Friday, July 26th. 7:45pm on the Main Stage.
Dillon Hart Francis is an American electronic-dance musician, known for being one of the pioneers of moombahton, a fusion genre of house music and reggaeton, and moombahcore, a sub-genre of electronic dance music deviating from moombahton.
Francis first rose to fame after gaining the respect of American producer Diplo and eventually collaborating on the song “Que Que“. His song “Masta Blasta“, originally a 130 BPM house track, was edited after inspiration from Dutch musician Munchi and eventually ended up as the moombahton track that brought him to fame. In 2010, Francis released his Swashbuckler EP on Play Me Records.
In February 2012, Francis became the first moombahton artist to achieve the number-one spot atop the Beatport Top 5 Releases Chart with the release of his extended play Something, Something, Awesome. In late 2012, he embarked on his Wet & Reckless tour across North America, as well as supporting the English electronic-music trio Nero on their Welcome Reality tour and English musician Flux Pavilion on his Standing on a Hill tour. In 2013 he announced a headlining ‘Wurld Turr’ across the USA and Canada, as well as confirming that his debut album would be released in 2013. He also gained prominence by being announced as one of MTV Clubland’s Artists to watch in 2013, alongside acts such as Kill The Noise and Otto Knows.
Check out some of my favorite songs from this years line up on the CHBP 2013 playlist on Spotify. You can also view my personal Block Party Schedule! P.S. It’s my birthday weekend! July 28th: the big 2-6!
