02.03.24 • Desert Hearts w/ Mikey Lion & Kevin Knapp
Beehive Presents DESERT HEARTS - CALGARY featuring:
MIKEY LION
KEVIN KNAPP
with support from MHNUS & DR DANCE
Saturday, February 3rd 2024
Sub Rosa - 200 8th Ave SW, Calgary, Canada
18+ with valid ID.
Doors 9PM. Curfew 2AM
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MIKEY LION BIO:
I started out as a Hip-Hop head, bumping Wu-Tang records in my bedroom at age 13. My love affair with House music began at Coachella 2006, when a little band known as Daft Punk flipped my world upside down and set me on the path I’ve been on ever since.
After some experimentation in throwing parties and gigging, my life purpose became crystallized at 24 years old during a life-changing psychedelic experience. Spirit guides manifested in the trees, revealing that the way of the universe is love and that my life’s purpose is to spread it far and wide.
A few months later in the fall of 2012, I teamed up with partners Marbs, Lee Reynolds, and my younger brother Porky to throw the very first Desert Hearts party. The intention was to spread as much love and positive energy as possible while soundtracked to the sound of nonstop House and Techno in the middle of the Mojave Desert. This message of love must have resonated with all 200 attendees at the time, because nine years later our Desert Hearts Festival is now a 5,000-person event that I’d put up against any other party in the world as the best on Earth.
Along the way I launched Desert Hearts Records in 2014, which I’ve signed records from my friends, musical heroes, and other world-class dance artists from around the globe. Marking the label’s upcoming 100th release milestone in April 2021 is my debut album titled, ‘For The Love.’ This album represents all the things I’ve learned and loved touring the globe these past 8 years.
KEVIN KNAPP BIO:
Kevin Knapp is a force to be reckoned with, a musical heavyweight known for his jackin’ house style and lifelong penchant for standout vocals.
With releases on Cuttin Headz, Repopulate Mars, Crosstown Rebels, Desert Hearts Records, Hot Creations, Dirtybird, and now his own Plump Recordings, the Texas-bred, Berlin-based DJ taps into a range of early musical influences, from indie rock and golden-era hip hop to tech and minimal house, to create his gritty signature sound.
He turned heads in 2012, proclaiming ‘My Beat Will Control You’ with Audiojack, and his 2013 cut with Hot Creations A&R, Richy Ahmed ‘ TheDrums’ is still owning dance floors. In 2019, ‘Call Me’ with Hannah Wants garnered huge support from the likes of Jamie Jones and a remix from Carl Cox, and his follow-up EP ‘Heads Up’ (Etiquette) reached number one on the Beatport Tech House Hype Chart.
In 2020, Knapp launched his label Plump Recordings with fiance and Detroit native, Jessica “Hutch” Hutcheson as a way to uplift all bodies, people of all genders, all sexual orientations, all races, and all nationalities. The label combines the flavors of Chicago, Detroit, Berlin, and NYC, and the duo have curated quite an eclectic sound for the project. After several solo releases and a release with Hutch in 2020 on Plump, Knapp had multiple successful releases in 2021.
“It’s somewhere between Chicago House, Bass House, slowed down, more heavily produced Ghetto Tech, and shuffley Tech House”, says Kevin. “It’s gritty with a dose of cheekiness…uplifting while militant, raw and empowering, a place of refuge for everyone who has ever felt unseen or excluded, no matter gender, color, or creed.”
After several releases with Hutch on his own label in 2020, Knapp had multiple successful releases in 2021. He returned to collaborate with Audiojack for ‘Under Your Skin’ (Crosstown Rebels), and released ‘Backstroke’ feat. Baby Luck / Miss Me (Repopulate Mars) and his EP ‘Footprints’ with Toman Remix (Cuttin Headz).
He’s played some of the world’s most renowned festivals and dance floors including Sonar, Miami Music Week, Desert Hearts Festival, Dirtybird Campout, Paradise at DC-10, Get Lost, CRSSD, Fabric, Kater Blau, Elrow, and Sankeys. Whether it’s an intimate underground club or a huge festival stage, Knapp loves connecting with people and constantly pushes to break the boundaries between DJ and spectator.
“I love rocking dance floors,” says Knapp. “It’s the only moment in life where I don’t feel some level of constraint and I love it for that.”