Sun City Music Festival Weekly Playlist: Bang the Drums
One of our favorite parts of a festival is that moment when the crowd starts clapping together. The DJ will turn down the volume, and all you can hear are the voices of thousands around you singing acapella while keeping time with that steady “clap.” We’re sure you’ll get a dose of the “clap wave” when you join us at Sun City Music Festival this Labor Day Weekend at Ascarate Park. Have you bought your tickets yet?
This week in our Sun City Weekly Playlist, we’re paying homage to percussion and all of its forms. Whether you’re a fan of the acapella clap like we are, or you’re a fan of broken beats, we’ve got five tracks by our talented roaster that will get you in the mood to bang the drums.
Droog, Inxec – Mountain Drop (Original Mix)
Out on the Last Night on Earth label, Droog teamed up with Inxec for their Wide Open EP. Mountain Dew is the B-side.
Why We Love It
Instantly transported to the beautiful beach shores of a dream vacation spot, Mountain Dew has that island tribal vibe from the moment the song starts. As the pulsing horns guide you throughout the piece, the layers of percussion gradually multiply. We’ve listened to “Mountain Dew” over and over, and we still seem to hear something new every time.
Stefano Noferini – The End (Club Mix)
The Italian king of tech house Stefano Noferini is back on the revered Spinnin’ Records with brand new banger “The End.”
Why We Love It
The psychedelically driven percussive track, features a sample from classic rock group, The Doors. With a rolling bass line, chatty snares and a pounding beat that you can’t help but to dance to, this track is fit for banging on any drum.
Huey – Pop Lock N’ Drop (Candyland’s OG Remix)
In celebration of their performance at Escapade Music Festival, Candyland gave away their latest OG remix for “Pop Lock N Drop.”
Why We Love It
We love a good throw back. And Candyland’s edit of Huey’s “Pop Lock N Drop” is on point. Utilizing their signature sound, fully equipped with yes, you guessed it, claps, this track has been known to induce a “clap-off.”
Sven Stout – Genie (GTA Drop The Bass Edit)
To celebrate breaking 20k on Twitter, the boys of GTA decided to release a pack of bootlegs and special edits. Genie (GTA Drop The Bass Edit) is one of our favorites.
Why We Love It
The techy house intro for GTA’s Drop The Bass edit of “Genie” is a little bit misleading, but in the best way possible. We love the bassy kick drum-driven breakdown. Very future bass sounding.
Iamamiwhoami – Y (Brodinski Remix)
Brodinski releases a brand new remix for Iamamiwhoami
Why We Love It
We hope you guys like a hard, broken house beat because Brodinski’s revamped version of “Y” is definitely an ode to the older schools of breaks, techno and electro. The crisp snares also make for clap-worthy, back alley party. Let’s go to the warehouse with this one.
July 4th Ticket Special for Sun City Music Festival!
You won’t have to search for very long to find the best deals this July 4th weekend because Disco Donnie Presents and SMG Events have a fireworks special that you can enjoy right at home.
For a limited time only, you can grab four General Admission tickets to Sun City Music Festival for the price of three. Lock in the best deal for the highly anticipated event coming to you this Labor Day Weekend in El Paso. This deal is only good from the start of July 2nd at midnight to end of July 5th at midnight. So let’s have a little red, white and boom this July 4th. We’ll see you on the dance floor!
Take advantage of this limited time offer, buy your tickets now!
Join Sun City Music Festival and the Bob Moog Foundation to Inspire the Next Generation
When you purchase a Sun City Music Festival ticket and donate $1 to the The Bob Moog Foundation, SCMF will match your donation to double the impact of your gift toward the Foundation’s mission of inspiring innovation in future generations.
The Foundation, which carries on the legacy of Dr. Bob Moog’s groundbreaking contribution to electronic music, also runs Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool, a program dedicated to igniting creativity in children through the intersection of music and science.
The work of Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool is especially timely, as music and arts programs across the country have experienced sizable cuts to their funding. Together, the Bob Moog Foundation and the SCMF community can make a positive – and lasting – impact.
“The electronic music community is a very giving group and supporting the Bob Moog Foundation is a great way for our community receive recognition for it. I’m pleased to match all donations made through the ticketing portal to double the impact of the Foundation’s important work.”
-Donnie Estopinal, CEO of Disco Donnie Presents.
Matching donations can also be made at:
http://bobmoogfoundation.eventbrite.com
To learn more about the Bob Moog Foundation’s projects, please visit: http://moogfoundation.org
For media inquiries, please contact:
Evan Bailey, Communications Director
SFX – Disco Productions
evan@discodonniepresents.com
Sun City Music Festival Sound Clash: Brodinski, Markus Schulz
Whether you’re a fan of the act of slaying unicorns, or maybe you just long to have a budding bromance, there is no denying the talent of Sun City Music Festival acts Brodinski and Markus Schulz. We think think that both groups of fans can agree – these guys always go hard in their sets, even if their sound is completely different.
Brodinski
This Frenchman has been on a roll ever since his first release in 2007. Fans were immediately drawn to his well-executed fusion of house, techno, electro progressive and hip-hop. Sometimes, his tracks are impossible to define by genre, which makes his sound all the more intriguing. With his imprint Bromance Records just shy of hitting the two year mark, Brodinski has given his friends a platform to release their innovative and punchy sounds, taking in elements from a wide spectrum of electronic music. Early releases from the label like “Let The Beat Control Your Body” and “Nobody Rules These Streets” with labelmate LOUISAHHH!!! were stand out hits and championed by eclectic acts like Chuckie, Porter Robinson, A-Trak, Style of Eye, and Sun City talents Danny Avila and Gesaffelstein.
Whenever Brodinski takes the stage you can expect crazy jaw-dropping twists, cheer-inducing drops, some ridiculous breakbeat or trap fills, but most importantly, you can expect to have a lot of fun. Get ready to join the party, because Brodinski will be throwing a lot of curveballs your way when he performs at this year’s Sun City Music Festival coming to Ascarate Park August 31 and September 1st. Grab your tickets today!
Markus Schulz
As a man of many tastes and talents, Markus Schulz has never stuck with one sound. For the past decade, Markus has crafted and honed in on his style with multiple music identities. As Dakota, Markus has streamlined his tech and progressive house side. As New World Punx, a duo with other dance music legend Ferry Corsten, Markus gets to let out his high-energy trance side. But whether his music ranges through the melodic progressive styles, percussion driven house, or the driving trance platform, one thing’s for certain, and that is his ability to control and astonish any crowd. Especially with his legendary marathon sets.
Fans of Markus have cheekily coined him the “unicorn slayer” referring to his signature hard-driving productions. “By ‘unicorn,’ people mean tracks with really fluffy melodies,” Markus says. “I don’t do this; I’m more into square waves and pitch bends.” You can catch the slayer Labor Day Weekend when he takes the stage at Sun City Music Festival. Buy your tickets today!
Disco Donnie Presents gets a "Moment of Clarity" with Zedd
German prodigy Zedd has had an undeniably amazing 2013. And the best part is, he’s still got halfway to go. With much talked about performances on The Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, it’s easy to see why he has been named an MTV Artist to Watch and has been called “the breakout DJ star of 2013” by Billboard. “Clarity,” the title track from Zedd’s debut album, features Foxes and has already been certified gold and still continues to climb charts months after its release.
Still riding high on that success, the wunderkind has announced that he is embarking on a world tour. Moment of Clarity will feature 26 stops scheduled between August 28 and October 3 of this year, with final dates still yet to be set in stone.
Zedd says, “For the past six months, I’ve been working on a light and visual show for my tour. We’ve built tons special content and improved the production day by day, step by step. With the Moment of Clarity World Tour, I want to capture this moment and present it to my fans around the world!”
Joining him on this adventure are talents Oliver and Alex Metric. We’re excited to bring Zedd’s Moment of Clarity tour to a city near you.
Join us on our partnering dates:
- Zedd in Orlando, FL on Thursday, September 5
- Zedd in Milwaukee, WI on Saturday, September 14
- Zedd in El Paso, TX on Friday, September 20
- Zedd in Portland, OR on Wednesday, October 2
- Zedd in Eugene, OR on Thursday, October 3
- Zedd in Mexico City, Mexico on Thursday, October 31
- Zedd in Monterrey, Mexico on Saturday, November 2
- Zedd in Guadalajara, Mexico on Friday, November 1
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