Flux Pavilion – Daydreamer (Remixes)
Banger tune, great remixes. WOMP WOMP WOMP
Daydreamer (Dillon Francis Remix)
AVICII, LOCO DICE, MARTIN SOLVEIG, FEDDE LE GRAND AND A-TRAK ALL CONFIRMED AS THE MYSTERYLAND 2012 LINE-UP IS REVEALED
“The Glastonbury of dance festivals, this bold, colourful and gigantic event packs more into one electrifying day than other, lesser dance events would dare explore in their lifetime.” (Virtual Festivals)
For nearly two decades, ID&T’s Mysteryland has been THE outstanding highlight of the Dutch festival season. This year, on August 25th 2012, the nineteenth edition of the globally celebrated one-day event will once again take place at the stunning 163 acre space that is Floriade terrain, just a stone’s throw from the nation’s capital, Amsterdam. With even more investment, time and effort pumped into every last detail than ever before – including flawless production and beautiful art installations, to world-beating lineup, mind-blowing new stage designs and surprises galore – Mysteryland 2012 is guaranteed to be a sure-fire sell out.
Ticket News
Be sure to keep Saturday 28th April, 10.00AM CET firmly penned in your diary. This will be your opportunity to obtain passes to what will be, hands down, and as per usual – the most exceptional dance music event in the Dutch festival calendar. Tickets are priced at €75 and are available exclusively from the official Mysteryland website – visit www.mysteryland.com
Due to the sheer demand expected both internationally and domestically this year, ID&T have opted for a ‘first come first served’ queuing system powered by ticketing partner ‘Paylogic’, who’ve a proven track record in dealing with events of this size. The queue will start at 10.00AM (as soon as tickets go on sale), and the website will keep track of your position in line. BE WARNED – DO NOT press F5/refresh – this will automatically take you back to the end of the line, and diminish your chances!
Lineup
This year sees the addition of the brand new and super massive ‘ Big Top’, the biggest tent ID&T have ever used. Inside, some of the hottest names in electronica will be tending to the decks and shaking Mysteryland to its very core. A-List guests in the brand new ‘Big Top’ will include Swedish wunderkind Avicii, Belgian brothers Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, French house maestro Martin Solveig and Holland’s very own Hardwell. The closing of Mysteryland each year is always one of the many highlights where no expense is spared; the man honoured with the task of closing The Big Top is the nation’s favourite – the one and only Fedde le Grand.
The remainder of Mysteryland’s twelve stages are marked by diversity. A-Trak presents his Fools Gold Clubhouse stage with guests including Fake Blood, Tiga and Riton, while Loco Dice, Reboot and Simian Mobile Disco will be headlining the new open air Monade Stage; there’s Drum & Bass by UK bass legend Goldie; techno by stars such as Jeff Mills and Speedy J; the all time favourite Dirty Dutch Stage with music provided by the likes of Chuckie, Zedd, Dillon Francis and Porter Robinson; hardstyle from Headhunterz and Zany; deep house by Seth Troxler, Subb-an and Laura Jones…the list of international and homegrown heroes goes on and on! For full lineup and stage details, please see below, or visit the official Mysteryland website – www.mysteryland.com
The Mysteryland Experience
Aside from delivering a truly world class lineup of musical talent year-in year-out, Mysteryland is renowned for being a creatively diverse, forward-thinking and above all BEAUTIFUL festival that dedicates extensive effort and resources towards creating truly magical and breathtaking surroundings for it’s guests. Revelers can feel free to dive into a plethora of workshops and other interactive activities to pass the time, should the music get too much. So you can either dance into the night, or let your creativity flow; or both, it’s up to you!
Tree House Festival
This year Mysteryland organizers are creating a spectacular Tree House Festival comprising multiple canopy-high hangouts where party people can climb into, chill out and enjoy small concerts, spoken word performances and much more. This is a first for any dance festival in the world and it’s shaping up to be a jaw dropping addition!
Sustainability
Every year, Mysteryland producers ID&T NL work exceptionally hard to inspire all of their visitors and partners into embracing more environmentally sustainable lifestyles. With a solid aim to raise environmental consciousness among future generations, the festival is at the forefront of the industry when it comes to all things ‘green’.
Food
Mysteryland offers a wide range of culinary delights; from pizza to pancakes, tapas to Mexican, vegetarian, vegan and organic; anybody who’s been to Mysteryland in the past can vouch for the fact that this festival has it all when it comes to cuisine. Another first this year is the introduction of the Bollywood snack bar ‘Oelalal Masala Dosa’ – providing yet more diversity for those in need of a bite to eat.
Sleeping Packages
Just like years gone by, Mysteryland 2012 are providing some pretty amazing Sleepover Packages for its international guests – and some of the really lazy Dutch ones too! All packages include a full Mysteryland day pass, transfer to and from the festival, as well as access to the super secret after party in Amsterdam. Accommodation differs between just one overnight stay in a nearby hotel, to bungalows for you and your friends near the beach. For the first time this year they have also included the option of flights from London, Oslo and Copenhagen, so if all you want to do is party and think about nothing else – you can let them plan your entire trip! Travel packages go on sale HERE at the same time as all other tickets – 10.00AM CET, Saturday 28th April, 2012.
Keep right up to date with all things Mysteryland at the following online portals.
www.mysteryland.com
www.facebook.com/mysteryland
www.twitter.com/mysteryland
Kaskade & Skrillex – Lick It (Official Music Video)
Peep the PECULIAR music video below:
Nero @ House of Blues, Dallas – 4/26
After seeing Nero for the first time ever this past weekend at Coachella, I must say that they definitely lived up to their reputation as one of the top live acts around. In just over one week, they’ll be bringing their talents to Dallas’ very own House of Blues. Here’s the full press release below.
Nox (Beach Life Kings Remix) – Joachim Garraud & Alesia
Peep this brand new Beach Life Kings remix of Joachim Garraud & Alesia’s NOX
IT BANGS!!!!!!!
Be sure to throw it in your iTunes with the download link
Chase And Status – Hitz (Dillon Francis remix)
New Dillon Francis remix of Hitz! If you havnt seen Chase & Status Live you better get on it. Their energy is incredible, I had an opportunity to meet up with these guys backstage a show in the UK and they’re just as cool as their live show is. I’d recommend watching the Rolling Stone Documentary on their last US Tour. Hopefully DnB makes it big in the states soon.
Press info
Available for the first time in the US, this package features the massive No More Idols tracks “End Credits” (featuring Plan B), “Let You Go” (featuring Mali), “Hypest Hype” (featuring Tempa T), “Blind Faith” (featuring Liam Bailey),” “Time” (featuring Delilah),” “Hitz” (featuring Tinie Tempah) and “Flashing Lights” (featuring Sub Focus & Takura), plus videos and remixes from some of the hottest names on the global scene including Brookes Brothers, Feed Me, Trolley Snatcha, Wilkinson, 16Bit, Dillon Francis and Nero – Chase And Status protégés who are signed to their own MTA record label.
In 2011 Chase And Status achieved levels of success rarely touched by an electronic music artist. Since its release in January 2011, No More Idols has picked up platinum certification with over 500,000 albums sold, featured six huge singles – all A listed at BBC Radio 1 – with a combined sales of over one million; and charted at #2 in the UK (second only to Adele) staying in the top 10 for over 10 weeks. Live, Chase And Status sold out their November 2011 UK Academy Tour months in advance as well as touring the UK, European, Japanese and Australian festival circuits, playing to over 1 million people before the year was out. The band also sold out their spring 2011 USA tour. In all, Chase And Status were officially the biggest selling UK band of 2011.
Chase And Status – Hitz (Dillon Francis remix)
Stream the album in its entirety clicking HERE
Watch the Live USA Tour Documentary HERE
Size Records Celebrates Website Relaunch With Exclusive Free Download
It was an amazing Miami Music Week as the SIZE Records crew was out in full force for the Size Matters Pool Party. It was a great showcase of SIZE Records young talented artists Wayne & Woods, Qulinez, Tim Mason and Third Party; rising stars AN21 & Max Vangeli; the legend Junior Sanchez and SIZE Records boss Steve Angello.
Now that Miami Music Week is in the rear mirror, it’s time to get to some serious business. Step one is the relaunch of the SIZE Records website – the definitive spot for keeping up to date on the latest news, tour dates and releases from Steve Angello and the SIZE roster.
To celebrate the relaunch, SIZE Records is giving away for free the Sick Individuals remix of Qulinez’s “Troll.” In order to get the remix all you have to do is sign up for the newsletter at sizerecords.com.
This is just the beginning… be on the lookout for many new and exciting things coming from SIZE Records and its artists in the coming months.
Also… as part of Insomniac’s Enhanced Concert Series, Steve Angello will be bringing the SIZE Matters crew to the City of Angels on May 12th at the Hollywood Palladium. If the lineup is anything like it was down in Miami, you sure as hell won’t want to miss it. Tickets just went on sale, make sure to get yours HERE.
ULTRA DAY 2 LIVE STREAMING
Those sneaky UMF masterminds of course made their Youtube streaming links different for every day of Ultra… here’s your direct viewing for Day 2 LIVE from Ultra Music Festival in scorching hot South Beach, Miami! Having already seen talent along the likes of Hardwell and Zedd, the day has still just begun. None other than the Dutchman Laidback Luke tearing up the main stage as this post goes live 
Watch Ultra LIVE from ANYWHERE via UMF TV
Once again, Ultra has gone above and beyond (pun… intended?) For the first time ever, you can watch the festival LIVE streaming from youtube. Enjoy the epicness wherever you may be!
Feed Me – Escape from Electric Mountain EP Review & Stream
Feed Me’s latest EP Escape from Electric Mountain was released about 3 weeks back on mau5trap records and somehow a review slipped by our bloggers. The EP highlights Feed Me’s extreme talent as a diverse producer, mixing pretty synths with crunchy basslines and wobbly dubstep that may cause your knees to shake. It is a 6 track release that skips from genre to genre, allowing it to be heard in no particular order. Picking out just a few songs to mention, I’ll start with ‘Relocation’. A smooth, progressive, layered house track that borrows sounds from both Deadmau5 and Moguai, in which the Feed Me-esque wobble is all but forgotten. He definitely makes a statement with this one, revealing that he is capable of transcending genre boundaries and successfully exploring various production stylos. Next, I have to mention the dub-infused ‘One Click Headshot’. A solid moombahton feel combined with a dirty off-tempo bassline that features a vocal sample to the delight of video-gamers everywhere. The first 30 seconds is full of fiery synths that lead into the vocal clip from Counterstrike, “I can dance all day! I can dance all day! Try n’ hit me! Try n’ hit me, c’mon! My heart’s beatin’, my heart’s beatin’, my hands are shakin’! my hand’s are shakin’! But I’m still shootin’! An’ I’m still gettin’ headshots! It’s like, Boom! Headshot! Boom! Headshot! Booooom, Heeadshot!” Followed by a massive high-energy dubstep breakdown – a super heavy and delightful intro to a track that otherwise doesn’t progress much (BUT one of my favorite introductions of the year makes it worth your time). A final song to look out for is “Whiskers” – a pure Feed Me sound that has everything dubby that you would come to expect from his earlier work. All in all I’d give the EP 4/5 stars and say that it’s absolutely a good lead into the brit’s TEETH tour, which kicks off this March in Seattle, WA. Cheers
