Crack open a cold drink, turn off your work notifications and start relaxing, because the weekend is finally here! Go hang out with your friends and get into some mischief – just promise us you won’t think about work or school. We certainly hope you won’t be thinking about that on Saturday, October 26th when Houston’s premier Halloween event, Something Wicked returns to the Sam Houston Race Park. Have you bought your tickets yet?

Before we get into some wicked mischief, here are three mixes from our Wicked roster to get you pumped for the upcoming event.

Tommy Trash – Trashed Episode 009

Every month, the Trashed podcast features a selection of the latest and greatest tracks in dance music handpicked from Grammy nominated producer and DJ Tommy Trash.

This Trashed episode starts off with Tommy’s latest collaboration with Wolfgang Gartner called “Hounds of Hell.” Having just recently kicked off a tour of the same name, which will coincidentally make a stop at Something Wicked, we thought this Trashed mix would be a good preview of what we can expect from the Aussie talent.

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Deorro Live at Sun City Music Festival 2013 in El Paso

This past Labor Day, thousands of dancers gathered in El Paso’s Ascarate Park for the return of Sun City Music Festival. Recent festival favorite Deorro joined the lineup of talent, playing the mega event on his birthday.

This set is the perfect example of why Deorro is wanted at every major festival around the globe. The hour-long ride takes us through electro house, moombahton, trap, Dutch and everything in between. If your toes don’t start tapping after the first song, then you must not be listening properly.

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Dyro presents Daftastic Radio 034

The weekly podcast Daftastic Radio is Wicked talent Dyro’s outlet of sharing his current favorite tracks, new productions and remixes to the world!

On this episode, Dyro starts out with a bang and keeps the energy going for the rest of the set. The Hook N Sling remix of Kaskade’s latest hit single “Atmosphere” adds an anxious energetic vibe that makes you crave more. The mix ends with the latest release from Something Wicked duo Adventure Club. “Gold” is a welcomed detour from the the dance floor bangers that precede it giving us some clubstep to mellow out to.

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October has arrived! You know what that means – Something Wicked is just a few weeks away. Have all you ghouls and goblins bought your tickets yet?

For October’s first Sound Clash, we are merging two extremely different Wicked talents. Though one is known for creating music that emotes to the listener and the other for creating music that makes the listener want to start twerking, we’re excited to have ATB and Crizzly take to the stage for Something Wicked 2013.

ATB

Though the world was introduced to ATB in 1998, André Tannenberger’s music history dates back to the late 80s in Germany with dance outfit Sequence One (SQ1). “I started performing as a live act under the name SQ1, but in the long run I was looking for possibilities to bring more variation into my performance.”

ATB’s debut track, “9PM (Till I Come),” included on the Movin’ Melodies album is widely regarded as the UK’s first trance #1 hit, it topped music charts around the globe. Creating a distinct pitch-bent guitar riff, the track is essential to any definitive dance music history timeline. Though the easily identifiable guitar sound became the trademark of ATB’s early hits.

But his sound has continued to evolve throughout the years. On ATB’s No Silence album, he incorporated a crossfade effect on each song, creating a false, dream-like sequence with nature sounds. Currently employing more vocals, varied soundscapes and soft pianos like on his Sunset Beach series. “I selected music that creates emotions and feelings to produce an atmosphere of sun, beach and of course beach party. I think every track on the compilation provides the perfect soundtrack to such beautiful summer moments and I hope that people will feel the same way when they listen to it.”

On stage is when ATB comes alive, “That’s why I started to perform as a DJ. It offers me the opportunity to be fancy-free when I perform, not being bound to just my own music. And, what is most important for me, I have much more of a chance to get in touch with the audience and to adjust the music to the moment.” We can’t wait to get fancy-free with ATB when he performs at Something Wicked on Saturday, October 26th in Houston, TX. Buy your tickets today!

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Crizzly

Wicked talent and San Antonio native Christopher Marshall may not have stumbled on dance music until he was 19, but his output of music more than makes up for his absence. After only producing for a few years, Crizzly passed out his music on USB drives to some of his favorite artists at Electric Daisy Carnival in 2011 – who were also some of the industry’s biggest names as well, “I made it a mission to pass them out to my favorite producers. I was nervous, but I gave it to Diplo. He listened, and now he plays ‘Hard in Da Paint’ in his set.”

Nicknamed by his fans as the crunkmaster, Crizzly is known for signature sound, “crunkstep,” which blends dubstep and hip hop to create his vivacious style. Crizzly describes it best in an interview, “It’s definitely a mixture of two different worlds, dance music and hip-hop,” he goes on. “People can connect because there’s a lot going on, and there’s more than one dimension. The audience responds immediately too. Since there’s a half-time feel, the blend just makes sense. It feels right to me.”

So when Crizzly joins us at Something Wicked on Saturday, October 26th in Houston, TX, expect some hard energetic tracks that are perfect for twerking and of course, getting crunk. Buy your tickets today!

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Disco Donnie Presents and NightCulture are excited to team up with Mixify to present the Something Wicked House Party on Thursday, October 17th. And with the party right around the corner, we’ve got a little treat to give you guys if you’re feeling wicked.

We’re giving away VIP Tickets to Houston’s premier Halloween event at the Sam Houston Race Park on Saturday, October 26th. Enter today by uploading your freakishly wicked, Halloween-inspired, zombie-like photos to Mixify’s #IAmSomethingWicked Photo Contest page. After you upload your photo, share it via Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram using the #IAmSomethingWicked hashtag. Tune in to the Something Wicked House Party event on Mixify on October 17th to find out who won! Photo submission ends on Thursday, October 10th.

How to Enter

Upload a WICKED pic of yourself for a chance to win 2 VIP passes to Something Wicked Festival in Houston, TX on Saturday, October 26. May the most wicked win!

• Visit the #IAmSomethingWicked Photo Contest page on Mixify.
• Click the green “Upload Photo” button.
• Upload your photo before Thursday, October 10th.
• Tweet the photo along with #IAMSomethingWicked
• Tune in during the Something Wicked House Party Thursday, October 17th on Mixify to see who won!

Enter the #IAmSomethingWicked Photo Contest now at Mixify!

Most 16-year-olds are prepping for the SATs and just starting to think about what they want to do with the rest of their lives. But Something Wicked artist Alex Young is nothing like “most” 16-year-olds.

Native to the suburbs of Washington D.C., Alex began making music in 2011. “I was doing the thing all the DJs do before DJing – I was in a band and I was like playing guitar and stuff. But two years ago, I was taking recording classes and mixing/audio classes at this music school a mile from my house and I heard a Skrillex record or something and was like, ‘woah this is insane.’ At the same time I think I heard Skrillex the first week I was at the school taking DJ classes because my mom was like, ‘you have done the audio engineering thing too much and the band thing too much so why don’t you try something new?’ And I was like, ‘but mom Djing is so lame!’ So I took it and at first I was skeptical about, it but then I was like, ‘wow this is insane- this is so cool!’ That week, I started producing and Djing, so I wasn’t Djing before I was producing and I wasn’t producing before I was DJing.”

We first fell in love with Alex when his track “Boomerang” was mixed in by trap heavyweights Flosstradamus on their Banned mixtape series, “…yeah that was super cool getting on the Banned 2 mixtape because you know, they kind of innovated the entire hip-hop, rap, instrumental, trap like scene.” With his blend of glossy electro, house, and hip hop, Alex has earned the support of artists like Skrillex, Diplo, Dillon Francis, Kill The Noise, Flosstradamus, 12th Planet, RL Grime and Baauer. “Honestly, my style is very hip hop-influenced, but I try to fuse that with electronic music,” he goes on. “I’m trying to create the perfect balance between hard-hitting and melodic songs.”

Since his debut to the world, he has gone on to release a number of tracks like “Outrage” and more recently, “Mastermind.” Venturing away from his bass beginnings, “Mastermind” is a monster progressive track, showing off the young prodigy’s versatility between multiple genres. But if you ask him, age ain’t nothing but a number, “Many people can’t believe how old I am, however, that’s not what’s important. I want to make music that leaves a lasting impression and is remembered for years to come.”

Though this Wicked talent is too young to even to attend half of those places he’s playing at, his music has a great energy that will bring any club-goer to their feet. With an EP due out later this year, we’re are excited to welcome Alex Young to the Sam Houston Race Park in Houston, TX for Something Wicked on Saturday, October 26th. Don’t miss out on your chance to be a part of the ghoulish fun – buy your tickets today!

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The weekend is here! Break out the cold drinks, hang out with friends and whatever you do, don’t think about work or school. Saturday, October 26th will include all of that and then some, as Houston’s premier Halloween event, Something Wicked returns to the Sam Houston Race Park. Have you bought your tickets yet?

Before we get down, here are three mixes from our Wicked roster to get you pumped for the upcoming event.

Arnej – ASOT600 Mumbai

Any trance fan will tell you that A State of Trance is one of the most, if not the most-anticipated events for the genre. This year, Arnej joined the all-star lineup for the world famous ASOT 600 in Mumbai.

Arnej’s set starts of with an intro version of “Adagio,” creating a wafting space for the crowd. You can feel the tension and energy mount as he dives into a collection of tracks that deliver on that same driving innovation that made the event (and its empire) so popular in the first place.

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Ryan Hemsworth – Koalas & Echidnas (Triple J Friday Mix)

The Triple J mix show is one of Australia’s most notable radio exports. Reading the list of past guests reads like a who’s who of dance music heavy hitters. Something Wicked artist Ryan Hemsworth provided his talents to the revered brand.

The Koala and Enchidnas mix is what we’ve come to know and love about Ryan Hemsworth. Starting off with a cover of Ciara, the mix features a heavy dose of some of Ryan’s own edits, demos and remixes.

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Dancing Astronaut presents Axis Episode 071: Mixed by Cosmic Gate

German trance outfit Cosmic Gate provided their skills on Dancing Astronaut’s 71st episode of their radio show Axis.

Combining main stage energy with an uplifting trance foundation, the 12 track mix features music from a variety of artists and genres including “What We Did” from Vitodito & Daga, Mat Zo’s “Pyramid Scheme” and remixes of their own productions, “Crushed” and “Storm Chaser” by Rafael Frost and KhomHa.

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