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November 11

GDD™ Morning Update: David Guetta/Creamfields, Benga, Skrillex, New Build, Paying for Music, EDC Experience, Reza Raided

Yes! Just the day we’ve been waiting for, Friday. We’re bringing in the weekend strong with the most packed GDD™ Morning Update ever. Rather than listing a more specific overview of the content, you need to go straight to the articles since there is so much great content. See it all after the jump…

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July 05

Versus (7/7) ft. Charles I + BetaTraXx

It’s another EP release party this Thursday at VS. in Santa Monica! Charles I will be celebrating the release of his Out of this World EP, which made its exclusive debut on Beatport today on Stardust Records! Also on the bill is the rapidly rising producer recently signed to the Dirty Dutch label and recipient of a massive shout out from Chuckie at EDC, BetaTraXx. We’ll also have ///BONES, aRod, and Hohme on hand for quality tunage, so come on out for this great occasion!

The party will be FREE before 11PM, but you MUST RSVP at DANCEiSM.com.

LOCATION:
The Central: Social Aide & Pleasure Club
1348 14th Street Santa Monica, CA 90404

► Thursday, July 7th
► 9:30pm-2:00am
► 21+
► $5 Red Bull Vodkas

Preview a few tracks off of the EP below and head to Beatport to pick up the whole thing!

SDR-010 Charles I – Out Of This World feat. Gold Lamay (Original Mix) EXTRACT by Stardust Records

SDR-010 Charles I – Simple State Of Mind feat. Gold Lamay (Deep Disco Mix) EXTRACT by Stardust Records

SDR-010 Charles I – To Live In Excess (Original Mix) EXTRACT by Stardust Records

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♥ jonahberry

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June 20

EDC VEGAS: FINAL ARTIST LINEUP + SET TIMES + GDD SHIRT DAY (SATURDAY)


Las Vegas, Nevada – Insomniac Events is announcing the highly anticipated final line-up of more than 100 artists at this year’s 15th Annual Electric Daisy Carnival, adding Above & Beyond, Benny Benassi and a second set from Afrojack to the much-anticipated prime Saturday time slots. Held at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway June 24-26, 2011, and extending to three days for the first time, North America’s largest electronic music festival will offer a combination of world renowned artists and inspiring up-and-coming talent to provide an incredible musical experience for the festival’s more than 200,000 attendees.

GDD @ EDC: SATURDAY IS WEAR YOUR GDD SHIRT DAY!
Gotta Dance Dirty will be doing full coverage in Las Vegas of Electric Daisy Carnival, bringing you interviews with the artists, up to date reviews on performances and tons of photos from the stages and atmosphere. We also will be bringing out tons of new t-shirts and stickers for promo, so look out for the tut shirts and don’t be afraid to show some love! And don’t forget, if you wear your shirt Saturday and we see you, we’ll have goodies for ya!

FULL LINEUP + SET TIMES + EXPERIENCE after the jump!

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June 11

ELECTRIC DAISY CARNIVAL (EDC VEGAS) LINEUP ANNOUNCED!


Just last night, Insomniac Events announced this official press release:

Believe it or not, we at Insomniac are actually announcing the Electric Daisy Carnival 2011 line-up! All three days will be packed with world renowned artists as well as inspiring up and comers for an unforgettable musical experience.

LINEUP + SET TIMES AFTER THE JUMP!

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June 29

EDC – The Aftermath

photo cred: Rukes.com
While the GDD team are reeling from the exploits of a fun filled weekend; I figured we should probably give you a rundown of how the Electric Daisy Carnival played out for us. With so many time clashes of the world’s finest DJs, I can only offer you one man’s perspective; so whichever sets I missed or overlooked, feel free to add your tales below, cos we wanna hear them.
Friday was a massive affair, the main reason I was there was to see veteran house supergroup Swedish House Mafia, who absolutely killed their live set on Kinetic Field. Unsurprisingly, the Coliseum was packed out, the gates to the main floor were closed when it reached capacity pretty early in the day, so a load of people were forced into the stands, but that didn’t matter. To be honest, the sound could’ve been bumped a little louder on day one in the Coliseum, but that was probably down to the fact that there were tens of thousands of people wiling out to Axwell, Angello and Ingrosso; the atmosphere was like nothing else. Highlights of their set were ‘One’ and the massive ‘Leave The World Behind’. If I’m pushed, the one part of their set I was less stoked on was their bunk drop of Blur‘s Song 2 intro which didn’t go anywhere, but besides that it was pretty dope.

photo cred: Rukes.com
Credit where it’s due, Dirty South played the best show I’ve seen from him all year; spinning to a packed out house before Swedish House Mafia played, he really set the bar at new heights. Meanwhile, over at the Cosmic Meadow stage, the bar was also being raised at a prolific rate; Bart B More taking to the stage after a wicked set from Dada Life, then throwing down some of the dirtiest dutch house I’ve heard in months. Travis x A-Trak, I was undecided on at first, but their set together was a pretty awesome tribute to DJ AM; the two playing electro and house bangers from the past year, keeping the party going with the fresh musical addition of Travis Barker‘s live percussion. The best set I saw all night was over at the Circuit Grounds, where we were able to witness Moby slaying a rare dj set. This for me was not only the best set all night, but it’d also rate among the top five sets I’ve seen this year. A particular highlight was raging to this humungous house banger:

photo cred: Willa Campbell & Matt Black
The half of the Jack Beats set I managed to hear was pretty decent, a mixture of old and new house driven dubstep; obvious highlights were ‘Get Down’ and the two new tracks they’re set to release today via Herve‘s Cheap Thrills label:
If you dig these, then head over to Beatport where you can pick up the EP in full 320
So to round off the night, rather than head into the oversubscribed mess that was the Coliseum for Deadmau5, we scoped out Claude VonStroke who was throwing down his trademark minimal over at the Neon Garden stage. Such a sick set that sent us spiraling into Saturday.

photo cred: Willa Campbell
Hit the second day fairly late on, making a beeline straight for Kinetic Field and the mainstage which boasted sets from Bart B More, Dada Life & Afrojack. Afrojack slammed out a very similar set to Friday’s one; though to a far bigger audience, all blissing out to his dutch house and electro, before the dream was shattered by Lil’ Jon who out of nowhere started MCing for the tail end of his set. Back to back sets from Sound of Stereo and Felix Cartal put us back on track and onto a good one, just in time to catch a hotly anticipated set from Laidback Luke who failed to disappoint. I think it’s pretty fair to say that downtown LA went Dutch for the weekend; the amount of bleep heavy house music that went on is going to be etched into my skull for the rest of summer. Back over at Cosmic Meadows, LA Riots threw down some jams, particularly memorable was this:

photo cred: Rukes.com
Even Wolfgang Gartner‘s set was tinged with Dutch House, as he exploded onstage with classic heavy hitters: ‘Wolfgang’s 5th’, ‘Undertaker’ and ‘Fire Power’. Entirely different to his set at Coachella, this one was far more of a housey affair. One act I’ve been looking forward to catching more than any other lately is Duck Sauce, the Fool’s Gold collab between A-Trak and Armand Van Helden. Arriving onstage beneath a thirty foot high duck, the duo proceeded to shred through their 75 minute set. Highlights of their show included GottaDanceDirty favorite Louis La Roche‘s ‘Sunshine Hotel’ as well as these:
If you dig this collab between Riton and Mehdi, they’re playing in LA this Saturday and you can scoop up tickets here
At EDC they played the unreleased original, but here’s a sick re-edit from Manila Killa
And finally, last but by no means least, the closing set from Boys Noize; who threw down a mixture of old and new – from Oi Oi Oi, Power and his collaborations with Erol – but threw it down super hard. The Boys Noize set was tight and ranks among the best I saw all weekend. Was hoping he’d drop this as an encore, but sadly he got cut short at 2am:
After hearing previews and radio rips of this for over a month now, here it is in full – This track is utter fire.
From the vault:
Big thanks to everyone who made the weekend a memorable one, particularly those who stopped us to say what up and compliment the GDD tees. You can get your mitts on them now HERE.
Cheers,
SweetFA
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June 24

GDD™ Presents EDC Afterhours at CONTROL w/ Villains + ///BONES + Brazzabelle + Mr. White!

Los Angeles! The Electric Daisy Carnival is 2 days away and I’m sure you are all as stoked as I am. I hope you’ve all put together your best tight n’ bright outfits and stocked up on lazers and glowsticks because this Friday and Saturday are going to be big ones. You might think that CONTROL would take a night off on this magnificent Friday, but then you would be incorrect. This week CONTROL will be going super late night with Villains headlining supported by ///BONES, Brazzabelle, Mr. White, and Hi-Deaf. So after you walk out of the Coliseum at 2am with ringing in your ears and rave muck on your shoes, hop in a cab and cruise over to the Avalon to keep the music going. Set times will be as follows:
+9:30-11:45 Hi-Deaf
+11:45-1:00 Brazzabelle
+1:00-2:00 Mr. White
+2:00-3:30 Villains
+3:30-??? ///BONES (let’s do it biggggg all you late night weirdos!)

Please RSVP names and pluses to jonah@gottadancedirty.com to be on our discount list for the evening. Our list will be free before midnight and $10 thereafter. All guests please enter through the left side Honey Lounge entrance.
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