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CircoLoco Debuts in Austin & Welcomes Marco Carola, Michael Bibi & More

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Today, revered underground party brand CircoLoco announced their return across the Atlantic to host their first U.S. date of the year, touching down for their Austin, Texas debut on February 25 at the Concourse Project. The show will be produced in collaboration with longtime North American partners, Teksupport and local partner Stranger Than. Following the success of CircoLoco’s 2021 U.S. tour, which saw CircoLoco curate world class dance floors in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles, the brand is poised to continue their U.S. pilgrimage, bringing their globally admired Balearic rave stateside once again.  

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CircoLoco Austin will play host to the sounds of fellow Ibiza resident and RUMORS beach party curator Guy Gerber alongside Italian-born techno institution and Music On founder Marco Carola, Solid Grooves icon Michael Bibi, and PVBLIC XCESS’ ChloĂ© Caillet. 

CircoLoco is one of underground dance music’s longest running brands, representing house and techno for over twenty years through its parties at Ibiza’s DC10 and around the world. As its reputation has grown, CircoLoco’s dance floor has become a principal intersection between underground dance music and elements of fashion, art and wider culture.

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Poor Pay Rich Pushes His Sound Farther on "Indexed"

Poor Pay Rich Pushes His Sound Further on “Indexed”

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Canadian producer Poor Pay Rich returns to refused. with a new EP.  “Indexed” shows off a new direction for the producer, moving into heavy rolling grooves and blending the edges of his signature forward thinking sounds of minimal and deep tech.

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Advanced Transistor Captures the Complexity of the Simple

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Colombian techno DJ/producer Advanced Transistor likes to look for “the complexity of the simple” and you can hear that in the music he creates. Music is organized chaos, and the artist (born Andres Felipe Gil Ocampo) is here for it. Semiconductor is his debut album on Konsequent Records (out July 24) and the artist shares the inspiration behind his sound (and name) as well as channeling the right energy into his tracks.

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Heavy touring and its effect on music production: Adam Beyer and Marco Carola

Heavy Touring, Career Priorities and The Effects on Music Production

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Let me preface this article by saying that any artist that is able to tour heavily, playing two to three gigs a weekend, should recognize they have a lot to be grateful. Yet, it’s also true that a scheduled filled with heavy touring often has a negative correlation with music production and releases.

This article isn’t meant to portray such as a scenario as unfavorable or as a burden, but the opposite. Further, while I am not discounting the fact that these artists had to work hard to get to that level of touring, it must be recognized being able to play 2-3 traveling gigs every week is certainly a sign that your career is on a great trajectory, and it certainly puts you levels ahead of most electronic music producers and DJs.

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Miami Music Week 2020 Essential Events

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Despite the warranted scare from the current COVID-19 spread, Miami Music Week returns to Miami Beach for a week filled with countless events. Artists, industry peers, and music lovers alike have been gathering in Miami since 2011. The marathon of fun includes dancing in Miami’s best clubs, soaking up the sun at pools, and enjoying the nightlife. With Ultra Music Festival postponed, there’s more time to enjoy the plethora of parties. So here’s our essential guide to Miami Music Week 2020!

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SXM Festival Returns to the Caribbean Island of Saint Martin With Zip, Axel Boman, Apollonia, Francesca Lombardo, Guy Gerber and Marco Carola

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SXM Festival, underground electronic music’s destination getaway in the Carribean, has announced the first phase lineup for its March 13-17 return to the island of Saint Martin/Sint Maarten. Set within the iconic beaches, nightclubs and spectacular villas of the island, SXM Festival will once again offer the global party elite a week of world-class house and techno programming in an unmatched setting.

It is with a firm dedication to booking both the scene’s foremost superstars and emerging talent alike that SXM Festival has crafted its legacy. Acting as a true culmination of forward-thinking electronic music innovators from around the world, the event will continue to rival some of the most celebrated party’s on earth with its March homecoming.

The 2019 event will welcome some of the world’s most in-demand headliners like flagbearer of Neapolitan techno Marco Carola, Parisian trio Apollonia, Rumors boss Guy Gerber, electronic visionary Dubfire, and groove-driven house icon Axel Boman.

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Ten Fantastic DJ Quotes: Dixon, Marco Carola, Sven VĂ€th, Maceo Plex and more

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It’s not easy to talk about electronic music, and especially so when the genres in question are house and techno, mostly instrumental and oftentimes devoid of lyrics.

The lack of vocals make it easy to get lost in a sea of technical adjectives and meaningless explanations. We should let the music do the talking, sure, but what about the producers and DJs… what do they think?

We have collected ten of our favorite DJ quotes from some of the best producers, DJs, record label owners and promoters in the game:

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Portugal’s Neopop Festival Offers Free Entry on the Opening Day with St. Germain, Ivan Smagghe and Many More!

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In 2009, Neopop was developed after changing it’s name from Anti-pop. It is now in it’s 14th edition at the Viana Do Castelo in Portugal and takes place from August 8th to 11th. Said to be Portugal’s most respected festival, Neopop features the best in techno in the world. The festival features two stages in the coastal town with astonishing views for the Lima River.

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Music On Festival Returns to Amsterdam For Expanded Two-Day Festival on May 5-6, 2018

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 Music On Festival is set to return in 2018 for its second year, with the clear-cut promise of being bigger and even better this time around.

Emboldened by the success of the launch event early this year, next year’s festival will expand to two days in the weekend of May 5th and 6th, allowing for even more international heavyweights to be part of this highly anticipated Amsterdam event.
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Sasha b2b John Digweed Headline Ultra Music Festival Phase 1

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Ultra releases a promising phase one lineup for the event taking place on March 24th through the 26th of 2017.

Remember our April Fool’s post about Sasha and John Digweed reuniting for a b2b tour? The joke became a reality and seems to have been extended into 2017 as they are included in Ultra’s lineup for a b2b set.

The extensive list also includes Carl Cox, Dubfire, Jamie Jones, Maceo Plex, Marco Carola, and Tale of Us amongst others.

General admission tickets are still on sale for $324.95 + fees.

See the rest of the lineup below:

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