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Puerto Rico Tech Summit 2013

2013-05-09T08:12:00.001-04:30

Calling all "amantes del Internet libre," the Puerto Rico Government is sponsoring the first ever technology summit focused on raising the consciousness and use of government enabled Application Programming Interfaces (API). This is an unprecedented vote of confidence in the local software development community, which makes me super excited.

The Puerto Rico Tech Summit, is scheduled for June 6, 2013 in the Puerto Rico Convention Center. In conjunction with a program of workshops and tutorials, the summit will also feature the first ever Government Hackathon.

All of this follows the recent announcement of the Governor's MOU asking for Rest API's from all of the major government agencies, Governor Garcia Padilla has signaled a new era in software development in Puerto Rico. Led by Giancarlos González and Roberto Rosario, this new initiative breaths fresh air into an IT industry that is stagnated and smothered by monopolistic software industry practices.

Python Parranda - InstallFest

2013-05-09T07:46:00.002-04:30

On May 11th, the Puerto Rico Python Interest Group (prPIG) is proud to announce our first ever Python Parranda. The Parranda is part Python InstallFest and part Meetup/Sprint. It will be Saturday morning from 9am till 12pm at the Telegrafo building on Ponce de Leon, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The group decided that getting the Python community ready for the upcoming Puerto Rico Tech Summit. what was most important need. The Tech Summit, 06/06/13, is sponsored by the Puerto Rican Government, and it’s CIO Giancarlos González. The first of it’s kind, the Tech Summit is a direct outreach to the Puerto Rico software development community to participate in access to governmental data; especially the Government Hackathon being held simultaneously with the summit.

The data being made available for the hackathon is a direct result of the MOU Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla signed on 2/28/13. Following President Barack Obama’s lead, Governor Garcia requested every government agency to make an API within 90 days.

Note: prPIG is kindly sponsored by the Internet Society, through their Community Grant program. We are deeply grateful for all of the support we have received so far, it has been well beyond our wildest expectations.

Welcome Home, Pa'lante!

2013-04-18T14:23:00.002-04:30

Today, I finished the conversion of MC Dondees, to yours truly. It feels good to step out from behind the curtain. The myriad reasons why we did it, shall remain locked in the past. MC Dondees was a bad joke taken to the extreme.

Culebra, PR

For, good or worse, writing as MC Don Dees allowed me to rant about everything we learned about founding technology in Puerto Rico. We thought we going to make a difference, and we did, but never in a way that we could actually monetize our traffic.

In the end, the concept of an Internet advertising startup based in Puerto Rico will always be sentenced to a life of starvation. I guess good, old Bob Davila from EnterPRize, knew it from the beginning. The evidence eventually proved him right.

Even today, the non-existence of an Internet Advertising industry in Puerto Rico is astonishing. Furthermore, the complete lack of search engine marketing is even more perplexing. WTF? Search Engine Marketing is the most effective form of direct advertising ever invented. Why would anyone NOT want to do it?

Disposable Society

2013-03-18T07:21:00.001-04:30

Every Monday the Solid Waste Department picks-up all of the "escombro" in my neighborhood. I often scoot along ahead of them and snatch what I can before the truck comes. As a sculptor, it truly is "one man's garbage is another man's treasure," but some of the stuff I find is still in good condition.

Some of it is perfectly good household decorations, furniture, barbeques, or even tools (for example). They are thrown out, smashed up and deposited in our overflowing landfills. 40 to 50 times a year, in thousands of neighborhoods, all across Puerto Rico. It is such a waste!

Someone Will Save It

If people think that the government workers "save" any of it, regardless of condition, they are mostly mistaken. Sure I'm sure if something "primo" appears, they might save it, but in general, they do not. It's not their concern. What people throw out is to be scooped up and thrown away. It takes them too much time to sort through the artifacts and determine if something is serviceable.

They're an afterthought in a disposable society. If it's of no value to someone, then it must be worthless. It is no wonder that there are so few antique stores in Puerto Rico! I've had discussions with people about this topic, and the general take-away is that rescuing something from the landfill is beneath the common Puerto Rican. To do so, brings shame upon your family.

Need Is Ignored

Yet, there are families in Puerto Rico that survive off of what others discard. We've all seen someone pushing a shopping cart down the street picking up aluminum cans in order to feed his family. Recently I've seen sites open up that buy scrap metal. There are usually lines of beaten pickup trucks loaded down with all types of metal. Some of it is scavenged, and I'm sure some of it is stolen, but that's another problem all together.

I just wish that there was some way that neighborhoods could collect serviceable goods found in the "escombro" and donate it to a distributor. The distributor couldn't pay for it, because people would then begin outright stealing, just to sell to these places. So it has to be done from the simple perspective that there are families and organizations that could use the stuff that has been thrown out by the affluent. If only we could find a way to collect it and send it to those that need it.

Yes, I know, I'm too idealistic.

Puerto Rico Has The Second Highest Income Inequality

2012-09-24T08:49:00.005-04:30

After Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico has the highest income equality in the US.

La Perla, Old San Juan

The Census has released a map plotting states' respective Gini coefficients. A Gini coefficient measures the income disparity in a given area; i.e., its gap between rich and poor was lowest.

Among all states and the U.S. territories, the District of Columbia led with a coefficient of .534, followed closely by Puerto Rico at .531. The state with the biggest income disparity is New York.

Most remarkable is that the U.S. continues to have an average rate — .475 compared to 2010's .469 — that rivals El Salvador's.

From Business Insider.

Analysis

Over the past 60 years, Puerto Rico has gone from a place where nearly everyone was broke as fuck, to a place that you ain't nobody unless you rich as fuck. If you think that things got bad in the US during the "Great Depression," conditions in Puerto Rico were literally third world.

Along comes "Operation Bootstap" and Puerto Rico instantly became a thief's dream; stacks of free money for every crime imaginable. There was so much cash left over, that even "honest" and self-made men, could even get in on the action, and still come out squeaky clean. Some even became our most "revered" citizens.

We instantly created a privileged class of citizens. The "1%" became our ideal, our role models. As more families distanced themselves from the lower caste, businesses learned that there was a new breed of citizens who wanted to prove to their neighbors that they were no longer part of the "99%."

Just try to reconcile these two recent headlines: "Puerto Rico's children mired in poverty that dwarfs rest of U.S" and "Puerto Rico Launches New Luxury Mall Project in San Juan." I wonder who will want to go there most? The "1%" or the rest of the posers on the island who need to "prove" that they are "entitled" to shop there?

Puerto Rico and NASCAR?

2012-09-20T12:08:00.001-04:30

In an unusual juxtaposition of memes, "Puerto Rico Does It Better" now graces the hood of a racing car in the NASCAR Pro Series

Rev Racing is excited to announce the new partnership between its driver Bryan Ortiz and the Puerto Rico Board of Tourism. Via Short Track Action

Ortiz, a native of Puerto Rico, and driver of the No. 4 Rev Racing Toyota, will be displaying this new sponsor during the upcoming NASCAR K&N Pro Series East races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Dover International Speedway. Puerto Rico Board of Tourism is the official source of information for all those traveling to the island destination. “Puerto Rico Does It Better” will be displayed on the hood of Ortiz’s car for this weekend’s G-Oil 100 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

“I am happy and proud to have the support of the Puerto Rico Board of Tourism on my car for the upcoming K&N races,” said Ortiz. “It will be the first time that they have been involved with NASCAR and I’m hoping for a good run in both of the upcoming races with them on board. Hopefully we can continue this partnership for years to come.”

Analysis

This is actually a pretty common practice in motor racing. In Formula One racing, if a driver can bring advertising money to the table, they are much more likely to get a chance to join a Formula One team. Best of luck to Ortiz, I hope the new sponsorship takes him to new heights in his career.

Electric Daisy Carnival 2012 Photos

2012-09-19T18:14:00.002-04:30

Electric Daisy Carnival Dancers

Exclusive photographs courtesy of Mis Tribus and Insomniac.

Still sorting through all of the pictures of EDC Puerto Rico 2012, I've already uploaded seven (7) sets of some of the early action in kineticFIELD and circuitGROUNDS. They are available on Mis Tribus' Photo album page on Facebook. So far I've got:

Oh yeah, I was also able to get an autograph from DATSIK before we was carted off to party on through the night. Check it out:

The Electronic Daisy Carnival Experience

2012-09-17T13:52:00.000-04:30

Insomniac hosts an another incredible experience in Puerto Rico

Dancers + Datsik = Awesome

It's been some 30 hours since Electronic Daisy Carnival, and I have to admit: "I'm still reeling from such an intense experience." I still can't hear out of my right ear, I still can't seem to drink enough water, my arms and legs ache, and I've still got to go through some 2,700 photographs I took during EDC.

One of the things that Insomniac understands is generating engagement (involvement) by appealing to multi-sensory experiences. As they put it, they are not concert producers. they are experience creators. From the props, to the costumes; from the rides to the art; from the dancers to the light shows, an Electric Daisy Carnival is like no other event you will ever attend.

No matter how crazy fans may get, their events seem to be able to harness an audience's emotions and reflect it back to them in a way that creates an electrifying experience. At least for this humble photographer, I'd have to say that this year's Electric Daisy Carnival was one of the best moments of my life.

Thanks to everyone involved and there is a lot more to come.

Spotlight: Save A Sato

2012-09-17T13:42:00.001-04:30

I've blogged about animal cruelty in Puerto Rico a number of times. For what it's worth I think it is the sad result of a society which treats animals as things, and completely ignores the extreme demand of over population on a closed ecosystem.

When people ask me where I live, I usually tell them "I live on a rock in the middle of the ocean." Consisting of approximately 90% volcanic rock, Puerto Rico is literally that, a rock in the middle of the ocean. My point is, just like any closed ecosystem, everyone, everything, is constantly competing for very limited resources.

One source of hope for me, is the small set of people who have chosen to help our animal management crisis. I've reported on one other organization, but I want to do more to shine a spotlight on the incredible work going on in Puerto Rico to combat animal cruelty.

Spotlight - Save A Sato

Save A Sato is a non-profit organization dedicated to easing the suffering of Puerto Rico's homeless and abused animals. "Sato" is slang for street dog. We rescue Satos from the streets and beaches, give them medical care, food and shelter, and plenty of love. When they are healthy, we send them to one of our shelter partners for adoption into loving homes.

Recently they received the honor of being reconized by Animal Planet's "Dog Whisperer," Cesar Millan. From their blog:

"Save A Sato has been honored with $5k grant Award by the Cesar Millan Foundation, to keep helping the satos of Puerto Rico!! We feel so honored for this great gift of love! Many many satos will be helped!! Special thanks also to Juan Agustin Marquez from the documentary 100,000 for helping the satos of Puerto Rico and also showing to the world what we do everyday to help the strays of Puerto Rico. We want to share a picture of Cesar's Foundation Facebook Page, of the announcement, we feel so proud!!"

I want to express my deepest gratitude for everyone who helps to make Save a Sato one of the shining examples of animal love and caring in Puerto Rico.

Datsik & Linkin Park on SoundCloud

2012-09-14T21:26:00.004-04:30

Popular DubStep Producer Set to Play Electric Daisy Carnival

If you haven't heard of SoundCloud, then you're in for a treat. According to their website, SoundCloud is the world’s leading social sound platform where anyone can create sounds and share them everywhere.

Recording and uploading sounds to SoundCloud lets people easily share them privately with their friends or publicly to blogs, sites and social networks.

An example of this slick sharing is the ability to embed a track on a website. Here is one of Datsik's latest, a remix of Linkin Park's "Until it Breaks." Very cool...

Linkin Park - Until it Breaks (Datsik Remix) by Datsik

Map of Electric Daisy Carnival 2012

2012-09-14T08:30:00.001-04:30

Flipped through the paper this morning and to my delight, there was an advance copy of the map and layout for 2012 Electric Daisy Carnival in Puerto Rico. A quick check of the website, and I confirmed this map hasn't been posted there, so this is a web exclusive. Here's how they're organizing things:

Click for a larger view!

As mentioned yesterday, there will be four stages. Both circuitGROUNDS and bassPOD will be indoors, while the kineticFIELD and neonGARDEN will be outside with the carnival rides. Both of the indoor stages appear to hold the most people, so I guess planners expect the biggest crowds there, mosh pit anyone? The smallest space is reserved for neonGARDEN.

From the map, there appear to be six carnival rides planned for EDC 2012, with a trio of local art installations. If you get the munchies while you're at EDC, and you will, then head to the neonGARDEN. Just to the right of the stage appears to be the only location to grab something to eat.

Finding a drink won't be any problem, but remember ALL drinks, food, and merchandise must be paid for in cash. So, save yourself some aggravation and stop at a sacachavo before entering. There will be some portable ATMs inside, but I wouldn't depend on them. We'll see you tomorrow, enjoy!

Electric Daisy Carnival Announces 2012 Schedule

2012-09-13T20:33:00.001-04:30

Well, Insomniac has released the schedule of artists for the 2012 Electric Daisy Carnival in Puerto Rico. It looks like there will be four stages: kineticFIELD, circuitGROUNDS, bassPOD, and neonGARDEN. Here are the schedules (as a special bonus, if I could find it, I've included a link to their Sound Cloud pages):

kineticFIELD
04:00pm - 05:30pm - JB
05:30pm - 07:00pm - DaNo
07:00pm - 08:15pm - Danny Avila
08:15pm - 09:30pm - Manufactured Superstars
09:30pm - 09:45pm - SOFI
09:45pm - 10:45pm - Savoy
10:45pm - 12:00am - R3hab
12:00am - 01:15pm - Thomas Gold
01:15pm - 02:45am - Kaskade
02:45pm - 04:00am - Dash Berlin

circuitGROUNDS
04:00pm - 05:30pm - King Arthur
05:30pm - 07:00pm - Vik
07:00pm - 08:30pm - Wolves Can Riot
08:30pm - 09:15pm - DallasK
09:15pm - 10:15pm - Lucky Date
10:15pm - 11:30pm - La Castle Vania
11:30pm - 01:00am - Tommy Trash
01:00am - 02:30pm - Digitalism
02:30pm - 04:00am - Bassjackers

bassPOD
04:00pm - 05:30pm - The Alkmst & Kid Chaos
05:30pm - 07:00pm - Propane
07:00pm - 08:00pm - Crizzly
08:00pm - 09:00pm - Bare Noize
09:00pm - 10:00pm - Delta Heavy
10:00pm - 11:30pm - Downlink
11:30pm - 01:00am - Andy C
01:00am - 02:30pm - Datsik
02:30pm - 04:00am - Figure

neonGARDEN
04:00pm - 05:30pm - Marco Pinzi
05:30pm - 07:00pm - Chucky
07:00pm - 08:00pm - Flavio
08:00pm - 09:00pm - Red
09:00pm - 10:00pm - DJ Gulembo
10:00pm - 11:30pm - ZBoys
11:30pm - 01:30am - Lauren Lane

01:30pm - 04:00am - Fur Coat

Caribbean Coral Reefs Nearing Destruction

2012-09-12T12:54:00.000-04:30

Reported to be taken off of Mayagüez

Most of the coral on reefs in the Caribbean are dead with less than 10 percent on average having live coral cover, a startling new report shows.

The report published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) last week shows that the Caribbean coral reefs have died off mainly due to damaging fishing methods, climate change, disease, and pollution.

Only 8 percent of the average coral cover lives on the reef today, compared with more than 50 percent in the 1970s, the report stated.

It added that the rate of coral decline is not slowing down! Warmer water sent through the area by passing hurricanes has harmed reefs, the report said. “Coral bleaching,” as it is called, is also a more frequent occurrence and is caused by pollution and warming seas. When coral is under stress, it cannot sustain the algae that give it its color.

Total coral coverage in the Florida Keys, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico has declined from around 25 or 35 percent in the 1970s to less than 15 percent today, the report stated.

From the Epoch Times.

Hurricane Free Electric Daisy Carnival 2012

2012-09-12T11:49:00.000-04:30

Just checked the National hurricane Center and to my surprise, there is another tropical storm in the Atlantic. But, we are in luck because it's following Michael and Leslie up into the middle of the Atlantic. Wheesh!

So that means, that we are still all systems go for Operation BassDrop, otherwise known as the Electric Daisy Carnival. Don't miss the crazy vibe, this Saturday at the Panamerican Pier Complex in Miramar. Looking at the weather, the north bound Nadine might keep the weather stable. The predictions are for 20% chance of rain for EDC on Saturday/Sunday. Come to think of it though, I don't the chance of rain in Puerto Rico is ever 0%, it's the tropics for crying out loud!

Electric Daisy Carnival Live!

2012-09-12T07:30:00.004-04:30

Oh yeah, I got my press pass approval from Insomniac, so that means I'll be able to bring in the big guns to EDC! Yep, I'll be bringing my DSLR along for my trip to the carnival. This should prove to be very interesting.

One of the things some people think about before going to EDC is how am I going to catch anyone's attention amidst a full-on rave? With everyone walking around with adrenaline pumping, it can sometimes be tricky to get any attention (engagement). But when you've got a nice camera, you've got an instant draw (an Engage-acon 3000)! Everyone wants their picture taken when they're having a good time.

Puerto Rico Economy Still Destroying Wealth

2012-09-10T09:51:00.003-04:30

No matter what any politicians or news agencies would like to claim that Puerto Rico's economy has turned the corner, I say bollocks. Any minor fluctuations in GDP is merely lipstick on a pig, because the evidence continues to tell a different story.

According to Reuters, since July 2012, 3 different blocks of Puerto Rico government bonds have been downgraded. The three blocks account for $20 billion in Puerto Rico government-backed bonds.

While I don't have the details on the exact return on the bonds, but it is common practice to increase the dividend rate on bonds if their ratings decrease. The logic goes something like this. The riskier a bond is or becomes, the higher the return. Bond issuers must promise those higher returns in order to lure investors to take a gamble on the high risk bonds.

In short, since July, instead of the Puerto Rican government owing investors $20 billion + their original rate of return, let's say 7%. We now owe $20 billion + 8.5%, as an example. The bottom line is the Puerto Rican debt has increased, so we now owe more, but have not received any increase in tax revenues. Hard to make any budget work when debts increase and revenues remain the same. It all points to a weaker economic stability when these bonds are due.

Hurricane Forecast EDC 2012 in Puerto Rico

2012-09-07T09:53:00.001-04:30

With T minus 7 days and counting the long range hurricane forecast for Puerto Rico is looking good for EDC 2012. With Leslie and Michael both heading north there are no hurricanes or tropical anythings heading towards Puerto Rico!

So it looks like all systems are a go for Electric Daisy Carnival launch next Saturday at 4:00pm. Cue up the bass drops in 5, 4, 3, ...

Puerto Rico Unemplyment by the Numbers

2012-08-30T09:24:00.001-04:30

Bureau of Labor Statistics From 2002 to 2012. A decade of double digit unemployment.

It's hard to fathom the weakness of an economy that would sustain a whole decade of greater than ten percent unemployment.

What a crippling anchor for any economy to bear! Just think of the lost productivity and GDP, it is crushing to imagine.

Yet, we wrestle (luchar) on. It's been that way for so long, that it is hard to remember it ever being any different.

This spreadsheet is courtesy of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, available here.

Analysis

So you say to your self, but surely Puerto Rico has had better times? Sadly, since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking and sharing unemployment in 1976, Puerto Rico has never had less than 10% unemployment. That's 36 years of double digit unemployment!

There are a lot of commentary, notes, and rationalizations for these high unemployment figures, but I'm not going to get into them. I'd like you to just think about the systemic unemployment is in Puerto Rico that consistently leaves more than 10% of the workforce without a job. Unfortunately, unemployment is on the rise again.

Nice background Interview with DatsiK

2012-08-17T10:01:00.001-04:30

My teenage daughters do it. My 8 yr old does and I have to confess. I do it too!

Whenever I get hooked by a new artist, I've got to know more about them. I (we) start looking for other videos, maybe interviews, maybe a backstage perspective. I love learning about what artists think about themselves and their influences.

So that's what I've been doing for DatsiK. In this nugget I found in the archives of Spinner Magazine. It's an interview with DatsiK he shares his experience participating with music festivals, his roots, and guily pleasures:

After first hearing the punishing bass of the dubstep sound on ginormous outdoor festival speakers, DJ/producer Datsik was hooked like a junkie with his first hit. Ever since, Datsik has still been in search of that perfect high, playing with some of the top performers on the circuit, driven to create more and more boundary-pushing bass music.

Thanks Spinner!

Electric Daisy Carnival User Experience

2012-08-16T15:25:00.000-04:30

We live in an infinite marketplace. probably anything you can imagine, and much more, is already for sale over the Internet. One of the new successful business models for content is live performances. Creating scarcity, there's nothing like going in person and feeling the energy vibe. That's why these unique experiences are such good business.

Electric Daisy Carnival, by using multiple tiers or entertainment, the event appeals to it's audience in multiple senses and tastes. So what is EDS like? Speaking from a transmedia or software development perspective, the user experience for someone who attends Electric Daisy is something like this (photographs graciously provided by Caesar Sebastian via a Creative Commons license, great job mate!) :

Kick Ass Jams All Night Long!

Choices. Where do you want your experience to go?

Throw in mind bending special effects!

Add a few hundred body thrashing revolutions.

Step back and marvel at all the beautiful people having fun!

Speaking of someone have the time of his life! I'm gorgeous!

Raise the intensity X 100 and feel the bass!

Until you feel like this!


But remember to take a break every once in a while. Pace yourself! Enjoy!

60,000 Ft Indoor Space @ Panamerican Pier - EDC 2012

2012-08-15T15:25:00.000-04:30

What it feels like at EDC!!!

Brushed of a few map reading tricks and I was able to estimate that the left and right side docks are about 60,000 square feet each. They each are about 300 feet by 100 feet, each 30,000 square feet each. I wonder how many people fit into a building with about 25,000 feet?

EDC Update: Indoor Space @ Panamerican Pier

2012-08-15T14:20:00.000-04:30

Researching the acts for EDC, I ran across this video from an indoor facility. Looking back on the satellite image, their are two large buildings on each side of complex. That's 2/3 of the stages, and a lot more room for the last stage plus carnival.

H8erz Live at Calvin Harris Muelle Panamerican

I bet this move is because September 15th is the peak of hurricane activity on the island. Last years EDC caught a break and we missed almost completely hurricane Maria in 2011. The field (except for Tito Puente Ampitheater) was a mud trap.

I bet Insomniac would prefer to go with a concrete and indoor based facility, like the Panamerican Pier, than take another chance on the weather. An actual hurricane hit would most likely be cancelled, but they would know whether to go for it or cancel it with days of notice. Setting up and breaking down in good weather and firm footing is critical to any show's profitability.

Electric Daisy Carnival 2012 Preview

2012-08-15T11:51:00.000-04:30

4th EDC Brings Dub Master @DatsiK to Puerto Rico

Calling ravers all over the island, it's time to come together and show these DJs and producers how a Puerto Rican crowd can bring the energy!. Let's make'm feel it! What's always great about EDC is learning about new producers and DJs. Here is a brief rundown of the artists currently on the set list:

Drum and Bass (BassPod)?

ANDY C - He is considered a pioneering force in the drum and bass genre.^[1] He specializes in fast mixing, often employing three turntables. Location: Hornchurch, United Kingdom Real Name: ANDREW CLARKE Genre: Drum & Bass
DELTA HEAVY - Location: London, United Kingdom Real Name: BEN HALL & SIMON JAMES Genre: Drum & Bass

Dubstep:(Kinetic Field?)

BARE NOIZE - Location: London, United Kingdom Real Name: DANIEL BROWN & OLIVER PILE Genre: Dubstep
CRIZZLY - Location: San Antonio, TX, United States Genre: Dubstep
DATSIK - Location: Kelowna, Canada Real Name: TROY BEETLES Genre: Dubstep
DOWNLINK - Location: Kelowna, Canada Genre: Dubstep
FIGURE - Location: Louisville, KY, United States Genre: Dubstep
SOFI - Location: Stuttgart, Germany Genre: Dubstep, Electro House

House/Techno...(That other one..?)

BASSJACKERS - Location: Drunen, Netherlands Genre: Electro House
DALLAS K - Producer/DJ/Remixer from Orlando, Florida
DANNY AVILA - Location: Madrid, Spain Genre: Electro House
DASH BERLIN - Location: Den Haag, Netherlands Genre: Trance
DIGITALISM - Location: Hamburg, Germany Genre: Electro House, Indie Dance / Nu Disco
FUR COAT - Language: English. Fur Coat is the brainchild of Sergio Muñoz (Delete) and Israel Sunshine, two producers from Venezuela who since turning the head of Crosstown Rebels boss Damian Lazarus are breaking through on the global house scene with their fresh and groovy funk infused sound. Remix.
KASKADE - Location: San Francisco, United States Genre: House, Progressive House
LAUREN LANE - Labels: Visionquest
LE CASTLE VANIA - Location: Atlanta, GA, United States
Genre: Electro House, Indie Dance / Nu Disco
LUCKY DATE - Location: Chicago, United States Genre: Progressive House
MANUFACTURED SUPERSTARS - Location: Denver, CO, United States Genre: House, Progressive House
R3HAB - Location: Breda, Netherlands Real Name: FADIL EL GHOULD Genre: Electro House, Progressive House
SAVOY - Location: Brooklyn, NY, United States Genre: House
THOMAS GOLD - Location: Berlin, Germany Genre: House, Progressive House
TOMMY TRASH - Location: London, United Kingdom Genre: Electro House, Progressive House
WOLVES CAN RIOT - Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico Genre: Electro House, Techno

DatSik Coming to Puerto Rico!

2012-08-14T13:28:00.001-04:30

Dubstep's "darkest and most robotic," "funkiest and most gangster," and "dirtiest" DJ is coming to EDC 2012!

For me as soon as I saw the line-up announced for Electric Daisy Carnival 2012, the name that jumped right out at me was DatSik. For those of you who haven't had the pleasure:

Puerto Rico EDC 2012 in Panamerican Pier?

2012-08-14T12:36:00.000-04:30

Just how many people can fit into the facility? Will it be enough?

Just take a quick look at this link for the ariel photography of the Panamerican Pier on the World Port Source: Panamerican Pier. Based on last year's reported crowd for EDC and Skrillex in Pablo Sixto Escobar in January, I'd guess at least 15,000 ravers will want to go to the carnival.

I don't know how much of the facility has been cleared, but it needs to host 3 stages, the rides, PLUS 15,000 raging ravers. Seems like too small of a location. Change of venues have been a common occurrence with festival like atmospheres. Both EDC 2011 and Skrillex changed venues, it all depends on us. Ticket sales will most likely drive the venue. So we'll see.