The palms will sway and the San Diego bay will glimmer, but thousands of electronic music fans at CRSSD will face an extremely difficult question: Chris Lake or Disclosure? Psych.True to form, the festival booked a massive b2b set so attendees can catch the trio DJing together.
They are an obvious highlight on this year’s bill, but FNGRS CRSSD has always curated lineups so impeccably tuned to underground dance music that even your most insufferable techno snob friend has to admit their talent buyers know ball.The San Diego promoter has spent more than a decade staging artists with the sort of curated finesse that makes Coachella’s lineup look like it was selected by throwing darts at a Spotify Top 50 chart.
This year’s Fall edition at Waterfront Park is no different, teeming with buzzy techno and house music producers.Read on to discover five of those cant-miss performances.
You can purchase tickets here.Big Wild A true outlier on the CRSSD lineup, Big Wild is the brainchild of Jackson Stell, a Massachusetts-born producer who began making hip-hop beats before catching ODESZA’s attention and breaking through with 2015’s ‘Aftergold.’ In a sea of techno and house acts, he offers a rare chance to see a livetronica act who effortlessly rocks the mic, keyboard and drum pad.
MPH A member of the EDM.com Class of 2026, MPH is widely considered one of today’s brightest electronic music producers.Fresh off a collaboration with Skrillex, the British beatsmith is experiencing a true breakout year after DJing alongside Swedish House Mafia at Ultra and performing at both Tomorrowland and Lollapalooza, among other major festivals.
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