Boys Noize just released his Out of the Black – The Remixes LP, and to celebrate, the German talent is going on a worldwide tour of course. The “Where’s Your Child” tour begins in Liverpool on February 22nd and makes stops around the world before finally ending in Barcelona in June. Get ready to go hard with Boys Noize and join us on our partnering dates.
Boys Noize Where's Your Child? 2014 Tour
Ultimate Music Experience Artist Profile: Bassnectar
No matter what medium he’s using, the Bassnectar experience is always a treat for the senses. Whether he’s fusing the familiar with the strange or the classic with the cutting edge, his music coupled with his enigmatic stage presence makes every set an adventure free of rules and limitations.
Born and raised in the outskirts of San Francisco, Ultimate Music Experience talent Lorin Ashton, better known as Bassnectar, was drawn to visual arts rather than musical arts, often making movies on his father’s camera. After attending raves at the age of 18, Lorin began researching electronic music. Though he recorded songs off the radio to create makeshift mixtapes, being a DJ was the furthest thing from his mind, “I never cared about being a DJ, but I cared deeply about creating community events or inciting gatherings that were subversive to mainstream culture. I wanted to reach out and kind of give back to the world because I felt inspired to a point that was almost out of control. I also identified as a musician, so there was no doubt in my mind I would make music for the rest of my life.”
Honing his style, the UME talent began playing house parties in the Bay Area as DJ Lorin. Quickly picking up momentum in his home state, Lorin was asked to perform at Burning Man multiple times, often playing up to seven sets in a night. Using a varied workspace, Lorin’s open-sourced musical format is unlike any other artist in the industry, drawing inspiration from every genre imaginable, “My influences are not necessarily how I sound, they include everything from NWA to Simon & Garfunkel to The Cure to The Field Of Dreams Soundtrack to Sibilant & Metal Spark to Cannibal Corpse, Exhumed & Emperor to My Dying Bride to FreQ Nasty, Tipper, Ed Rush & Optical, to Frank Zappa to The Who to Boards Of Canada to REM to Salt N Peppa to Run DMC to Led Zeppelin to Grave to Disembowelment to Beethoven and Mozart to Oizo, Mr. Rogers, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Mr. Mayagi, to loma prieta earthquakes to Native American flute music and the soft humming of my mother. I guess Bassnectar is an amalgamation of every sound I’ve ever heard, mixed with ultra wicked basslines.”
He released his first album Freakbeat for the Beatfreaks in 2001 and in the following year, Lorin performed as Bassnectar for the first time. Through the years, Bassnectar worked and toured relentlessly releasing an extensive list of singles, EPs, and albums every year since his first while continuing to be a staple at music festivals like Camp Bisco, Coachella, and Lollapalooza. Even when he’s not playing at a festival, his solo shows pull some huge numbers. In 2012 alone, Bassnectar sold over 250,000 tickets. His fans, “Bass Heads,” are one of the most devout communities in the world, traveling long distances to experience the notorious live performances whenever they can.
Outside of making stellar music, Bassnectar’s active involvement with the community is another reason we love this bass veteran, “I want to give back and catalyze my fan base to have a greater impact. A part of that is the Dollar Per Bass Head campaign. I will donate a dollar from every ticket sold for the rest of my life to go towards charities that my fans vote on each year.”
Currently, you can find Bassnectar hard at work in the studio, “I’m working on an album of songs and collaborating like a lunatic. And I’m looking forward to having some adventures in unexpected places, exploring new things, and trying new ideas.” Taking a break to come vacation and party with us at Schlitterbahn Beach Waterpark, we’re excited to have Bassnectar close out the second day of Ultimate Music Experience.
Join the celebration and pre-party taking place March 12-15th. Tickets are now available, buy your tickets online today.
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Celebrating 20 Years of Disco Donnie Presents: The DJ is God
Disco Donnie Presents is 20 years old and to help celebrate our milestone we’ll be posting exclusive content on the site all year long that tracks our journey throughout the years.
Disco Donnie’s parties quickly became known for their wildly outrageous and unusual themes – how he came up with each theme was, at times, equally outrageous. The DJ is God was one party that was born from a questionable experience. In 1998, Donnie received a strange voicemail, “Some guy contacted me saying he was a minister and wanted to start a rave church.” Though common sense told him to do otherwise, Donnie took a meeting with the supposed minister, “The guy was a lunatic, but listening to his rants had me thinking. He said a rave was like a church – crowds facing the stage, raising their hands, all happy, expressing themselves and whatnot. In our case, the DJ was god (of the rave).”
When it came down to creating the lineup for DJ is God, Donnie set his hopes high. At the time, Carl Cox was a worldwide talent in the UK who rarely made it over stateside to perform. Best known for his hits “I Want You (Forever),” “Does It Feel Good To You,” and “The Planet of Love,” Carl Cox was definitely a long shot. Donnie jokingly lamented to some of his peers, “If I can get Carl Cox to play at my party, I’ll retire.” Speaking all but too soon, Carl Cox actually agreed to play the party, setting an unprecedented booking for the New Orleans promoter.
For the weeks leading up to DJ is God, Donnie threw three separate pre-parties – and the headliners for those were equally as impressive. The pre-parties featured Canadian techno pioneer Richie Hawtin, Ovum label boss Josh Wink, and the legendary Grandmaster Flash. After each party, excitement continued to mount for DJ is God, and when it finally came time for the main event, fans were more than ready to dance the night away.
Taking place at the State Palace Theater in July 98, DJ is God drew in thousands of attendees from all over the country. Much to Donnie’s surprise, many “rival” party organizers asked for his promotional contacts after DJ is God party, trying to make good on his “I’ll retire” comment. But we all know how that turned out.
With many claiming it was sacrilegious, Donnie turned The DJ is God party into a balanced series following it with The DJ is the Devil and The DJ is Immortal. All three parties have become some of our favorite stories to tell. Join us next week as we uncover another party from the past.
Celebrating 20 Years of Disco Donnie Presents
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Original Flyer from "The DJ is the Devil"
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Original Flyer from "The DJ is the Devil"
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Pegboard Nerds
On trajectory from Denmark and Norway, the Pegboard Nerds have crash landed on the global electronic music landscape with meteoric force. The impact of their genre-bending music has been felt by peers and industry mainstays alike. With a string of hit singles on independent Canadian label “Monstercat” gaining millions of plays and the attention of fans over the world, it’s no coincidence that the hottest names in the game have begun to pay attention. From collaborating and remixing the likes of Krewella to Infected Mushroom, to being hand selected by Knife Party as show support, Pegboard Nerds’ ticket to international acclaim has been stamped.
In just the past year Pegboard Nerds have lead a conquest over the worldwide festival circuit, with explosive sets at the UK’s Global Gathering, Creamfields, Leeds Festival and Reading Festival, Canada’s SummersEND, and Paradiso and SMF in the US. The buzz proceeding every performance has afforded them invitations to every place imaginable, from Ibiza fixture Amnesia to the Moscow Arena, right back to top clubs across the States — no one and no where is safe from the Nerds.
Ultimate Music Experience Sound Clash: Pegboard Nerds, Zeds Dead
Ultimate Music Experience is almost here and soon we will be taking over Schlitterbahn Beach Waterpark on March 13-15th. If you like fun in the sun with a great soundtrack to boot, the buy your tickets online today and join the celebration!
For this sound clash, we’re pairing two of our duos who have carved their own style in dance music. Though one duo is known for their glitchy, open format, and the other for their bassmentality, we are in for a real treat when Pegboard Nerds and Zeds Dead perform at Ultimate Music Experience this year.
Pegboard Nerds
Hailing from Denmark and Norway, Pegboard Nerds have been producing and remixing for established artists for well over twenty years but it wouldn’t be until 2011 that the two would create Pegboard Nerds, “We have been making music together for several years, but started Pegboard Nerds last year in an effort to focus on our own productions and our own style.”
Their first release “Gunpoint” was just the beginning of a string of successful releases that were soon to follow. Fans couldn’t get enough of tracks like “Self Destruct,” “Disconnected,” and “Fire In The Hole,” the latter of which held the number one spot on the Beatport’s Glitch Hop chart for nearly three consecutive months.
Known for creating a unique blend of electro, dubstep, moombahcore, and glitch hop, the two have never confined themselves to one genre. Pegboard Nerds’ latest single “Bassline Kickin,” shows off the boys’ knack for producing electro bangers with funky synths, hard-hitting drops, and a gritty bass. Join us on March 13-15th when the duo brings that kicking bass line to Ultimate Music Experience. Grab your tickets today!
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Zeds Dead
“Zed’s dead baby. Zed’s dead.” Actually, Zed is alive and well thanks to the two men behind Canadian outfit Zeds Dead. Forming the summer of 2009, the boys first showcased their tracks at their debut performance at The Social and about a year later, they were booked weekly for a gig called “Bassmentality.”
The duo gained international recognition long before their first official release by offering free downloads of their productions. Their first freebie was “Journey of a Lifetime” in June 2009 and by the following year, the two released “Rumble in the Jungle” on Mad Decent. The track went on to reach #1 on Beatport’s breakbeat chart and cemented their position among the bass music’s elite.
Known for their raw, bass-influenced tunes, the Zeds Dead style is heavily hip hop influenced, borrowing the synths from electro and giving it some distortion for a gritty overall sound. We can’t wait to get ratchet with Zeds Dead as they take the stage at this year’s Ultimate Music Experience. Grab your tickets today to be a part of the celebration!
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Torro Torro, Michael Myers at Rumor
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