dB Festival 2008: Dirty Dancing Showcase

For the past 3 years Decibel has brought together some of dance music’s most influential artists as part of the “Dirty Dancing” showcase. In previous years we’ve hosted Green Velvet, Speedy J, Robert Babicz and 3 Channels, all of whom whipped dB audiences into a hedonistic frenzy of dance floor mayhem. This year we’ve raised the bar with three of underground dance music’s most respected newcomers, all of whom have been praised as the future of dance music in their own right through countless awards, massive club/festival exposure and critically acclaimed productions and remixes. For those with an ear for dirty beats and a heart for relentless baselines, this showcase is a must.

Making his Seattle debut is none other than Toronto based whiz-kid Deadmau5 (aka Joel Zimmerman) whose production the past two years have made him the most sought-after producer in the electro house, progressive and techno scenes alike. The key to Joel’s massive popularity comes from his incredibly diverse production output and whimsical live performance, which findshas him adorned in a handmade mouse helmet complete with sound- activated LEDs lights- you have to see it to believe it. Aside from headlining dance stages at enormous parties like Ultra, Coachella, DEMF and Creamfields, Deadmau5 is also the most downloaded and critically acclaimed artist on the most important download site for dance music on the planet, Beatport (nominated for 6 Beatport Music Awards, 4 of which he took 1st place, including “Most influential, forward-thinking and relevant person of the year”). Co-headling the showcase are Italy’s Luca Bacchetti (Wagon Repair, Samuri.FM) and the Chicago production duo Santiago and Bushido, who will be performing a debut live set before Deadmau5 that is could very well steal the show. Opening will be the Portland-based techno producer Let’s Go Outside, whose recent releases on the UK-based Soma label have had him touring the world over.