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Kyle Watson Shares His Top 6 Reasons Why CRSSD is a Must

Kyle Watson has been working hard to carve a space out of the global house scene for his own brand of house music. Sculpted from many avenues, Kyle Watson turns his inspiration into unique sounds that style after forward-thinking house music. His hypnotic sounds of basslines and drums have warranted him industry nods from popular electronic artists such as: Diplo, Chris Lake, and Gorgon City. They’ve all of who have given Kyle an opportunity to spread his music worldwide as well as allow him to become a headliner for many shows.

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CRSSD Announces Paula Temple, Moodymann, Kobosil, Sven VĂ€th & Robert Hood for Fall 2021 Edition

CRSSD Festival will make its long-awaited return to San Diego’s Waterfront Park for its Fall 2021 edition taking place September 25-26th. The festival today unveiled its phase one line-up for the Fall Edition, dropping more than thirty names that criss-cross the breadth and history of dance music. More names will be announced in the coming weeks.

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Nick Warren CRSSD

Nick Warren’s CRSSD Debut With Progressive House Flare

Nick Warren’s CRSSD debut is right around the corner, and he forms part of a premiere line-up that has sold-out the spring festival. The progressive house DJ and producer is ready to take the decks in San Diego during the weekend of March 7-8 alongside leading electronic artists including Rufus du Sol. The Australian trio are partnering with festival organizers to raise funds for the Australia bushfire relief funds. We chatted with the Bridport native on his career legacy and rise to prominence as well as leading a balanced life on the road.

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5 Can’t Miss Acts at CRSSD Spring 2020 Festival

5 Can’t Miss Acts at CRSSD Spring 2020 Festival

CRSSD Festival’s bi-annual San Diego return is fast approaching, with the Spring 2020 edition scheduled to take place this coming March 7-8 at Waterfront Park.

Festival organizers have put together an impressive lineup across all three of their stages: The Ocean View stage features incredibly talented live performances by a wide array of artists and sounds, The Palms stage is packing a punch with a house-focused lineup and a tinge of bass, while the City Steps stage continues to pay homage to various styles of techno, progressive house and tech-house.

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CRSSD Celebrated 10th Festival Edition With a Multi-Genre Display of Electronic Music

Cover photo by Gina Joy @ginajoyphoto

With this past weekend, San Diego’s FNGRS CRSSD has now hosted ten fully-fledged editions of its now always-sold-out CRSSD Festival. Make no mistake, selling out a festival is no small feat and if 6 years ago you had asked us whether it would be possible in a city like San Diego and with the types of names the festival hosts, we would have been very skeptical.

Yet, the team behind CRSSD has managed to build a brand so strong that it would now be a surprise if any of its imminent future edition didn’t sell out before doors open. That is not to say that it may not happen, but it’s simply a testament to the following the festival has built over the last 5 years and 10 separate editions.

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In Interview with Marc Romboy Ahead of San Diego Debut at CRSSD After Dark with Maetrik

This coming Saturday, March 2nd, Marc Romboy will be landing in San Diego for the first time to perform at one of CRSSD Festivals’ signature After Dark parties.

Taking place at Spin, the event will see the veteran French producer and DJ join Maceo Plex’s techno alter-ego, Maetrik, for what we believe is the ideal way to close out the first day of this year’s CRSSD Spring edition.

Over the course of the last twenty-plus years, German born DJ, musician and composer Marc Romboy has become synonymous with a soulful electronic music sound that has taken him all over the world. As well as releasing on only the most influential labels, from Innervisions to Ovum and Kompakt to 20:20 Vision, he is also the sole mastermind behind the influential Systematic Recordings label and has been since 2004.

Nowadays an album specialist, 2006 saw him release his debut album, the captivating „Gemini” whilst in 2017 Marc released his first listening long player called „Voyage de la planĂšte“, a pure electronica album with classical music influence and later, in summer 2017 the live recording of his collaboration with the Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra called „Reconstructing Debussy“, in cooperation with Boiler Room hit the stores.

Despite being a key player for so long, Marc is still as relevant as ever and remains right at the sharp end of electronic music. Proof of that comes in the form of his DJ schedule, which takes him from Fabric to Womb and Berghain to Watergate, as well as to not one but three separate Boiler Room shows. All three proved Marc to be a dexterous performer who never relies on obviousness or gimmicks, instead telling truly musical stories that place dancers right at the heart of the action.

San Diego and CRSSD attendees are in for a treat on Saturday night, and we saw this as the perfect opportunity to catch up with Marc.

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Photo Gallery: CRSSD Festival Fall 2018

CRSSD Festival returned to San Diego’s Waterfront Park just under two weeks ago, bringing a flurry of electronic music talent from all over the world, including Dusky, Mind Against, Sian b2b Lee K, Nina Kraviz, Helena Hauff, a John Digweed sunset performance, Bob Moses closing out the Ocean View stage on Sunday and many more!

Our guest photographer Alexis Gautier was there to capture some snaps, which you can enjoy below!

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CRSSD Festival Fall After Dark Program and ENTER.Sake Bar Collaboration Announced

CRSSD Festival is set to have its 2017 Fall event this coming weekend at Waterfront Park, San Diego, and it promises a city-spanning foray of world-class acts.

Following the announcement of its daytime program, the organizers recently announced its after-dark and warm-up programming for the event. FNGRS CRSSD’s own Bang Bang is set to welcome All Day Dream’s Lee Burridge for a Friday weekend opener. This is followed by a Saturday night DJ set from Breakbot, and a very special Sunday closing party with Richie Hawtin and guests. Music Box will also host a live set from Mura on Saturday and a Cut Copy DJ set alongside Gerd Jansen on the Sunday.

The labyrinthine halls of Spin will once again open its doors for CRSSD Festival. It will be the venue for a Saturday showing from Patrick Topping and KINK Live and a Sunday closing party from Solardo b2b Latmun. Chris Lake will take over El Camino for a Saturday night party, while Kettner Exchange continues the open air vibes with Bearson on Saturday afternoon and SAINT WKND on Sunday afternoon.

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CRSSD Festival books Richie Hawtin, The Black Madonna, Dixon, Marcel Dettman, KiNK for Fall 2017 Edition

CRSSD Festival returns to sunny San Diego this upcoming fall with a lineup that is arguably its best to date. Located on Downtown San Diego’s idyllic shoreline at the Waterfront Park, CRSSD has become a destination festival for music aficionados in Southern California and beyond, the perfect weekend escape to immerse themselves in a paradise-like experience featuring some of the most current cutting-edge techno, house, deep house and electronica acts.

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