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Nevada

Hailing from the "Windy City", better known as Chicago, Los Angeles based trance artist Dave Neven is quickly catching the attention of many. With over 8 years of production experience, the talented artist has developed his own unique, signature style of trance music, combining dark techno elements, with a driving bass line, and 'dark - uplifting' melody. Darklifting has been named Dave's style all over the world. With recent success of his track titled "Drifter", audiences around the world have began to recognize his unique sound. Charting in the Beatport Trance top 20, "Drifter" has received support by the biggest and most respected DJ's in the industry.

Dave has received support from the most recognized and established Trance DJ's such as Armin Van Buuren, Markus Schulz, Paul Van Dyk, Paul Oakenfold, Giuseppe Ottaviani, Ferry Corsten, Judge Jules, RAM, Protoculture, Fisherman & Hawkins, Alex M.O.R.P.H., M.I.K.E. Push to name a few.

The future looks bright for this rising trance star, with several request for original and remix work.

Dave Neven

Groove Cruise Miami is a mobile electronic music festival. Begun in 2004 and featuring 96 hours of non-stop dance music, this is the gold standard of music festival cruises. 

Traversing the seas on the state of the art Celebrity Infinity cruise ship, Groove Cruise sets sail from Miami and heads to Taino Bay, Puerta Plata, spending a night at sea on the way there and back.

Every year the festival curates a lineup chock-full of premier EDM, house, trance and techno talent to soundtrack a surreal experience on the high seas that includes eight theme parties and a big blow out on a private island. 

Groove Cruise Miami is a mobile electronic music festival. Begun in 2004 and featuring 96 hours of non-stop dance music, this is the gold standard of music festival cruises. Traversing the seas on the state of the art Celebrity Infinity cruise ship, Groove Cruise sets sail from Miami and heads to Taino Bay, Puerta Plata, spending a night at sea on the way there and back.

Groove Cruise Miami

Little Haiti

A new multifaceted space opens at 900 Marin Street in San Francisco’s burgeoning Dogpatch neighborhood. The Midway Creative Complex is a one-of-a-kind space, dedicated to bringing art, entertainment, and education under one synergistic and collaborative roof. 

Simultaneously a creative resource center and learning facility, the complex not only houses artists and their work but also provides a space for the general public to engage with and experience San Francisco’s thriving arts and music communities. 

Spearheaded by a vibrant and experienced team that is dedicated to providing a hub of creative connectivity in the Bay, The Midway caters to a wide variety of San Francisco’s inhabitants. By actively partnering with local music and arts-oriented nonprofits, The Midway actively engages with and enrich its community. 

With some of the world’s best art, food, and entertainment at its doorstep, San Francisco is the prime locale for the rise of The Midway. Conveniently located one block from Muni with readily accessible bike & car parking, The Midway is an easy to reach destination for San Francisco’s food, art and music loving public.

A new multifaceted space opens at 900 Marin Street in San Francisco’s burgeoning Dogpatch neighborhood. The Midway Creative Complex is a one-of-a-kind space, dedicated to bringing art, entertainment, and education under one synergistic and collaborative roof. 

The Midway

Dogpatch

Primary Night Club came to life in June of 2012 with a mission to provide a dance venue with state of the art sound for people to enjoy underground dance music in a safe and fun environment. Primary and its partners presents artists from various genres of music from Classic Chicago House, 90's House; More modern House; Disco, Techno, Tech-House, and DNB . The venue has a capacity of 250 and a state of the art Meyer Sound system (with two extra Void subwoofers for extra kick) and plenty of room to dance.

Primary Night Club

Christina Novelli (born 27 November 1985) is a British DJ, vocalist and songwriter who resides in London. She is the daughter of Jean-Christophe Novelli, a French celebrity chef.

Christina Novelli

Feel Alive

Nicholas Gunn

Love You More

Ocata

Markus Schulz

Kryder

Kyau & Albert

In Search of Sunrise 17 (Mixed by Markus Schulz, Kryder and Kyau & Albert)

Above the Clouds - Mixed

Inception

Armin van Buuren ASOT Radio

ASOT 1056 - A State Of Trance Episode 1056

Inception (ASOT 1056)

Triqz

Rapture

Introduction: Over the last 10 years Markus Schulz has crafted the individual musical identities of progressive, trance & house into his own unique fusion sound. The combined influence of his headlining DJ sets; Armada and Coldharbour label releases and highly prominent Global DJ Broadcast radio show have placed him at the forefront of the US EDM revolution. This success has been reflected in weekly sets spun in front of tens of thousands, a GDJB listenership up in the millions and critically acclaimed albums, including ‘Do You Dream?’ and most recently ‘Scream’. In 2008 Schulz broke into the # 10 of DJ Mag’s Top 100 chart and has maintained a successive run of high-ranking positions ever since. He holds the 2012-2013 DJ Times magazine reader-voted title of America’s Best DJ. Playing over 150 gigs every year, he has become the busiest international DJ playing out of the United States.

Markus Schulz – The DJ: Through his natural audience interaction, flawless harmonic mixing, intuitive tune selection and now famous open-till-close sets, he has wowed crowds in every major metropolis. Schulz’s DJ career has run largely parallel to that of his productions. In the early noughties, having concentrated on the hinterland between trance & progressive, he began to reach audiences further and further afield. His career received a significant boost when, in 2004, he signed with heavyweight DJ agency, David Lewis Productions (also home to Armin van Buuren). Now a regular fixture at the world’s biggest & most famous clubs, arenas and festivals, he lays down his inimitable trance-progressive vision on a weekly basis. In Europe, he’s smashed Transmission, Nature One, Dance Valley, Electronic Family, Sunrise and Tomorrowland; worked tent-pegs loose at Creamfields; gridlocked Global Gatherings and played open-till-close sets at Space, Miami, Avalon, LA and Amnesia, Ibiza. Stateside the colossal Electric Daisy, Nocturnal, and Ultra Festivals have allfelt Schulz pressure and yet further afield still he’s engineered floor uproar across South East Asia and Australia. Schulz polled 4 consecutive years inside DJ Mag’s world’s top 10, is regularly ranked in the FTB, Trance Addict and Trance Podium charts as trance’s 2nd biggest spinner and won Best American DJ at the 2008 IDMAs.

How It Began: Born in Eschwege, central Germany, Markus emigrated to the United States. Age 13, his dance music awakening came during the grip of the country’s then-nascent breakdance scene. His early production and DJ career roughly tracked that of the second Stateside House explosion and he caught his first production break in 1993 when he remixed Sagat’s ‘Why Is It? (F** Dat)’ for FFrr. Markus’ freshman production release followed in 1994 with the 6-track ‘Plastik Trax EP Vol 1’. Throughout the mid to late Nineties he continued to accrue acclaim with a range of releases on numerous luminary U.S. labels. In 1998 he recorded ‘You Won’t See Me Cry’ for Plastik Records (his first label), which was picked up by the UK’s Eve Records and became his first non-domestic release.

Coldharbour Recordings: Schulz’s sound notably came quickest to the ears of European DJs. Following the formation of the Armada group in 2005, Armin sought Markus out and asked him to start compiling tracks for a new vinyl series. The Coldharbour Sessions EPs launched in 2004 (with the first 3 releases coming out on the already established Electronic Elements label). In succession they resoundingly impacted on dancefloors and within 12 months Coldharbour the label came into existence. Named after Markus’ then-production base in London’s Coldharbour Lane, its output immediately brought a new sound-type to Armada’s repertoire. It also became a lightning rod for a new generation of prog-inclined producers – setting in motion the careers of (amongst others) Santiago Nino, Rex Mundi, Mark Otten & Niklas Harding. With 2005 under the spell of Coldharbour’s more refined, minimal yet still melodic take on the trance sound Markus struck again with the first Coldharbour Sessions mix compilation. Such has been the success of the imprint that in 2007 it was joined by sub-label Coldharbour Red. This, in turn, became the launch pad for the careers of Marcus Schössow, tyDi, Glenn Morrison & Evol Waves and was the point of re-entry for early Schulz side-project, Dakota (see section below). In August 2010 it celebrated it 100th release with Schulz’s cover of Cass & Slide’s ‘Perception’. Eight years after its birth, Coldharbour stands among the top tier of trance & progressive labels and received a Best Global Label nomination at the 2013 IDMAs. Getting regular props from the press, in 2011 DJ Mag stated that it was: “a imprint in the rudest of good health!” while Mixmag said: “Coldharbour is a label fair brimming with ready-to-break production talent”.

M.S. Productions 2005 – 2009: Perfectly intersecting the quality/quantity axis, Markus’ own productions have been fundamental components in marshalling clubbers and music lovers to his sound. Over the course of the last half-decade singles like ‘First Time’ & ‘Without You Near’ (2005), ‘Fly To Colours’, ‘Never Be The Same’ & ‘I Am’ (2007) ‘Perfect’ & ‘Cause You Know’ (2008) & most recently anthems like ‘The New World’ & ‘Do You Dream?’ have each played their vital part. Markus is also a regular production collaborator. In 2005 he famously teamed up with likeminded producers Gabriel & Dresden and Departure for ‘Without You Near’ and did the same with Andy Moor on ‘Daydream’ and Max Graham on ‘Goodbye’. The impact of all the singles has been catalysed throughout the period by his studio albums ‘Without You Near’ (2005) and ‘Progression’ (2007). M.S. Productions 2010 – 2012 - ‘Do You Dream’: In February 2010, Schulz completed the principle recording of his third longplayer, ‘Do You Dream?’ The 16-track album was released on June the 15th in many key territories. Its release prompted Tilllate Magazine to say it was “energetic” & “exhilarating”, whilst DJ Mag said: “it’s hard to see why you won’t completely adore this”. On April the 1st, 2011 the album’s remix edition was released. It included track remakes from heavyweights including Ferry Corsten, Cosmic Gate & Super8 & Tab, as well as core Coldharbour artists, inc. Tucandeo, Mr Pit and Mike Foyle. The remix edition was followed a month later by Schulz’s first DVD release in May ‘11, which documented his ‘Do You Dream?’ round-theworld tour. October 2011 saw Schulz begin work on his fourth, as yet untitled artist album. It was announced in March of 2012 that ‘Go!’ - a collaboration with fellow German producer Dennis Shepard, would be the first single to appear from it. Markus Schulz Pres. Dakota: Markus has only made rare use of pseudonyms throughout his career - seeing them only as valuable if they represented an outlet for something other than his established sound. At the turn of the millennium he released 3 tracks (‘Swirl’, ‘Frozen’ & ‘Lost in Brixton’) under the alias, Dakota. Over time the tracks became first-contact points for many new fans. In 2009 Schulz paid dues to that by resurrecting the guise, recalibrating its sound and directed his attentions to a whole album of material. ‘Thoughts Become Things’ was the result and it became a route diversion that branched out to embrace techno, house and other sub-genres. It swelled both Schulz’s fanbase and the range of DJ support for his music. The album justified 7 single releases that have included particular fan-favourites ‘Chinook’, ‘Johnny the Fox’, ‘Koolhaus’ & ‘Mr Cappuccino’. Such was its success in July of 2011 he followed it up with the sequel – ‘Thoughts Become Things II’. Giving it their prized Album of the Month award, MIXMAG said: “With ‘Thoughts II’ Schulz’s Dakota guise could be about to take centrestage”, while DJ Mag noted it contained “lush riffs at a housier tempo” and was “epic stuff”. Further afield America’s DJ Times wrote: "every track pushes great sounds and solid club vibes that throw you off your feet", whilst Germany’s Raveline said that: "no DJ should miss out on the techier, darker and more progressive side of the Schulz sound". To date it has spawned 5 singles (‘Sinners’, ‘Sleepwalkers’, Katowice’ and the AA ‘In A Green Valley’/’Saints’), as well as a remix edition with reworks from Arnej, KhoMha, Mr Pit, Wellenrausch and others.

The Global DJ Broadcast show: Now in its sixth year Schulz’s GDJB has continued to be a beacon for an always-growing throng of trance & progressive dance fans. Having begun life on Miami’s Party 93.1 station, it is now broadcast through DI.fm and Sirius/XM satellite, the Global DJ Broadcast site and over 50 other FM stations around the planet. Based on a regular format, the first show of each month is a two hour long mix from one of Schulz’s rolling World Tour gigs - ones that have of late included Medellin, Columbia, St Petersberg, Russia & Amnesia in Ibiza. Subsequent shows in the month feature Markus mixing his broad span pick of the current electronic dance music best for an hour (which includes the forum-voted Global Selection track of the week) followed by guest mixes from both established and up-and-coming DJs.

Markus Schulz – The City Albums: Markus is also responsible for one of the longest running and respected compilation album series in trance history. Providing this microcosmic view of his sound, the albums have become cornerstones for fans collections, with each travelogue edition bringing in a fresh wave of supporters. Notably, the Amsterdam ’08 release was nominated for an IDMA award for Best Full Length DJ Mix (in the same year that he took home the trophy for Best American DJ). Kicking off in 2005 with Miami, it moved to Ibiza in ’06, Amsterdam in ’08 and Toronto in ’09. The following year Schulz was “notably ahead of the curve” (Mixmag) with Las Vegas’10 release, presaging the city’s EDM rise by 12 months. In 2011 he focused on dance music’s surge in popularity in Eastern Europe with Prague’11, before returning to the States for his most recent edition. ‘Los Angeles ‘12’ captured the establishment of EDM as a dominant mainstream force in the American music scene. In giving it their Album of the Month, Mixmag said: “Schulz clearly demonstrates his understanding of the uncompromising sounds that holds sway over LA’s clubs and arenas”.

Remixes: Markus started his remix career in the early 90s with a 30-strong volley of high-profile reworks. Over the course of the decade he re-tooled the production works of Euro dominators like The Real McCoy & Technotronic, house masters & divas including Armand van Helden & Liz Torres, legendary Nineties icons RuPaul, Bette Midler & Sandra Bernhard and fully-fledged Alisters like Madonna (on Love Don’t Live Here Anymore). As the Millennium arrived he began to work on deeper, more intrinsically electronic dance fare... In 2000 he remixed trance innovator Pablo Gargano’s ‘Absolution’, PQM’s Renaissance classic ‘The Flying Song’ and Fatboy Slim’s ‘Sunset (Bird of Prey). Satisfied that he’d found the right dance strata to focus on

Markus has gone on to rewire tracks by Oceanlab, Motorcycle, Dance 2 Trance, Cosmic Gate, Nalin & Kane, Kyau & Albert, John O’Callaghan, & Space Manoeuvres amongst many, many others.

Synthesizing a never-heard-before compound of electronic music styles, Jochen’s audio has come to embody today’s freeform big-room-filling ethic. From his earliest turntable & studio days, the young Netherlander’s experiments in sound have consciously dismantled traditional EDM boundaries. Confounding efforts to pigeonhole him, its delivered a style that’s seen club floors reach critical mass all the way from Atlanta to Zagreb. A spinner who defies comparison, he’s long since conquered his home country, playing tent-pole events like Dance Valley, Mysteryland and Trance Energy, before casting his high-impact sound further afield. That most recently has seen him extensively tour continents including South America and assume a new residency at Miami’s prestigious Mansion club.

Production-wise Jochen is now most quickly associated with his string of releases on BeYourselfMusic’s Big & Dirty label. These have included his ‘Dammit’, ‘Cheer Up’ and ‘Attic’ solo productions, which have lynch-pinned his sets and packed the young Dutchman’s floors. Enjoying comparable radio, club and fan acclaim have been ‘Bash’, ‘Perfect Day’ and ‘Southpoint’, co-produced respectively alongside Marco V, Rank 1 and SL8. In summer 2013 he broke new stylistic collaboration ground once again, working with underground Swedish rock collective Dogs With Jeans on ‘We Have Tonight’

The DJ: In 2000 Jochen became the first ever resident at Nijmegen’s scene setting Matrixx club. With his charismatic, easy-going nature, crowd-attuned deck approach and clued-up style he quickly made a name for himself there, as well as other renowned spots including Eindhoven’s DansSalon. From that foundation he’s begun to propagate his sound globally, paying regular spinning visits to the USA & Canada, Russia, Italy, the UK, Germany, Poland (for the Sunrise Festival) and the Czech Republic. In 2012 he made his EDC debut at the NYC & LV events; completed his first Mexican tour and embarked on the Stereosonic tour of Australia. He also holds residencies at Mansion in Miami and the Ministry of Sound in London. Miller is signed to the David Lewis Productions DJ agency - home to A-list spinners including Armin van Buuren and W&W.

Productions & Remixes: Following his earliest turn-of-the-millennium productions (inc. ‘Surround Me’ & 7th Heaven’), Jochen’s discography went into overdrive with the launch of broad-range music label High Contrast. ‘uPad’, ‘Chromatic’, ‘Humanoid’, ‘Lost Connection’ and ‘Face Value’ all provided heavy- impact floor artillery, finding favour with tougher-minded DJs, including Marco V, Sander van Doorn and Judge Jules.

Alongside his productions, Jochen Miller remixes have latterly become a much sought after commodity. He has reworked the likes of Fedde le Grand & Nicky Romero’s ‘Sparks’ and Morgan Page feat. Jonathan Mendelsohn ‘Where Did You Go’ for the Flamingo and Nettwerk labels respectively.

Compilations: Jochen has been mixing compilations as far back as 2002 (when he put together the first Matrixx CD). He now has six to his name - the most recent being High Contrast Recordings Presents Jochen Miller and the co-mixing of EnTrance Presents High Contrast alongside Rank 1.

Radio Show: In 2010 Jochen began a monthly radio show… Stay Connected is broadcast on an ever- expanding list of stations, which already include AH:FM, Dance Tunes Radio, Trance FM, Radio Hi-Tec and SATO Radio. With the program also available as an iTunes and MixCloud podcast, the sixty minute show delivers his unique sound-fusionworldwide every month. He also compiles and mixes the quarterly iTunes-released Stay Connected compilations, which draw the best of the best music from his radio show for commercially released mixes. In 2013 he added to his radio show range launching Jochen

Jochen Miller

Rotunda (Dave Neven Remix)

Rotunda - Dave Neven Remix

ASOT 1054 - A State Of Trance Episode 1054

Love You More (ASOT 1054)

Sirens In The Sky

Giuseppe Ottaviani

Sunlounger

In Search of Sunrise 16

A Glimmer of Hope - Mixed

Intricacy Chicago Presents:

The Thrillseekers

Dave Neven

Doors: 10 pm

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Chicago

Illinois

Groove Cruise Miami might be just under a year away, but they’re already getting the GCFAM hyped for the 20th-anniversary sailing. Last year saw the beloved event from Whet Travel announce the initial details with news of its dates, January 24-28, along with word that it will head to Great Stirrup Cay with the trusty cruiseliner being the Norwegian Encore.

Those who come aboard Groove Cruise Miami will be treated to daily themed parties, artist activities, mental health panels, tasty eats at the ship’s restaurants, and plenty more, but it’s the 96 hours of nonstop music that is the real draw. There’s no better way to celebrate two decades of partying on the high seas than by dropping an insane lineup – and that’s just what they did today with the list of artists who will be performing.

Headlining Groove Cruise Miami 2024 are Tiësto, who is slated to play their private beach party, along with Diplo and John Summit, both of whom will bring their labels along for the ride. But the headliners are just the tip of this very deep lineup, as the immediate standouts on the undercard include Aly & Fila, Gabriel & Dresden, DEEPFAKE, LP Giobbi, Disco Lines, HALIENE, Markus Schulz, Pig&Dan, Trivecta, VNSSA, Blastoyz, MitiS, and Factor B.

Best Dave Neven Songs of All Time - Top 10 Tracks

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1. Feel Alive

2. Love You More

3. Above the Clouds - Mixed

4. Inception

5. Inception (ASOT 1056)

6. Rapture

7. Rotunda - Dave Neven Remix

8. Love You More (ASOT 1054)

9. Sirens In The Sky

10. A Glimmer of Hope - Mixed

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