Something Wicked Sound Clash: Cyril Hahn, Henry Krinkle
As Something Wicked inches closer, we want to know, who’s ready to feed their devilish side? If you’re feeling wicked, come celebrate the Hallows Eve at the Sam Houston Race Park on Saturday, October 26th in Houston, TX. Buy your tickets today and save!
For today’s Sound Clash, we are actually merging two friends. Both Cyril Hahn and Henry Krinkle have been making waves in dance music as of late and are currently on a North American Tour. We can’t wait to see what sounds these two have in store for us – no matter just how different those two sounds may be.
Cyril Hahn
Cyril Hahn started turning heads in 2012 with his sensational rework of Destiny’s Child’s “Say My Name.” With down-pitched vocals and emotive synths, the Swiss-born Vancouver resident has racked in over two million plays on Soundcloud for the release, appealing to both the house and bass heads. Surprisingly enough, however, Cyril is new to the production game. “I only started producing electronic music this year and yes, it definitely feels sudden. I just started producing for fun and had no clue people were going to respond to the songs the way they did.”
With a crate filled with sexy, laid back originals and remixes, you’d think that his etheric melodies were made on vintage analog synths. “All I’ve used for my song[s] so far is a laptop and a midi keyboard. I think the warm sound comes from using a lot of vintage synthesizer sounds, but also the use of white noise/field recordings. I always liked the lo-fi aesthetic of the records I grew up with. Background noise or white noise was never something that bothered me on a recording. I think noise gives a song more character, a certain organic quality. That’s why I often include white noise or field recordings in my production. I don’t want my song to sound too sterile or mechanical. White noise is definitely a way to work against that.”
Currently preparing for the release of his Perfect Form EP due out October 7th, we’re excited to have this fresh new talent join Something Wicked on Saturday, October 26th. Buy your tickets today to save big!
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Henry Krinkle
Henry Krinkle‘s music sounds like it came directly from the streets of the UK, but in fact, our Something Wicked talent is from Florida. Despite this, he has found great success in perfecting the sounds of UK post-dubstep (a term used to describe artists like James Blake and Mount Kimbie), bass and future house. Often titling his tracks as “lush house,” Henry Krinkle is creating an exciting new sound in today’s dance music.
Though the Florida born, Shanghai-based talent has been dropping beats since his days stateside, Henry Krinkle first grabbed our attention with his 2012 release “Stay.” The captivating track is rich in atmospheric textures keeping time with understated kick drum. Taking vocals from Alicia Keys’ “Unthinkable” to create the sample, the beauty of “Stay” is unmistakable, softly panning reverbed synths throughout the track. The icing on top is the way Krinkle contains the white noise to release it into a resonating sweep sure to put a smile on your face.
Known for his warm, refreshingly sexy house and bass productions that often incorporate reworked r&b vocals, Henry Krinkle has found the perfect formula for create catchy, ethereal tunes. We’re definitely ready to hear some lush house when Henry Krinkle makes his way to Something Wicked. Buy your tickets today!
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Something Wicked Sound Clash: Simon Patterson, Firebeatz
This edition of the Something Wicked Sound Clash, we are crossing the pond and taking a look at two of our devilish talents. Whether it’s psy and tech-trance or big room and electro house, Simon Patterson and Firebeatz are some of the most talented producers and DJs today. Make sure you don’t miss either artist at Something Wicked Festival on Saturday, October 26th at Sam Houston Rack Park in Houston, TX! Tickets are now available, buy your tickets now!
Simon Patterson
Hailing from Ireland, Simon Patterson, or as he is affectionately known by his fans, ‘Psymon’, is one of the flag-bearers of the Team 140 trance movement. A master of the harder styles of trance, Simon has built his reputation around bringing incredible energy and technique into every set he plays. When Simon takes the decks, you can expect a fast paced tour the best of uplifting, tech and of course psy-trance. So open up your mind and take a deeper look at Simon Patterson.
Simon’s career began at the turn of the millennium in England. It was here that he helped to form the trance project Dogzilla, which he was a part of until 2008. As a solo act, Simon found even more success, scoring 11 straight #1’s on Beatport’s trance chart with tracks like “Thump,” “Latika” and “The One.” The last few years have seen Simon touring the globe, playing some of the biggest festivals around the world. His radio show Open Up is currently one of the most popular weekly trance podcasts. He has played to hundreds of thousands at festivals like Tomorrowland and now he’s coming Something Wicked! Make sure you have your tickets.
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Firebeatz
Though Dutch duo Firebeatz have been storming Holland since 2008, 2012 solidified their global reach and fan ship. Their track “Just One More Time Baby,” with Chocolate Puma was a big hit on Beatport and received a massive endorsement from Pete Tong. Topping the Beatport House chart for weeks, they followed that with one of their biggest hits, a collaboration with rising talent Schella titled “Dear New York.” Incorporating a classic sample within a bass-heavy production, “Dear New York” gained massive DJ support and climbed Beatport’s Top 100 chart reaching the #2 position and remained a Beatport Top 10 track for weeks on end.
In 2013, Firebeatz kept churning out club bangers like “Gangster” and their collaboration with Bobby Burns called “Ding Dong,” released on Tiësto’s Musical Freedom imprint. Known for their progressive and techy influences, rhythmic melodies and grimy synths, their current offering, “Wicked,” is the perfect cumulation of all those elements. Teaming up with Schella once again, the track has that signature funky Firebeatz vibe with woven break beats, upright bass lines, groovy vocals and a thick electro drop. “Wicked” will definitely rock festivals around the world, including Something Wicked on Saturday, October 26th at the Sam Houston Race Park. Buy your tickets today!
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AWOL Sun Artist Profile: Lee Foss
AWOL Sun 2013 talent Lee Foss is some kind of Superman. Simultaneously acting as a full-time DJ, producer and label manager, he has become one of the leaders of the nu-school house movement (alongside artists like Art Department) in just a few years. The success was not undeserved by any means. With a seemingly endless arsenal of successful solo productions and collaborations, and not to mention his hot imprint Hot Creations, Lee Foss has been perpetually flirting with the top of the house scene.
Born in Dekalb, Illinois, Lee grew up in Chicago, the birthplace of house. As his output suggests, Lee’s musical influences have always been vast. “My parents listened to pretty standard white 60s stuff mostly around the house. Beatles, Momma’s and the Papas, Jim Croce, Beach Boys, stuff like that. As a child that is what I grew up around, I do remember really liking Michael Jackson songs that I heard. As soon as I was old enough to buy my own tapes and CDs, it was hip hop and r&b and new jack swing, and that was pretty much the only music I was into throughout the 90s, Daft Punk and Stardust and going to a few raves started getting me into house towards the end of the decade just before I moved to Chicago. The house stuff got me into disco when record shopping as Chicago is a great city for that.”
Initially a house/techno/electro DJ in Chicago, Lee began opening for big DJs rather quickly, but later worked with venues playing old school hip hop and 80’s funk and disco – an experience that has undoubtedly helped shape his productions today. After sinking his teeth into some wax for a decade in the Chicago DJ scene, Lee moved to Los Angeles, soon falling in with the trio Droog, who were just setting up their label Culprit Records. Culprit would later release Lee’s debut with Jamie Jones as Hot Natured for the h.e.a.d.s. EP. It was Lee’s release “Grinding” out on the respected Wolf+Lamb imprint, however, that would be Lee’s international breakthrough, being played by DJs all across the dance music spectrum.
Lee’s rapid rise to prominence was just as much due to his all-encompassing approach to DJing as his pioneering take on nu-school house and synth-laden techno, often working with familiar hip hop samples. “To tell you the truth it takes a long time to get the notes right as a producer. It’s trial and error for a long time and gradually you just start to do everything better, so for a long time, samples were the best and only way for me to really start a track and not get bogged down. They sort of worked like sculpting around a mould, forcing me into a key, then from there the sample might not even end up in the track in the end but it would have helped shape the creative process, that happened in almost every song on my album.”
With this many accolades under his belt including multiple “Tune’s of the Month” by Mixmag and U Got Me being listed as one of DJ Mag’s favorite records of 2010, Lee isn’t one to rest on his laurels. Still currently celebrating the success of his remix of Lana Del Rey’s “Summertime Sadness,” Lee is riding out 2013 with gigs all around the world, including TomorrowWorld just a few weeks before our vacation on October 10-13th. We’re excited to get grinding on the dance floor with Lee Foss and all you other Lifers at AWOL Sun 2013 in Cabo San Lucas. Book your suite today before it’s too late!
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Club Cirque Artist Profile: Nerd Rage
When you see Club Cirque artist Nerd Rage perform live, you’ll notice that his music and stage presence are synonymous with each other. Self-described as loud, aggressive, and in-your-face, the 25 year old jokester continues to create music with good vibes, whether he’s behind the decks or in the studio.
Born in Tampa, FL, Devin Spears has always been an avid lover of music. Playing bass in a metal band when he was in high school, his love for dance music would come later, “I didn’t get into electronic music until I graduated,” creating mostly trance and drum and bass. He began DJing under the moniker DJ Sonic, later scoring a DJ night at G.Bar in Ybor City. As his local fanship grew, so did the amount of shows a week.
Often playing some of his own productions when he performed, Devin developed a strong sense of what type of sound he wanted to create. “Being aware of what I like in music allows me to figure out what I like in a melody, how I like my song to move, how I could picture people grooving to it, how I would groove to it. If I’m sitting in my studio and working on a song and getting tired of it, then I don’t feel like it’s going to be a good tune. But if I’m sitting in front of my computer and laughing and actually rocking along with my tune as I’m writing it, I know it’s going to be great. I know it’s going to do well if I play it live.”
With a clear direction on music creation, a name change and endorsements from some heavy hitters, the Nerd Rage project debuted with the track “Real Life” with Bro Safari in 2011. “A friend of mine suggested [the name] Nerd Rage, and they thought it was really funny, because I play a lot of video games with my friends, and I’m pretty much a nerd. All music producers, in some way, shape or fashion, are huge nerds.” The nerdy single rose to the top of the heap hitting Beatport’s top 10 and was also featured on Beatport’s weekly “Top 10 Must Hear Dubstep Tracks” chart.
Currently, Nerd Rage is turning out originals and remixes left and right with tracks like “Power Treaty” and OCTiV’s “Fatality.” You might hear these gems when Nerd Rage takes the stage inside the bass tent at Club Cirque, but what else might you hear? “I like to bring the full element of metal into the vibe while I’m on stage. Very loud, aggressive, mosh pits, and stage diving. Nonstop jumping and screaming. I want to make sure everyone is able to have the best and most memorable time possible when it comes to the energy and music.”
Let’s get loud with Nerd Rage at the Raymond James Stadium on Saturday, October 19th. Do you have your tickets yet? Tickets are now on sale, buy your tickets today!
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Club Cirque Artist Profile: Torro Torro
It’s hard not to hear a Torro Torro track or remix played at festivals and parties around the world. The duo knows exactly how to create a perfect brand of dance music that’s influenced by hip hop and tropical rhythms.
Based out of Toronto, the duo of Mike (“Digits”) Gonek and Evan “Yo Ev” Norton, met simply by a mutual friend. Mike says, “We had a mutual friend who told me Evan wanted to start a project. I had been involved in a bunch of different production projects prior to Torro Torro and, like Evan, I was looking for something where I could really get my hands dirty on deejaying and the production side of electro and house music. When our friend introduced us to one another, we kinda just clicked.”
Both studying at the University of Toronto, the two explored the world of dance music production. Evan, “Out of the gate, we were both learning the craft of electronic production. At that point, it was two heads going into the studio, and spending a lot of hours trying to navigate through the experience of producing, seeing what formulas worked, and crafting our own sound. Now, we’ve come to the point where there’s a certain balance between the two of us working together in the studio, and each of us spending our own time to craft ideas and find stuff that we’d like to share and hone in on once we’re back together.”
The two first started turning heads in 2009 with their remix of Barletta’s “Panther” and of AutoErotique’s “Gladiator.” Always bringing the same high intensity big room sound that keeps crowds asking for more, their track “Knockin Boots,” released on Tittsworth’s T&A Records, was a certified electro banger being played on dance floors around the world.
Lately, 2013 saw Torro Torro return with three chart topping remixes, one for Interscope Records and two others released on Ultra Music. Opening the year with their remix of “Bless Di Nation” for Congorock and Sean Paul, the two are still riding high from their massive remixes for Zedd’s “Clarity” and Zeds Dead’s “Cowboy,” which both sat near the top of the Beatport charts for weeks after their respective releases.
We’re excited to have our boots knocked by Torro Torro when they perform at Club Cirque in Tampa, FL on Saturday, October 19th. Have you bought your tickets yet?
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