Events

Closer Electronic Music Festival // PDX 2012
Various venues, Portland OR - please see closerpdx.com

Closer Electronic Music Festival is a four-day, multi-venue music event set in Portland, Oregon with a distinct focus on high quality underground electronic music. Closer PDX’s 2012 festival dates are June 21-24, 2012. Closer 2012 features 10 official nightclub events over three nights and four days, 50+ djs and live acts including an exciting selection of guest headliners from up and down the left coast and beyond + special events including festival afterhours and daytime events to be announced soon.

Join us, June 21-24 for the festival that brings Portland closer, Closer Electronic Music Festival // PDX 2012.

Visit closerpdx.com for more info.

Early pre-sale all-festival passes are now on sale via Brown Paper Tickets for only $40! Visit https://www.brownpapertickets.com/user/editevent/243651

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::: CLOSER PDX PERFORMER HIGHLIGHTS :::
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Closer 2012 features over 50 performers, including special guests from around the United States and beyond plus top locals and at multiple events throughout this jam-packed weekend. Here’s a short list of highlights from the performers announced so far:

[A]pendics.Shuffle – Adjunct/Get Physical – LA
Audio Soul Project – Fresh Meat – Chicago
Barry Weaver – Go Ventures – LA
Raiz – Droid Behavior – LA
Dave Aju - Circus Company - SF
Hesohi (LIVE) – Roam Recordings – SF
Bryan Zentz – Thoughtless Music/Plus 8 – PDX
6Blocc - Digital 6/Lodubs - PDX
Mario Maroto – Half Seas Over – Costa Rica
eLan - Monkeytown/50 Weapons - SD
Cyanwave – From 0-1 – Seattle
Manoj – Uplift – PDX
Gold Code (LIVE) – Nude Photo Music – SF
Audioelectronic (LIVE) – Nude Photo Music – PDX
JAK – SubSensory Recordings – PDX
Vize – Ridculoud – PDX
Tronic – Dancefloor Mayhem/KBOO radio – PDX
Djunya - LoDubs - Oakland
Jon AD - LoDubs - PDX
Echoik – Undone – PDX
Jon Cates - OM - PDX
Mercedes – All Ours – PDX
Maximus – Fire – PDX
Sappho – Alga Rhythms – PDX
Caltrop (LIVE) – Nude Photo Music – SF
The Architects – All Ours – PDX
+ dozens more performers and live acts from Portland and beyond!

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::: CLOSER OFFICAL EVENT SCHEDULE (as of 4/12/2012) :::
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**Thursday, June 21, 2012**

MIXER SHOWCASE @ SOMEDAY LOUNGE (9pm – 2am)
Hesohi (LIVE) – Roam Recordings – SF
Manoj – Uplift – PDX
Michael Grimes – Mixer – PDX
Josh Romo – Mixer – PDX

CLOSER KICK-OFF EVENT @ GROOVE SUITE (10pm – 3am)
Barry Weaver – Go Ventures – LA
Mario Maroto – Half Seas Over – Costa Rica
Maximus – Fire – PDX
Sappho – Alga Rhythms – PDX

**Friday, June 22, 2012**

SUBSENSORY SHOWCASE @ REFUGE PDX (9pm – 2:30am)
Raiz – Droid Behavior – LA
JAK – SubSensory – PDX
Cyanwave – From 0-1 – Seattle
Ryan Walz – Alignment Sound – PDX
Miss Vixen (Cock Block – PDX)

NUDE PHOTO MUSIC SHOWCASE @ SOMEDAY LOUNGE (9pm – 2am)
Dave Aju - Circus Company - SF
Gold Code – NPM – SF
Audioelectronic – NPM – PDX
Mutor – NPM – SF
Caltrop – NPM – SF
Nathan Detroit – PDX

BROKEN BEAT SHOWCASE @ GROOVE SUITE (9pm – 3:00am)
Vize – Ridiculoud – PDX
Echoik –Undone – PDX
Suff-X – Basscult – PDX
Dj Tronic – KBOO – PDX

DROPPING GEMS SHOWCASE @ CROWN ROOM (9pm – 2:30am)
eLan - wedidit/Monkeytown - SD
Graintable - Car Crash Set - PDX
Rap Class - Dropping Gems - PDX
Carrier - Vinylology - PDX
Tyler Tastemaker - Crown Room - PDX

**Saturday, June 23, 2012**

CLOSER PDX SHOWCASE @ GROOVE SUITE (10pm – late)
[A]pendics.Shuffle – Adjunct/Get Physical – TX
Bryan Zentz – Plus 8/Amam – PDX
Centrikal – Nude Photo Music / SubSensory – PDX
LilRoj – SubSensory – PDX
Justin Jeffers - Kaos - PDX

ALL OURS SHOWCASE @ SOMEDAY LOUNGE (9pm – 2am)
Audio Soul Project – Fresh Meat – Chicago
The Architects – All Ours – PDX
Mercedes – All Ours – PDX
Mason Roberts – All Ours – PDX
Micah McNelly – All Ours – PDX

LODUBS/LOSONOFONO/VARIOUS SHOWCASE @ WHISKEY BAR (9pm – 2:30am)
6Blocc - Digital 6/LoDubs - LA
Djunya - OAK - LoDubs
Jon AD - LoDubs/losonofono/Various
Ryan Organ - LoDubs/Various
Monkeytek - LoDubs/Various
Lazercrotch
More tba!

DANCEFLOOR MAYHEM @ ELEMENT (9pm - 2am)
Jon Cates - OM
Ernest Ryan - W&F - PDX
Tronic - Dancefloor Mayhem - PDX
+ More tba!

**Sunday, June 24, 2012**

OPTIC ECHO SHOWCASE @ DIRECTOR PARK (4pm - 8pm)
Featuring live performances from:
MARCUS FISCHER + THE OO-RAY
(Optic Echo, 12k, Audiomoves, PDX)
ETHERNET (Kranky, Tamarack Music, PDX)
WIDESKY (Hibernate, FutureSequence, SEA)
WNDFRM (Optic Echo, Nueva Forma, PDX)
And a DJ set from:
MIKE JEDLICKA (Optic Echo, Aleatoric, PDX)

::: 2012 FESTIVAL PASSES :::

Early pre-sale all-festival passes are now on sale via Brown Paper Tickets for $45! Visit https://www.brownpapertickets.com/user/editevent/243651 to purchase your festival passes now. Tickets are also available at physical locations in Portland at Anthem Records, Platinum Records and Backspace

*Please note! You will be able to exchange your ticket for a festival wristband at several convenient PDX locations the week prior to the festival and on Thursday and Friday during the festival. Stay tuned to closerpdx.com for location announcements.*