Words: Seed Experiences
Cape Town: American electronic music DJ Porter Robinson has been announced as part of the Huawei Culture Club Electronic Dome line-up at this year’s Rocking the Daisies, South Africa’s premiere eco-friendly Music and Lifestyle Festival, happening from the 1st to the 4th of October this year, at Cloof Wine Estate, Darling.
Porter Robinson will deliver a spectacular live performance at this year’s Rocking the Daisies, as he joins a stellar line-up for the Huawei Culture Club Electronic Dome – which includes SCUBA, Thor Rixon, Dean Fuel, Haezer and many more.
“Two years ago,” remembers Porter Robinson, “I only had the inkling of the idea that I wanted to do something different. I needed to do something that was honest and real,” Porter explains. So he turned down countless DJ offers in 2013 to spend the entire year devoting himself to a process of introspection and reinvention. “I figured that one way to develop a unique identity as an artist would be to combine all my favorite things in music — it would result in something that is really personal, a collective expression of my taste and experience. Something nobody else has.”
And thus began Worlds (Astralwerks/Virgin EMI), a cinematic excursion that commingles Porter’s technological prowess with his love of evocative melody. His first studio album, it finds an unlikely common ground for Porter’s diverse inspirations: Kanye West’s Graduation, Daft Punk’s Discovery, The Postal Service, and an array of orchestral movie scores.
Boasting a series of voluminous and ethereal hymns Porter says, “I don’t want to be the flag bearer for any genre. I don’t want to change the game,” he says. “I really just want to have my own signature, my own sound. I know it sounds crazy, but I want to start my legacy.”
More info
Rocking the Daisies Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/rockingthedaisiesfestival
Rocking the Daisies Twitter page: https://www.twitter.com/rockingthedaisy
Huawei Culture Club official website: http://www.huaweicultureclub.co.za/
Official hashtags: #RTD2015 #HuaweiCultureClub
Don’t forget our new ticket payment option, which is an industry – Mobicred. This new system was introduced by Nutickets, in partnership with Rocking the Daisies, as an alternative payment option that does not require fans to have a credit card, just a simple sign-up procedure with a 24hour approval period followed by easy, minimum monthly installments via debit order. To buy Rocking the Daisies tickets on the Mobicred payment plan, go to http://mobicred.co.za/nutickets/
Decade of Daisies Competition:
Rocking the Daisies is celebrating its 10th birthday and we’re giving away the ultimate #RTD2015 prize and experience, with the competition launching on Thursday 30 July.
For 10 weeks there will be 10 challenges that Daisies fans will participate in, to win a one-of-a-kind #RTD2015 prize exclusive to Rocking the Daisies.
Over 10 weeks, Daisies fans will be required to submit photographs or visual depictions of their memories and stories from previous #RTD experiences – including highlights from the past, using the hashtags #DecadeOfDaisies and #RTD2015. Fans can enter over Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and need to tag the official Rocking the Daisies accounts over the different social networks.
The prize: the ultimate Rocking the Daisies VIP experience, which includes accommodation in the Heartbreak Motel, VIP passes and parking at the festival, #RTD2015 merchandise, a bar tab and meal vouchers, transport to and from the festival, and a chance to meet some of the #RTD2015 artists that will be performing at the festival.
