Bounce Music Festival @ Mesa Amphitheatre

If you've attended a major music festival, club night, or dance party within the past 12 months, it's almost certain that you've heard "Spaceman" being blasting over the sound system. The otherworldly six-minute track, crafted by Dutch-house wunderkind Hardwell (pictured) earlier this year, has pretty much become the new "Levels,"...

By Benjamin Leatherman

October 25, 2012

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If you've attended a major music festival, club night, or dance party within the past 12 months, it's almost certain that you've heard "Spaceman" being blasting over the sound system. The otherworldly six-minute track, crafted by Dutch-house wunderkind Hardwell (pictured) earlier this year, has pretty much become the new "Levels," as its insanely popular and is bordering on overexposure due to its inclusion in countless DJ mixes. "Spaceman" has even been blended with any number of pop tracks (most famously with Gotye's "Someone I Used to Know") and is guaranteed to be a part of Hardwell's set at Mesa Amphitheatre, 263 North Center Street, when he swings through the Valley on Friday, October 26, as a part of the Bounce Music Festival. The 24-year-old is co-headlining the touring music festival with Eurodance ace Martin Solveig, who has a big-time club banger of his own ("The Night Out"). Turkish-born DJ/producer Deniz Koyu and Dutch remix king Dyro also are scheduled to perform at the six-hour EDM extravaganza. Gates open at 4 p.m. Admission is $35. See www.wanttickets.com. — Benjamin Leatherman

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Benjamin Leatherman is a staff writer for Phoenix New Times where he focuses primarily on arts, culture, music, and nightlife. He began writing for New Times in 2003 and joined the staff full-time in 2005. Prior to that, he contributed to magazines such as Tips & Tricks and The Wrestler. Benjamin has earned multiple awards from the Arizona Press Club including an award for sports enterprise reporting in 2009 and an award for statewide arts reporting in 2014. He holds a bachelor’s of arts in journalism from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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