“I've been a music producer for well over 12 years, trying to crack the electronic music scene for a very long time,” says Pearce. But it wasn't until Pearce became a father that he cracked a market no one saw coming, toddler techno! “I was in my home studio trying to make bangers, but the only melodies in my head were nursery rhymes,” he says.
Pacha New York, the latest evolution of the storied Ibiza-born nightlife brand, has officially announced its opening weekend lineup, marking its takeover of the Avant Gardner complex with two major bookings: Michael Bibi on Saturday, June 20 and Black Coffee on Sunday, June 21.
Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) is one of the most iconic electronic dance music festivals in the world, known for its immersive production, neon‑lit stages, carnival attractions, and nonstop performances by top DJs across genres such as house, techno, trance, and dubstep. Organized by Insomniac Events, EDC began in the late 1990s as a warehouse party in Los Angeles and has since grown into a global cultural phenomenon that draws hundreds of thousands of fans each year.
In Ukraine, sound carries a different weight: the cautionary blurt of sirens, Shahed drones humming overhead, the concussive thwack of air defence interception and the subsequent explosion. But as well as the sounds of war, which continue three and a half years into Russia's full-scale invasion, music still plays, clubs remain open during the day (closing well before the midnight curfew), and electronic dance music remains an intrinsic part of many Ukrainian lives.
Mayor Lurie took to Instagram to announce a series of late December SF concerts at places you wouldn't expect them, featuring Skrillex, Swedish House Mafia, and Fisher, between December 19-30. It was a lucrative and bustling summer of major SF concerts this year, with the Dead & Company shows that brought throngs of Deadheads to town, Outside Lands (which is always money in the bank), and the big free Shaboozey show at Civic Center that drew more than 20,000 people.