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Park City, UT – Disco Donnie Presents (DDP) and V2 Presents announced the debut of the two companies’ entertainment showcase at Park City Live, to be held Jan 23-26 during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. The announcement was made Monday on discodonniepresents.com/sundance.

This year’s showcase is comprised of four events:

NERVO
Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 at Park City Live
http://discodonniepresents.com/events/2013-0123-parkcity-parkcitylive

KASKADE, TRENT CANTRELLE
Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 at Park City Live
http://discodonniepresents.com/events/2013-0124-parkcity-parkcitylive

MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS
Friday, Jan. 25, 2013 at Park City Live
http://discodonniepresents.com/events/2013-0125-parkcity-parkcitylive

KE$HA
Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013 at Park City Live
http://discodonniepresents.com/events/2013-0126-parkcity-parkcitylive

The first annual Entertainment Showcase is in line with Disco’s recent expansion in new markets such as Latin America and the Caribbean, but the company has a long history of producing events in the Salt Lake area alongside local promoter and partner, V2 Presents.

“The long term potential of building our showcase during Sundance is enormous, and Disco and V2 will work hard to deliver the best artist lineups possible,” stated Donnie Estopinal, CEO of Disco Donnie Presents. “We want our Showcase to be a important part of the experience for those who travel to Sundance.”

Disco Donnie Presents and V2 Presents are responsible for hosting numerous large scale music festivals in the Salt Lake City area including Get Freaky, Legends, Get Lucky and Das Energi. The lineups for the festivals include top-notch electronic artists, such as world famous Dutch DJ, Tiësto.

For information on the Entertainment Showcase, press access or interview requests, please contact Evan Bailey, marketing coordinator, Donnie Presents at evan@discodonniepresents.com.

ABOUT DISCO DONNIE PRESENTS

Disco Donnie Presents (DDP) is an award-winning and recognized leader in electronic dance music event production, generating over 1,000 live events, arena shows and outdoor festivals annually. DDP, both on its own and through partnership, develops innovative, creative and strategic business opportunities in live entertainment. For more information, please visit www.discodonniepresents.com

ABOUT V2 PRESENTS

V2 Presents is a premier producer of live concerts, music festivals and events in the Salt Lake City area. For more information, please visit www.facebook.com/V2SLC.

Nervo

NERVO are sisters Mim and Liv Nervo. These multi-talented Australian DJs emerged as hit songwriters; Ke$ha to Kylie; Guetta & Rowland; Pussycat Dolls and more. Their growing list of collaborators include Avicii, Afrojack, David Guetta, Steve Aoki, LMFAO, Nicky Romero, Armin Van Buuren to name a few. They have remixed Sergio Mendes, Katy Perry, 30 Seconds to Mars, Cobra Starship, topping club charts worldwide. Since landing a deal with Virgin America/Astralwerks as artists, they have been working on their debut album – where they not only write, produce but will step into the spotlight and perform. Their first Astralwerks release – a collaboration with Afrojack and Steve Aoki – “Weʼre All No One” reached Top 10 on Billboard club charts, was play listed on BBC Radio 1 in The UK, and racked up more than 3.7 million views on YouTube. Their chart-topping follow up “Youʼre Gonna Love Again” was released in summer 2012.

Kaskade

The New York Times may have called him the “new face of electronic dance music” in a recent profile, but Ryan Raddon, known as Kaskade, has been in the trenches of the EDM scene as an original recording artist and in-demand DJ for more than a decade. He has released seven studio albums, including his latest, Fire & Ice, scored nine Top 10 hits on Billboard’s Hot Dance Airplay Chart, created chart-topping remixes for everyone from Lady Gaga to Beyoncé, appeared at all the major summer festivals, and has performed between 150 and 200 headlining shows a year for the last 10 years, building a name for himself as an innovator of the EDM scene as we know it today, which has opened doors for the likes of Deadmau5, Tiesto, Skrillex and more. In doing so, he has helped to lay the groundwork for a titanic musical and cultural shift: a post-rock EDM revolution that has captured the imagination of a new generation of music lovers across North America

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, a duo from Seattle, Washington, have emerged as a premier national hip-hop group known for their electrifying live shows, expertly crafted music, and innovative music videos and media. After years of building momentum with impassioned support from their devoted fan base, 2012 has been a banner year for the group, kicked off by Macklemore’s feature in XXL’s Freshman Class. Most recently, they have broken new ground by independently releasing their debut full-length album, The Heist, which shot into the #1 spot on iTunes and debuted at #2 on the Billboard charts without the support of a traditional record label. Their single “Thrift Shop” has top 40 on the Billboard Top 100 chart and is still climbing, with a wildly popular music video (20 million+ views on YouTube) on heavy rotation on BET and MTV2. “Same Love,” a song and video in support of marriage equality, galvanized young fans and voters and led to a live studio performance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. While on their 70-city, completely sold-out world tour supporting The Heist, they have garnered attention in Rolling Stone, Billboard, NPR, TIME and GQ, with live performances on VH1 and an upcoming feature on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

Ke$ha

If there’s one thing Ke$ha knows how to do, it’s tell stories. Here’s a pretty good one: Two years ago, the aspiring pop singer and songwriter decided she wanted Prince to produce her first album. So, she found out his address and drove to his Beverly Hills home, where she paid the gardener five dollars to let her squeeze herself under his front gate. Then she hiked up the driveway (which was lined in purple velvet), let herself in through an unlocked side door, and rode the mirrored elevator up to the third floor where the Purple One himself was jamming with his band. “It was kind of awkward,” she recalls, “but who cares, right? So I sat on one of the purple thrones in the room until he noticed me, which he finally did. He was like, ‘How the hell did you get in here?’” she says with a laugh. “His security kicked me out, but not before I left him my demo CD wrapped in a giant purple bow.”

Ke$ha never did hear from Prince, but the incident speaks volumes about this 22-year-old newcomer’s firecracker personality and determination. “I’ve always known I wanted to be a performer,” she says. “There’s video of me at age five, naked and covered in body paint, saying, ‘I’m going to be a rock star and there’s no way anyone is going to stop me!’ It’s my calling. If I don’t go for it, I’m going to feel like a tool when I’m 50.”

Luckily, Ke$ha won’t have to find out what regret feels like. She is currently at work writing and recording her debut album with executive producer Dr. Luke, who has scored No. 1 smashes for Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne, and Flo Rida. After falling for her playful half-sung/half-rapped vocal delivery on a rough demo, Luke brought Ke$ha to RCA Records, which signed her in February 2009. The album — which will also feature Ke$ha’s collaborations with veteran hitmaker Max Martin (Pink, Kelly Clarkson, Britney Spears) and in-demand songwriter/producer Benny Blanco (Katy Perry, 3OH!3, Spank Rock) — is shaping up to be an edgy collection of hard-hitting electro-pop songs, made all the more irresistible by their high-octane punk energy and Ke$ha’s irreverent lyrics and attitude. “I want my music to be fun, unapologetic, rowdy, quirky, humorous, and interesting,” she says, “but with substance behind it. I’m an emotional person underneath all my fronting. I want people to listen to it and feel like they can relate.”