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Ushuaïa Ibiza

07817, Ibiza, Spain

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Calvin Harris biography

Calvin Harris, real name Adam Richard Wiles, is a Scottish DJ and record producer known for his electropop disco sound, which has seen him surpass Michael Jackson as the UK record holder for most top ten hits from one studio album.

Calvin Harris began making electronic music in 1999 where he produced his earliest tracks out of his bedroom in Scotland. After moving to London for a brief period, Calvin Harris began to forge a following and found some success with tracks "Brighter Days" and "Da Bongos".

After signing with managers Three Six Zero Group, Calvin Harris released his hugely popular debut album “I Created Disco” in 2007. Singles “Acceptable in the 80s” and “Girls” bolstered the album’s popularity, and showcased both Calvin Harris’s extensive talent and his love of 80s pop.

The king of collaboration, Calvin Harris has worked with multiple artists including Kelis, Rihanna, Alesso, and Dizzee Rascal. The success of his collaborations (“We Found Love” stayed on the American Billboard chart for an impressive 41 weeks) has seen his demand within the music industry increase considerably, as multiple artists all scramble to work with him.

The recipient of multiple MTV awards, a Grammy award and an Ivor Novello award for 2013’s Songwriter of the Year, Calvin Harris has certainly come a long way from his early music-producing days in his childhood bedroom. Now a regular feature on the touring scene, Calvin Harris has played on the same stages as the likes of Rhianna, Deadmau5, Skrillex and Groove Armada, in addition to touring his own work on solo trips around the world.

In 2014, Calvin Harris achieved a first and obtained two consecutive number one hits for the singles “Summer” and “Blame”, which both feature on the album “Motion.” With tracks co-written and performed by the likes of Gwen Stefani, Ellie Goulding, Haim and John Newman, the versatility of Calvin Harris’s style and sound is once again made evident. It is this versatility that has no doubt constituted a large part of his enormous success.

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He has been producing house music since the 90's but American producer Marc Kinchen has only become a household name in the last year or so. His resurfacing to the chart came after his remix of Storm Queen's 'Look Right Through' which topped the charts earlier this year and dominated radio and club playlists. Aside from that he is widely known as the king of the remix, having reworked tracks by everyone from Haim to Rudimental to Duke Dumont, all of which are regular fixtures in his crowd-pleasing sets. Up until Everywhere festival earlier this year in May, I had missed MK on three separate occasions (being so drunk that I passed out on the tram tracks being the most, or i guess least memorable time). But finally after getting to see him my expectations were more than exceeded, supplying my favourite set of the event. Playing everything I wanted to hear Including my first year of university soundtrack 'My Head Is A Jungle'. Since then, I've seen him play to a rammed dome shaped tent at Parklife festival and the beautiful picturesque Croatian Zrce beach Island of Pag setting of Hideout festival. It was the latter at which I was lucky enough to be on stage with MK with my friends and his entourage and what a moment it was. At one point 12 cases of champagne were bought out on stage for MK's pals to go crazy with, and spray over the crowd, who were more than happy to receive the cooling down. MK is, in my opinion, the biggest house name around! Go see why for yourself!

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benjolley1

Let me start by saying I’m not even that into EDM. But going to see Calvin Harris is an experience in itself. Yes, you will hear songs you know. Yes, you will feel the bass flood through your body. And yes, you will absolutely dance your ass off. I went into this show thinking I’d have to suffer through a few hours of the same electronic beat drops we’ve come to know, getting shoved up against some ravers who didn’t realize I was even standing there. How wrong I was! From the moment the show opened, with every special effect known to man; streamers, lasers, strobes, smoke, moving platforms; until the finale, I was transported to another dimension where I couldn’t stop moving my feet. The music was varied enough to keep my attention, but similar enough that I knew most of the songs. The people in the crowd were happy, smiling, and friendly. It’s definitely an experience that I’m glad I didn’t miss out on and I’m looking forward to the next time he comes around as I’ll definitely be purchasing a ticket to his show as well as convincing any friends of mine that they would be dumb not to join.

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