korzo- Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 The world's top tier of electronic music artists - including the CrystalMethod, Paul Oakenfold, Danny Tenaglia, Armand Van Helden, BT and Roni Size- will gather in August for a 10-city North American tour called Mekka. The outing, which kicks off August 4 in Montreal and wraps up September 2 inLos Angeles, will celebrate the launch of Mekka, a global entertainmentcompany focused on the promotion and development of electronic musicculture, according to the tour's publicist. Acts from various genres of electronic music will be represented, fromhip-hop to techno to drum'n'bass to trance. Deep Dish, LTJ Bukem, Mix MasterMike, Sandra Collins and Junior Sanchez are among Mekka's other top names.Several hip-hop acts will be announced later this month. Mekka will include a rare live set by Detroit techno legend Carl Craig. BT,the Crystal Method, the New Deal and Ãœberzone will also be performing live. Working the many turntables on the tour will be DJs Jimmy Van M, DerrickCarter, DJ Rap, Doc Martin, Dave Ralph, Stacey Pullen, Christopher Lawrence,Dieselboy, Mark Farina, DJ Craze, DJ Dan, Terry Mullan, Bad Boy Bill,Misstress Barbara, Andy C, DJ Hype, Grooverider and Mr. C. Halo and Hipp-E of the Chicago DJ collective H-Foundation, who will also bespinning at Mekka, and Sanchez will mix separate CD compilations inconjunction with the tour. Release dates have not been announced. The tour will be the summer's third major tour featuring electronic music.Moby, Oakenfold, Carl Cox, the Orb, Timo Maas and others will be part of theArea: One tour on July 11 in Atlanta (see), while Perry Farrell's Jubileefestival, headlined by Jane's Addiction, is also expected to feature top DJsand producers (see). Details for that tour have not been released, thoughpublicists for several electronic music stars, including Size, have saidthey have been invited to join the outing. Mekka will be held in outdoor venues, such as large fields and fairgrounds.Venues will be announced at a later date. The artists will perform onmultiple stages and in tents. Mekka, the company, will specialize in artist management, wirelessapplications, magazine publishing and music distribution and publishing.Mekka Tour dates, according to the tour's publicist: * 8/4 - Montreal, QC * 8/5 - Toronto, ON * 8/8 - Dallas, TX * 8/10 - Jacksonville, FL * 8/11 - Miami, FL * 8/18 - New York, NY * 8/25 - Chicago, IL * 8/30 - Seattle, WA * 9/1 - San Francisco, CA * 9/2 - Los Angeles, CA ------------------Can you feel that rhythm moving through your system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 Oh la la...tres bon!!! ------------------MUSIC is one thing...but soul is another... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echostar Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 yo let me know when you know where its gonna be and what the age requirement is------------------ transcend 1. To pass beyond the limits of2. To be greater than, as in intensity or power; surpass3. To exist above and independent of (material experience or the universe) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korzo- Posted June 6 Author Report Share Posted June 6 Originally posted by trancend:yo let me know when you know where its gonna be and what the age requirement isI'll let you know when I get more details...------------------Can you feel that rhythm moving through your system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lextacy Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 Let me know how to get tickets pleeeeeease! ------------------ "what I want is what I've not got, but what I need is all around me" - DMB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rld2g Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 this is far better than creamfields!------------------sig being held for ransom by estranged ex-stalker...more at 10so...how's your evening so far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echostar Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 Originally posted by rld2g:this is far better than creamfields!yeah i know i cant wait------------------ transcend 1. To pass beyond the limits of2. To be greater than, as in intensity or power; surpass3. To exist above and independent of (material experience or the universe) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris817 Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 there is an article in the latest rollingstone about this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korzo- Posted June 6 Author Report Share Posted June 6 Originally posted by divalicious:ONG OMG OMG! That sounds f-in awesome! Hey Korzo, I hope I don't have to wait till August to hang!Hey M, I'm gonna give you a catch-up call real soon... we're not waiting till August to hang!------------------Can you feel that rhythm moving through your system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewel44317 Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 OH MA GUH!------------------"Spontaneity is the key to spice in life" "Music makes the world go 'round...so keep it spinnin!""Happiness is like a butterfly, which when pursued is just out of your grasp, but if you will sit down quietly, it will alight upon you." Walt WhitmanAIM: Jewel44317 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shannah Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 Got so excited just reading about it. I'm there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulsedriver Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 Holy shit!!!!------------------ Forget the gold I want the pot at the end of the rainbow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apdiddy Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 Originally posted by jewel44317:OH MA GUH!u make fun of ghetto-talk yet you turn around and speak country-hick. whats the deali-0 with dat beeyotch...------------------TKWIWBTDKWIWTJSWTF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooana Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 Ya better let me know, boy!!! ;-)------------------ "When the soul wishes to experience something, she throws an image of the experience out before her, and enters into her own image." -Eckhart"I heard of a man that says words so beautifuly that if he only speaks their name, women give themselves to him.If I am dumb by your body while silence blossoms like tumors on our lips it is because I hear a man climb the stairs and clear his throat outside our door." - Leonard Cohen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewel44317 Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 Originally posted by p00h:u make fun of ghetto-talk yet you turn around and speak country-hick. whats the deali-0 with dat beeyotch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 wow!!! can;t wait!!!------------------" I give in to sin ..Because you have to make this life liveable "-DMSmoknjilly@aol.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boa_boy Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 woo hoo sounds great, I may have even have paid off my Australia trip by then I'm sure thought that there'll be times when two or even three artists that u really wanna see will be on at the same time in different places tho ------------------Where did my liver go?....................... boa_boy@yahoo.com YIM boa_boy AIM boaboyOZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divalicious Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 ONG OMG OMG! That sounds f-in awesome! Hey Korzo, I hope I don't have to wait till August to hang!------------------Is it Friday yet? Peace Love Happiness y'all DivaliciousNYC@aol.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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