FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28TH
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Fatboy Slim Though electronic dance music has been around for almost as long as electricity has, Quentin Lee Cook – a.k.a. Fatboy Slim (and more recently as Brighton Port Authority) – is still something of a pioneer, despite only adopting the moniker & breaking out in the late nineties, paving the way for today’s British DJ-producers to be known for their music, their production, and more. |
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Rusko Christopher ‘Rusko’ Mercer has brought an upbeat sound to today’s flourishing new dubstep scene, and worked with the likes of M.I.A. (QRO photos from HARD NYC), Rihanna, and even Britney Spears. |
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Laidback Luke Dutch DJ (though he was born in Manila) first became known for his graffiti work, before moving to the turntables, so expect visuals aplenty with your beats. |
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2manydjs Brothers David & Stephen Dewaele of Soulwax (see below) do the brotherly thing on night one as side-project 2manydjs. |
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Tiga Not another European but a Canadian, Tiga James Sontag (who also needs no from-nowhere pseudonym) is a Juno Award-winning dance musician. |
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Zeds Dead Another Canadian outfit, this time a duo, is DC & Hooks, who make up the genre-defying Zeds Dead. |
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Switch While he’s best known for his work with ladies like M.I.A. (QRO photos) & Santigold (QRO photos), or being one-half of Major Lazer (see below), Switch (QRO photos) can stand on his own as well. |
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SBTRKT London DJ/producer Aaron Jerome, a.k.a. SBTRKT, has been impressing with his post-dubstep work. |
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Also: Gaslamp Killer L-Vis 1990 Annie Mac Housemeister Pearson Sound/Ramadanman Kingdom Beataucue New Look The Knocks |
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29TH
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Soulwax Amid the many solo and duo acts of HARD Haunted Mansion comes full-on electronic band Soulwax from Ghent in Belgium, heading strong into their third decade (and on a HARD-sponsored tour). |
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Skrillex Originally frontman for L.A. post-hardcore outfit From First to Last, Sonny Moore – a.k.a. Skrillex (QRO photos) – has since reinvented himself as an electro-house/dubstep DJ. |
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Major Lazer The collaboration between DJ/producers Diplo (QRO photos) and Switch (see above) made a serious breakthrough in 2009 as Major Lazer (QRO photos at a festival), with Guns Don’t Kill People… Lazers Do, and followed it up last year with tour EP Lazers Never Die. |
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Skream + Benga Two of dubstep’s first producers, Skream & Benga (QRO photos), team up again for HARD (QRO photos at HARD NYC). |
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Fake Blood Theo Keating’s stretched out from his duo work with Simon William Lord in The Black Ghosts, to his own solo house material as Fake Blood. |
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Caspa After a promising basketball career was cut short by injury, Gary McCann – a.k.a. Caspa – turned to music, and he found himself in the west London dubstep scene. |
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12th Planet John Dadzie is a Los Angeles dubstep producer and DJ that’s better known as 12th Planet. |
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Destructo DJ Destructo (QRO photos) is a serious HARD favorite (QRO photos at HARD NYC). |
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Also: Goose T.E.E.D. Paul Chambers The Magician Oliver Jackmaster Japanese Popstars Clockwork |
For festival website, go here: http://www.hardfest.com/
