Line-up

Headliner
Major Lazer Last time in Toronto: 8 years ago

Venue

Cabana Pool Bar

11 Polson St, M5A 1A4, Toronto, ON, Canada

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Doors open: 13:00

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Major Lazer biography

The brain project of American EDM artist, Thomas Wesley Pentz (AKA Diplo), Major Lazer was originally a collaboration with fellow EDM artist Switch, and later on Jillionaire and Walshy Fire.

After both Diplo and Switch worked with MIA, they were introduced to each other and thus Major Lazer was born out of their collaboration. Their first album “Guns Don’t Kill People…Lazers Do” was released in the summer of 2009 via Downtown Records. The album had vocal guests like Nina Sky, Santigold, and Turbulence with additional production done by Afrojack and Crookers. The album was met with quite warmly, with a MTV VMA Breakthrough Video nomination for the song “Hold The Line.” They also were slated live performances at some of the biggest music festivals around the world, such as the 2010 Coachella Music Festival in California in the United States and The Falls Music & Arts Festival in Victoria, Australia.

However, in 2011 due to creative differences Switch left and was shortly replaced by DJ/ Producer Jillionaire and Walshy Fire. The trio released “Free The Universe” in April 2013, along with the announcement of a world tour for the album. The album again featured guest vocals from various artists, such as Wyclef Jean, Bruno Mars, Laidback Luke and Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig. They continued to make music into 2014, with Pharrell Williams and Sean Paul signing on to be a part of their EP project, “Apocalypse Now.”

Live reviews

Major Lazer RESPECT! Do you want to check out an awesome show of epic proportions! Every Major Lazer show is essentially a party. Complete with crazy effects, twerkin dancers, and crowd-surfing. If you like having a good time, dancing, getting ‘turnt up’ then you need to go see a Major Lazer show. Major Lazer is collaboration between DJs/producers, headed by all-star DJ ‘Diplo’. Diplo started out as a producer for M.I.A. producing hits such as ‘Paper Planes’. Aside from producing hits, Diplo has risen up the ranks to be known as one of EDM's biggest names! He blazes festivals all over the world and now has an exclusive nightly event at XS Nightclub. Major Lazer’s music is a combination of EDM and Reggae, that I would call Electric Dancehall. Major Lazer combines 2 genres of music that usually aren’t mixed together and creates an Ultimate party Mashup. Some of Major Lazers biggest hits are ‘Bumaye( Watch out for this)’ , ‘Get Free’, and ‘Original Don’. If you grew up in the early 2000’s like I did you’ll remember hits from Sean Paul and Mr. Vegas. Even if you don’t you’ll get an awesome mix of music that will make you feel like you’re at the ultimate summer party!

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