Summer lovin’ happened so fast. Summer lovin’, had me a blast.

There has always been a long-standing connection with summer and love. Whether it lasts forever or its merely a fling, there is no denying that love seems to be in the air during the summer months. And with Sun City Music Festival just around the corner, love will definitely fill the air at Ascarate Park as thousands of you will share the same love of dance music this August 31st and September 1st. Have you bought your tickets yet?

For this week’s edition of Sun City Music Festival’s weekly set, we are celebrating love – in a musical form. Taking inspiration from a popular wedding phrase, we’ve compiled five tracks from our Sun City lineup that represent something old; something new; something borrowed, and something blue.

Something Old:
Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike, Albin Myers – Drop That (Original Mix)

Released on Spinnin’ Records back in 2010, Sun City duo Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike paired up with Albin Myers to release “Drop That.”

Why We Love it

You’ll be transported to the peak time of any festival with this main room anthem. From the electro synths, a growling bass line, and a beat that makes it near impossible to not get up and dance to, we can’t get enough of this track. And when the break comes, you’ll certainly be ready to drop the beat.

Something New:
Dooze Jackers – Got Line (Ookay Remix)

Only a week old, Ookay gives away his remix for Dooze Jackers, “Got Line.”

Why We Love It

Ookay’s remix of “Got Line” is brimming with energy, from the “ting” of the cymbals to the pulsing bass kicks, get ready for some festival ready trap.

Seven Lions – Fevers (Ft. Minnesota and Mimi Page)

Just last month, Seven Lions gave away his track “Fevers” featuring Minnesota and Mimi Page.

Why We Love It

Always melodic and yet ever so danceable, Sun City act Seven Lions is never short on talent. “Fevers” is a true love story with a euphoric vibe that will touch your soul.

Something Borrowed:
The Marvelettes – Please Mr. Postman (Borgore and Luke & Skywalker Remix)

Borrowing from the 1961 hit Please Mr. Postman by the Marvelettes, Sun City artist Borgore paired up with Luke and Skywalker to deliver a remix of the classic track.

Why We Love It

Who doesn’t love a good throw back? With this remix of Please Mr. Postman, you get that, plus some crazy drops that will leave you wanting more. We hope we hear this awesome take on a classic when Borgore takes the stage at Sun City Music Festival.

Something Blue:
Lana Del Rey – Blue Jeans (Gesaffelstein Remix)

Hand picked by Lana Del Rey, French producer Gesaffelstein remixes “Blue Jeans” out on Bromance/Savoir Faire in conjunction with Polydor.

Why We Love It

The original version of Lana Del Rey’s “Blue Jeans” is absolutely beautiful, but it wasn’t necessarily made for dancing at the club. We love the touch of Gesaffelstein on the remix because it gives the track a whole new dance floor ready feeling amidst the haunting melodic synths.

Sun City Music Festival artist and France’s own Sébastien Léger has been mixing and producing since the late 90s during the heyday of the French house scene led by artists like Bob Sincalir, Dimitri from Paris and Daft Punk. Formally trained in piano and drums, Sébastien’s earliest releases date back to 1999 with partner Nicolas De Floriant as part of the Deaf’N Dumb Crew. Aiming to keep in line with the current French house movement, releases like the Flagrant Delit EP and “Champagne Party” were heavily influenced by disco, featuring funky bass lines, guitar loops and filtered break downs.

Branching out on his own in 2000, the first solo production that gained significant recognition was “We Are” whose sound was similar to that of his Deaf’N Dumb beginnings. Though he experimented with other influences on tracks under the moniker Elesse, Sébastien’s output remained mainly that of disco-influenced French sound. He continued to deliver a steady stream of releases like this until his breakthrough release in 2005 with “Take Your Pills” which featured an electro house sound that he had been experimenting with. Léger followed with more electro house releases that boosted his burgeoning profile. The 2006 Mistakes EP release would be a turning point for the artist and in 2007, Léger launched his own record label Mistakes Music which has since gone on to host artists like Umek, Christian Smith, Jay Lumen, and Deadmau5.

When Sébastien recorded his first BBC Radio One Essential mix in 2008, he was already beginning to take his sound in yet another new direction. The second time he recorded an Essential Mix two years later, Sébastien continued to evolve and experiment with his sound, ranging from fat analog bass, dizzying dance floor electro, and some quirky funky sounds. Always continuing to innovate and never wanting to duplicate, we welcome Sébastien Léger to El Paso’s Sun City Music Festival. Tickets are available online and in stores!

On this edition of Sun City Music Festival’s Sound Clash, we are highlighting some of our talented duos. Though the amount of time they’ve both been in the industry is varied, fans of Candyland and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike can’t get enough of both groups’ signature sound – no matter how different those two sounds may be.

Candyland

Though the co-ed duo from Santa Barbara, Candyland have only been producing since 2011, it didn’t take long for them to score their big break. In early 2012, Ethan Davis and Josie Martin won the Bingo Players’ “Rattle” remix contest, hosted by Beatport. Released on Spinnin’ Records, the remix was a huge success and topped Beatport’s dubstep chart for weeks. In November of that same year, the duo scored yet another win with Skrillex and Damian Marley’s “Make It Bun Dem” remix contest, hosted on Beatport as well.

When it came time to deliver their debut EP Bring the Rain, fans were immediately hooked on their versatility as the release travelled through the avenues of electro house, dubstep, glitch hop, and drum & bass. Trying to pin down the style of this Sun City act would be near impossible, and we wouldn’t have it any other way. We can’t wait to get a dose of their bass-heavy beats, when Candyland joins the list of talented artists at this year’s Sun City Music Festival. Buy your tickets today!

Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike

Belgian brothers Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike have come a very long way in a very short period of time. Their debut remix of “Work That Body” in 2009 gathered global attention and piqued the interest of Axwell, who immediately commissioned them for a remix of Abel Ramos’s “Rotterdam City of Love” and the pre-Swedish House Mafia’s monster hit “Leave The World Behind” which also featured Laidback Luke and Deborah Cox. After their early success, everyone from Tiësto to Snoop Dogg have all requested the talents of Dimitri and Mike.

In 2010, the brothers were commissioned by one of the biggest forces in dance music production, ID&T, to provide the official anthem for the world renowned event Tomorrowland. The track “Tomorrow Give In” in collaboration with Dada Life and Tara McDonald was a monster hit, so much so that when Tomorrowland 2011 came back around, the duo were chosen again to provide the theme tune. “The Way We See The World,” co-produced with Afrojack and NERVO, shot straight to the top of the Beatport Charts and there it remained for weeks on end, cementing the duo’s undeniable talent. Now, to say the brothers are staples of the festival would be an understatement, as they’ve been in charge of the official anthems for the event every year since. However, their infectious anthems span far beyond the realms of Tommorrowland. Tracks like “Liquid Skies,” “Generation X,” “Rej,” and their version of “Pump Up The Jam” with Technotronic have all seen heavy support with an army of A-list DJs around the globe.

After the success of their back-to-back #1’s on Beatport, “Turn It Up” and “Mammoth,” the duo have done it again with the African-inspired beats and vocals of “Wakanda” and their take on Major Lazer’s “Watch Out For This (Bumyaye).” We’re sure you’ll hear these gems and get to work that body when Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike take on El Paso for the 2013 edition of Sun City Music Festival. Buy your tickets today!

On this week’s edition of the Sun City Music Festival drop, we see some of our bass mavericks switching things up a bit. One is prepping for a different type of mini-tour and the other is showing us his softer side on his latrest video release. All the more reason to get ready to down and dance at Ascarate Park this Labor Day Weekend. Grab your tickets today to score the best deal!

Baauer prepares for the Infinite Daps Tour with R.L. Grime

Bass producer extraordinaires Baauer and R.L. Grime are teaming up for what is sure to be one of the craziest events this summer tour series has to offer. Before Baauer makes his way to Sun City Music Festival this Labor Day weekend, he will be embarking on a different journey. Kicking off this week, the Infinite Daps Tour will feature some banging back-to-back sets from the talented DJs.

Just this past year, Baauer played a key component in hip-hop crossing over into dance music with his #1 Billboard hit “Harlem Shake.” He’s followed up with that success with remixes for Disclosure, No Doubt and Flosstradamus. R.L. Grime has made quite an impact of his own, after releasing his now infamous remix of Kanye West’s “Mercy.”

The tour starts on July 8th at The Ottawa Blues Fest, and continues through to Omaha July 20th. The guys are also bringing producers Ryan Hemsworth and Jim-E Stack along for the ride, for definite exchanges of infinite daps.

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Dillon Francis releases music video for “Flight 4555”

As we all know, Sun City Music Festival artist Dillon Franis has a deep love for social media antics. But in his latest video, we get to see a little different side to the L.A. native.

The video for Dillon Francis’ “Flight 4555” is an abbreviated version of the ambient 15-minute remix of his hit single “IDGAFOS.” The video depicts the life of a DJ isn’t always easy. They spend a good portion of their days waiting for delayed flights and people who forget to pick them up at the airport. The moving picture for “Flight 4555” is a tribute to the overworked, sleep-deprived DJs who catch up on sleep in between flights. We’re getting a twinkle, twinkle, little star vibe from this one – which is definitely a change of pace for the Mad Decent superstar.

Sun City Music Festival is brimming with talented artists of all ages from all around the globe. One act on our roaster who is a prime example of this is Deniz Koyu.

German-born Turk Deniz Akcakoyunlu’s musical prowess began to take shape at a very early age. “I started playing piano when I was a kid, when I was six years old. I got lessons in a music school for a couple of years.” He would later go on to discover a love of synthesizers and drums, getting inspiration from artists like Depeche Mode, Daft Punk, and Kraftwerk. Through his teenage years, Deniz spent his days DJing and editing his favourite tracks using small tape recorders and sampling everything he could. “It took me a while until I got my first keyboard, synthesizers and music software… when I was a teenager, about 15 years old. I got into the music industry when I started making music for fashion brands for websites when I was sixteen. I got some contacts and made some lounge music. Then I started listening to music from Eric Prydz, Steve Angello, and of course Daft Punk. I got hooked on it, so then I tried to produce that kind of music. That’s how I got into it.”

His hard work would start to pay off in 2011 when Deniz’s releases “Tung,” “Hertz,” and his remixes for James Blunt’s “Dangerous” and Kaskade’s “Turn It Down” became huge house anthems at clubs and festivals around the globe, being heavily played by Swedish House Mafia, David Guetta, Calvin Harris and other Sun City acts like Tiësto and Alesso. In the same year, Fedde Le Grand voted Deniz the “Breakthrough DJ/Producer 2011,” while Sebastian Ingrosso called him “big time talent.” His list of accolades would continue in 2012 when MTV added Deniz to their “EDM Rookies To Watch” list, calling him “a blazing new talent.”

Deniz trail-blazed through the start of 2013 with a release on Dirty South’s Phazing label, titled “Halo,” the “Generation Wild” Tour with other Sun City talent Danny Avila which hit up 20 cities in 25 days across North America, and not to mention his highly anticipated release “Rage” on Sebastian Ingrosso’s Refune imprint. We hope to get a little “wild” ourselves when Deniz Koyu takes the stage at this year’s Sun City Music Festival. Buy your tickets today and let’s get bongbastic August 31st and September 1st!