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TOMORROWWORLD USA, CHATAHOOCHEE HILLS, ATLANTA
SEPTEMBER 27 – 29 TIESTO, DAVID GUETTA, ARMIN VAN BUUREN, AFROJACK, PORTER ROBINSON, AXWELL, SEBASTIAN INGROSSO, BORGORE, BENNY BENASSI, LAIDBACK LUKE & MORE
TOMORROWWORLD USA is an attempt by Belgian rave festival promoters TomorrowLand to bring a European style dance festival to the States.
Although their bold claim that they’re the first promoters to do such a thing may be disputed, there can be no argument that the Belgian event TomorrowLand has become a huge feature in the European dance market – long story short, this crew know what they’re doing. Proof? Last year they netted six major festival awards, including ‘Best Music Event Worldwide’ and ‘Best Major European Festival’ at the Miami Winter Music Conference.
Whether they can translate their European know how to the States remains to be seen, but the signs are looking good – the line-up is a who’s who of massive, from the most popular DJs in the world to enough cutting-edge names to populate a small town. The festival runs for three days with weekend, extended and day tickets available.
ANTICON RECORDS 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY, 1015 FOLSOM, SAN FRANCISCO, CA
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5 BATHS, WHY?, JEL, D33J, DAEDELUS, DOSEONE, ALIAS, SERENGETI, ODD NOSDAM, SODAPOP, LOW LIMIT
RECENT YEARShave seen mainstream artists reinstate the link between dance and hip-hop again and again. Hearing Danny Brown flow on a Beatport monster used to be shit but novel – now it’s shit and depressingly familiar. It wasn’t always the case though, and back in the Puff Daddy heydays of the late ‘90s hip-hop had probably travelled as far as it ever could from electronica. Vanguard label Anticon, created in 1998 by various art school mavericks and would be rap moguls, set out to reclaim hip-hop as an experimental musical force and in the process built a staggering back catalogue of experimental, forward-thinking electronica complemented by dense, lyrical word play. This 15th anniversary celebration sees the label’s big guns gather together under one roof for what promises to be a sell out show - heads up, all the early bird tickets are long gone. Baths headline with their delicate, mournful melodies, somewhere between DJ Shadow introspection and Outkast’s freakier, stankier moments, whilst Why? brings a live band aesthetic to his witty, nerdy flow. SF native Low Limit is also worth catching for his uniquely bass-heavy fusions of house and hyphy. Daedelus, however, will probably remain the biggest draw on the night, with his Ninja Tune co-signed melancholic pop tethered to fathom deep beats that prove consistently irresistible to deeper electronica heads.
10pm – 3am | $20 |
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Our choice is the Sunday, which has the widest variety of curators, including the genre baiting antics of Mad Decent, Dirtybird’s bass heavy ghetto- house bombs, Trance Addict’s psychedelic line-up topped by BT, Smash the House vs Dirty Dutch bringing Dimitri Vegas and Chuckie, Kitsuné’s cooler electro tinged vibes, and the main stage’s triple threat of van Buuren, Guetta and Hardwell.
Day tickets from $127 / Full weekends from $347 |
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