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Voting Now Open for Sun City Music Festival's Mixify DJ Competition!

Last week we announced that we are teaming up with Mixify and This Song Slaps to bring you the 2013 Sun City Music Festival DJ competition. Mixify received tons of entries from all over the world, and the top 10 DJs are ready for the final voting round!

We’re putting you all in the driver’s seat of choosing one DJ to be booked at Texas’ largest dance music event on Saturday, August 31st. Head over to Mixify and start listening to some mixes. We need your help selecting one lucky DJ to play alongside artists like Tiësto, Armin van Buuren, Steve Aoki, and Alesso for the gig of a lifetime. Remember – our winner will also get a one-hour slot at the official Sun City Music House Party on Thursday, August 15th on Mixify.com.

Vote now for your favorite DJ and share with all your friends. The DJ with the most votes by 11:59 PM ET on Sunday, August 11th will win the live slot!

Sun City Music Festival Artist Profile: Eats Everything

To steal a direct quote from Bristol native Eats Everything, “I like big bass and solid beats.” And while that is a very broad description of Eats, or Daniel Pearce’s booty-shaking productions, we can’t get enough of those basslines and tricked out drum beats which is why we are very excited to have Eats Everything join us for Sun City Music Festival, going down August 31st and September 1st.

Daniel Pearce’s vision for music has been molded from an early age. “I grew up listening to early hardcore at the start of the 90s, Ellis Dee, Carl Cox. Easygroove etc, and seriously into jungle when it emerged from the hardcore scene and the harder end of techno as well. One day a good friend played me a house record by the Rhythm Masters and from there on it was house all the way. I guess the strong musical vision comes from the fact that I have been listening to dance music and DJing for a long, long time and I have seen a lot of genres/styles come and go. I guess that I encompass a lot of those styles both old and current and try to do something unique.” It is that unique sound that has landed Pearce to the worldwide success he’s at now.

Eats Everything first caught our eye with his breakout release “Entrance Song” back in 2011. Pearce recalls how it was signed, “I made it in June 2010, a few labels that I sent it to turned it down and then it was meeting J Phlip from dirtybird at a club in Bristol in February that was the turning point really. I gave her the tracks, she loved them, passed them to Voitek and Greg from Catz n Dogz and the next day they emailed me asking to sign them. I couldn’t believe it as I was a massive fan of Pets Recordings, Catz n Dogz and J Phlip and it was amazing that they were into my music.”

Since the Entrance Song EP, Pearce has won massive support from heavyweights in wide array of genres including the heads at label dirtybird. “I had been sending stuff to Claude Von Stroke but to no avail, he was always polite and said it wasn’t quite right or whatever. Then he heard Justin Martin play “The Size” at Movement Festival earlier this year and the next day I had an email asking if he could sign it. It was signed to another label at the time, a really good one but not as big as dirtybird, so Vonstroke asked Worthy if he could sign it, Worthy said yes.”

So what can you expect when Eats Everything plays on our newly announced Beatport stage for Sun City Music Festival? Expect a lot of hard-hitting tracks from his own production other label buddies. Get to witness Eats Everything play a variety of house and incorporating funk, disco, hip-hop, and so much more at Sun City Music Festival. Buy your tickets today!

Introducing the Disco Draw: Win Tickets Each Week!

If you’ve been lusting after one of the many shows that we put on here at Disco Donnie Presents but haven’t had the opportunity to rage with us, you’re in luck. Whether you’ve been wanting to get down on the dance floor with us in Orlando or maybe on the coast of South Padre Island, TX you could now have a chance to win tickets to one of our upcoming shows!

As the month of August kicks off, so does our the Disco Draw. Next Monday, August 12th at 10:00 AM ET, check our social media pages to see if you’re the winner of our lucky lottery. This week, we’ve got six shows in six cities, which six winners will see Adventure Club, Major Lazer, Carnage, 12th Planet, or Adrian Lux in less than four weeks!

What are you waiting for? Anyone can be a winner of the Disco Draw…

Orlando, FL: Adventure Club at Firestone on Thu, Aug 22nd

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Tampa, FL: Adventure Club at Amphitheatre Event Facility on Fri, Aug 23rd

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Charlotte, NC: 12th Planet at The Fillmore on Fri, Aug 23rd

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Houston: Adrian Lux at Stereo Live on Sat, Aug 24th

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Austin, TX: Carnage at Haven on Thu, Aug 29th

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South Padre Island, TX: Isla Del Sol Fest on Sat, Aug 31th – Sun, Sep 1st

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Sun City Music Festival Artist Profile: Tiësto

From the early days of his career, all Tiësto has said that he wanted to do was, ‘to share his music with others.’ Now, almost 20 years since his first release, Tiësto has won almost every dance music award there is making it quite apparent that he has shared his music to the world. Born Tijs Verwest, Tiësto was the first DJ to play a solo stadium concert. He also set the world record for the largest audience every played to by a DJ, and his remix of Delerium’s “Silence” was the first dance track to be broadcast on daytime radio in North America. Undeniably, Tiësto has put in the hard work and dedication to called one of the greatest DJ’s to be behind a set of turntables.

And there is just no stopping the Dutch veteran, as just last month, Tiësto released the third volume of his revered Club Life series in “Stockholm.” Tiësto explains, “I moved to Stockholm in February 2009 and now spend several months there every year. The Swedes are enormously talented in fashion, music and art, which is extremely inspiring for me when I work on new tracks. There are also lots of great clubs within walking distance from the city center that makes Stockholm a very friendly place to party. This mix album perfectly encapsulates my Stockholm Club Life experience.”

This Sun City talent and enduring champion of DJ Mag’s Top 100 has done it all from record-breaking marathon sets to performing at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games to an audience of billions. Simply stated, Tiësto is a performer who has transcended musical genres and created brand. Join us August 31st and September 1st to see the one and only legend himself, Tiësto as he headlines the main stage at Sun City Music Festival. Tickets are available online and in select retail stores.

Sun City Music Festival Sound Clash: Steve Aoki, John Digweed

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!

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