Alex Jukes

Panic in L.A. Roars Back with Rakim and DJ Jazzy Jeff Performing Live Together for the First Time Ever

ORLOVE’s iconic ,genre bending, hip hop party Panic in L.A., returns after a four year absence, August 20th when the legendary pair of Rakim and DJ Jazzy Jeff perform on stage together for the first time ever. Under the newly launched banners of Orlove by Day and Orlove by Night, the electrifying ORLOVE collective is also set to host a series of already sold out boat and pool parties around L.A, including LAMP 8-Year Anniversary with Mark Farina, their Daft Disko, San Junipero – a unique Retrowave boat party, collaborations with Deep House Brunch and Genius Loci Festival, and much more between May 29th and September 18th. All this proves the game-changing American promotion is ready to bust out of pandemic hibernation in serious style. 

Panic in L.A. is the hip hop arm of the ORLOVE brand and in the past, it has hosted beat-making royalty such as DJ Premier, Raekwon, Sango, Pomo, Mix Master Mike, Craze and Giraffage. It has been four years since the last Panic party but the wait has been worth it to get Rakim and DJ Jazzy Jeff on stage together for the first time in history with Thee Mike B of Banana Split Fame as support. Each Panic event to date has been a memorable throw down with next-level light and sound and incredible energy from the crowd. 

These two are true hip-hop giants who have helped to define the genre over numerous decades. Rakim was of course one half of seminal duo Eric B & Rakim and is regarded as one of the most skilled and influential rappers of all time. Jazzy Jeff is the multi-talented producer, writer and DJ  who has won Grammys for iconic tunes like ‘Summertime’ as well as developing vital artists such as Eminem, Jill Scott and many more. Having them together on stage for the first time ever is set to be a true moment in hip-hop history. 

ORLOVE only launched in 2016 but since then has blazed an incredible trail. The brand has been responsible for creating, crafting and partnering on some of the most sought-after parties in the U.S. and in 40 markets spanning over 250+ parties per year.  From West Hollywood HQ to the rest of the world, Orlove has championed rising stars as well as internationally renowned guests such as FKJ, Questlove, Nina Kraviz, DJ Premier, Holy Ghost!, Giorgio Moroder, Roy Ayers, Raekwon and many more. They have also partnered with numerous prestigious brands like Soulection, Dim Mak and Ministry of Sound to create experiences that bridge the gap between genres, fans and artists globally.

Despite the difficulties of the last year, the team has not slowed down. In 2020 they launched the online music series Under the Covers to showcase musicians around the world covering current, cutting-edge music, and already this year they have launched the online podcast On Top of The Covers, before now unveiling this mouthwatering run of parties. You can check On Top Of The Covers here. The podcast has since turned into a community with millions of views and thousands of subscribers, not to mention a monthly reach of approximately 2.5M across all social and email

Says Orlove’s Matt, “Extremely proud of the work our team has accomplished over the past year and a half while our events side of the business was on hiatus. Especially with things starting to open back up again, never have we been more focused with the direction of the ORLOVE brand as we continue to scale globally.” 

May sees a special Memorial Day Weekend blowout with a first-ever deep house brunch sunset pool party at Catalina Classic Cruises, before a second during the day at Skybar at Mondrian. June includes a San Junipero Retrowave boat party full of cinematic, 80s-influenced dance cuts by some of the best Retrowave and Synthwave artists out there, plus Daft Disko, a house and disco party inspired by the famous French robots, as well as a Genius Loci Boat Party. A further boat party is planned for September with one and only house legend Mark Farina headlining LAMP’s 8 Year Anniversary on the 18th. 

There is much more to come from ORLOVE this year, but already the first wave of events is mouthwatering indeed. 

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LISTINGS:

5/29 – Deep House Brunch Boat Party – Sold Out

5/30 – Deep House Brunch Pool Party @ Skybar – Sold Out

6/19 – The Hustle @ Resident 

7/3 – San Junipero Boat Party – Sold Out

7/4 – Deep House Brunch Boat Party – Sold Out

7/4 – Skybar 4th of July Pool Party

7/9 – Daft Disko @ 1720

7/23 – Take Me Out @ 1720

7/24 – Genius Loci Boat Party – Sold Out

8/20 – Panic in L.A @ 1720

9/4 – Genius Loci Boat Party

9/5 – Genius Loci Pool Party

9/18 – LAMP 8 Year Anniversary w/ Mark Farina

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Mathame announce debut NFT collection, Angel Alphabet, The First Metamyth – 

They will also do a OVR Live Performance

Drop goes live on May 30th at https://foundation.app/mathame

Visit https://www.angelalphabetcollection.com for more info

As electronic artists, Italian techno duo Mathame considers technology to be the mother of their world. Having always wanted to cross the line between music and art, they are now about to do so in spectacular fashion with the launch of their very own Angel Alphabet NFT. Mathame will be donating a portion of proceeds from the sales to Carbon180 in their efforts to offset and reduce carbon emissions. 

Mathame is an Italian techno pair who bring real depth of emotion to their grooves. They release on labels like Tale Of Us’s Afterlife, Sony/B1 and have a truly emotive and deep techno sound that’s full of melody. They are still riding high off the success of their globally acclaimed 2020 BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix, and have recently launched a groundbreaking series of mixtapes that have been put together with a brand new A.I. algorithm developed to test the power of the new M1 processor architecture by Apple. “Old Neural Mixtape Vol.1” landed in March 2021, with further installments to follow throughout the year. But now they lead from the front with this game-changing new multi-media NFT project.

Says the pair, “With Angel Alphabet, we are trying to solve a problem that we felt from the beginning: Where are the big stories, the Myths, and Legends of this new digital metaverse? So we called a crew of 12 visual artists that we love and we challenged ourselves to build the very first MYTH of the Metaverse. We named it “metamyth” and after research we wrote a simple concept to tell a fictional story where DigitalBot and Angels fought, and during the battle, Angels lost their Alphabet somewhere in the Metaverse. The challenge was to imagine the shape of the letters, where they were and how they got there, and present them to the public. The output of the research will come in 12 unique pieces of digital art. But this is just the beginning of a new media narrative.”

Each artwork is a unique, 30-second audio-visual offering that immediately drops you deep into Mathame’s archeo-futuristic world. There is a narrative to each one, with dramatic and cinematic music bringing real energy and tension to the abstract visual. Some feature liquid metal shapes displayed like sculptures on a rock planet, others see colourful clouds drifting through a haunting space and there are also explosions of particles in glass boxes, fields of flowers blowing in a warm wind featureless figures framing more abstract digital art. They are soothing, fascinating pieces that very much get you lost in the moment and admiring the beauty of the forms and textures.

On the day of release fans will be invited to experience Mathame’s OVR live performance where they will be presenting the full collection and playing a set in a unique virtual world via https://www.ovr.ai/. This avant-garde project will be explained via Mathame’s socials and fans will then be invited to download the OVR app and experience the special virtual reality private viewing of the full collection at 7pm on May 30th. 

Ovr is the decentralized platform for geolocalized AR/VR experiences. We use NFTs as spatial domains: basically, we divided the world into 300 sqm hexagons, each one represented by an NFT. Just like on the web where people own a web domain and control the content over there, in OVR people who own the NFT representing a geographic location will decide the AR/VR content for their own hexagon. Some of the major uses for this include gaming (PokemonGo style), live events, virtual retail, virtual exhibitions, avatars, tourism, real estate showcase, art exhibitions and many more

NFTs are transforming the digital art world, “ Non-Fungible-Token” aka NFT are one-of-a-kind token that represents a unique asset or content that can be bought and sold by collectors; using blockchain technologies to keep track of provenance and ownership. When a collector buys an artist’s pieces as an NFT, they’re buying the unique token representing the digital artwork. Ownership is then recorded in a tamper-proof way by the token, which also guarantees the artist a percentage of any future sales.

Mathame

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October 23rd Party will Feature Jamie Jones, The Blessed Madonna, Richy Ahmed, Adam Beyer, Deborah de Luca and more

The world’s most famous club today serves up real hope and positivity for music lovers everywhere with full details of the irresistible Amnesia Closing Party on October 23rd. The multi-roomed spectacular will offer something for Amnesia fans of all ages with superstar residents old and new next to iconic headliners. The essential line-up includes Jamie Jones, The Blessed Madonna, Adam Beyer, Alfredo, Young Marco, Jayda G, Deborah de Luca, Marco Faraone, Cuartero, Mar-T & Caal, Sidney Charles & Seb Zito and many more. 

Amnesia continues to work backward from the end of the season with their epic announcements. But this one is enough to get any and all dance music lovers hot under the collar even before they arrive on the club’s vast and iconic dance floor, beneath cutting-edge production, huge ice cannons and audio-visual displays that are on another level to any other experience. There is a reason that these events often go on for 24 hours, and that is because people simply cannot get enough. 

This sure-to-be legendary closing party opens at 1600 hours and runs till 12pm the next day with four rooms of carefully curated music. One of those is the all-new 3-D space which will have its own special vibe thanks to classy house, techno, electro and plenty in between from cultured selectors Jayda G, Young Marco and John Woods. 

The iconic Terraza is one of the most famous dancing spots in the world. It is a must-visit for any real clubber and for this party from 18:00 – midnight, there will be special daytime party vibes with a wealth of mouthwatering food on offer to make for a different sort of occasion. Musically, it will be a spine-tingling trip down memory lane with Amnesia classics from the one and only original Balearic pioneer Alfredo joined by Jeremy Healy, Alex P and Jason Bye. 

Meanwhile, once the sun has set, the party gets more freaky and the music takes on a late night character from midnight to midday, the Terraza will bounce to the sounds of new resident Jamie Jones and The Blessed Madonna. These are two of the most pivotal and influential DJs in the scene who know exactly how to work giant crowds into a frenzy. They will be joined by firm Amnesia favourites Richy Ahmed, Cuartero, Mar-T & Caal, Sidney Charles & Seb Zito and Luca Donzelli. 

Last but not least, the always brilliantly dark and intense Club will be the place for powerful techno from titans of the scene. Drumcode’s Adam Beyer, plus Deborah De Luca, Marco Farone, Andres Campo and Les Schmitz all play. 

As restrictions are lifted and the global Covid-19 situation in Ibiza becomes clearer, Amnesia will continue to announce their events in reverse order so that you have plenty of positivity and good news to keep you going until the big return to the dance floor. 

This is set to become another historic night in the ongoing story of Amnesia, so make sure you are there… #welcomehome 

Tickets Info: Link presale: https://www.festicket.com/eventgenius/amnesia-ibiza-closing-presale 

Tickets are guaranteed to be fully refunded in the event of any Covid related cancellation or postponement. 

Terraza 1800-0000 – Day Time

Alfredo, Jeremy Healy, Alex P, Jason Bye

Terraza 0000-1200 – Night Time

Jamie Jones, The Blessed Madonna,  Rich Ahmed, Cuartero, Mar-T & Caal, Sidney Charles & Seb Zito and Luca Donzelli. 

3rd Dimension – 1800 – 0000 – Day Time

Jayda G, Young Marco, John Woods

Club – 0000-1200 – Night Time

Adam Beyer, Deborah De Luca, Marco Faraone, Andres Campo, Les Schmitz 

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The team behind Wales’ biggest events and festivals, including Inside Out and Colour Clash, have announced a major evolution for the company. Having previously operated as Climax Live, the launch of Escape Records is a huge development that sees the brand new record label, as well as all their existing festivals and club nights, fall under one exciting new brand. On top of this, there are bold plans firmly in motion for a brand new sure-to-be historic and much larger addition to their festival portfolio next year. Escape Records, then, is very much set to change the game in Wales and beyond. 

The vibrant new label will be a diverse and exciting home to a vast array of sounds and genres. You can expect to hear the sort of cutting edge sounds that have always been championed across the collective’s iconic portfolio of festivals and events, across three genre focussed sub brands; Escape Tapes (Urban), Escape Jack (House), and Escape Anthems, with exciting releases from red hot artists including Glen Horsborough, Peter Chard and Local all confirmed. 

Escape Records will officially launch on 17th May with a host of bold and adventurous activations that will showcase the sort of out-of-the-box thinking and real excitement the brand is all about. 

The Escape Records team have undoubtedly established themselves as the leading event promoters in Wales over recent years, launching and firmly establishing three festivals across the country; Inside Out, Colour Clash and Party At The Park, as well as taking the reigns of one of Wales’ most loved legacy festival brands, Escape, each with capacities ranging from 5,000 to 20,000 people, with a huge new game-changing festival all set to be unveiled soon. 

The collective has always strived to surround themselves and work with an array of amazing and creative people that are the heartbeat of what the brand stands for. Escape Records was very much a vision for the future, but after the enforced 2020 fallow year because of the pandemic, it now takes centre stage, as bold new challenges await whilst the team work on some very special new projects to be announced very soon. 

Says Mark Hopkins, Director of Escape Records, “our mantra is trust and love the process. This means we’ve had an incredible ride, with many knocks along the way, but we have learnt from them all and improved each time and are now ready to take things to the next level. When this journey began, it was based in music and partying and the wider cultural impact in truth was not at the forefront of our minds. Fast forward 15 years and sadly the care free attitude of youth is starting to escape us, but this space is now filled with a more meaningful purpose. The creation of our academy to support and bring through the next generation of music talent in South Wales, our range of charitable and project work most recently supporting the building of a home in Cambodia. Giving back in all its forms to our community, the industry further afield and making sure we embody that in all that we do.”

The launch of Escape Records is the first chapter in an exciting new story. Sign up here to keep up to date with all announcements and developments as the story unfolds. 

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Cambridgeshire’s picturesque Chippenham Park is set to be transformed into a cultural and colourful wonderland on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th July 2021 as Hifields Festival unveils its biggest and best line-up yet at an all new venue. World class headliners including Skream, Terry Farley, Wilkinson, Will Taylor, DJ Luck & MC Neat, Jaguar Skills, Nicky Blackmarket, Scouting For Girls, Prospa, Artful Dodger and more line up with 50 up and coming local stars to play spectacularly designed stages and arenas with unique décor, huge art installations, a circus, a fairground and a fully stocked food park.

Hifields has developed into a nationally renowned two-day festival, curated by music lovers for music lovers with 6000 people expected in 2021. It is a festival that strives to be green with reusable cups for drinks, shuttle buses from local towns and train stations, green generators, and recycling where possible. This year it’s at all new location Chippenham Park with rolling green meadows, a beautiful lake and plenty of natural British countryside vibes. 

The festival makes a lasting impression that goes beyond the two days by encouraging attendees to get involved in music and arts by seeing people they know involved in the event and on stage, as well as a Circus workshop provided by Flotsam the Fool’s Circus Workshop and full fairground. Local hosting brands include Warning, Zest and 17 Music as well as Point Blank London Music School and Red Bull, Garage Nation, Raver Tots for the young ones. 

Says festival founder and curator, Thomas Janes, “It is our biggest line up yet, and we are really excited to welcome worldwide renowned and our favourite acts Skream, Wilkinson and Scouting for Girls to perform in our little corner of Cambridgeshire.” 

Musically the festival offers four carefully curated and bespoke stages The Meadow, Lost Woods, The Big Top and the Treasure Zest. The Meadow will be headlined by legendary Garage act, DJ Luck & MC Neat as part of the Garage Nation takeover while over in the Lost Woods, you will find the creator, innovator, influencer and party starter, Skream alongside the super talented Prospa and Frank Wah. Drum n Bass heavyweight Wilkinson supported by Metrik and Crissy Criss will be sure to shut down the Warning Big Top whilst Tech House will be served up by Will Taylor, Sam Supplier, Marcellus and Riaz Dhanani from the Treasure Zest.

The Sunday will see performances from singalong kings Scouting For Girls who will be supported by folk legend Beans On Toast, The Fillers and Trials of Cato, whilst over in the Big Top the Raver Tots team will provide entertainment for the younger generation featuring Jaguar Skills, DJ Archie and Nicky Blackmarket. Old-School House OG’s Danny Clockwork and Terry Farley will keep things moving by the lake.

For further information and tickets please go to www.hifields.com

//Full line up A to Z//

Artful Dodger

Beans On Toast

Crissy Criss

Danny Clockwork

DJ Archie

DJ Cartier & B Live

DJ Luck & MC Neat

Franky Wah

Jaguar Skills

Marcellus

Metrik

Nicky Blackmarket

Prospa

Riaz Dhanani

Sam Dowling

Scouting For Girls

Skream

Terry Farley

The Fillers

Trials Of Cato

Wilkinson

Will Taylor

// Brands //

Garage Nation

Raver Tots

Selecta Garage

Sicario

Warning Cambridge

We Hifi 

Zest

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8-11th July 2021 

Much loved counter-cultural gathering Noisily Festival of Music & Arts today adds John Digweed, Eats Everything, Ed Rush, Simon Posford, Dubspeeka, Quivver and many more to this year’s hugely anticipated event at Noseley Hall, Leceister from  8 – 11th July 2021. 

This latest announcement sees drum & bass pioneer Ed Rush added to the always popular Treehouse Stage. One of the true heroes of the scene has served up countless genre-defying EPs, played thrilling sets at every major club and festival and has knowledge and understanding to spare. Also playing this stage will be fellow d&b don Ed Rush next to Bushwacka!, Adrain Sherwood, Deekline, DJ Storm, Holographic and many more. 

Meanwhile, Bristol party starter, bass-heavy house lover and Edible boss Eats Everything brings his boundless amounts of energy and enthusiasm to the Nosily Stage with enduring Bedrock legend John Digweed, whose masterful mix specialty’s will never fail to take you on high class audio trips. Illusive Bristol bad boy Dubspeeka also joins this stage having made himself a real techno innovator with releases on the likes of Sasha’s Last Night on Earth. Quivver is a man who spent five years in DJ Mag’s Top 100 and continues to remain one of the world’s finest DJs and a master producer who has been laying it down in style since the 90s on vital labels from Maus Trap to Perfecto. 

Noisilys final big new addition is Simon Posford for the Liquid Stage. The producer behind Shpongl and venerated veteran scene sculptor and electronic musician who specializes in next level psychedelic trance music. These new additions come on top of an already mouthwatering line-up teeming with talent from all across a diverse musical spectrum.  

Noisily Festival of Music & Arts is one of the UK’s most carefully curated events, with a real focus on celebrating individuals, cultivating understanding in the collective, and exploring what it means to be human via the mediums of music, art and healing. The whole magical and enriching gathering goes down in a suitably mystic setting far away from everyday life – a secluded woodland at the heart of the English countryside. It is a unique site unlike any other and always proves a magical wonderland for the 5000 people who make the annual pilgrimage each July. 

Next to the music there is much to enjoy including interactive art installations and the Mind Body Soul healing area: a holistic space where hundreds of contributors come together to share knowledge and skills with the guests, including a full program of panels and talks, yoga and bodywork, therapies, workshops, sound healing, hot tubs and everything in between. 

In order to make the festival as safe as possible for all, there has been a large Covid related investment in Health & Safety. The original three stage plus various micro-stage format remains, only this year the line up is UK only artists which is an exciting development that means the wealth of talent on these shores gets a platform it deserves. 

Shoreditch’s Glam Ushers in a New Era of Luxury Clubbing with Iconic House Headliners 

Armand Van Helden, Tony Humphries, Louie Vega, David Morales, Dave Lee, Moodena, Michael Gray, Jeremy Healy, Brandon Block, Allister Whitehead and more US house legends all line up at the premium club 

The time has come for a change in London’s clubbing landscape. Dark and gritty warehouses have had their day. After what has been a hard year for all, it’s time that a night out was a luxury indulgence with high-end design, plush decor, and an authentic, heartfelt house soundtrack. Enter Glam, a brand new and standout club that brings light, love, colour and charisma back to the fore. Opening on Friday June 25th in what used to be Shoreditch’s Aquarium, the fabulously designed adult playground promises real theatre with a host of eccentric characters and proven, pioneering house DJs from across the globe. 

Glam is a new project from old friends Paul Nelson and Carl McCormick. For years, Carl has put on high-end parties for the likes of Drake, Rhianna and Prince. Paul, meanwhile, was the first person to ever get a legal rave license for his legendary Raindance events. As such, this scene runs deep in their soul. 

They first met in 1992, then launched Aquarium in 1995, a hugely influential venue that ushered in the clubbing revolution that took hold in Shoreditch in the ensuing years. Back then, way ahead of their time, the promoters focused on dressing up the venue in luxury fabrics, with exotic lighting and premium clientele who liked to dress up to get down. The club was famously inclusive and welcoming to all. A place where every race, gender and sexuality came together as one. Many modern dance floors now strive for this mix. But it has always come naturally to this pair, and will very much define the latest chapter in their ongoing love story with clubland.  

Says Carl, “I cut my teeth at the always beautifully designed and luxuriant Renaissance with its world-class DJs, and I’m not gunna lie, it’s a huge inspiration for what we are doing with Glam. The club is just what everyone needs right now – something that’s high-end, super special in every way, but never too stuffy or elitist. We’re proudly going against the grain and redefining the glossy glam of the 90s with a contemporary soundtrack.”

Each weekend, the fully renovated club will stimulate your every sense with plush drapes, dangling chandeliers, warming backlights and a host of wild characters, from drag queens to burlesque dancers. It will be flamboyant and full of the disco dazzle that made Studio 54 such a cult spot, but always with a no-nonsense, proper house soundtrack. 

The utterly sensual Glam offers three unique spaces. The famous pool has gone and been replaced with the VIP Phoenix Lounge in partnership with Ciroc. There is also the mid-sized main room for headliner action, and the magnificent Salon Privé, a cocktail lounge serving contemporary fusion food, with live, cosy, unplugged soul and jazz shows in a stylish art deco setting reminiscent of the roaring twenties. 

Musically, it is house, house and more house on Saturdays, which come under the ToyBox banner. It will be an immersive and escapist party that takes you a million miles away from the norm, deep into a fantastical new world of vibrant and vivid colours and characters with the world’s best DJs. Fridays will be taken care of by Soul Kingdom and real disco dons. 

The Friday, June 25th launch party features Michael Gray and Moodena, and the night after is a live set from Alison Limmerick, plus UK mainstays Jeremy Healy, Brandon Block and Allister Whitehead. After that, house and disco aficionado Dave Lee aka Joey Negro will serve up one of his masterclasses on the 3rd, game-changing Zanzibar resident Tony Humphries plays the 10th and the one and only David Morales takes charge for six sure to be special hours on July 31st. As well as that, two bonafide US house legends will head over from their New York homes to complete the month. 

Glam residents mix established heads with exciting new talents and include The Menendez Brothers, Siggy Smalls, Natasha Kitty Kat and more, with a real US house icon set to be added to the team in August and plenty more lined up including Armand Van Helden, Louie Vega, Jamie Underground and Bellair.

There are just six weeks to go until Glam opens and offers something truly different. Make sure you’re a part of the story. 

June 25th Launch Party

Michael Gray, Moodena

June 26th

Alison Limmerick Live, Jeremy Healy, Brandon Block, Allister Whitehead

July 3rd

Dave Lee 

July 10th 

Tony Humphries 

July 17th 

NYC Guest

July 25th French Guest

July 31st 

David Morales

Summer line ups and dates to drop soon.

Scottish DJ and producer, dancefloor juggernaut, global talisman, Denis Sulta is set to stream an exclusive, epic DJ set from the ramparts of Edinburgh Castle. Performing from the iconic Western Defences of Edinburgh Castle, at sunset, the former Radio 1 Resident will bang out an hour-long set, streamed without charge to a global audience via Beatport’s Twitch Channel as well as YouTube via FLY TV, Fly Open Air Facebook & Denis Sulta’s Facebook at 7PM BST on Friday 14th May 2021.  

The exclusive performance, Sulta’s first in 18 months, is set to reach a global audience of electronic music fans, as FLY teams up Beatport and a selection of the biggest promoters across the world who will amplify what is set to be an iconic performance, placing Scotland’s incredible dance scene firmly on the map. Promoters confirmed to share the stream internationally include: Super (France), Untitled Group i.e. Beyond The Valley, Pitch, Grape Vine (Australia), Shine (Northern Ireland), Club Space (US) and Guendalina, Pyrex Arena (Italy) – with others to be announced. 

Scottish artist Denis Sulta is known and adored by legions of dance music fans across the world, both for his unique, vivacious sound and his flamboyant style. Having developed his synonymous sound and style performing in his native Glasgow and across Scotland, Sulta now regularly packs dancefloors at some of the world’s biggest and best clubs and festivals including; Pukkelpop, Kappa Futur, Timewarp, Circoloco and Reading & Leeds. The artist’s one-off streamed performance comes in the slot of what should have been FLY Open Air’s 2021 Hopetoun House Festival this month, but will now see Sulta play an hour-long set, including a joyous, upbeat mix of new, exclusive and timeless tracks, all from the magical setting of Edinburgh Castle as the sun goes down and the party starts – for free.   

The exclusive performance is produced by Scotland’s largest youth music brand FLY with support from EventScotland, part of VisitScotland’s Events Directorate. The new partnership offers Sulta’s legions of fans across the world an incredible opportunity to experience what promises to be a truly unforgettable set but which also champions and supports Scotland’s incredible dance music scene. FLY have supported Sulta from the beginning of his career, performing as part of their weekly club nights in Edinburgh, through to headlining their biggest festivals, including the FLY Open Air sell-out in 2018 at Hopetoun House and 2019 Edinburgh’s Princes Street Gardens to now, streaming to the world from a UNESCO World Heritage Site.  

Denis Sulta said: “The idea of playing at Edinburgh Castle came about early 2020, a long summer of dreaming and a lot of practicing in the hope that just MAYBE the dream might come true, and now it’s finally came to fruition. I can’t believe we pulled this one off. I can now say I’ve contributed to the most iconic landmark in my Scottish upbringing. An absolute mind-blowing moment. Thank you to all involved and here’s to whatever’s beyond those castle walls!”

Fergus Myer, Head of Music & Programming – FLY Events: “To be given the keys to Edinburgh Castle for any occasion is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Hector (aka Denis Sulta) started playing hip-hop in FLY’s Room 2, so to have now filmed a stream with him at one of the world’s most iconic locations, epitomises the success and heights our pathway provides for our homegrown Scottish residents team. With the likes of La La, Liam Doc, Barry Can’t Swim, LF SYSTEM, Seren Seo & many more new exciting artists coming through our ranks, it’s an incredibly exciting time for FLY as we continue to break the boundaries of the dance music landscape.”

Paul Bush OBE, Director of Events at VisitScotland: “EventScotland is delighted to be supporting FLY Live and Direct, through Scotland’s Events Recovery Fund. It’s fantastic to see that the team at FLY have organised an ambitious online event, that celebrates the vibrancy of Scotland’s dance music scene digitally, against the iconic setting of Edinburgh Castle. Through embracing technology and innovation, audiences around the globe will be able to enjoy this fantastic performance from one of the country’s leading DJ’s from the comfort of their own homes.”

Produced by Ground Level Up, the performance which has been pre-recorded will be streamed at 7PM BST on Friday 14th May 2021 via Beatport’s Twitch Channel, FLY’s YouTube Channel FLY TV,FLY Open air Facebook & Denis Sulta’s Facebook.