Wake the Town is a dancefloor-focused event series based in Portland, Oregon, curated by DJs Barisone, Danny Corn, and PRSN. Known for its diverse range of genres and tempos, the event highlights the evolving sounds of modern bass music. Wake the Town has built its reputation on featuring forward-thinking artists from around the globe, played host to international events, and has garnered recognition from publications like Mixmag.
BAMBII:
Toronto-based producer and DJ, BAMBII, makes lush, exuberant electronic music that feels futuristic and transportive, but also burrows into your bones, matches the pounding of your heartbeat, all while reminding you of your corporeality. Her Juno award winning debut EP, Infinity Club, plays with these dueling impulses, weaving between the immediate and the conceptual. It is a celebration of home and belonging not only as a physical space – the dance floor, her family’s homeland of Jamaica, which she pays homage to via dancehall – but also as a state of mind. Whether online or on dancefloors, her political and musical vernacular give credence to dance music’s ever expanding reach, and the relationships it helps forge between individuals, cultures, and spaces. As proof, she has spent the last few years touring Europe, and Asia as a solo artist and on support for some of the world’s most relevant artists – Mykki Blanco, Kelela, and BbyMutha. On this side of the Atlantic, BAMBII is a Boiler Room mainstay, is hitting billboards throughout Times Square, and plays host to the infamous Toronto based event series ‘JERK’, showcasing the most exciting artists in the Caribbean diaspora. Publications are also keeping afloat – Wonderland, VOGUE, CRACK, DUMMY and DAZED all want a piece, and for good reason. Mixmag placed BAMBII’s name near the top of the list of DJs Who Defined 2024.
