the nation pumping out crushing bass and the nastiest, dirtiest electro to ever bless your ears making our sole mission to rid you of your pesky knack for sleep, INSOMNIA will keep your body going until it can no longer withstand movement. Get ready, because on SEPTEMBER 15th, we’re gettin’ weird.”

LINE-UP

★ Bass Floor ★

REVOLVR

When Revolvr pulls the trigger, you feel it. Whether it’s through an irresistible house music hook or propulsive progressive production, the Las Vegas-based artist and producer specializes in igniting emotions. Hands go up in the air and bodies shake when his fusion of styles pipes through the speakers. Locked and loaded with numerous tricks up his sleeve, Revolvr has arrived on the scene with a big bang. Revolvr a.k.a. Touvan Sughiarto officially entered the electronic music world in 2011, but the genre has been a part of his life for as long as he can remember. A fan of The Prodigy and Crystal Method during his high school years, Touvan relocated from The Bay Area to San Diego to finish college, where he perfected his skills on the decks. While, a detour into the corporate world post-college delayed his eventual destiny, a sunrise at 2010′s Burning Man festival changed everything. “I was watching the sun come up, and something overcame me,” recalls Revolvr. “It was like I got slapped in the face. I knew that I needed to be doing music. I wasn’t happy in the corporate environment even though I was doing well in it. I wanted to walk away from everything I was doing and chase what I loved. I went home, quit my job, camped out in the studio for four months, and found my sound.” That sound immediately became embraced by fans, contemporaries, and critics alike. His very moniker sums up its diverse nature. He reveals, “Revolvr doesn’t reference a gun. The name points to the fact that my style revolves around so many different aspects of music. I take what I feel I connected to in each genre and infuse that into my own work, whether it’s a remix or an original production.” Collaborating with Donald Glaude, he dropped an incendiary and infectious remix of Scooter and Lavelle’s “Beats Inside My Head” that set Beatport ablaze. Spreading like wildfire, “Beats Inside My Head” peaked at #2 on the site’s Electro House Chart and #16 on the Overall Chart. Meanwhile, Tiësto added the track to his podcast and the live set of his mega-successful Club Life tour, exposing the remix to thousands nightly. It was Revolvr’s first bona fide hit. About the track, Revolvr explains, “I connected with the song. The lyrics were catchy and I wanted to create something equally catchy musically. Once it exploded, I felt pretty good about my decision to focus on music 100 percent.” Fast-forward to 2012, and the past year and half has been awash in one successful release after another. Every single track Revolvr released in 2011 and 2012 has reached the Beatport Top 100 chart, and his latest EP, “Two Worlds Apart [Big Fish Recordings], went on to demonstrate Revolvr’s dynamic range. The lead track “Toll Says No More” is a melodic yet energetic dubstep track with hypnotizing vocals from Majai. While the second track, “Make Me Want More is a peak hour energetic club track with vocals from Sue Cho. Then, there’s Revolvr’s remix of Morgan Page’s “Body Work” [Featuring Tegan and Sara]. The track is part of Page’s latest effort, In the Air, as a bonus cut and landed itself in the Top 10 on the iTunes Dance Chart. It also shows another side of the artist as he expands into a skittering dubstep groove. Other remix highlights include a unique take on Luciana’s “I’m Still Hot”, which hit #1 on Billboard’s Dance chart, his remix of Florence + the Machine’s “You’ve Got Love” that landed at #1 spot on Hype Machine, and his Who Is Ready to Jump (Revolvr Bootleg) that has received over 130,000 plays to date. On stage, his music really comes to life. Boasting a show comprised of mostly originals, he’s played to packed crowds at Avalon (Los Angeles), Beta (Denver), Last Supper Club (Seattle), and a slew of summer festivals including Sunset Festival (Tampa), Sun City Music Festival (El Paso), Camp Bisco (New York), Stereoterra (Michigan) and the Pure White Party (Edmonton) alongside the likes of Avicii, Sander Van Doorn, and Gareth Emery. “I want to create an experience for people,” he adds. “I like to see everyone jumping. My set is like a roller coaster. Everyone is along for an amazing ride.” Ultimately, with a forthcoming EP featuring Lea Luna being released by Dim Mak in Fall of 2012, the ride is only going to get even bigger and better. He concludes, “I’d love for people to walk away feeling some sort of connection to the show or music. I hope the last thought they have is, ‘I can’t wait to hear that again’.”

★ 3rd Floor ★

DJ Crispanic

Crispanic, the hispanic ‘causin panic, started spinning in 98′ with one busted Technic and a Gemini deck you had to jump start. Heavily influenced by the music scene in the DC/Baltimore area, he started dragging his record crate to every table that would allow him to spin. In 2001 he entered in a DJ contest at Shorty’s in Baltimore, a spot formerly owned by DJ Charles Feelgood. Impressively enough, Crispanic landed a 2nd place spot that catapulted his career to residencies all throughout the DC metro area and Santa Monica, CA and past gigs that have taken him from Pittsburgh to Miami to Amsterdam. Residencies and past gigs include: Ozio, Dragonfly, MCCXXIII, Andalu, Shorty’s, Z Lounge (Pittsburgh), Shane’s (LA, CA), Public, Steve’s Bar Room, Guarapo’s among many others. Crispanic has a tremendous appreciation for music, all spectrums, however is known for spinning house/electrohouse that includes funky remixes of some of the finest tunes music has to offer. Funky house is what he could be categorized as, but is heavily influenced by DJ’s such as: Simply Jeff, DJ Marky, Mix Master Mike, Q-bert, Charles Feelgood, DJ Dan and Scott Henry. www.crispanic.com www.facebook.com/crispanic www.twitter.com/djcrispanic

★ 4th Floor Roof ★

Joe Nice & MC Twisty

Representing Baltimore, MD, USA, JoeNice is universally recognized as the ambassador of the dubstep sound in North America and has been instrumental in the global growth and success of dubstep for over a decade. He is North America’s first and most respected dubstep DJ. Joe started playing dubstep in June 2001 with a collective of Baltimore dj’s, the 2 Charming Crew. Nice earned a residency at Sonar Baltimore and was headlining local, regional and national shows shortly thereafter. In September 2003, JoeNice co-created a monthly internet radio show on GourmetBeats.com. His show was the first to feature dubstep in North America. In June 2005, while gigging and doing internet radio, Nice co-founded and was a resident DJ at the first dubstep night in North America, DubwarNYC. JoeNice is the first American-based DJ to play on the London pirate radio station, Rinse FM. He was also the first American-based DJ to play the legendary DMZ bi-monthly bash and Forward. In 2007, he was proudly selected as one of URB magazine’s NEXT 100. In July 2011, Nice co-founded and was named a resident DJ at a new dubstep night in New York City, Reconstrvct. In May 2012, Joe transitioned his monthly radio show from Gourmetbeats.com to the award-winning SubFM, where his GourmetBeats radio show can be heard on the second Tuesday of each month, 7pm – 9pm EST. Since 2001, JoeNice has performed extensively across the globe and his worldwide fan base continues to grow with his enthusiastic live performance and stage presence, upfront selection and skillful mixing. His bag of 10″ dubplates is a who’s who of dubstep. If you’ve never heard it before, chances are you’ll hear it from JoeNice. http://www.joenice.net/ http://www.twitter.com/joenicedj http://www.soundcloud.com/joenicedj https://www.facebook.com/JoeNiceDJ

★ Encryption

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His name is Jason. He plays Drum n Bass/Dubstep. He’s ridiculously talented. https://www.facebook.com/EncryptionDC http://soundcloud.com/EncryptionDC

★ Yola Monster

http://onelovemassive.com/category/the-collective/yola-monster/ http://www.facebook.com/pages/YOLA-monster/229264410422092

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