DJAKARTA WAREHOUSE PROJECTS UNVEILS FULL LINEUP FOR 2022 EDITION

Including International Headliners: Acraze, Andrew Rayel, Anfisa Letyago, Armin van Buuren, Cedric Gervais, DJ Snake, Gareth Emery, Hardwell, Illenium, Lost Frequencies, Madeon (Live), Martin Garrix, Nervo, Regard, Shiba San, Slushii, Whethan, Yellow Claw, ZEDD and more.

With exactly one month to go until its first in-person event since 2019, Asia’s leading electronic music festival, Djakarta Warehouse Project, now announces the full artist lineup for its eagerly awaited thirteenth edition.

Following an impressive Phase One lineup announcement earlier this year – which confirmed the likes of Armin Van Buuren, DJ Snake, Hardwell, Illenium, Madeon (LIVE), Martin Garrix, Yellow Claw and ZEDD – Djakarta Warehouse Project now lifts the lid on one of its biggest complete lineups to date, as it prepares to welcome a diverse selection of top tier talent from across the electronic music spectrum to Indonesia’s capital this December.

Kicking off proceedings at the JIExpo Kemayoran, Jakarta on Friday, December 9, will be an incredible host of international headliners including (in alphabetical order) Andrew Rayel, Anfisa Letyago, DJ Snake, Gareth Emery, Hardwell, Nervo and Shiba San. Saturday, December 10, sees the introduction of Armin Van Buuren, Cedric Gervais, Illenium, Lost Frequencies, Slushii and Whethan, as well as a special Barong Family stage debut, hosted by Amsterdam based duo and label bosses Yellow Claw. Last but by no means least, and closing the festival on Sunday, December 1, will be headline artists Acraze, Madeon (Live), Martin Garrix, Regard, Yellow Claw and ZEDD.

Accompanying these international headline acts across the weekend will be a whole host of celebrated Asian artists, including BEAUZ, B Jones, Chace, CYBERJAPAN, Devarra, Dipha Barus, Mandy, Weird Genius, Winky Wiryawan & W.W, to name just a few. For a full list of participating artists, see below.

Speaking about the upcoming event, Ismaya Live Co-Founder and Creative Director Christian Rijanto commented:

“We’re so excited to finally be delivering our first in-person event since 2019. It’s been a difficult few years, but DWP is here to show the world that Indonesia is ready to welcome everyone back to our beautiful nation through our love of music”.

Produced by Ismaya Live – the live events division of lifestyle company Ismaya Group – Djakarta Warehouse Project (DWP) is one of the biggest dance and electronic music festivals in Asia. This year’s edition marks Djakarta Warehouse Project’s first in-person festival since 2019, and its thirteenth overall. The festival first began in 2010 as a rebrand of Blowfish Warehouse Project, an event by Jakarta nightclub Blowfish, and featured a lineup including Ferry Corsten, Kaskade, and Marco V.

In 2020, the festival shifted to a virtual arrangement due to gathering restrictions in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, and featured Martin Garrix, Armin Van Buuren, Yellow Claw and Vini Vici. It was followed by the second iteration of Djakarta Warehouse Project Virtual in 2021, which featured Andrew Rayel, Lost Frequencies, and Asian DJs such as Bali’s Dipha Barus and Jakarta’s Weird Genius.

Djakarta Warehouse Project 2022 takes place from December 9-11 at JIExpo Kemayoran, North Jakarta, Indonesia.

DEBUT EDITION OF SARAAB TO TAKE PLACE IN THE RED SEA MOUNTAINS FEAT. ÂME, POLO & PAN, MACEO PLEX, GERD JANSON, D’JULZ, LAMACHE, ÉCLAIR FIFI, MANO LE TOUGH, MAHER DANIEL, WILLIAM DJOKO

Ganz Extraordinaire & Astral Element have teamed up to create Saraab, a new festival concept in the heart of the Red Sea Mountains of Il Monte Galala by Tatweer Misr, taking place December 1-2nd, 2022.

Have you ever woken up and not been able to make out the end of your dream and the beginning of your memories? Had a night that felt more illusion than reality? Met someone that seemed to be from another dimension?

“Like a mirage in the distance, we believe that the way things are is not the way they have to be. That when we come together, at the right time for the right reason, anything is achievable. Sound becomes language. Strangers become friends. Time a mere illusion. Some say it’s all an illusion, we prefer to call it Saraab.”

Saraab is a one of a kind 2-day electronic festival held by the majestic mountains of the Red Sea with a killer sea view. With a venue capacity of 3000 attendees and some of the biggest names in the electronic industry playing back to back, Saraab will be held over the span of two days across two main stages and a marketplace.

With a lineup announced that includes Polo & Pan (DJ set), Maceo Plex, Âme (live), Éclair Fifi, Mano Le Tough, Bas Ibellini, Terr, Lamache, Maher Daniel, Gerd Janson, D’Julz, Salomé Le Chat, William Djoko as well as local heroes, Misty, Chiati (live), Aroussi, DNGR GNGR and Maie; the SARAAB lineup will be unforgettable.

Along with two performing stages, the marketplace will include vendors of all kinds as well as a smaller stage with up and coming artists as Saraab looks to spotlight local and rising talent.

Saraab is bringing together DJs and visual artists and establishing a market where people can share their interests and products from vintage pieces to art pieces and fashion in a one-of-a-kind market alongside mouthwatering food pop-ups.

Located in Il Monte Galala, the top-notch destination is the ideal location for the event due to its raw natural beauty and space. The venue is spacious and versatile with a killer view of the mountains and the sea and located only an hour away from Cairo.

POLYGON BRINGS WORLD’S MOST ADVANCED, MULTI-SENSORY, 3D ENVIRONMENT TO FESTIVALS THIS WINTER

SHOWCASING AT MDLBEAST SOUNDSTORM 22 1–3rd DECEMBER AND AT WONDERFRUIT 15–18th DECEMBER 2022

Event-focused technology company Polygon Live is a pioneer in sound, lighting, engineering and design, and has produced the world’s most advanced, multi-sensory, 3D environment. Its technology is facilitating a live music revolution right here, right now and will be showcased at MDLBEAST Soundstorm in Saudi Arabia from 1 to 3 December, and at Wonderfruit in Thailand from 15 to 18 December, when party people will have the chance to delight in this state-of-the-art production first hand.

Polygon's cutting-edge technology involves nothing less than a complete dismantling of everything you’ve encountered at an event before. It’s a relearning of what it means to interact with live sound and lighting. A deep-dive into heart-stopping, mind-bending, skeleton-quivering experiences, and it’s going global.

Founded in 2018, Polygon comprises a team of innovative experts who have come together to create a one-of-a-kind, 360-degree space. In practice, this involves building a hemispherical truss and rigging it with a system powered by L-Acoustics’ trailblazing L-ISA processor. L-ISA allows individual elements of the mix to be placed strategically throughout the soundscape, and spatialised to move 360 degrees around you. Combine this with synchronised lighting, holograms, pyrotechnics and even scent dispersion, and fans will lose themselves in an entirely novel sensory experience.

In this way, Polygon is not only redefining how music is enjoyed, but also setting a new benchmark in live event production.

“Traditional events typically involve a stage and an array of speakers that clearly distinguish artist from audience,” says Polygon CEO Nico Elliott. “Our approach is to dismantle these boundaries. In everything we do, we’re working to create a unified, cohesive, connected whole.”

While there is still a stage at Polygon (one occupied by some of the best electronic acts in the world), festival goers are likely to feel as though they’re almost indistinguishable from the instruments, synthesisers and samples around them. The sensation is one of fusion, of complete immersion.

“The original stereo patents are about 90 years old now,” Elliott adds. “And finally, there’s an alternative. A way of listening to — no, absorbing — music that is more immediate, more intense, and more visceral. Stand inside a Polygon stage, and the music moves through your bones."

“We’ve also designed our system so that it can be moved across the world quickly and cost effectively,” he says. “Our upcoming shows at Soundstorm and Wonderfruit, less than a week apart if we consider the time it will take to derig the first and install the second, demonstrate this.”

Polygon’s partnership with Wonderfruit is well established, and the team has gone so far as to plant trees on site to help green the space and to reinforce the truss structure. Soundstorm and the 700,000 people it will host, offer a new playground for Polygon, and an invitation to push its limits once again. Nothing thrills the team more.

In 2023, Polygon is set for international expansion. But with Soundstorm and Wonderfruit coming up in just a few weeks, music lovers don’t have to wait long to see, hear and feel this spacialised stage for themselves.