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Snails (DJ)
Frédérik Durand (born 4 May 1988), professionally known as SNAILS, is a DJ and music producer from Montreal, Canada. Durand's musical style has been described as "vomitstep", featuring "guttural bass gurgles, crushing 808s and synthesizers oscillated well past the point of absurdity" according to ''Billboard''. In March 2024 Durand was awarded $1.5 million in an Alberta defamation lawsuit for false accusations of being a sexual predator by Michaela Higgins, a resident of California who had never met him. Career 2012-2016: Early career Durand's first tracks, including his debut release "Bubble Gun", appeared online in 2012 through Canadian label Kannibalen Records. He began collaborating with artists such as Flux Pavilion and Jack Ü and had frequent plays from Skrillex and other notable DJs. In 2014, Snails released two singles, "Wild" and "Pump This", and made his first US concert appearances. In 2015, Durand performed at Electric Daisy Carnival, EDC Las Vegas, Ultra Music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie
Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie () is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Matawinie Regional County Municipality. Geography The territory of Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie extends along the Noire River valley in the foothills of the Laurentian Mountains. The village itself is located at the intersection of Routes Quebec Route 131, 131 and Quebec Route 347, 347, in a broad valley called the Grand Lanaudière Corridor, which marks the transition between the Lower and Upper Laurentians. Route 131 winds north through the Noire River valley to Saint-Zénon, Quebec, Saint-Zénon and Route 347 goes through the Great Corridor to Saint-Côme, Quebec, Saint-Côme. Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie is located in the heart of the Laurentian hardwood zone and its hills are covered by a mixed forest. Tree species include sugar maple, yellow birch and white birch. History One of the first settlers was Jean-Antoine Leprohon who arrived in 1854. He was an employee o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Ü
Jack Ü was an American electronic dance music duo consisting of electronic music producers Skrillex and Diplo, formed in 2013. They released their first official single, "Take Ü There", featuring vocals from Kiesza, on October 4, 2014. They released their first and only album, ''Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü'', on February 27, 2015. Jack Ü performed at Ultra Music Festival Miami in 2014. They also performed at Ultra Music Festival in 2015 with the entire "Jack Ü crew", featuring live contributions from CL (singer), CL, Kai (Canadian singer), Kai, Sean Combs, Diddy, Kiesza and Justin Bieber. According to Skrillex, the collaboration is called 'Jack Ü' because it refers to how the music "jacks you up" with its high energy beats and bassline. The Ü (U with umlaut (diacritic), umlaut) letter appears in titles of all of its singles and is usually stylized to look like a smiley. History On September 15, 2013, Jack Ü's debut performance took place at Mad Decent Block Party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Diamond (singer)
Sara Maxine Diamond (born January 5, 1995) is a Canadian singer from Montreal, Montreal, Quebec. She is best known for her singing of the American National Anthem for the Montreal Canadiens during the 2013/14 and 2014/15 NHL Playoffs. Career Sara started her career in 2000 (age 5) when she sang for children's record label The Kiboomers. In 2008, she released her self-titled debut album under Vatikan Records. During that time, she performed at various events, including ONEXONE, ONE X ONE and Future Electronics' Christmas party, opening for Roberta Flack. In 2009, she auditioned and became the new member of the Clique Girlz,Clique Girlz a girl group signed to Interscope Records under Jimmy Iovine. The group split up in April 2009. In 2013, Sara started singing for the Montreal Canadiens, performing the American and Canadian National Anthems during the 2013 season, then going on to sing the American National Anthem during the 2014 and 2015 NHL Playoffs alongside Ginette Reno. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventure Club
Adventure Club is a Canadian electronic dance music duo composed of Christian Srigley and Leighton James, based out of Montreal, Quebec. The duo began as a hardcore punk, hardcore pop punk, pop-punk band before venturing into electronic dance music in 2011. They are best known for their remixes of "Lullabies" by Yuna (singer), Yuna and "Crave You" from Flight Facilities. The duo's debut album ''Red // Blue'' was released on 2 December 2016. History The duo formed while attending high school in Montreal as a hardcore punk, hardcore pop punk, pop-punk band, but later decided to move on to electronic dance music after getting bored with the pop-punk sound and finding success with a dubstep remix of "Daisy" by American alternative rock, alternative-rock Brand New (band), Brand New. The remix climbed the charts on Hype Machine, a website that gathers popular songs from music blogs, which convinced them to make a change to producing EDM. Some of the major influences to their sound in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wooli
Adam Puleo, better known by his alias Wooli, is an American briddim, riddim and dubstep DJ and producer. He is known for the songs "Island" and " Another Me", with the prior being a collaboration with American dubstep producers Seven Lions and Trivecta and the latter being a collaboration with Seven Lions and Canadian producer and DJ Excision. "Island" peaked at the No. 20 position on ''Billboard's'' Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart in early 2019. "Another Me" peaked on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs at the No. 46 position in late 2019. Early life Puleo was first introduced to bass music with a mix produced by English drum and bass producer Andy C. After attending several Bassnectar shows and other electronic music festivals, he considered himself a "dubstep rave kid" since 2010, attending as many shows as possible. Career 2016: "Gettin That", "DayDream", and "After All" remix On August 18, 2016, Puleo released his remix of the song "Gettin That" originally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancing Astronaut
Dancing Astronaut is an American media platform founded in 2009 that primarily covers the electronic dance music industry. The website covers concerts and festivals, reports on entertainment news, reviews music, and publishes original content syndicated across on-demand audio platforms. History Dancing Astronaut was started in 2009 by Kevin Kaiser and Senthil Chidambaram as a platform for the emerging electronic dance music culture. As electronic dance music grew in popularity in the United States, Dancing Astronaut became known as the source of information that provided the youth audience with detailed insights into the expanding community. The company was incorporated in 2012. In 2012, Billboard Magazine referred to Dancing Astronaut as "The voice of the EDM generation". Profiling the notable companies in the rapidly expanding industry of electronic dance music, Billboard's article titled The Takeover of EDM also praised Dancing Astronaut for its "style that resonates with EDM' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Devlin
Nicholas Devlin (born September 30, 1971) is a Canadian jurist and former federal prosecutor. He is currently a Justice of the Court of King's Bench of Alberta. Devlin served as law clerk for Justice Jack Major of the Supreme Court of Canada and then worked in various roles as a federal prosecutor with Public Prosecution Service of Canada. He was elevated to a federally appointed judge in 2019 since which he has presided over several notable family, civil, and criminal cases. Early life and education Nicholas Edward Devlin was born on September 30, 1971, in Calgary, Alberta. He attended the University of Calgary where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in Canadian Studies in 1993 and his Bachelor of Law, graduating as his class's gold medalist in 1996. He went on to complete his Master of Law in 1998 at the University of Toronto where he wrote his thesis on the Charter of Freedom and Rights and freedom of the press. Career Public Prosecution Service of Canada After unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slushii
Julian Michael Scanlan (born May 1, 1997), known professionally as Slushii, is an American musician, DJ, songwriter, and music producer based in Los Angeles. He is best known for working with various artists managed by Moe Shalizi, such as Marshmello, Ookay and Jauz, and for gaining support from notable musician and Owsla-record label founder Skrillex. Early life Scanlan grew up in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, Mount Laurel and graduated from Lenape High School in Burlington County, New Jersey. He worked at Best Buy as a customer service representative in New Jersey until the loss of his cloud-based music and followers led him to start down a new path. Scanlan was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, Asperger's syndrome, which he says interfered with his ability to make friends and read social cues. As a result, he was victim of ableism, ableist bullying in middle school. He began his musical career by joining psychedelic power-pop band Deuteronomy for three years until 2012, releasi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jauz
Samuel Reed Vogel (born September 2, 1993) also known by his stage name Jauz ( ), is an American DJ and electronic music producer. He founded his own record label, Bite This, in 2017. Early life Vogel grew up in Mill Valley, California. He began playing guitar and producing electronic music on his computer at the age of 15. He went to Icon Collective music production school. He previously went to a film school in Loyola Marymount University where he joined Kappa Sigma before deciding to pursue a musical career, prompting him to enroll in Icon Collective. He began releasing future house tracks before adopting the stage name Jauz. His career kickstarted when fellow musician Kennedy Jones had played one of his remixes. Jones also had introduced him to his manager, Moe Shalizi which helped Vogel to release music on Borgore's record label, Buygore. Career 2013 Before starting his professional career, he used "Escape Dubstep" as a stage name. He later used 'Jauz' because he th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza () is an annual American four-day music festival held in Grant Park (Chicago), Grant Park in Chicago. It originally started as a touring event in 1991, with Chicago becoming its permanent location beginning in 2005. Music genres include alternative rock, Heavy metal music, heavy metal, punk rock, hip hop music, hip hop, and electronic dance music. Lollapalooza has also featured visual arts, nonprofit organizations, and political organizations. The festival hosts an estimated 400,000 people each July and sells out annually. Lollapalooza is one of the largest music festivals in the world and one of the longest-running in the United States. Lollapalooza was conceived and created in 1991 as a farewell tour by Perry Farrell, singer of the group Jane's Addiction. The first Lollapalooza tour had a diverse collection of bands and was a commercial success. It stopped in more than twenty cities in North America. In 2020, ''Spin (magazine), Spin'' rated the first Lollapalooza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival
Coachella (officially called the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and sometimes known as Coachella Festival) is an annual music and arts festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, in the Coachella Valley in the Colorado Desert. It was co-founded by Paul Tollett and Rick Van Santen in 1999, and is organized by Goldenvoice, a subsidiary of AEG Presents. The event features musical artists from many genres of music, including rock, pop, indie, hip hop and electronic dance music, as well as art installations and sculptures. Across the grounds, several stages continuously host live music. The festival's origins trace back to a 1993 concert that Pearl Jam performed at the Empire Polo Club while boycotting venues controlled by Ticketmaster. The show validated the site's viability for hosting large events, leading to the inaugural Coachella Festival being held over the course of two days in October 1999, three months after Woodstock 1999, Woodstock '99. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flosstradamus
Flosstradamus is the stage name of American DJ and musician Curt Cameruci. From 2007 until 2016, Flosstradamus consisted of Cameruci and Josh Young from Chicago. The duo announced they would both be pursuing solo careers, with Cameruci to continue using Flosstradamus as a stage name. Cameruci is also known as Autobot, and Young is also known as J2K and YehMe2. Flosstradamus is known for being one of the early pioneers of the trap genre, made popular by their remix of Major Lazer's hit single "Original Don". Flosstradamus, as a duo, have worked alongside artists including Kid Sister (Young's sister), Diplo, Three 6 Mafia's Juicy J, The Cool Kids, and A-Trak. They played at many college campuses such as Wellesley College, Drexel University (alongside Waka Flocka Flame), Northwestern University, Carnegie Mellon University (playing alongside RJD2), Middlebury College, Columbia University, and UC Riverside. They have additionally appeared on ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'', and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
