Author: Grant Gilmore
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10 New EDC Las Vegas Additions From Insomniac and More Artists Announced!
NEW LINEUP ADDITIONS: Barreis, Baumer, Blasterjaxx, Brandon Elliot, Chus & Ceballos, Dosem, Eelke Kleijn, GAIA, Graff, Harry Romero, Juliet Fox, Prok & Fitch, Soul Clap, Ummet Ozcan, Wiwek, Louis B, CSTNZA, Wiseman, Out of Hand, Thee Cool Cats, The Interns, Human Life, Blaise James, Durante, Astronomar, Light Year Fans will experience fresh new production elements and art installations, expanded VIP and cabana luxuries, additional chill zones, and a new cultural hub inside the festival, in addition to the many surprises…
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Grant’s Top 15 Artists at EDC Las Vegas 2015
After working with many others in decoding the lineup for this year’s edition for the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas I could not be more excited to share my top picks with fellow attendees. I have combed through the entire lineup looking for diverse acts, as well as some you may already know. This…
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EDMBiz Conference Kicks Off EDC Week!
EDMbiz Conference & Expo, electronic dance music’s premiere industry event, returns for its fourth year to The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Tuesday, June 16 through Thursday, June 18. The music world’s biggest and brightest minds will attend the three-day conference featuring keynote presentations, networking events and panel discussions. EDMbiz 2015 is set to unveil two…
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Nocturnal Wonderland Announces 20th Anniversary Lineup!
Insomniac released the artist line-up for this year’s eagerly awaited 20th anniversary celebration of Nocturnal Wonderland. North America’s longest running dance music festival will expand to three days for the first time in its two-decade history and feature a lineup of more than 80 of 2015’s top dance music artists as well as legendary DJs…
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Life Is Beautiful Festival Announces New Partnership With Insomniac
Life is Beautiful, the three-day all-encompassing music, food, art and learning festival and Insomniac, the world’s leading producer of dance music experiences, announced that they will be partnering to produce the third annual edition of the Life is Beautiful Festival this September 25, 26 and 27, 2015. These two Las Vegas powerhouses will team up to…
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Beyond Wonderland SoCal 2015 || Event Review
As we drove from San Diego to San Bernardino, the excitement for the return of Beyond Wonderland was definitely in the air. I stopped by the media check in hotel and then quickly departed to the hotel that my rave family and I would be staying at for the weekend to get ready. The girls…
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Beyond Wonderland SoCal 2015 Quick Recap
Beyond Wonderland SoCal 2015 has come to a close. Campers have all packed up and memories have been made. More than 70,000 enthusiastic fans were in attendance as over 60 of the world’s top acts in dance music played across four beautiful stages. Insomniac introduced a new stage at Beyond Wonderland, called the Funk House. The colorful…
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Beyond Wonderland SoCal 2015 || Grant’s Top 10 Must See Artists
Beyond Wonderland Southern California is right around the corner, just two days until the magic happens. Campers are getting prepped for entry tomorrow and I am sure that outfits are being finalized as well. There are quite a few surprises including some amazing food options and special activities for campers including tie-dying, fishing, yoga, and…
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Nocturnal Wonderland 2015 20th Anniversary Announcement!
Today, Insomniac announced that the longest-running dance music festival in North America, Nocturnal Wonderland, is expanding to three days for the first time in its 20-year history. Taking place over Labor Day weekend on September 4, 5 and 6, the festival will return to the spacious San Manuel Amphitheater & Grounds in San Bernardino,…
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Electric Forest 2015 Preview
Yesterday, Electric Forest (EF) revealed the artist lineup for the 5th annual music and camping festival taking place June 25-28, 2015 in Rothbury, Michigan. Known for showcasing a mix of roots, rock and jam-style acts alongside some of dance music’s most relevant performers, Electric Forest 2015 again delivers a diverse lineup of over 100 established…
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Beyond Wonderland SoCal 2015 Preview
Today Insomniac announced the Friday and Saturday lineups for Beyond Wonderland SoCal, a two-day event that will be held on Friday, March 20th and Saturday, March 21st. After a hiatus in 2014, the event will be returning to San Manuel Amphitheater in San Bernardino, California. There will be art installations and performance artists scattered throughout the…
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Review: The Sound of Q-Dance LA 3
Hardstyle is here to stay. While it never really left, it waned in popularity during the rise of other genres like dubstep or trap. Now, a whole new demographic of ravers is finding out about a genre that is fairly mysterious to them and they can’t get enough of it. The Sound of Q-Dance III…
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The Sound of Q-Dance Los Angeles Part 3
Q-Dance and the hardstyle movement invaded the United States with their standalone event back in November of 2013. Since then, hardstyle and hard dance has grown in popularity among many who are looking for a new style of EDM to experience. After hosting their first Sound of Q-Dance in Edmonton, Canada earlier this month, which was aptly…
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Review: We Escaped On All Hallows’ Eve
When Pasquale made the announcement that Escape All Hallows’ Eve was going to be held at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, I was met with a rush of emotions and people approaching me with a slew of questions. “What’s the venue like?” “Where should we stay?” “What’s the weather like?” “Is the venue…
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Interview: X-Tour with Bassjackers and Dyro
As I headed into Bassmnt in San Diego for the first stop of Bassjackers and Dyro’s X-Tour, I already knew that it was going to be a great night. Kenneth G was on the decks making the crowd move in the fully packed club, I could tell that it was going to be a great night.…
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Escape: All Hallows’ Eve Set Times Announced!
Three weeks ago we posted about the exciting news concerning the addition of the EDC Las Vegas Circuit Grounds mega-structure being featured at the NOS Events Center, but now we know who exactly will be playing the stage. Set times were announced today by Pasquale and the Insomniac Team, and you can find them at the…
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Review: SoCal Invasion of the SF Bay Area at Beyond Wonderland 2014
Outside of a stellar lineup featuring some serious trance and house acts, as well as my experience at the 2013 installment of the event, I had no idea what Pasquale had in store for the Insomniac faithful at Beyond Wonderland Bay Area 2014. The anticipation mounted as we left our hotel and headed towards the…
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Recap: Beyond Wonderland Bay Area 2014 Day 2
After some slight delays getting to the venue today we arrived around 5 pm, just in time to catch Simon Patterson. I was sad that we missed Photographer but Psymon’s set was off the charts amazing. We headed towards the food trucks on the opposite end of the venue, stopping at Audien for a bit…
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Recap: Beyond Wonderland Bay Area 2014 Day 1
We arrived at Beyond Wonderland Bay Area at around 3 pm, just in time to get settled and catch Donald Glaude drop arguably one of the best house sets I’ve ever had the pleasure of hearing. After Glaude we headed over to the main stage to catch Paul Oakenfold. Splitting the next few hours we…
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Review: An Exploratory Mission to the Midwest for Summer Set Music Festival 2014
Excited as ever to not only be visiting two new states I had never been to, but also a festival that is still in its infancy was keeping me pumped for Summer Set Music Festival 2014. In only their third year, this festival promised a Coachella-like assortment of artists ranging from the worlds of EDM,…