Californian hit duo and new bass acts added to the bill
Californian hitmakers Capital Cities will add up to this summer’s rich program of Exit Festival’s 15th birthday, performing live on Sunday July 12th. Fanfares of their global smash hit “Safe and Sound” will spread throughout the Petrovaradin fortress on the closing night, followed by the traditional fireworks! Popular duo is heading to Balkans to promote “In a Tidal Wave of a Mystery“, one of the best received indie-pop albums in recent years that summed several hundred millions views on YouTube. The last but certainly not least additions will boost the programme from the Petrovaradin Fortress to Jaz Beach. Collaborating with the global bass music platform UKF, the Exit X-Bass list welcomes Scottish producer Hudson Mohawke, producers Kove and Icicle from London, and the DJ collective Vatra from Belgrade.
Capital Cities are duo from Los Angeles formed by Ryan Merchant and Sebu Simonian, former jingle-writers who decided to put their skills to creation of quality pop sound. Global hit “Safe and Sound” went to No.1 place of the US Alternative Songs chart, but only after the worldwide release in 2013, duo stormed the TV and Radio across continents. Video for the single went through three versions to end up with the MTV Award for the Best Music Video and a Grammy nomination in the same category. After 200 million view count on YouTube and even several covers, “Safe & Sound” is one the most Shazamed songs ever with latest singles „Kangaroo Court“ and „One Minute More“ following its success.
Capital Cities – Safe & Sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47dtFZ8CFo8
The new star of the bass scene in London, James Rockhill aka KOVE, is set to perform at Exit’s Main Stage on 9 July. He releases his work under RAM Records, which is led by the legendary Andy C, and collaborates with the Chase & Status duo. Having released three studio albums, he reached the 30th spot at UK charts with the song “Way We Are”. Meanwhile, his remix of John Newman’s track “Love Me Again” garnered over 5 million views on YouTube. The same night at Exit is slated for Icicle, who will present his live concept Entropy at the main stage! Music aficionados see this performance as the future of the DJ profession, and it will be helped by Immanent VJ, who will follow him closely using modern visuals on screens. This has already received tremendous support from the biggest bass stars like Goldie, LTJ Bukem, Fabio, London Elektricity, Pendulum, Andy C, D-Bridge, and many others. Ross Birchard aka Hudson Mohawke, who will perform at Exit on 11 July, was the youngest contestant at the world DJ championship “DMC” at the tender age of 15! He’s released under Warp records, and has been intensely collaborating as a producer with names like Kanye West, John Legend, Drake, Pusha T and Antony Hegarty. Exit awaits a true audio-visual spectacle on Saturday 11 July with Vatra is a modern phenomenon, originating in Belgrade clubs. For the last four years, they’ve been actively organising the most visited hip hop and R’n’B parties! The DJ quartet – byp_, 50Grass, Фake Casual and Inspektor will pull in all local and foreign caps, shorts, and flammable heat with their slogan “F…ing ace in the house” this year at Exit!
Performances for this year’s Exit Festival, have been confirmed by Motörhead, Manu Chao, Faithless, Hardwell, Emeli Sandé, John Newman, Clean Bandit, Tom Odell, Martin Garrix, Tale of Us, Adam Beyer, Chris Liebing, Eagles of Death Metal, Fear Factory, Zomboy, Roni Size Reprazent, Napalm Death, Octave One, with many others for more than 1.000 artists on 20 stages at Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad, Serbia!
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About EXIT:
EXIT started off humbly but bravely back in 2000 when it was a student movement fighting for freedom and democracy in Serbia. Evolving from the student protests of 2000, the expression of rebellious spirit of young people in Serbia and fighting for political change and freedom. In addition, EXIT has played a vital role in bringing together the new nations of former Yugoslavia, war-torn by the events at the end of last century. It is the social importance of the Festival that made it unique and globally recognized.
EXIT is a non-corporate event with a unique history, proving that music is a universal language that can connect and bring people together to make the world a better place. EXIT is more than just a music festival, where hedonism meets activism as EXIT continues to evolve and bring like-minded people together. Exit also supports many community and humanitarian missions.
Today, EXIT is globally acknowledged as one of the most popular European music festivals winning the highly coveted title of ‘Best Major Festival’ at the 2014 European Festival Awards and reflects how EXIT has grown over the years attracting a global audience of 2.5 million visitors from 60 different countries. What was once a movement is now one of the most prestigious music events in the world!
EXIT where hedonism meets activism.
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