MOOMBAHTON MASSIVE DAY (AT 930 CLUB)

Is there a better way to kick off June then to attend Moombahton Massive at the 9:30 club featuring, NADASTROM X SABO, GENT & JAWNS, Heartbreak and many more? It's also 20 bucks? Yes we do love you.

8pm, $20 door, ALL AGES
Tickets: http://bit.ly/MASSIVE61
Ages 18-20 entry by advance ticket only.

PERFORMING

Nadastrom (Diabluma Sound)

When the beat drops at a Nadastrom show, you better have your hands up. Dave Nada is known to stage dive while his DJ partner Matt Nordstrom squeezes the duo’s most riotous beats through the speakers. It’s a reminder Nadastrom aren’t just pushing 21st century dance music toward the edge – they’re jumping off it.

The D.C.-born, L.A.-based duo of DJ-producers come from different backgrounds, but share a ravenous appetite for extremes. As the prime architects of Moombahton – a sound Nada invented on the fly at a basement party by slowing Dutch house music down to the tempo of reggaeton – the duo have been praised in the pages of Spin and Rolling Stone, pumped on the airwaves of BBC Radio 1 and NPR, and revered at nightclubs and festivals across the planet.

Sabo (Sol Selectas)

Mention the name Sabo to anyone familiar with the tropical end of EDM and the response will be unanimous: deep, unquestioning respect, tinged with a healthy measure of awe. For the past 15 years, the globetrotting DJ and producer, now based in Los Angeles after moving from his native New York, has set the benchmark for his peers, thanks to his unmistakable signature style: funky music to make you feel good, as he describes it - an irresistible, resonant, Balearic fusion that draws upon house, tropical bass, latin, Brazilian, afrobeat, disco, reggae, cumbia, dub, Miami bass, hip hop, funk and soul. In a glowsticks era when the word uplifting?has lost much of its meaning, Sabos productions, many released via his own Sol*Selectas label, are every bit uplifting as they are finely crafted and timeless. It's led him to performing alongside the likes of Sting, Erykah Badu, Chromeo, Brazilian Girls, and Aloe Blacc, while publications such as Rolling Stone, Spin, Mixmag and The Fader, through to tastemaker sites like XLR8R, Generation Bass and Highsnobiety have all queued up to acknowledge his talents.

GENT & JAWNS (Mad Decent)

After developing respectable solo careers as DJs and producers, long-time friends Billy the Gent and Long Jawns officially banded together as Gent & Jawns becoming an unstoppable force in the world of club music. The release of their now classic Moombahton anthem “Vibrate” catapulted them to the top of everyone’s list of producers to work with and landed them remixes for Datsik, Bare, and Muffler, as well as collaborations with Nadastrom, Torro Torro and JWLS.

KINGMAN FIRE (PICKSTER ONE & MELO) (Phoenix)

HEARTBREAK (OWSLA)

Globally known, Brooklyn-born David Heartbreak remains accredited as the innovative leader of the Moombahton genre. His legal name, David Hart, was twisted to David Heartbreak by an x-girlfriend and he said it stuck. Sometimes referred to as the ambassador of the genre, Heartbreak began in Hip-Hop but shifted after experiencing different musical cultures abroad.

JAY FAY (St. Louis, MO)

Though only a teenager with the prospect of extraordinary success to come, the future is now for St. Louis, Missouri’s Jay Fay. Rarely can someone under the age of 21 say that they’ve spent half of their life in music, and even rarer than that, have shared stages with the likes of Drake, Steve Aoki, Mount Kimbie, Big K.R.I.T, Wale, and Big Sean. A humble creator, Jay Fay’s expansive imagination propels his whimsical takes on the sonic universe. He represents the sound of the present and in many circles is considered THE rising face of the future. A drummer since the age of nine, the producer/DJ has experience as a mash-up wizard and an interest in bass heavy underground styles of the moment including indie hip-hop, dancehall and African kuduro makes him a prime candidate for moombahtonista stardom. Approval has been fast and furious from fellow rising global superstars, Dillon Francis, BBC Radio 1 presenter Toddla T and moombahton inventor Dave Nada amongst a growing list of those in full support.

DJ AYRES (T&A)

Originally from Mississippi, DJ Ayres or Ayres Haxton Jr. as his parents know him, is famous for being the founding father of The Rub, the Brooklyn monthly party that swiftly gained a reputation for being “The Best Party in NYC” (New York Press) back in 2002 and to this day remains one of the staples of NYC nightlife. Combining everything from 80’s pop and disco to house, reggae and hip-hop, The Rub provides “something for everyone, no matter what you’re into,” (resident Cosmo Baker) and in the process helped launch DJ Ayres into worldwide consciousness as one of the best mixtape-making, party dj’s around.

COUSIN CULO (NYC)

Cousin Cole is a young DJ and music maker from New York. He and DJ Pocketknife form the Flagrant Fowl label, which is strongly gaining popularity in the blog and party scene. Cousin Cole’s style is unique, mixing and blending funk, bmore, new wave, electro, soul, rock, dancehall…

MAXXIN CREW (COUSIN CULO X DJ RECK X PHI UNIT),

THOMAS BLONDET (DC)

If you had to sum up Thomas Blondet in one word, that word would be versatility. The man has got some of the most versatile dj and producers skills you will ever encounter. Whether he’s dj’ing a large dancefloor or an intimate lounge setting, Mr. Blondet has got the tools to get the job done. Thomas Blondet is most well known as the DJ Tom B, a name he carved out for himself in the 1990’s club and dance music scene in Washington, DC. For several years it seemed that Tom B was on every flier and line-up in the entire DC area.

DEE JAY THEORY (Hollywood Records)

Making music all his life and now a key player in the 'tropical bass' explosion, Deejay Theory has a natural strength for remixing a broad range of material, putting his unique stamp and sound on everything from Santana to Busy Signal. Think dancehall meets club music, turntablism meets party rocking, bass meets soul, tropical disco meets the pool, and we’re literally just getting warm.

JON KWEST (2wice Records)
Jon Kwest was born and raised in Baltimore, lived in Philly for about 7 yrs or so and now resides in DC. Produces/dj’s Moombahton, Bmore Club, Footwork/Juke, House & Hip Hop.