Something Wicked Sound Clash: Simon Patterson, Firebeatz

This edition of the Something Wicked Sound Clash, we are crossing the pond and taking a look at two of our devilish talents. Whether it’s psy and tech-trance or big room and electro house, Simon Patterson and Firebeatz are some of the most talented producers and DJs today. Make sure you don’t miss either artist at Something Wicked Festival on Saturday, October 26th at Sam Houston Rack Park in Houston, TX! Tickets are now available, buy your tickets now!

Simon Patterson

Hailing from Ireland, Simon Patterson, or as he is affectionately known by his fans, ‘Psymon’, is one of the flag-bearers of the Team 140 trance movement. A master of the harder styles of trance, Simon has built his reputation around bringing incredible energy and technique into every set he plays. When Simon takes the decks, you can expect a fast paced tour the best of uplifting, tech and of course psy-trance. So open up your mind and take a deeper look at Simon Patterson.

Simon’s career began at the turn of the millennium in England. It was here that he helped to form the trance project Dogzilla, which he was a part of until 2008. As a solo act, Simon found even more success, scoring 11 straight #1’s on Beatport’s trance chart with tracks like “Thump,” “Latika” and “The One.” The last few years have seen Simon touring the globe, playing some of the biggest festivals around the world. His radio show Open Up is currently one of the most popular weekly trance podcasts. He has played to hundreds of thousands at festivals like Tomorrowland and now he’s coming Something Wicked! Make sure you have your tickets.

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Firebeatz

Though Dutch duo Firebeatz have been storming Holland since 2008, 2012 solidified their global reach and fan ship. Their track “Just One More Time Baby,” with Chocolate Puma was a big hit on Beatport and received a massive endorsement from Pete Tong. Topping the Beatport House chart for weeks, they followed that with one of their biggest hits, a collaboration with rising talent Schella titled “Dear New York.” Incorporating a classic sample within a bass-heavy production, “Dear New York” gained massive DJ support and climbed Beatport’s Top 100 chart reaching the #2 position and remained a Beatport Top 10 track for weeks on end.

In 2013, Firebeatz kept churning out club bangers like “Gangster” and their collaboration with Bobby Burns called “Ding Dong,” released on Tiësto’s Musical Freedom imprint. Known for their progressive and techy influences, rhythmic melodies and grimy synths, their current offering, “Wicked,” is the perfect cumulation of all those elements. Teaming up with Schella once again, the track has that signature funky Firebeatz vibe with woven break beats, upright bass lines, groovy vocals and a thick electro drop. “Wicked” will definitely rock festivals around the world, including Something Wicked on Saturday, October 26th at the Sam Houston Race Park. Buy your tickets today!

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Henry Krinkle

Henry Krinkle originates from Florida but is currently residing in China, introducing a new sound to the Shanghai night life. Championing a new sound blossoming somewhere between the swamps and polo fields of South Florida.

Henry Krinkle found his calling perfecting the sounds of UK post-dubstep and future house with innovative flair. Taking cues from artists like James Blake. Henry Krinkle is creating a new sound in modern electronic dance music.

‘Stay’ has crept it’s way across the blogs amassing an impressive 7 Million hits in under a year. The music has a viral life force and it’s just the start for HK.

Henry has performed everywhere from impromptu Philadelphia rooftop parties to big rooms in Miami opening for bass legends such as Mount Kimbie, Goth-Trad and Silkie.

His project has support from up and coming producers such as XXYYXX, Karma Kid, Sumsun, Kastle and Cyril Hahn.

Pete Tong and Rob Da Bank are early supporters at Radio. Henry will be joining the line up at Bestival with a headline slot.

AWOL Sun Artist Profile: Lee Foss

AWOL Sun 2013 talent Lee Foss is some kind of Superman. Simultaneously acting as a full-time DJ, producer and label manager, he has become one of the leaders of the nu-school house movement (alongside artists like Art Department) in just a few years. The success was not undeserved by any means. With a seemingly endless arsenal of successful solo productions and collaborations, and not to mention his hot imprint Hot Creations, Lee Foss has been perpetually flirting with the top of the house scene.

Born in Dekalb, Illinois, Lee grew up in Chicago, the birthplace of house. As his output suggests, Lee’s musical influences have always been vast. “My parents listened to pretty standard white 60s stuff mostly around the house. Beatles, Momma’s and the Papas, Jim Croce, Beach Boys, stuff like that. As a child that is what I grew up around, I do remember really liking Michael Jackson songs that I heard. As soon as I was old enough to buy my own tapes and CDs, it was hip hop and r&b and new jack swing, and that was pretty much the only music I was into throughout the 90s, Daft Punk and Stardust and going to a few raves started getting me into house towards the end of the decade just before I moved to Chicago. The house stuff got me into disco when record shopping as Chicago is a great city for that.”

Initially a house/techno/electro DJ in Chicago, Lee began opening for big DJsÃ‚Â rather quickly, but later worked with venues playing old school hip hop and 80’s funk and disco – an experience that has undoubtedly helped shape his productions today. After sinking his teeth into some wax for a decade in the Chicago DJ scene, Lee moved to Los Angeles, soon falling in with the trio Droog, who were just setting up their label Culprit Records. Culprit would later release Lee’s debut with Jamie Jones as Hot Natured for the h.e.a.d.s. EP. It was Lee’s release “Grinding” out on the respected Wolf+Lamb imprint, however, that would be Lee’s international breakthrough, being played by DJs all across the dance music spectrum.

Lee’s rapid rise to prominence was just as much due to his all-encompassing approach to DJing as his pioneering take on nu-school house and synth-laden techno, often working with familiar hip hop samples. “To tell you the truth it takes a long time to get the notes right as a producer. It’s trial and error for a long time and gradually you just start to do everything better, so for a long time, samples were the best and only way for me to really start a track and not get bogged down. They sort of worked like sculpting around a mould, forcing me into a key, then from there the sample might not even end up in the track in the end but it would have helped shape the creative process, that happened in almost every song on my album.”

With this many accolades under his belt including multiple “Tune’s of the Month” by Mixmag and U Got Me being listed as one of DJ Mag’s favorite records of 2010, Lee isn’t one to rest on his laurels. Still currently celebrating the success of his remix of Lana Del Rey’s “Summertime Sadness,” Lee is riding out 2013 with gigs all around the world, including TomorrowWorld just a few weeks before our vacation on October 10-13th. We’re excited to get grinding on the dance floor with Lee Foss and all you other Lifers at AWOL Sun 2013 in Cabo San Lucas. Book your suite today before it’s too late!

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Club Cirque Artist Profile: Nerd Rage

When you see Club Cirque artist Nerd Rage perform live, you’ll notice that his music and stage presence are synonymous with each other. Self-described as loud, aggressive, and in-your-face, the 25 year old jokester continues to create music with good vibes, whether he’s behind the decks or in the studio.

Born in Tampa, FL, Devin Spears has always been an avid lover of music. Playing bass in a metal band when he was in high school, his love for dance music would come later, “I didn’t get into electronic music until I graduated,” creating mostly trance and drum and bass. He began DJing under the moniker DJ Sonic, later scoring a DJ night at G.Bar in Ybor City. As his local fanship grew, so did the amount of shows a week.

Often playing some of his own productions when he performed, Devin developed a strong sense of what type of sound he wanted to create. “Being aware of what I like in music allows me to figure out what I like in a melody, how I like my song to move, how I could picture people grooving to it, how I would groove to it. If I’m sitting in my studio and working on a song and getting tired of it, then I don’t feel like it’s going to be a good tune. But if I’m sitting in front of my computer and laughing and actually rocking along with my tune as I’m writing it, I know it’s going to be great. I know it’s going to do well if I play it live.”

With a clear direction on music creation, a name change and endorsements from some heavy hitters, the Nerd Rage project debuted with the track “Real Life” with Bro Safari in 2011. “A friend of mine suggested [the name] Nerd Rage, and they thought it was really funny, because I play a lot of video games with my friends, and I’m pretty much a nerd. All music producers, in some way, shape or fashion, are huge nerds.” The nerdy single rose to the top of the heap hitting Beatport’s top 10 and was also featured on Beatport’s weekly “Top 10 Must Hear Dubstep Tracks” chart.

Currently, Nerd Rage is turning out originals and remixes left and right with tracks like “Power Treaty” and OCTiV’s “Fatality.” You might hear these gems when Nerd Rage takes the stage inside the bass tent at Club Cirque, but what else might you hear? “I like to bring the full element of metal into the vibe while I’m on stage. Very loud, aggressive, mosh pits, and stage diving. Nonstop jumping and screaming. I want to make sure everyone is able to have the best and most memorable time possible when it comes to the energy and music.”

Let’s get loud with Nerd Rage at the Raymond James Stadium on Saturday, October 19th. Do you have your tickets yet? Tickets are now on sale, buy your tickets today!

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

3LAU, Carnage at The Rave

Cash Cash at Maya Day and Nightclub

Club Cirque Artist Profile: Torro Torro

It’s hard not to hear a Torro Torro track or remix played at festivals and parties around the world. The duo knows exactly how to create a perfect brand of dance music that’s influenced by hip hop and tropical rhythms.

Based out of Toronto, the duo of Mike (“Digits”) Gonek and Evan “Yo Ev” Norton, met simply by a mutual friend. Mike says, “We had a mutual friend who told me Evan wanted to start a project. I had been involved in a bunch of different production projects prior to Torro Torro and, like Evan, I was looking for something where I could really get my hands dirty on deejaying and the production side of electro and house music. When our friend introduced us to one another, we kinda just clicked.”

Both studying at the University of Toronto, the two explored the world of dance music production. Evan, “Out of the gate, we were both learning the craft of electronic production. At that point, it was two heads going into the studio, and spending a lot of hours trying to navigate through the experience of producing, seeing what formulas worked, and crafting our own sound. Now, we’ve come to the point where there’s a certain balance between the two of us working together in the studio, and each of us spending our own time to craft ideas and find stuff that we’d like to share and hone in on once we’re back together.”

The two first started turning heads in 2009 with their remix of Barletta’s “Panther” and of AutoErotique’s “Gladiator.” Always bringing the same high intensity big room sound that keeps crowds asking for more, their track “Knockin Boots,” released on Tittsworth’s T&A Records, was a certified electro banger being played on dance floors around the world.

Lately, 2013 saw Torro Torro return with three chart topping remixes, one for Interscope Records and two others released on Ultra Music. Opening the year with their remix of “Bless Di Nation” for Congorock and Sean Paul, the two are still riding high from their massive remixes for Zedd’s “Clarity” and Zeds Dead’s “Cowboy,” which both sat near the top of the Beatport charts for weeks after their respective releases.

We’re excited to have our boots knocked by Torro Torro when they perform at Club Cirque in Tampa, FL on Saturday, October 19th. Have you bought your tickets yet?

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Presenting the Official Trailer for The Day After Festival 2014!

The shores of Panama are about to be filled with thousands of dance music fans for the Day After Festival on January 10-12th, 2014. With the perfect combination of great music and stunning surroundings, you don’t want to miss this event.

Spanning three days and lasting 30 hours, you can preview the sights and energy of The Day After Festival by watching the official trailer below. Tickets for this getaway will be available on Tuesday, October 15th.

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Announcing the Day After Festival in Panama for 2014!

Get ready for a one-of-a-kind escape to the beautiful shores of Panama. Join Disco Donnie Presents and Show Pro come together for the Day After Festival on January 10-12th, 2014. A country rich in extraordinary natural beauty, the event will lie amidst Figali Plaza in Panama City. The Day After Music Festival will be the perfect combination of great music and stunning surroundings.

Panama is a destination unlike any other situated on a supreme location on the globe. Arriving at the tropical paradise is a quick and easy journey from any city in North or South America – even travelers coming from Europe and Asia will find it easy to connect to the Central American getaway.

While you enjoy great music, be sure to take advantage of swimming in some of the world’s most pristine beaches suited for surfing, snorkeling and more. Adventurous culture aficionados may also chose to discover Panama’s deeply rooted history, amazing food, customs and traditions and enjoy activities like hiking or kayaking. Day After visitors can also enjoy shopping as well as sightseeing tours at museums and more.

If you’re looking for the perfect escape, join us on the shores of Panama for the Day After Music Festival. Tickets are available Tuesday, October 15th. We’ll see you soon!

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Something Wicked Sound Clash: Aly & Fila, Adventure Club

We are your friends. You’ll never be alone again – especially if you make your way to Something Wicked in Houston, TX on Saturday, October 26th. Tickets are on-sale; have you bought yours?

For this edition of the Something Wicked Sound Clash, it’s all about friends. And who better to put two sounds under the microscope than friendly, freakish duos Aly & Fila and Adventure Club. Though one is known for their uplifting melodies and the other for the infectious “clubstep,” there’s no denying the energetic sound that will be pumping on the dance floor when both acts perform at the Sam Houston Race Park on Saturday, October 26th – no matter just how different those two sounds may be.

Aly & Fila

After falling in love with the music of legends such as Paul van Dyk, Chicane and Armin van Buuren, lifelong Egyptian friends Aly and Fadi, or Fila if you will, decided to pursue their passion of music by trying their hands at the music industry. They first burst onto the international clubbing scene with their massive hit “Eye of Horus” back in 2003. Their euphoric, uplifting blend of trance has seen them gain notoriety around the world. Fadi describes the formula for their unique sound, “It has two sides. 1. It’s very melodic. We always make sure we compose a really strong melody. 2. We mix it with strong beats and bass line. Not to dreamy, just a good balance between melodic and banging! I think that’s the special thing about our sound.”

Launching in 2006, their radio show Future Sound of Egypt has helped catapult the duo to the front lines of the today’s trance movement. Their label of the same name, often abbreviated to FSOE Recordings, is under the respected Armada umbrella and is also responsible for jump-starting the careers of Arctic Moon, Bjorn Akesson, Brave and Tonny Nesse.

Currently celebrating the release of their album Quiet Storm, we can’t wait to see what Aly & Fila bring to the table when they share their uplifting beats at Something Wicked. Buy your tickets today and secure your spot for the celebration.

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Adventure Club

The Québécois duo of Adventure Club have a certain knack for creating great bass music. Though the two friends originally met while attending high school in Montréal and forming a hardcore pop-punk band, they have since flourished in the sounds of dubstep, and we’re so glad they did!

They first started making waves in the industry with tracks like their remix of Brand New’s “Daisy” which gave them heavy exposure on popular music aggregator site, The Hype Machine. Gaining a near-immediate following for their melodic song structures and more notably for their love of free music, Christian Srigley and Leighton Callou have established a devoted following since their initial inception just two years ago. Whether they are performing on stage or in a mix like their recent Superheros Anonymous Volume 3, their sound flows between their many influences of electro house, dubstep, drumstep, and trap, all the while, keeping their melodic Clubstep sound for the masses. Some of their signature sound is credited to the program that they use to produce their music called Cakewalk SONAR, separating them from the pack.

Having just premiered their track “Gold” on Billboard, the boys are definitely having a stellar year. Always managing to keep a comedic approach to it all, you can catch Adventure Club when they make their way to the Hallows Eve event on Saturday, October 26th. Tickets are on sale, buy your tickets today!

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

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