Date: January 16, 2014
Location: San Francisco, USA
Details: Feadz kicked off the tour for his debut album Instant Alpha (released January 20, 2014) with a club show at Neck of the Woods in San Francisco. The longtime Ed Banger DJ/producer – known for his work with Uffie and Mr. Oizo – delivered an eclectic set blending hip-hop and electro as he introduced his new material to a packed U.S. audience.
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Date: January 17, 2014
Location: Paris, France
Details: French house duo Cassius (Philippe Zdar and Hubert “BoomBass” Blanc-Francard) reunited for a rare DJ set at Zig Zag Club under the banner “Cassius Are Back.” The Parisian legends blended house with hip-hop, rock, and disco influences, igniting the dancefloor in one of their infrequent appearances on the club circuit.
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Date: January 17, 2014
Location: Paris, France
Details: Ed Banger’s rising talent Boston Bun performed at Social Club during the “Pacific” party headlined by UK producer Ejeca. He served up his signature French house grooves to the crowd, with French media noting that his waves of sound could “capsize the whole body” of the dancefloor. This night highlighted the label’s nu-disco influences alongside international house acts.
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Date: January 17, 2014
Location: Paris, France
Details: Ed Banger founder Busy P was the special guest at “Wanted presents DJ Pone Release Party” at Nouveau Casino. For this first WANTED night of the year, Busy P (Pedro Winter) spun a high-energy set to celebrate his new signee DJ Pone’s debut solo EP Erratic Impulses, which had just hit the shelves on January 14, 2014. Fellow DJs Dr. Vince and Mr. Maqs rounded out the lineup for this Parisian underground hip-hop/electro bash.
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Date: February 21, 2014
Location: Paris, France
Details: Busy P helped the Red Bull Music Academy celebrate its 15th anniversary with a showcase at La Gaîté Lyrique. He performed an exclusive back-to-back DJ set with Boston Bun, his new protégé, representing Ed Banger’s “Parisian stable” of artists. The event also featured a live performance by Canadian house legend Akufen and a headlining set by U.S. garage pioneer Todd Edwards, making it a star-studded night bridging French electro and global house music.
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Date: February 25, 2014
Location: Paris, France
Details: Breakbot brought his funky electro touch to the fashion world by performing live during the Etam Live Show, a runway event for the Fall-Winter 2014/2015 collection. Held at the historic Bourse de Commerce during Paris Fashion Week, the showcase featured Breakbot (and his band) providing a soundtrack of French touch disco as models walked the catwalk. This unique crossover gig underscored Ed Banger’s cultural reach beyond nightclubs.
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Date: February 26, 2014
Location: Tignes, France
Details: Busy P took the Ed Banger sound to the French Alps, headlining a free outdoor show at the Festival de Tignes – a winter concert series at the Tignes ski resort. Braving sub-zero temperatures, he delivered a high-energy DJ set to an audience of skiers and snowboarders. This Ed Banger night in the mountains was part of a lineup that month which also featured acts like Kavinsky and C2C, showing that even on the slopes, the crowd could dance as hard as in any Parisian club.
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Date: March 15, 2014
Location: Paris, France
Details: Ed Banger met French hip-hop at Free Your Funk: Pedro Winter vs. Cut Killer, an all-night DJ clash at YOYO (Palais de Tokyo). Busy P (aka Pedro Winter) went back-to-back with Cut Killer – a legendary Parisian hip-hop DJ – mixing electro and rap tracks seamlessly. This unprecedented meeting of “two heavyweight DJs” saw both artists trading off sets and styles, delivering a genre-blending party that kept the crowd bouncing from 11 PM to 6 AM.
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Date: March 24, 2014
Location: Miami, USA
Details: During Winter Music Conference in Miami, Busy P joined forces with Brodinski’s Bromance Records crew for the “Bromance & Friends” showcase at Grand Central. The Ed Banger boss brought French electro flair to a lineup that included techno/EBM luminaries like The Hacker, Gesaffelstein, and Brodinski himself. This crossover event saw the French touch and Bromance techno scenes unite, with Busy P’s set adding a touch of funky French electro to Miami’s week of dance music mayhem.
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Date: May 2, 2014
Location: Shanghai, China
Details: French electro duo Justice headlined the Shanghai Strawberry Music Festival, marking their first-ever performance in China. Playing a DJ set on the festival’s main stage, Justice topped a diverse bill that included post-rock band Explosions in the Sky and indie dance act Cut Copy. Their appearance was highly anticipated – Justice rarely toured in Asia – and Chinese media touted them as one of the event’s biggest attractionns, bringing arena-sized electro-house hits to thousands of new fans.
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Date: July 5, 2014
Location: Paris, France
Details: Ed Banger Records threw a “House of Ed Banger” takeover party at Showcase (a nightclub under Paris’s Pont Alexandre III). Busy P led the charge, spinning “his summer soundtrack” for the crowd. He was joined by Breakbot, who warmed up the room with an infectious disco-funk set, and UK guest Riton, who banged out a muscular house set. The night doubled as a celebration for Riton’s Bad Guy Riri EP and Boston Bun’s We Got Soul EP, and even served as a birthday party for Ed Banger art director So-Me – truly a family affair for the label.
Source: parisbouge.com
Date: July 20, 2014
Location: Boom, Belgium
Details: Busy P brought French touch vibes to the massive Tomorrowland festival, playing a DJ set on Weekend 1, Day 3 of the event. Curated on a stage alongside artists like The Magician and Boston Bun, he “blew everyone away” with a set that started tropical and quickly veered into heavy electro. As the head of Ed Banger, Busy P’s presence at the world-famous Belgian festival underscored the global influence of the label’s sound, and his performance was highlighted by music media as one of the standouts of Tomorrowland 2014.
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Date: July 27, 2014
Location: Boom, Belgium
Details: Returning for Tomorrowland’s second weekend, Busy P once again took over the stage in Boom. Teaming up with Boston Bun, he represented Ed Banger on a lineup that also featured house maestro Erol Alkan and nu-disco star The Magician. Busy P’s Week 2 set kept the energy soaring, as he expertly mixed French electro-house with techno and disco edits for an international festival crowd. His two-weekend appearance at Tomorrowland solidified Ed Banger’s only presence at the festival that year, making it a special treat for fans of the French label.
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Date: September 13, 2014
Location: Paris, France
Details: Busy P teamed up with his protégé Boston Bun for a back-to-back DJ session at “Freaky Me Freaky You,” a night at Badaboum in Paris. Joined by fellow French producers Bobmo and Coni, the Ed Banger duo delivered an anything-goes mix of electro, house, and techno to a crowd full of local underground enthusiasts. The event, organized with the Badaboum crew, showcased the cross-pollination between Ed Banger’s funky house style and the grittier Parisian club sounds from labels like Marble/ClekClekBoom.
Source: toutelaculture.com
Date: September 26, 2014
Location: London, UK
Details: Busy P co-headlined a Bugged Out! club night at XOYO in London alongside Bromance Records boss Brodinski. The event, hosted by famed UK promoter Bugged Out, saw Paris meet London as Busy P dropped French electro-house cuts back-to-back with Brodinski’s dark techno and ghetto-house selections. This night was part of XOYO’s residency series and an early preview of the Ed Banger vs. Bromance synergy in the UK, setting the stage for Busy P’s own XOYO residency later that year.
Source: concertarchives.org
Date: October 5, 2014
Location: West Sacramento, USA
Details: Justice made a “rare U.S. appearance” at California’s TBD Fest, performing a special DJ set as one of the festival’s headlinerssactownmag.com. The French duo joined an eclectic lineup that featured new-wave icons Blondie, electro-pop outfit Empire of the Sun, and DJ legend Moby. Justice’s cult-status drew a large crowd, eager to hear their unique blend of electro, rock, and disco in a festival setting. Their set at TBD Fest proved the duo’s enduring international appeal, even in a year when they weren’t touring extensively.
Source: sactownmag.com
Date: December 13, 2014
Location: Paris (Villepinte), France
Details: The Border Festival made its debut in Paris with two marathon nights of music at Parc des Expositions Paris-Nord Villepinte. Ed Banger artists took center stage on Nuit 2 (Dec 13), where Cassius, Breakbot (with vocalist Irfane), and SebastiAn led the “One Nation Under a Disco Ball” stagelast.fmlast.fm. Joining forces with French disco legend Cerrone and synthwave icon Kavinsky, they delivered a nostalgia-tinged dance party – Cassius dropped French touch classics, Breakbot played live funk-infused electro, and SebastiAn unleashed his signature electro-techno beats – capping off the festival’s finale with a distinctly French touch.
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Date: December 19, 2014
Location: London, UK
Details: Ed Banger closed out 2014 with a Christmas Party at XOYO in London, bringing together nearly the entire label roster. Justice’s Gaspard Augé donned his DJ alias (spinning as “Gaspard” or “Gaspirator”) to headline the night, alongside Busy P, Breakbot, Boston Bun, Feadz, and even art director So-Me on the decks. This sold-out holiday showcase was a jubilant “friends and family” affair for the Parisian label’s UK fans – a four-to-the-floor gift of French electro, disco and house that lasted into the early hours of the morning.
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