To celebrate the end of the season, Club Chinois, the incredible 360° immersive experience with state-of-the-art systems, will present every Monday in September the best polysexual party on the island, La Troya. Resident DJs spin an electrifying mix of electronic sounds that will have you dancing contagiously across the dancefloor at what is already considered to be Ibiza’s most original party.
La Troya originated in the 78s at Ibiza’s KU discotheque and has since become one of the most famous and celebrated LGBT-friendly parties in the world. Created by Brasilio de Oliveira, the island’s longest running, most respected and loved promoter, it has close ties to the island’s gay community, and is notoriously uncontrollable, famous for its flamboyant and unique themed productions to elevate the chosen weekly theme. Brasilio’s flamboyant style is clearly influenced by its country of origin, Brazil, with immense and spectacular decorations reflecting the colours, materials and vibrancy of that wild nation, all directed today by, Eduardo de Oliveira.
5 September LA TROYA OPENING PARTY LINE-UP: Oscar colorado Paul Dary Tower & Friends
12 September THE TROJAN TEMPLE OF LOVE LINE-UP: Oscar colorado Felix da funk Karol Garcia
19 September LA TROYA BABILONIA LINE-UP: Oscar colorado Franco moiraghi Julian fox
26 September LA TROYA THE END LINE-UP: Oscar colorado SPECIAL GUEST
Luciano has been a figurehead in Ibiza’s clubbing culture for over two decades, previously holding residencies at DC10, Pacha, Space to Amnesia, Destino and Ushuaïa. However, in 2022 the Cadenza frontman performed every Saturday at Ibiza’s new marina venue Club Chinois from Saturday 2nd July to Saturday 27th August.
By popular demand, the Vagabundos head honcho will extend his weekend slot from Saturday 3rd September to Saturday 1st October, bringing the best underground talent to the club. Attendees can expect an intimate vibe and high-class sound right up until its finale.
Stating his excitement ‘My team and I are happy to announce that due to the incredible success of our Saturday nights at Club Chinois this Summer, we will continue our residency all the way through September until 1st October. Our Saturdays have made Club Chinois Ibiza’s number one destination for intimate vibes, joyful grooves and of course, our own brand of unique magiK. With the scene demanding more, it was only natural that our partnership with Ibiza’s most talked about new nightclub would continue.’
The series continues on Saturday 3rd September where he is back on the decks together with good friends Manda Moor and Ahales. Following that on Saturday 10th September Louie Vega, Anane will present The Ritual, whilst dear friends of Luciano – Alex Kennon and Reboot will headline on Saturday 17th September. Luciano himself will return on 24th September and will close the season out on 1st October.
Club Chinois will announce the lineups below for the following Saturdays on their social media channels.
03.09 LUCIANO ANTONIO HALES MANDA MOOR
10.09 THE RITUAL WITH ANANÉ & LOUIE VEGA in collaboration with FRIENDS BY LUCIANO ANANÉ & LOUIE VEGA CHRISTIAN MANTINI
17.09 FRIENDS BY LUCIANO Alex Kennon Reboot Francesca Lombardo Michel Cleis
Costa Rica’s original and best electronic music festival is back and supersized from January 6 – 9th, 2023: this most idyllic gathering is a place to be spellbound by majestic sunsets, left in awe by the natural beauty of the jungle and a place to have your soul soothed by dancing around a sun-kissed landscape. This year Ocaso will host the only North American performances of Solomun and Adriatique before March 2023, with the full artist programme set to be announced next month. Secure your place at this dreamlike underground gathering now by getting your early bird tickets from https://ocasofestival.com/.
This year’s event will be the biggest yet, with all new night parties in the jungle as vines hang down and humid and lush green flora and fauna provide the backdrop. There will be sunset parties on the beach with sand between your toes and the ocean stretching out to infinity in front of you and a new purpose-built festival arena in the local town of Tamarindo.
Tamarindo is on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast and is world renowned for its beaches with strong surf, local major nesting sites for huge leatherback turtles and mangrove-lined estuary of Tamarindo Wildlife Refuge which protects animals such as howler monkeys and crocodiles. This means festival-goers can look forward to a week full of performances featuring DJs from across the world as well as some local favourites with many hours of dancing, positive community vibes and plenty of local connections to wonderful wildlife.
Musically, Ocaso strikes gold once more this year with none other than global house icon Solomun headlining and bringing with him his uniquely melodic sound. The Diynamic label head and feature of the GTA game series is now on a level of his own, and will be joined by label mates Adriatique. The full 2023 lineup will be revealed in September.
Ocaso is a “leave no trace” event. Attendees clean up the beach in Tamarindo before and after the festival every year and are constantly looking for ways to reduce the carbon footprint of the festival. While in Costa Rica everyone is mindful of water conservation, wildlife, and the trash they create while visiting. These things are very important to Costa Ricans, and to everyone involved with Ocaso, as is the fact that it is a safe, diverse and welcoming space for all genders, sexualities and races. Ocaso is a place where freedom of expression is embraced as a defining characteristic. Everyone is welcome, and costumes are encouraged.
There is a wealth of vibrant colour and culture to explore away from the music. The many natural wonders of Costa Rica are there to be explored as part of a group outing during the festival making this the most unmissable music-holiday experience of the year.
Tulum’s large scale arts and cultural festival is coming to Miami Saturday and Sunday November 26th and 27th with large scale art installations and musical acts including SG Lewis, Moderat, Bedouin, Elderbrook, Parra for Cuva, Henry Green
The Art With Me Festival is returning to Miami and bringing jaw-dropping installation art pieces, top-tier international musicians and performers, and a comprehensive wellness program designed to feed your soul.
Founded by David Graziano in Tulum in 2018, the Art With Me Festival was Tulum’s first large-scale arts and cultural festival. This brought in artists from around the world, which meant guests came in from all over the world as well. As this festival grew, expanding into other countries, it became quite the charitable organization.
“To me, the city of Miami has always had flavor and great culture with its diverse communities and the never-ending movement in its tourist sector. Art With Me is not just a festival. It is a lifestyle brand with a clear road map of bringing highly creative experiences filled with unique activations, events, and sculpture parks,” said Graziano. This year, the family friendly festival will be held at Virginia Key, an 863-acre barrier island in Miami, located in Biscayne Bay, south of Brickell and north of Key Biscayne. It is accessible from the mainland via the Rickenbacker Causeway.
The immersive two-day event will bring together local businesses through thoughtful art initiatives, workshops, and panel discussions.
The events—spanning music, art, food, and culture—will include performances from SG Lewis, Moderat, Bedouin, Big Wild, Elderbrook, Parra for Cuva, Henry Green, Gone Gone Beyond, Magdalena Bay, Lee Burridge presents All Day I Dream, Audiofly, DJ Seinfeld,, QRTR, Paraleven and Matt Caines. and art from multidisciplinary artist South African Daniel Popper, Belgian contemporary artist Michael Benisty, California-based, American contemporary artist Laura Kimpton and many more to be announced.
Art With Me’s innovative approach focuses on well-balanced and complete experiences across six- core pillars: Art With Me, Dance With Me, Eat With Me, Breathe With Me, Play With Me, and Care With Me.
Art and creativity are central, guiding themes for Art With Me and eloquently tie together the adjacent pillars within the events. The organization brings together a huge array of visual artists who build jaw-dropping installations that seamlessly integrate with the surrounding areas. Showcasing these amazing works sparks important dialogues about their origins, where art is headed in the future, and how creativity is the purest outlet for the human experience. Art With Me brings together artists from around the world to participate with our installations, workshops, talks, environmental design experiences, and create a space for our guests to enjoy one-on-one interactions and dialogues with our creators.
The most fundamental human experiences have been tied to music for centuries. Dance With Me harnesses this power, celebrates the splendor of different cultures and embraces our beautiful planet while creating unforgettable experiences around the world with international and local artists.
Few activities connect us more directly to the Earth than the act of eating. Eat With Me events serve to reinforce community within the Art With Me family worldwide. Guests will take part in premium culinary experiences with juice bars, food truck vendors and concessions.
BreathWithMe, another core pillar, will offer participants a full array of wellness programs from drum circles to yoga, from temazcales to plant medicine healing. You’ll come face to face with a new vision of what it means to care for yourself—and others.
Providing children the opportunity to engage with art in a meaningful and immersive manner is a critical step toward preserving the artist in each of us. Play with Me’s instructors create and oversee a curriculum that gives children an experience that will positively impact them throughout their lives.
Care With Me is a 501c3 Non-Profit Organization that is here to bring awareness and positive change through cultivating inspirational art and educational experiences for local communities and the environment. So while you take in the sights of Miami and enjoy some art, you’ll be helping out a charity do some good in the world. Soothe your soul while you soothe others.
Tickets: Two-Day General Admission at $80 + tax Two-Day Premium at $215 + tax; TICKETS HERE
ABOUT DAVID GRAZIANO, FOUNDER
Artist, creative visionary and hospitality pioneer. David has founded and designed some of the most known nightclubs and restaurants in New York such as Pink Elephant, Bagatelle, Gansevoort 69, Kiss & Fly, and RDV. David visited Tulum for the first time in the early 2000s and set out to design Ahau Tulum hotel. Since then The Ahau Collection has grown to include: Alaya Tulum , Villa Pescadores Tulum, Kai Hotel and Beach Club Tulum, Canzul, and Aluna.
Gonçalo, Matador, Maceo Plex, Nick Warren & more all added
This year’s much anticipated BEON1X Open Mind Music Festival today adds global house and techno talents Gonçalo, Matador, Maceo Plex, Nick Warren and more to the lineup. The game-changing events in Cyprus run from 23rd – 25th September and 30th September to 2nd October, with other names like Carl Cox, Boris Brejcha, Jamie Jones, Luciano, Paul Kalkbrenner live, Satori live, Sasha / John Digweed, Sven Väth, Deborah De Luca, Chelina Manuhutu, Fatima Hajji, Guy J and more all playing. Tickets are available now at beon1x.com.
This festival is set to change the scene in Cyprus for good. It is a bold and ambitious new project that takes place at this oceanside spot in Larnaca district (CTO Beach), on the southern coast of Cyprus. It is a sandy paradise with a range of buzzing bars and lots of local cultures and customs, as well as a backdrop formed from rolling hills, plenty of pine trees and breathtaking views out to sea. It is easily accessible from all of Europe, and for this festival will have a range of superbly designed stages with next level lighting, sound and visuals that will sink dancers into an immersive musical world.
The music covers a broad range of house and techno styles from some of the best in the game. The latest additions include Portuguese star Gonçalo, who is the Dreambeach Villaricos resident and artistic director and an artist on labels such as Tronic and Stereo Productions. Then comes Irish minimal techno tastemaker Matador, the legendary EllumAudio boss and astral techno explorer Maceo Plex, as well as Global Underground mainstay and long time prog house champion Nick Warren.
All this is on top of live shows from heavyweights like Paul Kalkbrenner and Satori, techno from Boris Brejcha, Carl Cox, Deborah De Luca, Luciano and Sven Väth and house from Jamie Jones, Sasha b2b Digweed, Chelina Manuhutu, Fatima Hajji and Guy J.
Between all the musical fun there is plenty to do such as water sports, beach football, volleyball and yoga, plenty of mouthwatering food and drinks offerings and more besides.
More than 12000 people are set to attend BEON1X Open Mind Music Festival each day so make sure you are one of them.
The JBM Music team behind Joshua Brooks are launching a new series of Manchester 360 events with an epic take over the historic Victoria Baths. Three days of parties across November 4th, 5th and 6th invite you to rave in an empty Grade-II listed swimming pool with Darius Syrossian, Lee Burridge and Dimitri from Paris headlining one day each. Tickets are out now so join the waitlist and get exclusive access before public release.
This will be a weekender like no other – a rave in Victoria Bath with an immersive 360 sound system and killer light shows that will take you to another realm. The venue’s stunning architecture boasts glazed bricks and stained glass windows which date back to 1906 when it was described as “a water palace” by the Lord Mayor and “the most splendid bathing institution in the country”.
Well now, bathing turns to raving with the most talented DJs in the electronic scene across three days of parties. First up is local hero Darius Syrossian who is no stranger to playing packed out and sweaty dance floors with his edgy and straight up house sound. Then comes another UK legend in Lee Burridge, the man behind All Day I Dream with his own zoned out and hypnotic take on house. Last but not least, French titan Dimitri From Paris always cooks up dazzling disco and filter house sounds that are packed with soul and colour.
You do not want to miss your slice of partying history: join the waitlist for Manchester 360º: Weekend Takeover at Victoria Baths in Manchester asap.
Highlights Ever wanted to rave in an empty swimming pool? Now’s your chance! Grade II listed building Dance amongst the stunning architecture of glazed bricks and stained glass windows Enjoy extended sets from the biggest International DJs in the electronic scene Manchester 360 takes over the empty baths for 3 days of house, disco and techno Incredible light shows and state-of-the-art immersive 360 sound system
GeneralInfo Date: 4, 5 & 6 November 2022 Duration: 6-8 hours Location: Victoria Baths
UNDER is situated in idyllic, unique surroundings that juxtapose the concrete, industrial wasteland and the beautiful, scenic landscapes in the distance of the River Nene and Nene Park itself.
In August for the latest one, DJs were playing beneath the Nene Parkway Flyover with Darius Syrossian, East End Dubs, ALISHA all smashing it.
We were there taking pictures and this is what we saw.
Kiesgrube aka KEEZY announces their full program for their 25th anniversary summer season. With the three events still in the pipeline the ful line-up includes the likes of Charlotte De Witte, Michael Bibi, Marco Carola, Luciano, Bambounoui, Seth Troxler, KiNK, Pan-Pot, Palms Trax, Job Jobse, DJ Gigola, MCR-T, KI/KI, Adiel, Jackmaster, Patrick Mason, Bedouin, Damian Lazarus and many more high-calibre as well as up and coming artists will be heading to the beautiful location of Villenpark Rheinperle in Duisburg until September 18th.
KEEZY’s 25th anniversary summer season is in full swing! After two sensational events in their temporary exile in Duisburg with high-calibre names such as Marco Carola, Luciano, Charlotte de Witte, ANNA, Bambounou and many more, the long-established brand Kiesgrube is going full steam ahead with the continuation of its grand 25th anniversary summerseason. Both the KEEZY 2022 opening event and the July 24 follow-up event were completely sold out, making a tidy statement about what to expect in the weeks and months ahead. After these two great spectacles with outstanding highlights, consisting of a b2b set by Marco Carola and Luciano that already qualifies as a legendary one and an extended excessive high-energy set by Charlotte de Witte, KEEZY is ready to reach the next level.
Be there when this great summer season escalates to the final episodes and look forward to next year with an outstanding new location to be revealed very soon…
The mission to reach new levels has already been set with a busy season revelation with three more events featuring many notorious names:
September 11 – Kiesgrube x Home Again w/ Palms Trax, Job Jobse, KiNK, MCR-T, DJ Gigola, KI/KI and Sandilé September 18 – Kiesgrube Closing Festival w/ Seth Stroxler b2b Michael Bibi, Jackmaster, Patrick Mason, U.R. Trax, Adiel, Thabo, Rampini, Chris Di Perri and I AM
Volta Create allows all artists no matter their budget or skill level to create world-class visuals to accompany and elevate their live performances.
Free, self-service XR creation platform Volta announces the launch of a new version of Volta Create. This new version is another standout development for the fast-growing, industry-leading platform as it features designs and worlds used by BONOBO, Jamie Jones, TSHA and more during their headline shows at Glastonbury, and by NERO, Noizu and Brux at shows at the Brooklyn Mirage.
Volta Create allows all artists no matter their budget or skill level to create world-class visuals to accompany and elevate their live performances. Epic visuals from major league International festivals are now no longer the preserve of top tier DJs – anyone can access them and use them on their own artist channels whether live or streamed on Twitch, YouTube, Mixcloud or TikTok. Not only are artists able to create live performances, but Volta Create is a great tool to produce high quality music videos just like Imogen Heap did for her single ‘Last night Of An Empire’.
This tool is the first of its kind and, unlike other 3D and music visual software offerings, it remains completely free, doesn’t require specialized knowledge or any unique skill set and is available on all desktops. The Volta team will also soon be announcing another new feature, which will allow creators to monetize their live streams via audience interaction, but the platform will still remain free for creators.
Previous performances have proved the immense value of using Volta Create for all artists across styles and genres with increased fan engagement and viewership stats. Machinedrum’s performance from NYC streamed to PointBlank’s Youtube channel, for example, saw a 10X increase in live chat engagement.
Alex Kane, Co-founder of Volta, says “Over the past few months we got to show off the next phase of Volta with some of the biggest artists, on some of the biggest stages at some of the most renowned events and venues in the world… The opportunity to do so was mind blowing to say the least. Getting to share this new technology and seeing the worlds and experiences artists create is even more exciting.”
The latest update includes many new 3D elements as well as exciting features. New worlds from Glastonbury and Brooklyn Mirage have been added including those used by Bonobo, Jamie Jones, NERO, TSHA and more. Recently, the legendary DJ Yoda used Volta Create to design and livestream a DJ set entitled ‘Cinema Yoda’ to his Twitch channel. With the use of the panning camera angle feature, Yoda achieved a uniquely immersive feel to his set-up which took it to another level.
DJ Yoda goes on to say “Volta and I built the first iteration of my new live stream set ‘Cinema Yoda’. Various camera angles allowed the stream to showcase not only an XR world I have wanted to make for a long time but a new way to show off my turntables within it. My audience could step into the world of DJ Yoda both musically and visually. This was the first of many performances in Volta worlds to come… keep an eye out for more soon!”
Other features include output custom resolutions that allow users to choose any rectilinear resolution a new graphic generator in visual sources that allows text, shapes and gradient, plus kaleidoscope effects, a new video playback engine, more reliable and faster triggering of video visual sources when toggling between videos in a folder, Ableton Link settings, MIDI mappings for many DJ devices and plenty more bug fixes relating to load and save, triggers and much more.
Recently, the world renowned Amnesia Club in Ibiza experienced the first run of the brand new Volta Create. With artists like Horse Meat Disco, Freddy K, Cassie and more, the club was transformed into a 3D mixed reality experience that was real time generated and completely audio reactive.
This is the latest step in Volta’s on-going mission to democratize the creation of mixed reality mind-bending performances for all artists all over the world. It comes after important partnerships with headline artists during this year’s Glastonbury as well as receiving a $500k grant from Innovate UK, the government-backed agency which drives productivity and economic growth.
Family Piknik is one of Europe’s premier techno festivals and it proved that again this past weekend.
It offered all shades of techno under the sun with another mega line-up featuring Charlotte de Witte, Riche Hawtin, Maceo Plex, Whomadewho, Sébastien Léger and tens more at various spots in Montpellier.
The multiple stages all had spectacular light, sound and visuals and here are some of the best pictures from the event.
