Mysteryland’s festival within a festival; Sunday School artists you can’t miss
While EDM will be given its fair shake throughout Mysteryland's US debut, the festival within a festival, Sunday School, looks to be the bohemian retreat for many of those interested in dancing without any neon distractions. The tech and house driven refuge has outgrown its single stage version found at Electric Zoo and instead occupies 3 full stages, The Big Top, the mirror-covered Spiegeltent and a special Vinyl Only arena. Over the course of two days, forty of the most cutting edge talents in tech house, deep house and techno will provide the soundtrack for the more seasoned dance music fans. From Detroit's Visionquest crew, to Pan Pot, Carl Craig, Joris Voorn and Ovum's 20-year anniversary, there is no shortage of eclectic underground talents in this lineup.
Experience Visionquest at Mysteryland for the only 2014 performance involving all 4 members
Visionquest are Seth Troxler, Ryan Crosson, Shaun Reeves and Lee Curtiss - the most innovative and exciting new breed of musicians to emerge from Detroit in a generation. Together they make up a four-piece DJing and production outfit at the head of the much-lauded Visionquest record label, the epicenter of a collective of musical free thinkers and techno mavens who's only pursuit is to push the envelope and evolution of dance music forward.
Chicago Heritage legends reclaim throne at Wavefront Festival Day 2
With an overcast sky and many festival goers still recovering from the night before, the Saturday edition of the Wavefront Music Festival got off to a slow start, but by no means does that mean it was not one for the record books. The Wave Stage brought the bass with quality names like Caspa and Rusko, the Oasis Stage hosted some of the guys from Seth Troxler's Visionquest label as well as a lengthy set from the three men of Apollonia, and of course, the Legends tent belonged to Chicago house veterans Frankie Knuckles, Jamie Principle, Derrick Carter, Mark Farina, Ralphi Rosario, and Gene Farris (among others). Here's what really stuck out for us yesterday: