ...

We caught up with Destructo in the Billboard Dance studios to talk about the EP, the 10-year anniversary of HARD Summer, and what it takes to make your dreams come true in this wild scene. By ...