MOOGFEST Announces Additions to copmlete 2017 Festival Lineup

Durham, North Carolina, April 18, 2017 – Today Moogfest announces their last and final additions to the 2017 festival, rounding out an already impressive lineup with DJ Premier, Zola Jesus, King Britt, Jana Hunter, Baltra, IDEO, Modular on the Spot, and Durham music collective The Floor. This announcement builds on Moogfest’s trajectory: balancing Future Sound (performances) and Future Thought (conference) conversations and workshops, with artists and technologists who participate in both sides of the program.

Grammy-award winning producer and half of the legendary hip hop duo Gang Starr, DJ Premier will grace the stage at this year’s festival. Premiere’s prized productions have threaded through the decades, defining the sound of multiple generations of hip-hop. Always evolving yet timeless, celebrated rappers and lyricists from KRS-One to Kanye West, have called on Premier to create the sonic foundation for their voices.

Dark wave electronic artist Zola Jesus is set to perform from her unreleased 5th studio album, TAIGA. Described by the artist herself, “The music on the record is massive, with big brass and beats, crystal clear vocals.” King Britt has prepared a Moogfest exclusive part-live/part-DJ set fusing his mastery in track selection with live hardware electronics, while NYC-based producer Baltra will perform a DJ set showcasing his expertise of gritty underground techno productions.

A&F Drum Co. - The Royals

A&F Drum Co. has made a light-weight drum set with a limited edition 2017 Royal Elite Snare that is custom engraved by John Aldridge.

Only ten are made per year:

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Artist testimonials: 

Mike Johnston  

"(speaking of our 3x13 Rude Boy) First snare drum i have bought in 15 years... Holy crap, it lived up to every ounce of expectation. It is almost as full sounding as any snare drum I have ever played." 

XLIVE 2017 Data & Analytics Summit Brings Out Netflix, Live Nation, FOX Sports + many more Live Event and Sports Industry All-Stars

A bright, airy entrance greeted the attendees of XLIVE’s 2017 Data and Analytics Summit as they entered the doors of The Paley Center in Beverly Hills this past April 4-5 for two engaging and insightful days alongside the live event industry’s biggest leaders. Welcoming companies such as Warner Brothers Records, Netflix, Los Angeles Kings, Ticketmaster, and Jacksonville Jaguars in addition to many others, the XLIVE Data and Analytics Summit convened a wealth of live event producers, sports executives, leading data, and analytics executives to discuss the latest technologies emerging at the forefront of event production.

Granting attendees unprecedented access to mingle with speakers throughout the course of the event, the XLIVE D&A Summit hit attendance capacity and offered up the opportunity for educators and educatees to interact in a casual environment - before, during, and after each panel. The panels, which took place one at a time throughout each day, were carefully designed to explore the growing industry of Data and Analytics and the rapid expansion of digitizing live event experiences, encouraging participants to harness the power of their data to more effectively engage attendees, understand customer behavior, increase revenue, analyze competition, identify talent trends, monetize assets, and enhance sponsorship activation.