Alex Jukes

World renowned social media brand Mr. Afterparty and BSH Events are looking to take you on a spectacular music journey through the historically and culturally rich treasures of the world’s best cityscapes, with their new series “Steam City Live”.

The first event launches in Dubrovnik, Croatia, at 5pm BST on Sunday May 24th from the ancient walls of “The Pearl of the Adriatic” and 1st World’s Quarantined City back in 1377, and it will be aired from the Mr. Afterparty pages as well as BSH Events and selected partners.

This series is a blend of music and culture to emphasise the historic heritage value of the cities, their highly modern character, culture and unique architecture, through impressive ad hoc recorded cityscape images mostly taken during lockdown by advanced drones as never seen before, so is more than just a visual exploration.

Now it’s time for the scene to give back to communities! A charitable streaming event supported by local tourist boards and governments aimed at raising funds in this moment of global and local emergency. A spectacular DJ set of an aesthetically sublime flavour with donations in favour of the International Red Cross and local charities.

Mr. Afterparty is one of the most current and influential social brands in electronic music worldwide, with over 1M+ followers and a monthly reach which has seen peaks of 80M+, the team behind “Last Night A Streaming Saved My Life” a 24 DJs – 24 Hours – 24 Location live streaming fundraiser in aid of COVID-19 relief, the first of its genre leading the way in what has become a very popular format.

Stay tuned for more announcements and upcoming episodes bringing you different locations from around the world each Sunday, produced in partnership with local promoters and government bodies specially for “Stream City Live”.

DUBROVNIK – World’s 1st Quarantine

World renowned social media brand Mr. Afterparty and BSH Events are looking to take you on a spectacular music journey through historically and culturally rich treasures of the world’s best cityscapes, with their new fundraiser series “Steam City Live”.

The first event launches in Dubrovnik, Croatia, at 5pm BST on Sunday May 24th from the ancient walls of “The Pearl of the Adriatic” and world’s first quarantined city back in 1377, and it will be aired from the Mr. Afterparty pages as well as BSH Events and selected partners.

BSH Events is a production and event management company based in Zagreb, Croatia producing dance events with an out of the box approach to unique venue selections, which have a significant cultural value such as the 13th century Medvedgrad Fortress, Zagreb Airport and Trsat Castle.

The first event comes in association with the City of Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik Tourism Board and Society of Friends of Dubrovnik Walls. The storied and stunning city, part of the UNESCO heritage, is one of the most sought after tourist destinations in Europe. Its beautiful landscape has been home to a number of movies and series as seen on “Game of Thrones”, “Star Wars” and “Robin Hood” to name a few.

In 1377 during the Great Plague, which is considered to be the worst pandemic to ever happen, the Republic of Ragusa – Dubrovnik today – started implementing the world’s first quarantine measures in a desperate attempt to contain the disease within city walls. In 1431 the first stone Lazzaretto (a building created to hold quarantined persons) was built on Supetar island, and soon the construction of a larger, fully-equipped lazzaretti followed in order to accommodate the ill and the suspect, so is the perfect location to kick off this series. 

The stream will feature two live DJ sets from two separate locations – the Lazzaretti, as well as the ancient city walls of Dubrovnik while taking you on a cultural journey to the most beautiful spots of the city. Starting with Mathame’s ‘Nothing Around Us’ on Afterlife played by a pianist and a violinist from two different sites, you will be introduced to the DJ sets at sunset as you are shown the two perspectives of the city by day and by night.

All proceeds from the fundraiser will be donated in favour the International Red Cross and local charities in aid of COVID-19 appeals.

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Paul Oakenfold, Nightmares on Wax, Jackmaster and Nick Warren join World’s Largest DJ Stream this weekend Paul Oakenfold, Nick Warren and Nightmares on Wax are to join more than 6000 other DJs worldwide in taking part in the launch of ‘Set For Love’ this weekend. Set for Love is the world’s largest simultaneous DJ livestream event. Kicking off from Fri 8th – Sunday 10th May.
the 72 hour marathon will feature thousands of DJs broadcasting across their own channels to raise funds for the COVID-19 Emergency Appeal launched by the Last Night A DJ Saved My Life (LNADJ) charity. (For more info on the appeal click herhttps://www.justgiving.com/campaign/LNADJ-COVID-19-Emergency-Appeal)

LNADJ ‘Set for Love’ has also partnered with DanceTelevision and to bring a series of headliner sets from premier league artists streamed daily from 6pm CET on the DanceTelevision and media partner’s social media pages. The shows kick off on Friday the 8th of May and will continue over a 2 week period with various feature artists, culminating in a marathon finale streaming event on Sunday 24th May in which selected participating artists from the community will be invited to stream alongside their legendary heroes (final details to be announced soon).

DanceTelevison is the latest in a long line of global music industry brands to back Set For Love, including, Mixcloud, Pioneer DJ, Point Blank, BopDJ, Loopmasters, Loopcloud, Audiolock, Brighton Music Conference, Data Transmission, Funktion One, DanceTelevision, Izotope and Mixmasters.

Jonny Lee, Founder of LNADJ said, “It’s exciting for LNADJ to partner with DanceTelevison for Set for Love. This partnership will enable us to reach a global audience of electronic music fans. Everything has come together now with the Set for Love headliners confirmed and set to take centre stage on Dance TV this weekend. With their audience of more than 6 million we are hoping to raise record amounts to help our partner communities in developing countries who are really suffering as a result of the lockdown The funds will be used to provide emergency food relief, freshwater and sanitation supplies to those in great need.”

Confirmed artists for the daily Headliner streams on Last Night A DJ Saved My LIfe, DanceTelevision and media partner’s socials:
Key Set Times below:

Confirmed artists for the daily Headliner streams on Last Night A Dj Saved My LIfe, DanceTelevision and media partner’s socials:
May 8, 6pm CET: Nightmares on Wax
May 8, 7pm CET Doorly
May 8, 8pm CET: Paul Oakenfold
May 9, 6pm CET: Nick Warren
May 9 4pm Saytek
May 10, 6pm CET: Jackmaster
More artists TBA

The finale marathon will be broadcast via:
Web at https://www.dancetelevision.net and https://www.lastnightadjsavedmylife.org
DanceTelevision Mobile apps: Android, Iphone (search DanceTelevision)
DanceTelevision TV apps: (Apple Tv, Roku, Amazon Fire Stick)
DanceTelevision Cable TV Channel: #605 on Vodafone Ziggo in the Netherlands, or the DanceTelevision app on set top boxes of KPN (NL)
Socials: Streamed on DanceTelevision, Last Night A Dj Saved My LIfe

Noisia, Black Sun Empire, Mollie Collins, DJ Marky and more all play

Beatport, the world’s leading destination for electronic music, today announced that they will be running a third online music marathon, as part of it’s ReConnect series, and the first genre-specific of the series with a huge Drum & Bass line up on Saturday May 2nd. The line up includes 14 stellar D&B artists including Noisia (DJ Set), Black Sun Empire, Benny L, S.P.Y, Mollie Collins, DJ MARKY and more all playing from 2pm London time/6am PDT, AND will be raising money for the W.H.O Covid Solidarity fund.
The first two ReConnect events have been hugely successful fundraisers, with more than 23 million views and over $300,000 raised for COVID-19 relief efforts.

This special D&B edition features a DJ Set from key players Noisia as well as sets from the hottest names in the game such as Matrix & Futurebound, Bristol’s cult Roni Size, the innovative Black Sun Empire, Brazilian liquid legend DJ MARKY plus Benny L, S.P.Y, and more all playing from isolation.

“Our ReConnects events are shattering our expectations and have brought the global electronic music community together in a time when we all needed a little joy and fun back in our lives” said Robb McDaniels, CEO of Beatport. “With an incredible lineup of the best electronic artists in the world, all donating their time and talents to this cause.

As well as providing a 15-hour Drum & Bass extravaganza, Beatport will provide track IDs as songs are played on Twitch and Beatport.com, so fans can discover and buy music live in real time, thus supporting the artists and labels whose music is played during the DJ sets.

FULL LINE UP

Black Sun Empire
Benny L
DJ Rap
DJ MARKY
Metrik
Matrix & Futurebound
Mollie Collins
Nymfo
Noisia (DJ Set)
Reid Speed
S.P.Y
T>I b2b Upgrade
Urbandawn

Global streaming platform has curated a fresh line up of events to keep people dancing and raising money for worthy causes with Technasia, Move D, A Guy Called Gerald, Francesca Lombardo, Shaun Reeves, Hector and many more

#StayHomeFestival, #DanceHome and #StreamWithUs

In response to the coronavirus crisis, the DanceTelevision Network’s FREE online initiative, the #StayHomeFestival, aims to urgently support and share the World Health Organization’s call to the world for social distancing. After early events gained worldwide plaudits, a new series of streams including Analog Room, East London Movement, Athens Showcase, Francesca Lombardo presents Upper Hour, ReSolute Stays Home, The Zoo Project, Vatos locos featuring Hector, VQtv by Shaun Reeves and Armigé Agency are now revealed.

DanceTelevision dedicates its entire platform to #StayHomeFestival streaming FREE 24/7 content from renown artists, events, and labels in the scene. Despite being in lockdown, artists can continue to interact with their fans and reach out with positive messages to millions of new viewers around the world, and across a variety of the most popular shared networks online. The project invites artists, events, labels and fans to join in solidarity to raise public awareness and funds in support of the WHO and select NGOs that are critical in helping the music entertainment industry. The community is called together to celebrate a universal love for music and the culture of a beloved electronic scene.

Since soft launching the project on 15 March 2020, numbers continue to rise exponentially and for the latest event with the likes of Pacha Ibiza, Jack Back, Felix Da Housecat, Luciano and International Music Summit all came together in support of the Red Cross in Ibiza.

Now, once again, some of the biggest names in dance music will be streamed live on DanceTelevision’s Stay Home Festival www.stayhomefestival.org as well as crossposted to many different Facebook pages. It all runs throughout April, May And June.

Up first Detroit techno tastemaker and Visionquest label boss Shaun Reeves will kick off the VQ TV show on Sunday May 3rd at 8pm to 11pm CET on Stay Home festival. The showcase will be revolving around Shaun featuring guests from the Visionquest label and from his close circle.

Divided across 3 nights, May 14, 20 and 28 respectively, Armige Agency is showcasing their roster with contributions from Joeski, Alexi Delano, Animal Trainer, Demuir, Junior Sanchez, Joyce Muniz, Kevin Knapp, Pezzner, Sis and Supernova.

Friday the 15th we welcome the infamous Vatos locos with a surprise lineup with label boss Hector at the helm in a mission to maintain the traditions of a Marathon around the time where they usually get down at the infamous Sunwaves Festival.

On May 16th, Francesca Lombardo’s “Upper Hour” event series cherishes the daytime ‘after party’ vibe and is fundamentally about good music presented in a unique setting, with DJs completely free to explore the full range of their selector skills. Hito and Cesare vs Disorder join curator Lombardo for a three hour showcase.

Vital underground house promoters Analog room Dubai also bring their tasteful soundtracks on May 7th and 21st with residents such as Move D, Alex Kid, A Guy Called Gerald, Siamak Amidi and Karina, and on May 19th and 26th, East London Movement is uniting underground East London promoters famous for their events in secret locations such as Into the Woods, Vox Sound, Bien Aimer Music, Paravibe, Decay Records and Bread and Butter London.

Electronic Labor Day (ELD) Beirut is a three-day virtual electronic music festival from May 1st to 3rd led by Uberhaus in partnership with top electronic music institutions in Lebanon and alongside the Syndicate of Owners of Restaurants, Cafes, Nightclubs and Pastries in Lebanon. The three-day music marathon aims at raising funds for the non-managerial employees of the electronic music venues across Lebanon, who have been affected by COVID and the harsh economic circumstances associated with this pandemic. These livestreams will be immersive, entertaining and exciting, taking place across multiple online rooms. More than 150 DJS from 25 countries will be taking part in the cause, helping to spread awareness and unity through music.

ReSolute is without doubt one of the most exciting underground event brands in the Big Apple. Handpicked selection of residents and artists from the ReSolute agency will be presenting their Dj sets and live acts all with visuals from established artists like Cote, Danimation, Defne Onen, Dreamrec, polo_X_polo and Trig Fardust.

The Zoo Project is Ibiza’s infamous Sunday openair party and they will be showcasing quarantine videos of worldwide recognised artists as well as footage from unforgettable events at the old abandoned Zoo of last summer. Expect not only exceptional talent performances, but beautiful and colourful videos from Ibiza’s most spectacular event!

This is a game changing series of streams that will offer music lovers plenty to get excited about in the coming months.

ABOUT DanceTelevision

With an extensive social network reaching 6 million fans including media partners and 3.5 million fans of its own channels and content brands, Facebook users watched 30 million minutes of DanceTelevision video in the month before the global pandemic struck. Since soft launching the project just three weeks ago on 15 March, 2020, numbers continue to rise exponentially. Based on this analysis, and the fact that people are now turning to the internet as the best way to connect with each other from home, unprecedented worldwide engagement is anticipated in the coming weeks. Online streaming initiatives like this may well revolutionize the face of the industry as we know it. Meanwhile, DanceTelevision is already exploring expansion options within the telecom sector to bring the concept to mass media in parallel with its cable music tv channel.

As such, DanceTelevision dedicates its entire platform to #StayHomeFestival streaming 24/7 content from renown artists, events, and labels in the scene. Despite being in lockdown, artists can continue to interact with their fans and reach out with positive messages to millions of new viewers around the world, and across a variety of the most popular shared networks online. Besides offering a wide variety of electronic artists a stage to showcase their talent, artists share positive and personal messages to the world at the beginning or end of their sets, using their influence and talent to help share an important message, and keep everyone hopeful for a brighter day.

www.stayhomefestival.org

LISTINGS

Friday May 1st – May 3rd
Electronic Labor Day (ELD) Beirut

May 3rd/10th/17th/24th
Shaun Reeves VQ-TV
8pm to 11pm CET

Friday May 15th
Hector presents Vatos Locos

Saturday May 16th
Francesca Lombardo presents Upper Hour
Hito and Cesare vs Disorder

Thursday 7th & 21st of May.
Analog Room
Move D, Alex Kid, A Guy Called Gerald, Siamak Amidi and Karina

Tuesday May 19th and 26th
East London Movement

Various dates May
ReSolute Stays Home
Cote, Danimation, Defne Onen, Dreamrec, polo_X_polo and Trig Fardust

May 14th, 20th & 28th
Armige Agency Showcases
Joeski, Alexi Delano, Animal Trainer, Demuir, Junior Sanchez, Joyce Muniz, Kevin Knapp, Pezzner, Sis and Supernova.

The Parallells duo are proud to launch their A Day In series with a fantastic first film from Essaouira in Morocco, during Moga Festival. The film features a new and exclusive track “A Day In Essaouira” which will be available for purchase on Bandcamp and profits will go to the Associations Yerma Gnaoua and Issaouas in order to help Moroccan traditional musicians and their families to overcome the CV19 crisis.

Julien and Thomas de Bie, former students of the Academy of Music, grew up influenced by jazz and classical music and are now underground electronic stalwarts who are based in Amsterdam. They perform at major festivals such around the globe, manage Klassified Records and the Klassified Music Festival and have just opened “The House of Klassified” in Amsterdam; a creative hub for their artists combining: studios, recording facilities, an art gallery and co-working spaces.

With this ambitious new project, Parallells have taken their musical venture even further by discovering different cultures, tribes and their specific sounds. This episode is the first one of the video series “A Day In” where Parallells translate, through field recordings, a specific culture, city or country. It is said that “Music is the universal language” and Parallells aims to show how it connects people as well as showing the world’s beauty and use music as a force for change. This video was filmed by friend Arnaud Moro who does a remarkable job of capturing the process through his lens.

This last October, Parallells, Maalem Omar Hayat and his crotales players performed a unique show combining Gnawa music infused with electronic music. It came about as an initiative from Moga Festival called Moga Creation. Creating bridges between tradition and modernity, perpetuating the heritage of Essaouira, a city of mixed cultures, highlighting local creativity and hospitality, this project is what Moga Creation aims for.

Parallells rehearsed in the middle of Essaouira’s Medina, in a sacred place where the synergies were shivering when electronic music met traditional Gnawa’s rhythm and culture. After 3 days together, they played this memorable live at Moga Festival, a performance forever engraved in many people’s hearts.

Gnawa culture is a centuries-old Moroccan practice rooted in African rituals, Sufi traditions and music played with the guenbri, a type of lute with three strings, and steel castanets called krakebs or crotales. Gnawa refers to a “set of musical productions, fraternal practices and therapeutic rituals where the secular mixes with the sacred”

Essaouira is an exceptional example of a late-18th-century fortified town, built according to the principles of contemporary European military architecture in a North African context. Since its foundation, it has been a major international trading seaport, linking Morocco and its Saharan hinterland with Europe and the rest of the world.

Maalam Omar Hayat is delighted with this collaboration with Julien and Thomas, because it perfectly reflects the cultural exchange between Gnaoua music and electronic music. It was a truly unique experience with, as a highlight, this superb live performed at Moga festival, which perfectly symbolizes this alliance. “Moga création”. It is the DNA of Moga festival and a great opportunity to represent these different worlds in the hope of future collaboration, because it was really magic.

This is a fantastic way to launch this new video series which will breakdown borders between music, culture and people all over the world. Watch out for the second episode which finds the pair immersing themselves in the Huichol culture in the Mexican mountains later this year.

WATCH THE FULL EPIZODE HERE – https://vimeo.com/412308564