Future Music Festival Asia proves international standing with line up announcement
As the energy of electronic dance music continues to spread across the world, Asia reminds the rest of the globe that this Eastern contender won't be left behind. Returning in March of 2014, Future Music Festival Asia opens its doors in Mines Wonderland in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 18+ three-day event invites attendees near and far to celebrate the 'rumble in the jungle' with both live and DJ sets from a wildly diverse set of headliners: Deadmau5, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Knife Party, Method Man, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon of Wu Tang Clan, Rudimental, Chase and Status, Naughty Boy, Porter Robinson, Baauer, Sub Focus, Tinie Tempah, Gesaffelstein, Paul Van Dyk, ATB, Adventure Club, Arty, Brodinski, Carnage, Deniz Koyu, Markus Schulz, Monsta, R3hab and more, along with a special spotlight for Eric Prydz's first music festival appearance in Asia and the return of Armin van Buuren's celebrated 'A State of Trance 650: New Horizons.' There's a little something for every type of music lover at Future Music Festival Asia, from heavy bass-step and trance to hip-hop and pop 40.
Eric Prydz talks EPIC 2.0 ahead of back-to-back NYC shows, plans to debut new Pryda originals
For the first time in its history, Eric Prydz's EPIC will be touching down on American soil, starting with a two night performance at Manhattan's Hammerstein Ballroom. An artistic and highly stylized experience, EPIC 2.0 is set to break new ground and redefine the expectation of a "DJ-in-concert" experience. In sharp contrast to many of his peers touring performances, Prydz and his team will be performing 100% live this time around, piecing together the music and the visuals on the fly. It's no secret that Prydz's legacy comes from his own deep love for the music, a sort of art for arts sake approach during a time when clarity of vision has been replaced with over-the-top pyrotechnics and flamboyant showmanship. "For us, as a team, and me, as an artist, when you do these big live shows, most of them are pre-planned. The scale of the production, the pre-planning and pre-programming to make everything work together -- it's too static and boring. With EPIC 2.0 my team and I decided we didn't want to do that, we didn't want to be boring, so we are doing it live. It's not just me playing whatever tracks I want, it's live across the board, the visuals are live, the music is live, it's just like we are all jamming."