Those who attend Lost Lands this year will experience something no Excision fan has before. Friday evening, the dubstep virtuoso informed fans about what they can expect from his performances at his flagship music festival later this month. Like previous outings, Excision will be throwing down a two-hour set, a special Detox performance, and for the first time in his career, an all-original throwback set. Excision took to Twitter to offer a glimpse of what’s in store. “I have never performed a set of just Excision tracks and remixes before,” he wrote, “and I can’t wait to debut this for Lost Lands!” In a reply to the initial announcement, Excision shared that the set will primarily feature tracks from 2013 to 2018. He also mentioned his albums Codename X...
After a year-long wait, Excision was finally able to reunite bassheads at the Gorge Amphitheatre for the first time in over a year. Bass Canyon was the first electronic music festival back at the Gorge Amphitheatre, rekindling the flame that had been dwindling in the Pacific Northwest since the nationwide quarantine first began in March 2020. Fans, Excision, and his team were elated to return to the Gorge, where they curated their best iteration of the festival yet. Return to Form Although the festival opened with a messy camping situation, the entirety of Bass Canyon felt like a return to form for Excision, his team, and the Pacific Northwest electronic music scene as a whole. Excision’s brand new Evolution stage graced the Gorge for the first time, turning what was ...
While Bass Canyon 2021 won’t be the first rodeo for many, some may find themselves wondering how exactly to prepare for the festival after was a strange and unprecedented year for the live music industry. We’ve put together a list of all the essential information you need to know and what you should to bring to ensure you have the best experience. COVID-19 Guidelines Navigating the pitfalls of COVID-19 has without a doubt been the most challenging hurdle for festivals, and Bass Canyon is no exception. Excision and his team are taking the necessary precautions to ensure the festival runs as safely and smoothth as possible, but they’ve called on the help of attendees to execute their plan. Attendees will be required to stop by one of the two designated COVID-19 check-...
Electronic artists have the innate ability to hype people up with their music. Just ask American beach volleyball player April Ross, the 2012 Olympic silver medalist and 2016 bronze medalist listening to EDM to fuel her quest for gold at the Tokyo Olympics. Ross recently shared the artists and tracks which pump her up to compete—and it’s not for the faint of heart. Some of her go-to artists include Kill the Noise, Skrillex, Flux Pavilion, Excision, NGHTMRE, Kygo, and Avicii, As a true testament to her level of EDM fandom, she has curated her own Olympic playlists for the last five years, incorporating songs like “Wake Me Up” by Avicii, “The Drop” by Bro Safari, and “Birdz” by Wuki and Smokepurpp. “Something about...
Excision has announced a brand new destination music festival, which the dubstep icon has likened to a “headbanger’s paradise.” Excision’s first-ever destination music festival, Paradise Blue invites dubstep fans to the idyllic beaches of Cancún, Mexico, where they’ll be able to kick up some sand and rage to heavy-hitting performances from a who’s who of the finest in bass music. Primed for DJ sets at the inaugural fest are Zomboy, Virtual Riot, 12th Planet, Eliminate, SVDDEN DEATH, and ATLiens, among others. While the festival’s lineup is impressive, its pièce de résistance lies in its founder. Excision will perform three unique sets—yes, three—at Paradise Blue, which is scheduled for April 29th to May 1st, 2022. Flyer for...
This past weekend Global Dance Festival reemerged in Colorado in spectacular fashion. It was a magical weekend full of energy, impeccable production, and fans who were clearly ready to dance. Based in the progressive arts hub of Denver, Colorado, the two-day festival took place on July 23rd and 24th, hosting tens of thousands of fans, four stages, over 57 performers, art installations, and more. As people from all over the country arrived in Denver, Global Dance kicked the weekend off with a stellar array of pre-parties, including a massive one at Temple Nightclub headlined by SNBRN, who threw down while flanked by the venue’s stupefying LED panels that stretch up a near 100-foot wall. SNBRN performs at Temple Nightclub for a Global Dance Festival pre-party. BRPHOTO.CO Day...
It’s safe to say Excision is teasing something huge. Across his social media pages, the Bass Canyon and Lost Lands festival proprietor shared a short video of his logo written in sand. It proceeds to be washed away by the tide before text appears to reveal that an announcement is coming next week. While teasers are far from uncommon in the electronic music world—especially “announcements of announcements” by DJs—the fact that a dedicated website was developed for whatever Excision has in store is certainly buzzworthy. Naturally, seconds after posting the teaser, fans and artists alike began wildly speculating about what’s on the way. Unfortunately for those looking for details on what’s to come, Excision stopped short of sharing any concrete informa...
Excision has confirmed a new album is on the way this year. The dubstep superstar gave fans a taste of what’s to come last weekend at Reunion, a special two-day event at the home of his flagship music festival, Lost Lands. With closing sets each night, he showcased songs from every era of his career, favorites from some of his fellow artists, and even some unreleased material. The latter raised many eyebrows at Reunion, and Excision has now confirmed that his unreleased tracks will be included on a new album set to release in 2021. On Twitter, he shared a video of himself performing the fan-favorite “Decimate” and confirmed the timeline of the new LP. In a tweet days before Reunion kicked off, Excision shared that he would be sneaking every song on the upcoming album...
This fall, bass music fans from around the world will travel to the middle of Ohio and step into a time machine to enter Excision‘s grand creation, Lost Lands. Debuting in 2017, the festival immediately became the world’s leading bass music event and has improved every year since. With extra time to plan this year’s festivities, it’s very clear that Excision and his team of organizers went all-out on the upcoming outing to make up for the lost time. Now, fans can begin to prepare their schedules as the lineup for Lost Lands 2021 is finally here. Lost Lands The lineup was revealed during his special two-day event, Reunion, hosted at the same venue as the prehistoric party. While each of the previous three years has featured an all-star cast of bass music ma...
Marking the beginning of a new chapter, ILLENIUM‘s Fallen Embers album has finally arrived. When his nonstop touring schedule came to a halt last year, ILLENIUM took to the studio with the goal of creating something truly remarkable. And after tying a bow on a triptych of albums in 2019—offering up only a handful of singles in 2020—Illenials were left wondering what was next. Later that year, the news broke that a new album was in the works. In conjunction with the announcement, ILLENIUM released “Nightlight,” a collaboration with Annika Wells that offered a peek into his forthcoming album. Soon after, he dropped the punk-inspired “Paper Thin” with Tom DeLonge and his band Angels & Airwaves. “Hearts on F...
Philly’s HiJinx NYE music festival is ready for its grand return to tie a bow on 2021. According to a press release issued to announce the event, which is scheduled for December 30th and 31st at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, the two-day affair promises “jaw-dropping stage production featuring the best lighting, sound, and visuals in the country.” The fest’s lineup is bass music galore, featuring a number of dubstep and future bass heavy-hitters as headliners. HiJinx will feature Alison Wonderland, Excision, GRiZ, ILLENIUM, Louis The Child, and what promises to be a ferocious back-to-back DJ set from Jauz and Kayzo. The undercard is also impressive with future bass titan Said The Sky, dubstep fan-favorite Wooli, and freeform star L...