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Japan’s Rainbow Disco Club Just Dropped Heavy 2016 Lineup

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Rainbow Disco Club is known world-over as Japan’s premier boutique festival, and with good reason. Last year the festival ended up in Resident Advisor’s Top 10 Festivals to attend in May thanks to a roster of artists that blends worldwide talent with the top of Japan’s dance music DJ pool.

The festival moved to its current location at Higashi Izu Cross Country Course in Shuzuoka in 2015, also expanding for the first time to a three-day operation. This new tradition is set to continue between Friday 29th of April and Sunday May 1st this year, with another selection of fine dance music artists set to provide the musical backdrop for the weekend.

Legend Andrew Weatherall will be accompanied by the likes of Nightmares On Wax, who will be playing a DJ set, Gilles Peterson and Move D. A selection of Rush Hour Allstars will also be returning to the festival’s decks  with Antal, Hunee, Soichi Terada and San Proper all set to represent the highly acclaimed label this year. Other local talent comes in the form of Kenji Takimi, Kaoru Inoue, Kikiorix and Sisi, while The Black Madonna is scheduled for an exclusive back-to-back set with the esteemed DJ Nobu. Red Bull is sponsoring a separate stage with a program that includes DJ Funk, Egyptian Lover, Kuniyuki as well as DJ Sodeyama, one our selected artists to watch for 2016!

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For tickets and information visit Rainbow Disco Club’s Official Website.

Event Info available on Facebook and Resident Advisor.

Minimal and Techno Reign Supreme on Sunwaves 19 Phase Lineup

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Romania’s Sunwaves is returning for a 19th edition next April. The iconic festival will take place in the North of Mamaia across six different stages on a beach of ideas, colorful outfits and literally never-ending hours of dancing.

The first lineup release for the acclaimed festival contains a packed list of Romanian minimal techno talent such as [a:rpia:r] trio Rhadoo, Petre Inspirescu and Raresh, as well as Barac, CEZAR, Dan Andrei, Priku, Herodot, Piticu, Alexandra, Arapu, Dubtil, Praslea, Vlad Caia and Suciu. They are accompanied by a roster of guests the likes of Marco Carola, who famously played 24 hours straight at the fest last year, Loco Dice, Ricardo Villalobos, Zip and Seth Troxler just to name a few.

This year, Sunwaves will take place from Thursday, 28th of April until late Monday, 2nd of May 2016. As usual attendees can expect extended DJ sets, after-parties, after-after-after-parties set against the picturesque backdrop of a beautiful beach on the Black Sea.

As we stated, this is only Phase I, so be on the look-out for more announcements to come.

Tickets have been on sale since early February. And yes, they are only priced at 40 Euros right now for the entire extended weekend!

The full line-up in alphabetical order:

Alexandra . Arapu . Barac . Bas Ibellini . Bill Patrick . Cap . 
Cristi Cons . Cezar . Dan Andrei . DeWalta . Dubtil . Gescu . Hector
Herodot . Ion Ludwig . Kozo . Leon . Livio & Roby . Loco Dice . Mahony 

Marco Carola . Mihigh . Petre Inspirescu . Piticu . Praslea . Premiesku(live) .

Priku . Raresh . Rayo . Rhadoo . Ricardo Villalobos . Seth Troxler . Sonja Moonear .

Suciu . tINI . Topper . Vlad Caia . Zip

 


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Breaking News: TomorrowWorld is Not Returning in 2016

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Last year TomorrowWorld‘s organizers went through a mud-ridden weekend that not only highlighted serious lack of organization but ultimately resulted in thousands of attendee complaints and serious international negative media.

Due to TomorrowWorld’s parent company SFX Inc. failing, the festival has been put on hold for 2016. This comes after earlier speculations that the festival may not have been taking place this year due to last year’s short fallings. The short announcement released by TomorrowWorld includes a hint that the festival will be back in the future, and is accompanied by a video that covers the one-year hiatus.

 

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Poll: Movement Detroit or Lightning In a Bottle?

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2016 will mark the 10th year that Paxahau has hosted Movement Electronic Music Festival in Detroit’s Hart Plaza, having been held under different names between 2000 and 2005. While Movement was the go-to dance music festival for years during Memorial Day Weekend, The Do Lab in California launched Lightning In a Bottle as a public festival in in 2004 and hasn’t looked back since, promoting sustainability, social cohesion, personal health, and creative expression with an equally impressive selection of artists on their yearly roster.

With both festivals taking place on the same weekend in Detroit and Central California respectively, we want to know: where will YOU be this upcoming Memorial Day Weekend?

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Junction 2: London’s Newest Techno Festival

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As it turns out, London will enjoy a brand-new, techno-only festival. The Hydra, Drumcode, and Closer will be providing a stacked lineup for Junction 2, the first festival hosted by London Warehouse Events (LWE), often considered the UK’s finest in underground event promoters. The festival will be held on Saturday, June 4, at a never-before-used, undisclosed (in true underground fashion) Zone 4 location. The lineup is nothing short of ridiculous, featuring techno legends from every corner of the globe, including Alan Fitzpatrick, Dixon, Adam Beyer, Ide Engberg, Pan-Pot, Nina Kraviz, and a live Carl Craig set (billed as Carl Craig presents Modular Pursuits, a new alias under which he will also be performing at Movement). The event aims to blend  “green fields, rambling rivers, woodland pathways and hidden enclaves” and “striking industrial features,” according to festival organizers. Tickets for the all-day show are now available via the Junction 2 website, and the exact location will be announced in the coming months.

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Rio Music Conference Announces 2016 Dates and New Venue

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The Rio Music Conference announces its dates to take place January 27th through February 9th to start 2016 off right with impressive new venues to set the vibe for the array of key figure hosts and guests. Like previous years since its inception in 2009, the festival will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, home to many iconic artists, museums and clubs.

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CRSSD Returns to San Diego in 2016

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After two successful events in 2015, CRSSD Festival returns to Waterfront Park in San Diego for another weekend of high quality production and astute musical programming.

CRSSD 2016 will take place March 5th and 6th, with a strong lineup expected to follow suit after forward-thinking bookings for both installments in 2015. The festival hosted the likes of Ben Klock, Maceo Plex, Jamie Jones, DJ Harvey, Simian Mobile Disco, Nicolas Jaar, DJ Tennis, Bicep, Jamie XX, Bonobo, Empire Of The Sun, and many more. Read more

VH1’s Supersonic Festival Brings Techno to Goa, India

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The VH1 Supersonic Festival hits Goa, India this December with a surprisingly heavy lineup of underground electronic music. Taking place December 27th through the 30th on one of the spectacular beaches of Goa, Supersonic Festival aims to provide a complete electronic music experience for the enthusiastic audience.

Headliners such as Axwell, Disclosure, and Nervo will undoubtedly attract the masses, but kudos to Supersonic for curating a well thought-out lineup of techno mainstays such as Drumcode power couple, Adam Beyer and Ida Engberg, India’s home-town hero, Arjun Vagale, as well as Joris Voorn, Nic Fanciulli, Luigi Madonna, Paul Ritch, and Bart Skils.

The three-day festival bash will be an exciting way for many to end 2015, and start the New Year on a memorable note.

For tickets and more information, visit the Supersonic Festival Official Website

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Burning Man 2016 Theme: Da Vinci’s Workshop

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“Five centuries later, we will attempt to recreate this potent social alchemy by combining Burning Man art, maker culture and creative philanthropy to make Black Rock City the epicenter of a new renaissance.” – Larry Harvey and Stuart Mangrum

The Burning Man organization has announced the art theme for next year’s Burn, titled Da Vinci’s Workshop. The theme is of course inspired by the fundamental inventiveness and social ideas of artisanship of the Italian Renaissance during much of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The Renaissance can be considered the quintessential art period that is taught in pretty much every art and art history class around the world, so it is proper for Burning Man to dive into the roots of Western art’s greatest movement. Read more

Put Your Hands Up for Movement Detroit 2016

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detroit-movement2013-stage_joe_gallIt’s that time of year again when presales go on at the height of the morning and there are another seven months to go before Detroit Electronic Music Festival, a.k.a. Movement, comes around again. Next year’s festival is sure to be a treat as Movement is celebrating its ten-year anniversary. We are speculating a possible marathon set featuring our Detroit techno pioneers as special guests or maybe some wild back-to-back sets from world-class talent. Reminiscing on who played this past year, we are expecting 2016 to raise the bar even higher. Read more