![]() From the perspective of running my Day Zero festivals or Get Lost experiences, it’s exactly the same. What is your favourite thing about working in the live music industry?įrom an artist’s perspective nothing beats making people dance and having an amazing time. As far as DJing is concerned, I started buying records at the age of 12 and had turntables and a mixer at the age of 14, I have been DJing virtually all my life. I started Crosstown Rebels 16 years ago in 2003. How long have you been in your current role? At 21 I became music editor at Dazed & Confused magazine, and at 24 I became an A&R consultant at FFRR/London Records. What was your first job in the music industry?Īt the age of 13, I took a Saturday job at a now infamous London record store called Groove Records. Acts will include Ae:ther (live), Bedouin, Chaim, Damian Lazarus, Davi (live), Gorgon City, Jamie Jones, Marco Carola, Magit Cacoon, Monolink (live) and Satori (live).ĭay Zero Tulum will follow in Mexico on January 10, 2020. This week's Q&A is with DJ and producer Damian Lazarus, who is bringing his Day Zero Celebration Of Ancient Cultures electronic music festival to Masada World Heritage Site in Israel, on September 27. Email if you would like to take part or recommend someone for inclusion. This connection with surroundings and self is what’s helped create the ideal environment for experiencing the world’s best electronic music.Welcome to the latest edition of Six Questions With., a regular short and sharp interview with a live music figure. From sunset to sunrise, each moment is woven within the fabric of the venue’s energy, bubbling up from its caves and cenotes into its naturally formed amphitheatre. The Day Zero experience hangs on the pillars of immersion and cultural connectivity, sharing space between the ancient world and modern mankind. Sidhartha Siliceo remains an integral part of the festival’s fabric, returning with his modern take on the classical music of North India. The Crosstown championed, Berlin based Ae:Ther will showcase his other-worldy productions with a hardware infused performance following his recent debut under the Day Zero banner in Masada. Live instrumentation will continue to take center stage at Day Zero, following the recent debut of Damian’s Get Lost Live concept in New York this month with Mashrou Leila and Kelsey Lu. He is joined by Crosstown Rebels family members Art Department, Bedouin, Tibi Dabo, Yulia Niko, Serge Devant, and Francesca Lombardo. Romanian minimal innovator Priku, championed by contemporaries like Rahdoo, Raresh, and beyond, also makes his debut.īlack Coffee will make his much anticipated return to Day Zero’s revered jungle home following his debut at the event in 2019. The 2020 edition welcomes some globally leading selectors into the Day Zero fold for the first time including Chilean-Swiss house and techno icon Luciano, Berlin electro innovator Ellen Allien, the inimitable Grammy winning producer Dubfire, Keinemusik’s &ME, and eclectic Italo-Mexican talent Concret. ![]() Damian’s careful sonic curation guides this transformational pull, with each performer fitting perfectly into their own destined chapter of this marathon epic. Musical voyages stand at the center of the Day Zero experience with its artists acting as the beating heart that carries partygoers from sunset to sunrise. Deep within the mystical jungle of Tulum, this community of ritualistic nomads gathers before some of the world’s most exciting selectors and live acts for an eighteen hour journey. ![]() The result has been six sessions of sonic wonder and a convergence of party-people from every corner of the globe around the scion of Damian Lazarus. A cosmic collision of ancient tradition and forward-thinking electronic music heralded the birth of Day Zero on the final day of the Mayan Calendar in 2012. ![]()
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