On today’s edition of the Sun City Music Festival sound clash, we are highlighting two veterans that have helped shape the way we view dance music. Whether you like to thrash around and stage dive or whether you’re the type who like to take deep, long journeys into the night, we are very excited to have legends like Steve Aoki and John Digweed play at this year’s event. Haven’t bought tickets? What are you waiting for! Tickets are available online and in stores.
Steve Aoki
Steve Aoki is known for a lot of things. He likes to crowd surf. His facial hair should be commended. He really likes cake and champagne is his version of water. But perhaps something that fans too often forget is that the Dim Mak Records front man has been in the business for over 15 years and is credited for launching the careers of bands such as MSTRKRFT and Bloc Party.
Steve’s role as a producer has seen tracks have success on charts around the world. He has a great ability to create big electro releases and has a good ear for creating catchy melodies. Just last year, Steve released his first studio album, Wonderland after many years of successful output on his imprint and remixes for names like the Jackson 5, Kanye West, Eminem and will.i.am. But like his earlier hits suggest, Wonderland, showcases one of Steve’s best talents of creating beats that put bodies on the dance floor and any sub-woofers to good use.
Get an earthquakey dose of Steve Aoki when he takes the stage at Sun city Music Festival. Buy your tickets today!
John Digweed
John Digweed first sent a demo into Sasha in 1992 and scored a gig at the Renaissance Club in Mansfield. Together, their residency at that venue was where they saw their popularity begin to rise. As Sasha and Digweed, the two are by far one of the most successful if not the most well-known DJ duos of all time. The “Renaissance Sound” was captured on Renaissance: The Mix Collection, which is known as the first legally licensed DJ mix.
Digweed became first known for promoting the progressive house sound that became popular in Europe and America in the late 90s and early 2000s, mastering the art of the mix. He started the imprint Bedrock Records to further promote the music he was playing at the time. He speaks about his sound in a dated interview, “I still think I’ve got a sound, and I think if I play certain records people can say, ‘He’s playing it like John Digweed would,’ you know? I can take techno records, I can take house records, but I play them in a way that makes sense to me. I like to kind of get a groove going and lock people into it, but I’m also quite a varied DJ as well.”
Get a dose of one of the veteran artists of our time when John Digweed takes the Beatport stage at Sun City Music Festival. Buy your tickets today!
