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G.F.W.

EDITORIAL ON THE GRAND FINALE AT THE CHOP SHOP AND EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH KYLE BIDDY, RYAN HART AND CHELSEA SCHWALB

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G.F.W. CREATING MEMORIES WITH EVERY BEAT!

That?s the question I posed to the founders of GFW (Get?s Fuc*ing Weird) Presents in Charlotte as they prepared to take the stage at The Chop Shop for the very last t ime. For over three years, Electronic Dance Music producers Kyle Biddy and Ryan Hart, known as Boy Beats World, have been playing the true essence of the house party vibe in North Carolina. With the help of booking, planning, and event expert Chelsea

Schwalb they have created epic memories that will last a lifetime. Message boards, glow stands, two inside stages and one massive stage outside shook the house as producers played their hearts out knowing that this would be the last GFW show at The Chop Shop. The event was sold out. An almost underground vibe, mixed with the high intensity of a festival, took the night deep and

resonated in the hearts of loyal fans who came to experience the euphoria of music. This was more than a night out on the town. To the fans, GFW was home, to them it was family, and family never dies and it never comes to an end, but l ives on as the memory of unity and passion for music. During the madness, Raver Magazine had a chance to catch up with Kyle Biddy,

Ryan Hart and Chelsea Schwalb about the future of GFW and the drive that turned GFW into the best party place in Charlotte, North Carolina.

KYLE BIDDY

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Raver Magazine My f irst question is? why? Look how many people are here to see GFW come to an end at The Chop Shop. Tell us how it all started and why does it have to all come to an end?

Kyle Biddy Ryan and I were artists on the come up, and we thought how neat it would be to produce our own events, to do things our own way. The Chop Shop for us is where it all started three years back. This place was just an empty warehouse then. We had the vision to host events the way we would like to play at them and not just play, but also be a fan in the crowd. At the very f irst event, we invited over three-hundred people. In the crowd was the lead person for Disco Donnie Presents as well as Bill ionaires Apparel. After that f irst party, we were on the map here in Charlotte. GFW is now, three years later, hosting and playing in dif ferent cit ies. That being said, The Chop Shop will always be home for us. All good things must come to an end and, unfortunately, this is the end of The Chop Shop. It will always have a place in our hearts.

BOY BEATS WORLD

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Raver Magazine What makes GFW unique and dif ferent from all of the rest? What advice do you have for others who look up to you guys as pioneers in creating memorable events?

Ryan Hart We try to do things that are creative and original. You must have the courage to try new things. We?ve had issues in the past where people have ripped off what we were doing, but that always backf ires in the end. We strive to create a safe haven for people to come and be themselves. I describe our parties as being like the Flaming Lips doing EDM, weird creative stuff that people will want to hold on to and cherish. There are people who try to f il l the space and pack the room with bodies to make the most money. That?s important, but that?s not what we do. We focus everything we have on creating the right vibe so that people leave with great memories. GFW hosts events in dif ferent cit ies but The Chop Shop will always be home for us. In 2016, our possibil it ies for growth are endless, so while The Chop Shop era is over, be on the look-out for great things to come. Raver Magazine These two questions are directed to Chelsea Schwalb. What do you feel was your biggest challenge when GFW was just starting out? What is one of the memories that you will never forget while on this journey to help build GFW into the powerhouse that it is today?

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Chelsea Schwalb

I was just getting out of college with my degree from Johnson and Wales and I didn?t know where my degree would take me. At the time, I was exploring many dif ferent options, even wedding planning. But music was always a passion for me. I was invited to attend a meeting about GFW. My personality is a ?take action type? so I jumped in and started to come up with ideas and ways to improve this great event. I was hooked! GFW quickly became a passion. One of my favorite memories is the time that we all went to see Kaskade in Charlotte at a dif ferent venue. I remember thirty of our closest friends putting on neon shirts that read, ?Need Tickets for GFW come see me.? No one got paid for helping us out. We were all just good friends trying to grow something that we all loved. It?s that same love and feel of family that makes GFW what it is today.

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Last question, you blow up tomorrow as artists and you are on tour for the rest of the world?

Kyle and Ryan That?s actually a good question. We?ve thought a lot about that lately, but in the end we are going to always be together. The events and parties are stil l going to happen. When something magical happens, when the hot forged trifecta that unites us comes out of the gate there is no stopping our collaborative styles. While we are all f ree to do our own things and we do our own things, we are here for each other. Our plan at GFW is to always keep it in the family. Even if it can be challenging at t imes, we will play out to the beat that has united us from the start. That beat is friendship.

FERRY CORSTENEXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

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Dutch Producer, DJ, Remixer, Ferry Corsten took the stage at Label Charlot te, presented by Disco Donnie and Sugar Society to play in front of a crowd of thousands. Fans were from all ages and all walks of l ife - each with their own narrative about their passion for Ferry Corsten and why his music resonates with them on a personal level. One story, in particular, was memorable. A man told us how he came to see Ferry Corsten play 8 years back and asked for an autograph on a vinyl record. The fan said, ?I handed my record to him through the mob of people trying to get to him. I really hoped he would sign it for me. He saw me and went to grab the record from me, but his security person pushed it away. That didn?t deter him, though. Ferry stopped and signed my record. I?ll never forget that moment.? Another person we caught up with had a similar story on how Ferry stayed and talked with her after his set despite being pressed for t ime. In fact, we heard multiple accounts from people who wanted to tell us how kind and considerate Ferry Cortsen was to each of them. Raver Magazine watched as Ferry Corsten made time after the show for autographs and photos with his fans, including the entire Label Charlotte staff who he personally requested to come backstage and meet him. Melodic Trance infused with hints of electro and even old school Tiesto / Ferry Corsten Gouryella mash-ups were dropped on a massive scale that night? a night that will not soon be forgotten. After the night wound down, Raver Magazine in conjunction with That Drop had an opportunity to catch up with Ferry Corsten after his set for an exclusive interview. This is what he shared with us?

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Raver Magazine: How do you manage to run and juggle the Ferry Corsten Weekly Countdown Podcast while having such a busy tour schedule all over the world and stil l manage to keep it fresh for your followers? Ferry Corsten: Three things in my view help make it perfect and are the keys to the success of the Podcast. The f irst thing is the hotel that we are staying in. If the hotel is not that good, it is hard to get the right mindset. The second thing is the Internet. It has to be fast and you have to be able to the f ind and combine the right tracks in a hurry. If your WiFi drags, then you are pretty much in the dark. The third thing, and now this may seem a litt le odd to most, but I l ike to sit up on the bed in the room, game plan already thought of and in mind, and then surround myself in pil lows almost l ike in an igloo. I do this to block out the noise

and keep the sound inside. After that, I play the tracks that

I am most passionate about and let the music speak for itself . Raver Magazine Tell us a litt le about your father and how he and your family inf luence your music.

It has to be tough to have such a busy tour schedule and stil l be the person that you are today. Ferry Corsten My father is one of my biggest fans. He truly supported me from the very beginning. I remember when I was young; he gave me my f irst record player. He said to me, ?If you're going to do this, be the best at

it. No matter what you choose to become in life, whether it 's music or something else it makes no dif ference, just be the best at it.? So that?s what I did, I worked hard and pushed myself to be the best. I remember playing and mixing

up tracks with Tiesto, Armin Van Buuren and Markus Schulz during a time when being a DJ was more than about the DJ but rather the music we created. I was creating and doing what I loved. After a year of creating music, I was able to sustain myself f inancially. I continued my passion, thus turning it into a life long

career. If not, if I had not been able to sustain myself , I probably would be a lawyer or something. While hard work and dedication got me to where I am today, it?s the love and support from not just my father, but also both of my parents that

gave me the drive to do what I love. That love is something I share with my two young daughters. Raver Magazine: Apart from Trance what?s another genre that you enjoy listening to? Ferry Corsten: When I?m not on tour and I?m back home heading to the studio, I jam out to Dubstep in my car full volum

full bass?

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Raver Magazine Last Question, What?s Next for Ferry Corsten?

Ferry Corsten: I have a line up with tours and creating new music, especially with the Ferry Corsten Countdown. My new track, ?Hello World? EP3 is out via Flashover Recordings on December 11, 2015, so definitely check it out? Tour wise, it 's going to be a busy few weeks as I will be heading out to Russia and then to South America. I enjoy touring and meeting people from all over the world. Ferry Corsten is a pioneer in the world of music. Whether it?s Trance or any other genre, he has an unwavering desire to never give up, to never settle, to adapt to trends while holding true to the essence of what made him who he is today as an artist.

Check Ferry Corsten Out Today: Twitter via www.twitter.com/ ferrycorstenFacebook via www.facebook.com/ ferrycorstenCheck www.ferrycorsten.com for all tourdates, news and more!

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ILLENIIUMMelodic bass was taken to another level in Charlotte, North Carolina as Denver-based producer Nick Miller, known as Il lenium, took the stage to perform in front of a sold out crowd at The Chop Shop presented by Sognar. Il lenium music is a roller coaster of emotion that touches on the human side of how we, as a music community, can come together as one. Il lenium Remixes such as ?Kaskade?s ?Disarm You? ft. Ilsey? His latest original track release, ?Only One (Ft. Nina Sung),? takes his music to a dif ferent place. It?s hard to let go once the bass and vocals take hold of your senses. Raver Magazine had a chance to catch up with Il lenium before his set. Here?s what he had to say? .

Raver Magazine: Your music is f il led with complexity, emotional depth and profound vocals. What?s the story behind Il lenium that is the foundation that you build your music upon? Il lenium: For me, music takes me away to a place that I know is home. About three years ago my life was at an all-t ime low. My future, without getting into specif ics, was uncertain. I went to Red Rocks Global Dance Festival and listened to Bassnectar play.

For me, it was a life changing moment. Don?t know what it was, but that set made me realize just how much love I have for music. It made me realize that if I was going to change my life, and make a dif ference, that it needed to be for the passion that I had for music. I wanted to play on the main stage. I wanted to feel the rush of the crowd and take in every element that music had to offer. I wanted to create that vibe. To be honest, I thought it would take years to achieve that level of success. But with passion and drive and a will ingness to change my life this is where I am today. That same energy is what I look for when I produce music. Sometimes it 's easier to produce when I have dope lyrics to work with, sometimes I create the music then try to match it up with the right vocals. The point is if you have the right mindset and the right goals the music will resonate in all you create.

Raver Magazine: On the subject of festivals, you have been on tour and playing across the country. You are headlining at The Untz Fest ival next year. What are your thoughts and expectations for the festival? Are there any new tracks that you?re planning to drop? Il lenium: The Untz Festival is going to be massive. I can?t wait to go and play for the West Coast crowd, especially for the Untz that brings in itself a unique blend of music that I know is going to hit home for a lot of people. New tracks, I can?t unveil too much at this point, but I will say that I have a lot of things in the works for the rest of this year and into next. If you're going to the Untz Festival, don?t miss my set it is going to be on a whole other level with what I have planned up.

Raver Magazine: What?s the one message that you for everyone who has a chance to read this interview? Il lenium: Follow the music. Come for the music and the vibe. Let the music take control and let it f il l you with passion and drive to accomplish all your goals in life. If your down and things are not working out, don?t give up. I?m living proof that you can achieve your dreams.

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INSANE INDOOR DANCE MUSIC FESTIVAL

by Maddy Pert iwi Rave Colony

EDITORIAL - INSANE INDOOR DANCE MUSIC FESTIVAL

When you hear the word ?insane?, what?s the f irst thing that jumps in your mind? For us, the word means we can do anything out of the box. Literally. So when Colosseum Club announced they were having an event called INSANE, we were expecting something cool. For the second time, Colosseum Club held a prestigious event called INSANE ? Indoor Dance Music Festival 2015 on November 13, 2015. For this year?s event, they brought Dada Life, the Swedish duo well known to make great vibes and crazy parties wherever they go. The Colosseum Club also presented Enter The Void for dedicated Techno and House lovers. A few days before the event, the Colosseum Club announced through their social media that they would have a DADA LIFE EXPERIENCE. Clubbers were recommended to use

a convenient shirt. As explained in their social media, a tunnel with blasted paint of rainbows prepared to welcome all the fans. Every clubber came out from the tunnel full of glitter and

colored paint. A fun way to start the party? When we arrived at the Main Hall, the f loor was covered with Styrofoam and there was a trampoline on each side of the stage. Two small platforms were placed in the middle of the room. We thought that due to the heavy rain that fell a few hours earlier, not many people would show

up. Wrong. The dance f loor was packed with people right before Dada Life performed. The night began with performances by Colosseum residents. First up, Beathoven. Reynald and MC Joey

warmed up the room with some Progressive tracks. In the middle of the performance, two acrobat players came out and started to jump on both trampolines. After Beathoven, Tril ions took over the deck. Tril ions introduced new personnel, Marquee, who replaced Osvaldo Nugroho. Together with Six Pratama and MC Rongkie, Marquee

entertained the crowd. Marquee also showed that he has no dif f iculties blending in with the remaining personnel of Tril ions. For 90 minutes, Tril ions dropped Progressive

and Trance tracks before Dada Life performed. Although there was a technical problem at the beginning, Dada Life appeared in front of the crowd with their strong and fun personality. Olle Corneer and Stefan Engblom welcomed crowds to Dada Land with a pledge before they showed

themselves. Like their shows in other parts of the world, they prepared lots of stuff , from bananas to pil lows. When we saw the properties, we knew that it would be an awesome party.

Dada Life dropped their hits, such as ?Born To Rage?, ?Kick Out The Epic Mother F**ker?, and ?One Smile?. Both Olle and Stefan threw bananas and champagne balloons to the crowd. They also gave smile masks when they played ?One Smile? to the crowd and asked them to wear it. The crowd was very enthusiastic as the duo sang together with Dada Life. As usual, Dada Life asked one person to wear the banana suit.

One lucky crowd member was asked to get up on stage and was showered with champagne! People were screaming in pure raw bliss. The front row got some champagne splashes from the stage. To end the performance, Dada Life gave small pil lows to everybody to started the biggest indoor pil low f ight in Indonesia! Soon, everybody was busy hitt ing people with pil lows. Two hours of fun with Dada Life was over. Dada Life prepared funny and colorful visuals during their performance. Funny cartoons and lyrics appeared on the screen behind them. Dada Life delivered a massive performance.

We also came to the Enter The Void room to see the crowd there. The room was packed with clubbers. When we came, Iman was on deck. Known as one of the Techno DJ heroes in Indonesia, Iman made sure that everybody danced and enjoyed the vibe. He successfully brought every person in the room to dance. Around 6 AM, the crowd from Main Hall entered The Void to continue the party. Thanks to our friends at the Colosseum Club for another epic night in Jakarta!

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SNEIJDER

SNEIJDERInfused with drive and passion Sneijder is quickly becoming a global icon with a wicked beat of uplif t ing and tech Trance music that is not only refreshing but also in high demand. His profound and impressive portfolio is extensive with tracks and remixes on labels such as Armada, Black Hole, Subculture, Kearnage, Spinnin, FSOE and Vandit. This month, Sneijder drops his highly anticipated debut album ?Everything Changes.? Packed with beautiful vocals and uplif t ing beats this Planet Trance / Trance-Progressive 13 track collection album is a masterful artistic piece of music production that is both groundbreaking and genre defying. On the impending release of ?Everything Changes?, Sneijder said: ?This album is a true ref lection of me as a clubber, a music listener and a producer. Each track contains the elements I l ike from all forms of electronic music, whether it be kicking back at home chill ing, on the dancefloor or in the booth pushing my sound as a DJ. 'Everything Changes' is a complete representation of how I l ike my music: melodic, energetic and packed with emotion.?

Tracklist 01. Remember Me (Breaks Mix) 02. The Only Place (Chill Out Mix) (with Katty Heath) 03. Elements 04. Low Orbit Ion 05. Be With You (with Karen Kelly) 06. Nero (with Giuseppe Ottaviani) 07. Question Mark (with The Noble Six) 08. Love Of My Control (with Christina Novelli) 09. Breaking Point (with Mark Leanings) 10. Collision Course (with Nick Callaghan) 11. Resolute 12. # Acid 13. Be With You (Acoustic Mix) (with Karen Kelly)

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TIME WARP USA

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Time Warp USA - Is this the future of electronic dance music? by Michael Beas

Sometimes the world of electronic dance music can get a bit overplayed, overrun by mainstream DJ?s and Producers all too eager to make a name and place in the history of this ?EDM? bubble that can literally burst at any moment. At t imes, I wonder what became of our culture, of the long past techno roots that allowed the legends of today rise out of the cinders. Many have chosen the most popular road to travel - the more eye-opening, hands in the air drops that are paved in gold and bliss. Others have chosen the path of loyalty, the underground music scene that our culture loved in days past and that sometimes can seem forgotten. But forgotten it is not. In fact, most who dabble in the world of underground music and all of its wicked devices f ind the real enthusiast who knows how complex the creation of this type of music can be. The warriors or artists that play to this infusion of Deep House, Progressive House and many more genres of the underground scene are in fact hardcore to the bitter end. Just the mention of the acronym ?EDM? is enough to make the true enthusiast cringe. We entered a Time Warp deep inside the heart of Brooklyn, New York. When the smoke cleared the raw emotions began to play to the tunes of sheer tempo and beats of 120 ? 125 BPM. Simply put, the Brooklyn crowd lost themselves in the music. Within seconds of the gates opening the vivid walkers of the night emerged to f ind themselves entrapped in tunes of complex melodies and chromatic chords all chiming into the heart and souls of everyone present. I could list the 9 things we loved about this magical night, I could say this was epic and on a ?whole other level? as most would want me to say, but those words and headlines would simply not do this experience justice. Instead, I will only dare to say the one word that comes to heart when describing the visuals and pure music, one word can only come close to re-sharing the endless nights of grungy, dark, sometimes too deep to mention moments with friends. That word is? unforgettable. Time Warp 2015 NYC Raver Magazine Salutes You.

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TIME WARP USA

SPACE JESUS EDITORIAL AND NEW TRACK RELEASE

TIME WARP USA

Jasha Tul l known by his stage name Space Jesus is a Brooklyn, NY based electronic music producer. Time and space collide to form a new era of musical talents that quickly develop into a profound bass-line synthesis, commanding beats and futuristic beats. In many ways his music is ground breaking almost to the point that they are genre defying. With BASS drops that are literally on another planet, Space Jesus is taking the electronic music world by storm with live performances delivered at Mysteryland USA, (Bethel Woods, NY,) TomorrowWorld, (Atlanta, GA,) Shambhala, (Salmo, BC,) and 710 Cup (Denver, CO,). He is also on an extensive tour where he is dropping outstanding visuals and ear shattering profound musical creations that rock his audience to the core.

Raver Magazine was live at Slake in NYC to witness f irst hand the celebration of the release of his new album ?Close Encounters,? that played to a sold out home crowd. If you?ve not had a chance to check out his new track you are certainly in for a surprise. From start to f inish ?Close Encounters? will have your clinging to those around you in the hopes that its vivid, deep, raw bass will never let you go. It?s hard to f ind producers with the courage to make music that is dif ferent from the rest of the crowd. In the electronic world plethora of beats and mainstream tracks that are being re-mixed to the extend of sounding ?boring? along comes a master music maker to take us all to a dif ferent planet. The Space Jesus planet is ready for l if t off ; The Question is? Are you Ready?

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DJ RA Ra, the Egyptian sun-god, is l iterally no match for this DJ, who is spinning out f ire on a scale that is immeasurable. Dubstep, Trap, Electro, Big Room, Progressive, Drum & Bass, Moombahton, Trance, Future, and Funk are all elements that Abe Abdelnour, known as DJ RA, brings home during his massive sets. The f irst t ime we had an opportunity to see RA perform was at Imagine Festival. We realized that we needed to look deeper into his style of music that mixes so many high-energy beats in one performance. Most producers these days stay in their comfort zone, choosing one or two genres of electronic dance music to specialize in. Producing and spinning music is no simple task, but to do it all l ive and on set without a premix is truly the work of genius. His latest track ?Escape From Darkness (Ft. Julianna Smaltz)? is a Melodic Bass drop that takes his music to a whole other level. His inspiration for the track comes from his favorite producers Seven Lions, MitiS, Crywolf, Il lenium, Skrux, and Said The Sky. RA is def initely a producer to be on the look out for in 2016. He is touring back to back, week after week kil l ing every set with his own style, with his own grove with his own beat that is re-defining the way we listen to electronic dance music.

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RAVER MAG GIRL DECEMBER CRISTIANAMODEL AT NHAN TRAN MODELS OF ECLIPSE MODEL AND TALENT

HOMETOWN: CHARLOTTE, NCPHOTOGRAPHER: MATT VIVANCOHEADGEAR FROM REPTILE MODE

You are Raver Mag Girl DECEMBER, how does it feel to be the Raver Mag Girl to close out 2015? It?s crazy to me that 2015 is almost over let alone that I had the opportunity to be part of Raver Mag! I had an awesome time shooting for this and I would love to be able to do it again! EDM has been around for a long t ime, do you feel i t is get t ing too commercial ized? I honestly love how mainstream it 's become. It continues to bring people together, regardless of everything going on in today's world EDM stil l unif ies.

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What was your most recent EDM show you at tended and what was that experience l ike for you? Dillon Francis and ZEDD here in Charlotte. A friend of mine got us tickets for my birthday. At f irst I was more excited to see Dillon Francis, but once ZEDD came on...his set was amazing. The lights, the production, the visual elements, the energy, words can?t describe. I was in the f irst row right behind the pit and it truly didn't even feel l ike I was in Charlotte anymore. Thanks, Perri! If you could at tend any of these fest ivals: EDC, Electric Forest , Ul t ra, Coachel la, or TomorrowLand (Belgium), which one would it be and why? TomorrowLand in Belgium hands down. The EDM scene has been over in Europe longer than it 's been here and the nightlife is on a whole other level. I couldn?t even begin to think what TomorrowLand would be like. I probably would never want to come home.

Since 2015 is coming to an end, what EDM art ist would you l ike to have throw your New Year?s Eve Party and where would you have it? Major Lazer in South Beach. The way he mixes reggae and dancehall into his music is my favorite. I l iterally can?t stay stil l when listening to his music. Let alone if I was at New Year?s Eve in South Beach, I don?t think there would be a better way to close out 2015!!

Editorial by Maddy Pert iwi Rave Colony

Where did you spend your Halloween night? Trick or Treat in your neighborhood? Spend the night with the family? Well, we had an idea to spend the Halloween night at a rave festival. On 31 October 2015, we attended X-Somnia Halloween Festival 2015 at Ecopark Ancol, Jakarta. The line-up consisted of local and international DJ?s. Aly & Fila and Alvaro headlined the sold out event. But there was more, it wasn?t just about the music. There was massive photography contest and Halloween costume contest with a grand prize of USD 2,000. The event started in the afternoon, we came to the venue around 6.30 PM. There were literally hundreds of ravers waiting for the show to start. At 7.30 PM, MC Drwe came out to announce Nick Sijmen and Goodgrip as the f irst performer. They dropped some House tracks to warm everyone up. Slowly, the venue started to dance to the rhythm. Next performer was Diana Dee, who played some anthems that resonated to the crowd before everyone knew it the masses were singing and dancing together. Performances by DJ Yasmin & Indyana also marked the off icial announcement of Paranoia Awards 2015. The annual awards were presented by Hard Rock FM, one of the prominent radio stations in Indonesia with true support from the EDM scene. Some of the nominations were displayed on screen while the full l ist could be found at Hard Rock FM off icial website. Kevin Bun, Mighty Fools, and J-Yap performed in a row to entertain the ravers. Although some of the performers using a costume, it didn?t stop them to move around the stage and deliver great performance. During J-Yap?s turn, there were spectacular f ireworks decorated the Ancol?s sky.

One of the headliners, Alvaro, didn?t slow down the tempo. Together with MC KC Jones, he dropped some banging tracks with Bounce and Jungle melody, together with Electro and Progressive. KC Jones also kept the mood on high intensity Most notably Fady Wassef directly dropped some uplif t ing trance tracks in the beginning. The beats he played made everyone get lost in the moment. But it was when he dropped ?Laily?, ?Napoleon?, and ?The Other Shore? that made the crowd ecstatic with energy. The performance became magical when the spectacular f ireworks appeared. When he ended his performance he indulged his fans with a massive encore. To close the performance, StadiumX performed with banging tracks. Ravers danced to the beat t il l 4 AM! This is truly one of the best Halloween parties we?ve ever had a chance to attend. See everyone at the next festival!

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LINE UPALY & FILAALVAROSTADIUMXINDYANAWith supports from J-Yap, Kevin Bun, DJ Yasmin, DJ P Joana, Patrix Johnson (Netherlands), Goodgrip (Netherlands), Venom, Sissy, DJ Candy, Niken & Jon RMD, Lil B, Arf Padang, Jeremy Jay, Wisnu, Natalie, Dimaz Andreas, Diana Dee, Goatee and more to come to make sure the night is unforgettable!

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French funksters the Noisy Freaks released ?The Sixth Sense? on December 1st. Julien and Ben, the brains behind the Noisy Freaks, have created another quintessential classic under the Lowtemp banner with the release of this EP. This time they?re not alone. The duo teamed up with Wicked City (Krafty Kuts live project), Temu, and Boney and Sir Pryce to add even more diversity to their already distinctive sound. This new release features the signature uptempo funk the duo is known for, only taken to the next level. Channeling everything from Daft Punk to Gramatik, the Noisy Freaks have carved out a niche place among the Lowtemp roster and proven that there is plenty of room on the future funk scene alongside Griz, Michael Menert, the Floozies, and others.

The duo are currently touring with Gramatik across Europe as openers for the Epigram Tour, no doubt spreading their infectious brand of funk to dancehalls globally. What?s striking about ?The Sixth Sense? is how technical the entire endeavor is compared to their debut album ?Straight Story?. Although ?Straight Story? was a classic in it?s own right, ?The Sixth Sense? is an album for the voracious audiophiles out there, for the type of people who developed tinnitus in their f irst year of college and stil l don?t wear earplugs at shows.

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UMAN EXPERIENCE

David Block, aka The Human Experience, is a man on a mission. With creativity as his driving force, the globetrotting musician has been traversing the globe to bring a unique blend of soul-searching electronica to the masses. Cerebral and thought-provoking, The Human Experience?s music stands in a league of its own.

You?l l know when Block?s tunes hit the airwaves the moment celest ial downtempo grooves emanate f rom your speaker box. David Block has been playing and presenting at gatherings from Burning Man to Costa Rica and beyond. The Human Experience has been gaining momentum and recognition through a variety of creative channels. With each enticing release, he?s originating and collaborating his way into our lives. Currently preparing to debut his new l ive band project , Gone Gone Beyond, we had a chance to catch up with Block and to talk about his past, musical philosophy, and more ? here?s what he had to say:

For our readers that don?t know too much about you or your music, what?s The Human Experience story and how did everything evolve? Well, it?s been quite a journey and has evolved quite a bit over the years. I grew up playing classical music, but I never really had a teacher that I truly resonated with. I wanted to go out and jam, and the classical bits were very regimented and formulaic. You know, just like following what other people had written. So, I quit when I was 12, and ended up picking up the guitar. After that I really wanted to become a singer/songwriter, and so that?s what I kind of did. I ended up quitting my job and traveling around the world playing street music. I was still learning how to find own voice, especially since because I didn?t have a big network of musicians growing up.

I took several years to find myself. During that time when I was doing the singer/songwriter stuff I played piano, guitar, sang, and did all this stuff so I was like, ?Oh, I should try to get one piece of gear that I could just make my OWN band.? When I first started, I was trying to do more singer/songwriter-oriented styles. It just happened to be that the equipment that I was using was keyboard and synth based so it started sounding more and more electronic, and that just evolved over the years as I discovered new genres and new things that I?m into. My music was strongly influenced by dancing and Electronic Dance Music culture around 2002 or 2003. 2010 was the first Human Experience album, and to conclude the thought of ?where did it come from?? it was a long journey to get to the first album. Looking back, it?s completely different than the 12 other EPs and albums I?ve put out since then. My music is constantly evolving, and I have my inspirations and life experiences to thank.

So would you say that you draw more inspirat ion f rom the electronic side or more inspirat ion f rom the organic side? Where would you say that you gravitate to out of the 2 poles, i f any? Honestly I really feel like a solid 50/50. I love traditional music and that?s everything from bluegrass to funk to soul and everything from Stevie Ray Vaughan to Daft Punk and everything between that and Bach and classical. So, I would say that my style is really a 50/50 split, and I think that?s the interesting

thing about my own evolution. As I discover new styles of music, I incorporate them into my process. For example, my project Soul Visions with Rising Appalachia. I hadn?t listened to a lot of bluegrass. I had been exposed to a lot of world music, but with bluegrass I didn?t even know how much I loved it until I really listened to it.

So, I think it?s both. I think I listen to a lot of both (electronic and traditional), and that?s why my music sounds like both. They?ve equally influenced my originality and the direction I?ve taken.

Digging into that mixture of inf luences and stuf f l ike that , can you tel l us more about your Gone Gone Beyond project? Was that WAVS and has it turned into Gone Gone Beyond? Are they dif ferent things? Tel l us the story behind that? Yeah, they?re the same thing. Now, there?s the story behind it and the story behind the name change. The story behind the name change happened while we were in New York

during the final stages and just about to get the masters back. We had a meeting with a friend who?s in digital marketing and he says, ?Look, not to just completely change the name of your project, because if that?s the name of your project that resonates, go for it. However, just so you know, you?re just going to be starting out of the gate with this new project on a crutch as people are

going to have trouble searching for the name WAVS.? # 1, there?s another band called WAVVES that spells it wrong. So when people are looking for the band called WAVS then they?re probably going to get this other band, which we don?t sound anything like. # 2 it?s an audio format. This plays on the idea that we?re all waves, we?re vibrations. We?re

frequencies and the entire world and universe as we know is vibrating, and we are tools that pick up those vibrations. That was the idea behind the project. It was a double entendre like waves, high quality audio, uncompressed, and that we?re all these things. But anyway, we just decided to change it in the end. Gone Gone Beyond is a part of the translation of the Heart Sutra. It is a very moving, powerful mantra from Tibetan Buddhism that translates to ?gone, gone beyond, or gone gone gone beyond? gone beyond the beyond?. I don?t know how it popped into my head but the first time I said it aloud we collectively thought ?that?s it, change the name.? Photo Credit : Paul Weinf ield, Danny Musengo, and David Block aka Gone Gone Beyond.

Electrorganic. Photo ? Daniel Zet terst rom.

DIGGING WORLDLY DEPTHS OF SOUND WITH THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

BY WES OGDEN: THAT DROP ]

David Block, aka The Human Experience, is a man on a mission. With creativity as his driving force, the globetrotting musician has been traversing the globe to bring a unique blend of soul-searching electronica to the masses. Cerebral and thought-provoking, The Human Experience?s music stands in a league of its own.

You?l l know when Block?s tunes hit the airwaves the moment celest ial downtempo grooves emanate f rom your speaker box. David Block has been playing and presenting at gatherings from Burning Man to Costa Rica and beyond. The Human Experience has been gaining momentum and recognition through a variety of creative channels. With each enticing release, he?s originating and collaborating his way into our lives. Currently preparing to debut his new l ive band project , Gone Gone Beyond, we had a chance to catch up with Block and to talk about his past, musical philosophy, and more ? here?s what he had to say:

For our readers that don?t know too much about you or your music, what?s The Human Experience story and how did everything evolve? Well, it?s been quite a journey and has evolved quite a bit over the years. I grew up playing classical music, but I never really had a teacher that I truly resonated with. I wanted to go out and jam, and the classical bits were very regimented and formulaic. You know, just like following what other people had written. So, I quit when I was 12, and ended up picking up the guitar. After that I really wanted to become a singer/songwriter, and so that?s what I kind of did. I ended up quitting my job and traveling around the world playing street music. I was still learning how to find own voice, especially since because I didn?t have a big network of musicians growing up.

I took several years to find myself. During that time when I was doing the singer/songwriter stuff I played piano, guitar, sang, and did all this stuff so I was like, ?Oh, I should try to get one piece of gear that I could just make my OWN band.? When I first started, I was trying to do more singer/songwriter-oriented styles. It just happened to be that the equipment that I was using was keyboard and synth based so it started sounding more and more electronic, and that just evolved over the years as I discovered new genres and new things that I?m into. My music was strongly influenced by dancing and Electronic Dance Music culture around 2002 or 2003. 2010 was the first Human Experience album, and to conclude the thought of ?where did it come from?? it was a long journey to get to the first album. Looking back, it?s completely different than the 12 other EPs and albums I?ve put out since then. My music is constantly evolving, and I have my inspirations and life experiences to thank.

So would you say that you draw more inspirat ion f rom the electronic side or more inspirat ion f rom the organic side? Where would you say that you gravitate to out of the 2 poles, i f any? Honestly I really feel like a solid 50/50. I love traditional music and that?s everything from bluegrass to funk to soul and everything from Stevie Ray Vaughan to Daft Punk and everything between that and Bach and classical. So, I would say that my style is really a 50/50 split, and I think that?s the interesting

thing about my own evolution. As I discover new styles of music, I incorporate them into my process. For example, my project Soul Visions with Rising Appalachia. I hadn?t listened to a lot of bluegrass. I had been exposed to a lot of world music, but with bluegrass I didn?t even know how much I loved it until I really listened to it.

So, I think it?s both. I think I listen to a lot of both (electronic and traditional), and that?s why my music sounds like both. They?ve equally influenced my originality and the direction I?ve taken.

Digging into that mixture of inf luences and stuf f l ike that , can you tel l us more about your Gone Gone Beyond project? Was that WAVS and has it turned into Gone Gone Beyond? Are they dif ferent things? Tel l us the story behind that? Yeah, they?re the same thing. Now, there?s the story behind it and the story behind the name change. The story behind the name change happened while we were in New York

during the final stages and just about to get the masters back. We had a meeting with a friend who?s in digital marketing and he says, ?Look, not to just completely change the name of your project, because if that?s the name of your project that resonates, go for it. However, just so you know, you?re just going to be starting out of the gate with this new project on a crutch as people are

going to have trouble searching for the name WAVS.? # 1, there?s another band called WAVVES that spells it wrong. So when people are looking for the band called WAVS then they?re probably going to get this other band, which we don?t sound anything like. # 2 it?s an audio format. This plays on the idea that we?re all waves, we?re vibrations. We?re

frequencies and the entire world and universe as we know is vibrating, and we are tools that pick up those vibrations. That was the idea behind the project. It was a double entendre like waves, high quality audio, uncompressed, and that we?re all these things. But anyway, we just decided to change it in the end. Gone Gone Beyond is a part of the translation of the Heart Sutra. It is a very moving, powerful mantra from Tibetan Buddhism that translates to ?gone, gone beyond, or gone gone gone beyond? gone beyond the beyond?. I don?t know how it popped into my head but the first time I said it aloud we collectively thought ?that?s it, change the name.? Photo Credit : Paul Weinf ield, Danny Musengo, and David Block aka Gone Gone Beyond.

We actually like the name more and people will be able to discover the music with ease. Gonegonebeyond.com was available too, which is an important thing to take into account in this digital music age. It?s challenging and you definitely see bands who feel the effects of SEO. For example, last year one of my favorite new bands was called Jungle. Talk about the most challenging name to ever Google, ever. Jungle music [lauging], that?s a whole genre! But they?re huge, so props to them for overcoming the odds. But anyway, yeah the project Gone Gone Beyond? the way I?ve been describing it is in terms of the way that I collaborated with Rising Appalachia to create the album Soul Visions. The only difference is Gone Gone Beyond is going to, I think, take it even further and create quite a bit of music together. Our lead singer, Danny Musengo, plays in the two other projects. One of which is called Ludlow Thieves, which is doing really, really well right now. They were

written up in Billboard recently and they?re doing incredible things, and the other one is called Faery Tales for the Fatherless. And the other songwriter in Faery Tales for the Fatherless is this guy named Paul Weinfield. Paul, Danny, and myself are the principle members of Gone Gone Beyond. Then there are six or seven other instrumentalists already involved, and that will continue to expand as well.

Do you think it?l l keep growing, and how many pieces are you look at for the band, or do you think you even know yet? I think I?m just going to see how it goes. It will evolve over time but we?re going to have Danny and me live to begin with. We have six original songs and one of them has literally no electronic elements at all. It?s all acoustic instruments and it?s, I mean [laughing], I?m trying to imagine the situation where I?m

going to play it at a festival? There?s are no drums. It?s literally full orchestral arrangement. Initially, the plan is horns, strings, guitar, drums, and a couple of songs have upright bass. Our challenge with how we?re going to make this work as a live band is that each song has different instrumentation. This is going to be something that we?re going to figure out over the course of next year because there are so many different instrumentalists involved. One of the songs has a steel pan player from Trinidad, so unless I start using steel pan in half the songs, I don?t know how I?m going to bring him to play live. So, we?ll just have to see what unfolds. So tying back into what you were saying about WAVS and about interconnected energy and that philosophy, why ? in your opinion ? do you think music connects with humans on such a deep, intimate, and emotional level?

David Block performing at Burning Man.

I have a couple different theories. First and foremost, most humans ? almost all of them ? connect with the arts in some way; whether that?s visual, poetry, music? Now music is one that is different in the sense that everyone has a voice. Every human has a voice. Whether you can sing off-key or you sing very well, you have a voice. So my theory is that because everyone can hum and whistle a tune, we have this natural connection to music Cultures have evolved their unique styles of music and sounds, and a lot of that is based on the languages and the instruments they had available. Indian music, for example, will never sound like Americana. Frank Sinatra, who has one of the greatest voices from American style music, does not sound like a famous musician from China or Israel or Africa or wherever. Everyone has its own languages, styles, music, and instrumentation. And because all humans can make sounds, we?re interconnected THROUGH music. There are still barriers that we have, for example, because many people haven?t been exposed to the world outside their city, and they might not connect with it initially, but a lot of people do.

If you have one overal l

goal with your music, what do you want i t to say and what?s the ef fect that you?re t rying to bring about? I would like people to feel some kind of connection, and the message is a shared sense of humanity. We might come from different colors, we speak different languages, we sing different songs but our humanity is what binds us all together and that the music has the opportunity for people to connect on a deeper level to something outside of themselves, something bigger than themselves. I think that music and art have the power of transformation, I would like to see a sustainable future for our children, our grandchildren, and generations to come. Hopefully one of my roles will be to inspire celebration and to help share with people that we?re not so different from each other.

As someone who?s shared stages al l across the world, where?s your favorite musical memory that you can place out playing a show and what made it

that way, i f you have a favorite? I?ve had the privilege of playing some really cool stages, and a lot of different kind of stages, so maybe I?ll pick three. I?d say every year at Burning Man? no set in particular? just because I?ve had so many of the highlight pinnacle musical sharing experiences on the Playa. Whether that?s a 300 person naked dance party at Dr. Bronners, or sunrise on the Golden Dragon ?Abraxis? for the White Procession, or Fractal Planet.

There have been so many, but I?d definitely say that Burning Man is my number one. I want to say my Lightning in a Bottle set this year, which was my first main stage set at Lightning in a Bottle. I?ve done LIB the last 4 years, but this year I felt like I truly brought together a complete show. There were 10 dancers all coming up for different songs and amazing performers and I played acoustic piano, guitar, and sang, and brought together a much different live show. In a way it felt like a milestone. And then maybe my third one would be Red Rocks, playing at sold out Red Rocks with Quixotic. EPIC.

The White Procession at Burning Man.

Kind of moving on, what do you think you?d be doing if you weren?t a musician? I?ve recently become extremely passionate in photography, but that?s pretty new. I used to be a personal trainer and massage therapist and worked integrative wellness, so I wanted to do that for awhile. Aaaand? I don?t know. I?ve always been very business oriented. I could see working within social entrepreneurship, which I?m actually doing with my music and the other things now. That would be a tough one? I don?t know. Thankfully the music took hold when it did because I had just moved back from India, and I was planning on moving back to India and just diving deep into philosophy, meditation, and yoga. I?m lucky because I get to integrate

that in my music now, but I would have probably would have dove deeper into that without the music.

Favorite album of al l t ime, or favorite f irst few that kind of pop up into your brain?If I had an album that just popped into my brain, I wanna say Dark Side of the Moon? Yeah, Dark Side of the Moon is a good one, ummmm, my favorite current band is a band called Fat Freddy?s Drop from New Zealand.Anybody else that you?re really digging on right now, listening to a lot of?Oh god yes. There?s a lot. Just exploring so many dif ferent kinds of music? My favorite new artist, l ive last year, was Glass Animals. They?ve blown up, I mean they?re huge now, but they blew me away live for a crossover, l ive electronic act. It was incredible.And f inally, is there anything that you?d like to leave our readers and your listeners with?

I hope the music inspires you to be inspired. My goal is to do whatever I can do, and play whatever parts I can in having people discover their own passion and express it to the fullest. I?m hoping my music does that for them.And if you do enjoy my music, you can download it for free or donate whatever you want. If you want it for free then you can have it for free, and if you want to give me your money I?ll happily take it. And there?s so much coming out so just check back and I?ll be releasing new music every month for the foreseeable future!

Keep your eyes peeled for new tunes from David Block, The Human Experience, and Gone Gone Beyond as the project nears it?s unveiling!

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