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AWOL Sun Weekend Happy Hour with Dillon Francis!

It’s Saturday. You’ve had a very long and tired work/school week, and your vacation on with AWOL Sun seems close, but so far away. Need to relax? We’ve got you covered.

As we count down the weeks until the 4th annual AWOL Sun in Cabo San Lucas, every Friday we’ll be pairing a refreshing cocktail with a track or mix from one of our talented acts. Decompress from the stress of day-to-day life with a beverage and some great music – because sometimes, that’s really all you need.

Dillon Francis – Diplo and Friends BBC RADIO 1Xtra

With ‘Summer Vibez’ in the title of this mix, what more can we ask for? Once again, Dillon delivers a perfectly blended mix that gets you moving right from the get-go. First off, he goes through an entire moombah segment, reminding us why we love moombahton. Then he glides into a harder jump-up style later in his set, using some of the newer and softer sounds we’ve heard coming from him lately. This set is solid all the way through. Tune in and chill out.

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Blue Parrot

Ingredients:

  • 1 lime wedge
  • Coarse salt, for rims
  • 1/2 cup tequila
  • 1/4 cup Cointreau
  • 1/4 cup blue curacao
  • 2/3 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 1/4 cup superfine sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups crushed ice

Rub the rim of each of four glasses with the lime wedge. Spread salt on a small plate, and dip glasses to coat the rims. In the jar of a blender, combine tequila, Cointreau, curacao, lime juice, sugar, and ice, and mix until smooth. Serve immediately in the prepared glasses. Serves 4

  • Saturday, August 24, 2013

Isla Del Sol Fest Artist Profile: Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike

artist dimitri vegas & like mikeFresh off the success of their massive hit “Chatahoochee,” Isla Del Sol Fest acts Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike are definitely at the top of their A-game right now. Releasing a steady output of banging remixes and festival-inspired house, the brotherly duo are one of the hottest names in dance music.

Though the world is buzzing for this tenacious duo, the Dimitri and Michael Thivaios did not have the same the mindset about their future career paths. Dimitri began DJing at the age of 14, making ​​several appearances in smaller clubs and also became the resident DJ at BeatFM radio. He later left Belgium in 1999 and began touring Europe. Living in Mallorca and Halkidiki, Greece before moving eventually making his way to Ibiza in 2003, Dimitri’s prominence rose to become the resident at world renowned clubs like Privilege and Space. It was here on the island of every dance music fan’s paradise, where the boys stumbled onto a great idea. Dimitri recalls, “Well we were actually born in Greece but moved to Belgium when we were kids. Mike’s always been more into hip-hop than me and been MCing for a while, then when I was out in Ibiza I was playing house in a club, Mike walked in and started flowing some beats on top of my mix just for fun, and the whole place went nuts. We tried it a couple more times and every time the same reaction so we knew we were on to something special. It’s just blown up from there.”

Even with a steady sure-fire formula in hand, it wasn’t until much later that Dimitri and Mike would feel they could commit to music fully as a career. Mike relives that time in an interview, “I think the pinpoint for us was in 2005 when we decided to move back to Belgium after living years in places like Ibiza etc with non stop parties, build our studio and focus on producing music. We decided to get serious and it paid off.” And pay off it most certainly did as their introduction to the world would be their edit of Swedish House Mafia’s “Leave the World Behind.” The following year, Dimitri and Mike became Tommorrowland residents, a title that they still hold to this day.

If they aren’t packing on the energy in their massive sets in sold-out shows around the world, you can currently catch Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike in the studio or manning their own imprint Smash The House, a sister to Spinnin’ Records. Catch the duo when they make their way to South Padre Island for Isla Del Sol Fest. Have you bought your tickets yet?

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  • Saturday, August 24, 2013

Something Wicked Weekend Warriors: Antiserum, Arnej, Tommy Trash

Phew! It was pure torture keeping our Something Wicked lineup a secret for so long. But now that we’ve revealed our frightening lineup, we can start having some fun! All the more preparation for the Halloween event bewitching the Sam Houston Race Park on October 26th. Have you bought your tickets yet?

For our first weekend warrior post, it’s all about the energy. With hyperactive percussion, or pounding kid drums, there are many ways an artist can pack on the energy in a live mix. So to set your weekend alight, here are three mixes where you are sure to feel the energy.

Antiserum

Earlier this year, Antiserum released a mix for Smog Records and BBC Radio 1xtra. Antiserum has been creating quite a buzz this past year with tracks like “Brick Squad Anthem” and “Bangladesh” with Mayhem. This mix falls right in line that “buzz.” With a monster track list of 40 songs blended in the hour mix, we love that this mix is high-energy from the very start and technically, it is mixed to perfection.

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Arnej – Coldharbour Day 2013

At the end of July every year, the Coldharbour family unite for their annual Coldharbour Day celebration. Featuring special all-Coldharbour sets and showcases, the marathon radio event dedicated entirely to the fans. We were completely blown away by this mix. And the best part is? It is 100% Arnej‘s reworks and productions. With a pulsating bass kick throughout the mix, the twists and breakdowns on some of these tracks will make you do a double take.

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Tommy Trash – Live at Electric Daisy Carnival 2013

This Aussie had a massive set at this year’s Electric Daisy Carnival. As you could guess, we’re suckers for a high-energy set, especially when it’s packed full of bangers. We hope you weren’t going to try and fall asleep after this mix, because, SPOILER ALERT: you can’t. In the mix, you’ll hear some classic electro sounds that we’ve come to expect from the one, Mr. Tommy Trash, but there is also some acid style synths that make their way into the set. We’re really diggin’ the retro influence.

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  • Saturday, August 24, 2013

Sun City Music Festival Weekend Warriors: Tiësto, Armin van Buuren, Steve Aoki, Alesso

We regret to inform you, this will be our last Weekend Warriors post for Sun City Music Festival. But rejoice! That just means that the event we’ve been waiting for is right around the corner! You won’t need to warrior through the weekend with mixes next Saturday or Sunday – you’ll be too busy dancing all night.

For the final warriors, we’ve gotta give it up for our headliners. We are so excited to have Tiësto, Armin van Buuren, Steve Aoki, and Alesso performing on our Sun City stage this August 31st and September 1st, but which mixes do we chose?The amount of shows these four have played at is endless!

So, we decided to bring it back to basics. The essential basics. At some point in their careers, all of our headliners have lent their mixing skills to the pivotal radio program Essential Mix hosted by Pete Tong. To close out our weekly Friday journeys, we’re sending you off with four mixes that aren’t just good – they’re essential.

Still don’t have your tickets? Grab your tickets today and secure your spot on the dancefloor with thousands of your closest friends!

Tiësto – Essential Mix July 8, 2005

Armin van Buuren – Essential Mix May 25, 2013

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Alesso – Essential Mix March 24, 2012

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Steve Aoki – Essential Mix October 27, 2012

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  • Saturday, August 24, 2013

Isla Del Sol Fest Artist Profile: Carnage

artist carnageCarnage is having a very stellar year. From being hand picked to play some of the biggest festivals in the world, to making a name for himself in the big room house circuit, there is no denying the impact this Isla Del Sol Fest talent has had on dance music in 2013. Even Tiësto has dropped some productions from the leader of the #ChipolteGang. The best part? He’s only getting started.

Born Diamanté Blackmon, Carnage began producing at the age of 16 with the help of a few self-help books and a passion for hip-hop. Born in Guatemala, he grew up in a small town in Maryland. “Living in the country, there was nothing really to do. I used to rap, so I thought making my own beats would both be cool and pass the time. I started a group with my friend Bruce, who also rapped, and I started hosting his mixtapes. He would push me into sampling music and pulling eclectic points of reference into the music I was making. From here I got into making beats and developing them into proper tracks, and as time passed, the platform for this music became more and more relevant.”

Now based in Los Angeles, Carnage first came to our attention with his remix of Hardwell’s massive single “Spaceman.” Dubbing his sound “festival trap,” Carnage exploded onto the scene and it hasn’t really slowed down since. With an unwillingness to be pigeonholed under one genre, he has ventured out from his original trap style releases and has taken on that big room “festival-style” sound. He’s even been working on some some other goodies including deep and electro house, drum and bass and anything else that strikes his fancy, “If I want to make a rap record I make it; if I want to make a house record I make it. If I want to make some pretty shit I make some pretty shit.”

We don’t know kind of stuffhe’ll drop when he makes his way to Isla Del Sol Fest, but we do know it’s gonna be a ridiculously great time. So buy your tickets today!

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  • Friday, August 23, 2013
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