The highly respected UK-based house label, Defected Records, will be returning to the US this month for a four-date tour with artists Riva Starr and Ferreck Dawn. NYC DJ Ant LaRock will also be joining the tour for two of the four shows.
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Riva Starr is a long-time friend of Defected, regularly attending their parties over the years. Ferreck Dawn has made his own stamp with Defected with his label releases, 'In Arms', 'In My Arms' and 'Selfish Games'. The tour comes with a larger celebration of Defected's 20th birthday this year with their first version of Defected London FSTVL and their fourth annual Defected Croatia. Label founder and owner, Simon Dunmore also did BBC Radio 1's first Essential Mix of the year to commemorate his time with Defected over the last 20 years.
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Defected continues to roll out quality releases amongst all of its sub-labels with artists such as Jamie Jones, Darius Syrossian, Purple Disco Machine, Honey Dijon, Roberto Surace and many more.
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Tour Dates:
11.14 Ustreet Hall, Washington DC
11.15 Halcyon, San Francisco
11.16 Sound, Los Angeles
11.22 Smartbar, Chicago
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