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Mochakk
Pedro Luis Nunes Maia (born 21 September 1999 in Sorocaba, Brazil), known by the stage name Mochakk is a Brazilian DJ and music producer. Biography Speaking of his upbringing, Mochakk noted that he developed a desire to play instruments early in his childhood and downloaded a mixing application on his mother's computer by the age of 12. He grew up in a music-filled home, influenced by his mother's love of funk and disco and his father's passion for rock and blues. He took it upon himself to continue his music education. From the age of eight to 11 he took electric guitar and drum lessons and by the age of 13, along with Street dance classes, he was making hip-hop beats. His penchant for rap and heavy kicks became a core element of his music. At the age of 15, he started DJing around São Paulo, and as he began releasing music, he quickly gained bookings across Brazil. Mochakk dropped out of fashion school and entered the university of music production. In 2022, Mochakk gain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circoloco
Circoloco is a dance party that is held at the DC10 nightclub in Ibiza, Spain, as well as other various locations globally. Circoloco features musical artists from the genres of electronic music, house music, and techno, such as The Martinez Brothers, Seth Troxler, Tale of Us, Black Coffee, and The Blessed Madonna. The event was founded in 1999 by Italian promoters Andrea Pelino and Antonio Carbonaro, in conjunction with the DC10 nightclub. History Circoloco was founded in July 1999 by Antonio Carbonaro and Andrea Pelino and was first hosted at the DC10 nightclub in Ibiza, Spain. Circoloco was first intended as an after-party hosted on Mondays after other events, such as the 24-hour event Space. Circoloco has hosted events in other locations, such as Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, and Tokyo. In 2018, a collaboration with the Italian clothing brand Off-White was released. Several CircoLoco events were canceled in 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In May 2021, Cir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CRSSD Festival
CRSSD Festival is an electronic dance music (EDM) festival held in San Diego, California, twice a year, in March and September. It is held at Waterfront Park in downtown San Diego. The festival is organized by the local event agency FNGRS CRSSD. History The two-day festival was first held in 2015 at the newly built Waterfront Park in San Diego. The park has lawns and large walk-in fountains. A mix of electronic and independent music is performed on three stages. There were 15,000 attendees per day at CRSSD Festival Spring 2024. CRSSD Festival is pronounced as “crossed festival”. Information per edition See also * List of music festivals in the United States * List of electronic music festivals * Culture of San Diego The culture of San Diego is influenced heavily by American and Mexican cultures due to its position as a border town, its large Hispanic population, and its history as part of Spanish America and Mexico. San Diego's longtime association with t ... R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coachella 2023
Coachella 2023 was a music festival that took place over two weekends in mid-April 2023. The 22nd Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Coachella 2023 was held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. The festival was headlined by Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny, South Korean girl group Blackpink, American singer Frank Ocean, and American rock band Blink-182. Background The dates for Coachella were announced on June 14, 2022, with pre-sale tickets going live on June 17. Performance by Frank Ocean On the final night of Weekend 1 of Coachella, there was uncertainty over whether headliner Frank Ocean would show up to the event. Despite his exclusion from the official YouTube livestream, Ocean began performing at 10:55 p.m., an hour later than his initial booking. He performed for an hour and a half, performing a rock version of his debut single " Novacane" (2011) that references Coachella, as well as reworked versions of several of his songs, such as "Bad Religion" off o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Warp Festival
Time Warp is an annual electronic music festival originated in Mannheim, Germany. The premiere was in 1994 in the "Walzmühle", an abandoned mill machinery, in Ludwigshafen Ludwigshafen, officially Ludwigshafen am Rhein (; meaning "Ludwig I of Bavaria, Ludwig's Port upon the Rhine"; Palatine German dialects, Palatine German: ''Ludwichshafe''), is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in the German state of Rh .... Since 2000, the Maimarkthalle has been a permanent venue every spring, with DJ greats such as Sven Väth, Carl Cox and Richie Hawtin being present from the very beginning. In 2019, the festival celebrated its 25th anniversary in Germany and was - as in the years before - completely sold out. The 2024 edition, marking the festival's 30th anniversary, was hosted over two days with a total runtime of 30 hours and featured many Techno pioneers from earlier Time Warp editions. The Time Warp Festival has also been present abroad since 2005, with stops in Prague ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorocaba, São Paulo
Sorocaba () is a municipality in the interior of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. With over 723,000 inhabitants, it is the seventh-largest city in the state and the second-largest outside the Greater São Paulo region, ranking behind only Campinas. It forms its own Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba, comprising 27 municipalities with a total population of 2 million inhabitants, the 15th most populous in Brazil. With a surface area of 450,38 km² (or about 170 sq mi), Sorocaba is integrated with Greater São Paulo and the Metropolitan Regions of Campinas, Jundiaí, Paraíba Valley and North Coast and Baixada Santista, forming the São Paulo macrometropolis, which is home to over 30 million people, about three quarters of the state's population and the first such urban agglomeration in the Southern Hemisphere. The city is highly industrialized, with its industrial production reaching over 120 countries and a GDP of over R$ 32 billion, the 19th-largest in Brazil, surpassing s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PAWSA
David Esekhile (born 1992, 31 March), known professionally as PAWSA, is a British DJ and record producer from London, England. Specialising in tech house, he is known for a number of chart hits, international touring, and being the co-founder of Solid Grooves Records. Career PAWSA's career began in 2013, when he began to work with Michael Bibi who he had met at a warehouse party. In 2015, along with Bibi, PAWSA set up the ''Solid Grooves'' record label. Parties organised by the label began to "take over" the tech-house music scene. In 2017 PAWSA set up his own label, ''PAWZ'', to release his own records that did not fit the Solid Grooves milieu. PAWSA began releasing music in 2014, with his first release the EP "Pilot" on Lost Records. He has toured internationally, particularly around Europe, and had a summer residency at Sankeys Ibiza. His music has been called "inventive tech house with an old school vibe". In 2024 PAWSA released a number of tracks that charted in the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loleatta Holloway
Loleatta Holloway (, ; November 5, 1946 – March 21, 2011) was an American singer known for disco songs such as "Hit and Run" and " Love Sensation". In December 2016, ''Billboard'' named her the 95th-most successful dance artist of all time. According to the ''Independent'', Holloway is the most sampled female singer in popular music, used in house and dance tracks such as the 1989 Black Box single " Ride on Time". Career Holloway began singing gospel with her mother in the Holloway Community Singers in Chicago and recorded with Albertina Walker in the Caravans gospel group between 1967 and 1971. Holloway was also a cast member of the Chicago troupe of '' Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope''. Around this time, she met her future producer, manager, and husband Floyd Smith, and recorded " Rainbow ’71" in 1971, a Curtis Mayfield song that Gene Chandler had recorded in 1963. It was initially released on the Apache label, but was picked up for national distribution by Galaxy Rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disclosure (band)
Disclosure is an English electronic music duo consisting of brothers Howard (born 11 May 1994) and Guy Lawrence (born 25 May 1991). They grew up in Reigate, Surrey. Their debut studio album, '' Settle'', released on 3 June 2013, by PMR Records, was nominated for Best Dance/Electronica Album at the 2014 Grammy Awards. They released a second studio album, ''Caracal'', on 25 September 2015 which was also nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Album at the 2016 Grammy Awards. Their third studio album, ''Energy'', was released on 28 August 2020, and was nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Album at the 2021 Grammy Awards, alongside the fourth single from the album, " My High", which was nominated for Best Dance Recording. Early life Disclosure were born to professional musician parents. Their father played in rock bands, including 'No Angry Man' and 'The Look Book' alongside his brother and Guy's godfather, and is now a professional auctioneer, whilst their mother, a session musici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peggy Gou
Kim Min-ji (; born 3 July 1991), known as Peggy Gou ( ; ), is a South Korean DJ, singer, songwriter and record producer based in Berlin, Germany. She has released seven Extended play, EPs on record labels including Ninja Tune and The Vinyl Factory#Fact and Phonica, Phonica. In 2019, she launched her own independent record label named Gudu Records, and released a DJ-Kicks compilation titled ''DJ-Kicks: Peggy Gou'', through Studio !K7, !k7 Records. Her debut album, ''I Hear You'', was released on 7 June 2024 through XL Recordings. Early life and education Peggy Gou was born Kim Min-ji in Incheon, South Korea, on 3 July 1991. Her father, Kim Jong-yung, a former journalist, is a professor of mass communication at Inje University and standing commissioner of the Korea Communications Commission. Gou began classical piano lessons at age eight, learning to play "Children" by Robert Miles. At age 14, her parents sent her to London, England, to study English. She moved back to Korea wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sónar
Sónar is a festival dedicated to music, creativity and technology, founded in Barcelona in 1994 by Ricard Robles, Enric Palau, and Sergi Caballero. The festival has been divided into two parts since its inception: Sónar by Day and Sónar by Night, with a three-day congress, Sónar+D dedicated to Creativity, Technology and Business running concurrently since 2013. As well as the flagship event in Barcelona, Sónar hosts events around the world, with annual festivals having taken place in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Hong Kong and Reykjavik. In 2023, the 30th anniversary of the festival was held in Barcelona, along with Sónar festivals in Lisbon (for the 2nd time) and Istanbul (7th time). Artists that have performed at Sónar include Björk, Thom Yorke, Jean-Michel Jarre, Duran Duran, Grace Jones, Beastie Boys, De La Soul, Kraftwerk, Gorillaz, New Order, Skrillex, Diplo, M.I.A., Arca, Rosalía, Yo La Tengo, Chic, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Aphex Twin, Richie Hawtin and Laurent Garni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kappa FuturFestival
Kappa (; uppercase Κ, lowercase κ or cursive ; , ''káppa'') is the tenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiceless velar plosive sound in Ancient and Modern Greek. In the system of Greek numerals, has a value of 20. It was derived from the Phoenician letter kaph . Letters that arose from kappa include the Roman K and Cyrillic К. The uppercase form is identical to the Latin K. Greek proper names and placenames containing kappa are often written in English with "c" due to the Romans' transliterations into the Latin alphabet: Constantinople, Corinth, Crete. All formal modern romanizations of Greek now use the letter "k", however. The cursive form is generally a simple font variant of lower-case kappa, but it is encoded separately in Unicode for occasions where it is used as a separate symbol in math and science. In mathematics, the kappa curve is named after this letter; the tangents of this curve were first calculated by Isaac Barrow in the 17th century. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primavera Sound
Primavera Sound (commonly referred to as Primavera) is an annual music festival held at the Parc del Fòrum in Barcelona, Spain, during late May and early June. It was founded in 2001 by Pablo Soler as "a showcase for Spanish Noise rock, noise bands", originally held at the Poble Espanyol before moving to the Parc del Fòrum, a much larger site on the seafront, in 2005. It is one of the largest and most-attended music festivals in Europe and the biggest in the Mediterranean Europe, Mediterranean. The festival's image was originally oriented around indie rock, but in recent years has seen a larger presence of genres such as Hip hop music, hip hop, electronic dance music and Pop music, pop. In contrast to most other European festivals, traditionally the first bands go on at 4:00 pm, the headliners begin at midnight, and the latest acts play until 6:00 a.m. Beginning in 2019, Primavera Sound became the world's first major music festival to achieve gender-equal lineups under the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
