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

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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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Richie Hawtin: The Moment I Felt My Career Was Over

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In the genre of electronic music, Richie Hawtin is considered an industry pillar. As one of the pioneering techno artists in the music scene, Hawtin has enjoyed a very successful career playing to sold-out crowds all over the world, headlining major festivals, running several world-renowned labels, founding some of the most talked-about party series and brands and even launching his own ENTER.Sake and PLAYdifferently DJ mixer equipment lines.

As such, it is hard to imagine that at one point Hawtin’s career came into serious doubt, but that is exactly what happened more than 20 years ago when the man himself did indeed think his career was truly over.

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