Djakarta Warehouse Project (DWP) 2017 dance festival was successfully held for two days on December 15 & 16 at JIEXPO Kemayoran, Jakarta with a touch of Indonesian culture that helped enliven the annual music festival that has been held as many as nine times.59 presenters from within and abroad at this edition of Djakarta Warehouse Project, which successfully entertained thousands of spectators from both inside and outside the country including from 37 countries attending this year’s grand event. One proud moment, when the audience simultaneously raised the flag of their country, not only from neighboring countries, even from countries that are thousands of miles away though.

DWP this year feels more unique with the presence of two traditional dances on the main stage GarudaLand displayed by dancers from CIOFF Indonesia at the moment of Unity in Diversity every night. The two dances are Genjring dance and Bubuka dance. Djakarta Warehouse Project 2017 spectators who come from different parts of the world were applauded by the beautiful dances, with red and white flags on stage LEDs throughout the dance. This year’s DWP also has three stages like dwp the year before, but there’s a big difference in the DWP this year. DWP this year managed to bring Elrow Stage to Indonesia, a concept of the newest party and the first time in Asia after the first successful held in tomorrowland 2017. Elrow Stage itself carries the theme “Psychedelic Trip” on DWP this year. The Stage succeeds in making the partygoers imagine being at a different party, because elrow itself is known for its spectacular concept, production and decoration. In addition elrow presents local culture such as ondel ondel, dancers with unique costume appear in the middle of the audience.

Various international and local artists have managed to make the event even more festive, on the first day of Friday 15th December 2017 there are robin schulz, R3HAB, Flume, Marshmello, Tiesto, Purple Haze, Ilan Bluestone, NWYR, Marlo, David Gravell, Tony Romera, Cesqeaux, Slander, OOKAY, Zeds Dead and also Zatox. There are also local artists such as Ray Ray, Patricia Schuldt, Devarra, Hathoris, Trilions, Hezekiah, OkiOcto, and also Jade Rasif.

Robin Schulz, R3Hab, Flume, Marshmello and Tiesto are also incorporated in the garuda stage. The first performers of international artists have robin schulz, DJ and also the famous producer of electro pop house music is managed to make the party goers dance casually. he plays his famous song like “show me love”, “sugar” and “also a prayer in C”. After robin schulz, R3HAB is ready to wiggle the partygoers. R3HAB plays some of its flagship songs such as “samurai”, “flashlight”, “how we party” and also “karate”. After R3HAB, FLUME is ready to play his set. Flume is one of the toplist artists who want to be brought by DWP in the last five years and only realized this year, quoted from social media of Christian Rijanto as founder of ismaya. This Australian artist plays some of his flagship songs like “you &Me” and also “never be like you”. Playing electro pop progressive music, flume managed to bring the partygoers into a world full of progressive pop, the partygoers singing together as when he was playing you & me. Amazing crowd, amazing set, thank you flume! And Now it’s Marsmello’s turn, who does not know marshmello, toplist artist and one of the partygoers reasons to be present in dwp ya definitely want to see him live. Although Marshmello has been to Indonesia and at that time play in Ultra Bali but its appearance is very much anticipated by the partygoers. Playing its flagship song “alone”, marshmello manages to make everyone present in the DWP dance together and sing along. He made the atmosphere more crazy and wild. All the spectators were washed away in the setlist he was playing, the atmosphere was getting broken and the party felt even more broken. The party has not ended in marshmello, DWP still have their weapon, yeahhh Tiesto ready to party on Garuda stage. Dj and the legendary producer managed to enliven DWP, as the closing artist on the first day of the garuda stage, tiesto played an extraordinary set, the first hour full of familiar music and songs among partygoers, but after the last hour, tiesto raised his BPM and tighten his music, he plays some of his flagship songs like “adagio for string” and also “love come again”. Dj who has fans of various eras and also teachers and fathers of some of these famous djs play an extraordinary set of closing.

Go to the next stage, stage cosmic station. But on this stage there is a disappointing news that is with the cancellation of vini vici playing in DWP. But the promoters still provide something interesting, so they bring MaRLo to replace Vini Vici. MaRLo is one of the great producer and DJ. Cosmic station this year is filled with a lot of trance artist, this year ismaya prepare a beautiful gift for the trance lovers. The first international artist in the cosmic station is MaRLo, marlo plays a remarkable set of trance. Some songs like you & me, the dreamers and also leave my hand are played by MaRLo. Good taste for opener artist., We are all ready for black glasses. After MaRLo, Ilan Bluestone was ready to trance the cosmic station dancefloor, the only one artist from anjunabeats and one of the toplist in the DWP this year, the first time to Indonesia and he represents anjunabeats fans. Ilan plays his flagship songs like “sphere”, “frozen ground”, “bigger than love” and also the best music remix is “​​satellite”. Characteristics of music anjunabeats issued by ilan, progressive trance but still low bpm around 128-130 successfully bring partygoers to sing along and also wash away the atmosphere. Feel like trancesm, thank you ilan, thank you anjunabeats… Next, W & W features something different this year, W & W trance form “NWYR” for the first time in Asia after their debut in tomorrowland. NWYR plays a moderately fast BPM, NWYR plays high trance music with high bpm and NWYR succeeds in making partygoers nostalgic with old W & W. Good times by NWYR. After NWYR, sander van doorn present purple haze, purple haze itself is one of the project sander van dorn aims to play classic trance music, at this time the party goers are invited to enjoy a fast beat with a dark atmosphere and also the strains of a tight bass typical trance. Purple Haze in this DWP is different, he plays music trance with a firmer beat, purple haze plays a tech trance enough awaited by the trance lovers. The partygoers wear sunglasses to enjoy the strains of trance music from sandervandoorn (you know what I mean), trancesm with purple haze, really amazing set! David Gravell to be a cover at the cosmic station, quoted from his social media, he will prepare a different set of usual, special set specifically for DWP 2017. And all that proved, he plays a really extraordinary set, slightly outside the usual set of David Gravell . He managed to be a very slick cover and play the concluding set on this stage with a very extraordinary. Trance with a beat that is not too much floating and full with bass, that setlist suitable to be closing set. Thank you david, thank you for closing day one DWP with amazing set, we are all trancesm.

DWP’s Stage is not only two, but three stages, with the third stage this year filled by many artists hardstyle and trap. Opened by Tony Romera and Cesqeaux, the neon jungle stage is invited to prance and dance with the typical hardstyle fans and trap., They (partygoers) are ready to moshing. Slander, ookay and zeds dead also enliven the neon jungle stage, the three of them playing in turns from 23:00 to 01:35, they play a set that makes the party goers relaxed casually with the strains of his trap.They are international artists who have often played songs of several trapnations, and Indonesian partygoers must know them and look forward to their performance, they have amazing taste music, a progressive setlist trap that is played really cool and sweeps away the partygoers. Closed by zatox, the stage neon jungle becomes wilder than the previous year, the hardstyle music played by zatox managed to make the partygoers forget themselves and they were moshing amongst the audience. Zatox gives a hardstyle tribal boom with a high bpm above 140bpm, you know what I mean, if I say hardstyle Is more epic tribal than trance. Bpm that is played very high and managed to close DWP in stage neon jungle becomes unforgettable.

This party ended yet, DWP still have the second day of December 16, 2017. On the second day, dwp has a lineup that is not less extraordinary. Presenting international artists such as DVBBS, Galantis, Steve Aoki, Hardwell, Toni Varga, Loco Dice, Richie Hawtin, joji, higher brothers, keith ape, rich chigga, designers, bassjackers and flosstradamus.

The second day also divided into three stages: garudha stage, Live ETC and also ELROW stage. On stage garudha enlivened by artist artists such as DVBBS, Galantis, Steve Aoki, and also Hardwell. DVBBS became the opening international artist on this stage, DVBBS became a DJ “warm up” on this stage, with a fast beat DVBBS managed to make the partygoersrafting, Rave party increasingly felt when DVBBS play some of its flagship Tsunami and stampede. After DVBBS, galantis prepares to warm up garudha stage, duo DJ and famous producer through this Runaway song, delivering extraordinary performance with its live set with additional percussion tools in its set. Yeahh its time for cake, steve aoki on the deck now. Steve aoki is the founder of dimmak record to enliven dwp this year, the famous dj through one of his songs titled turbulence is making the atmosphere dwp become more wild and the partygoers feels like flying. Steve Aoki also took out his gimmick in the dwp this year, throwing the cake to the partygoers, it made all the partygoers scream and get crazy in partying. Nice performance Mr. Aoki! Thank you so much…. This is the awaited moment, its time for HARDWELL. The DJ, who was once the number 1 DJ in the world for three consecutive years, closed the DWP on the second day with a great deal, one of the songs played was “spaceman” and “never say goodbye” and also a beautiful closure by ismaya with hundreds of fireworks issued. Really nice moment, closing with hardwell and fireworks. Really amazing!

In the live stage etc also filled by famous local artist rich chigga who has long been awaited, besides rich chigga also brought along his friends like joji, keith ape, higher brothers. Only in Indonesia their formation is complete, because in event other than dwp keith ape does not exist. The famous artist with the dat $tick song heats up the dance floor, with hip and hipet liveset he invites the partygoers to get into another world, flying with his hiphop R&B music and also the very supportive atmosphere that has been prepared by the ismaya team… In addition to rich chigga, designers are also present to invite partygoers to dance. Hip/hop artist who entered into this billboard managed to menghiphopkan the partygoers who can not wait to wait. One of the most watchlist this year, desiigner!..After the designer, there are bassjackers and also flosstradamus. Bassjackers showcase the set that fans have been waiting for, they play electro house and trap. With an hour’s duration, bassjackers managed to get the partygoers drowning and getting wild. And after bassjackers, flosstradamus ready to closing that night. The most wanted trap in this year, flosstradamus closed the evening beautifully on stage LIVE ETC. with the bass and tribal thump of trap and floating features that made the partygoers relax a little but reawakened by the bass booms, making the partygoers continue to endlessly bump and make the night become completely broken.

On another stage, ELROW is an incredible stage concept, with the decor and the costumed dancers making the stage atmosphere truly festive and unforgettable. The first experience of partying with such crazy concepts, this is their first asia tour and also second in the world after tomorrowland. In this stage presents the artist tech house, deep house and also hard techno such as locodice, toni varga and the legendary DJ and producer mr plasticman a.k.a Richie hawtin. Opened by toni varga with a relaxed set of house and continued by loco dice with its tech house set and beautifully covered by Richie hawtin with her hardtechno set, they play an incredible set, Richie hawtin gives no slack to party goers, tech house and hard techno played with pretty high bpm and little floating, partygoers do not stop dancing and do not forget the local culture “ondel ondel” and also the costumed dancers also appear in the middle of the partygoers when Richie plays his set. Really amazing moment, set and crowd. Thank you DWP 2017, unforgettable moment! (Benny)

Djakarta warehouse project is an annual event dance music festival presented by IsmayaLive, and it is not felt this year is their ninth year of holding the event. For 9 years they made the event, they have called hundreds of international artists to participate in the event, such as ladytron, late night alumni, breakbot, solomon, seth troxler, nina kraviz, knife party, cascade, cosmic gate, gesaffelstein, brodinski, chuckie , avicii, calvin harris, paul van dyk, markus schulz, armin van burren, above and beyond, david guetta, zedd, showtek, tiesto to martin garrix. Each event is held, they always managed to satisfy the partygoers in Indonesia, both in terms of service to consumers, good management, festival atmosphere, promo given until the visual presented presented extraordinary.
This year the Djakarta warehouse project is again present to satisfy the party goers to re-dance together at this extraordinary festival. With a theme very different from the previous event, ismaya presents a theme very different from the previous dwp. Curious ??? Here are 10 reasons why you should come to dwp this year.

1. As the biggest dance music festival in south east asia
Djakarta Warehouse Project has become the largest electronic dance music festival in South East Asia and has just won the second largest electronic dance music festival in Asia. More than 90,000 people attended Djakarta Warehouse Project 2016. This two-day music festival attracted more than 45,000 viewers on a daily basis which is slightly higher than the number of Japanese Ultra Music Festival crowds with a total audience of 120,000 in 3 days and this makes DWP the largest electronic dance music festival with the largest number of viewers per day in Southeast Asia. The three-day Sunburn festival in Goa is the single largest electronic dance music festival in Asia compared to the Djakarta Warehouse Project. This means dwp is the biggest festival event in southeast asia loh guys, they will celebrate the crowning in dwp this year. Imagine the festivities that will happen, they will give the best this year, bigger bigger and bigger festival.

2. Elrow Stage “Physcedelic Trip”
Dwp this year managed to bring ELROW STAGE to Indonesia. ELROW STAGE is a concept that is booming in the world, ELROW STAGE yesterday present itself at tomorrowland event.

Elrow stage in Djakarta warehouse project became the only one destination in southeast asia. And elrow party itself will carry the theme of PSYCHEDELIC TRIP for this dwp. After seeing the video, imagine the madness and excitement that will happen on the stage, let alone ELROW STAGE will be filled by international artists genre techno and house, there is Richie hawtin a.k.a plasticman, loco dice and also toni varga. Can not wait for partying at this stage, this is madness.

3. Garudha land transform to “GarudaBot”, Garuda fusion with Robot
Create a partygoers who gapernah absent in the event Djakarta warehouse project must know dud stage garudha land that is always transformed every year. Last year an eagle design with a burning wing flaunted itself to partygoers. And this year ismaya have a more crazy surprise again, yes GARUDA will transform into GARUDABOT. Hmm garuda fusion with robot? and do they use hydraulics any more crazy this year? Or his wings can fly, his head can rotate 360 ​​degrees? Or the garuda can transform like a transformer. This is Djakarta warehouse project! Be sure to attend this year’s dwp show. Its so amazing

3. The most wanted psychedelic trance, VINI VICI
Psy trance is the current booming genre in the world, a genre that combines psychedelic music and music trance into a powerful harmonization and has a very high interest in the world. This year’s Djakarta warehouse project manages to bring the most wanted producer and dj in the psytrance genre world, they are the vini vici group duo. Vini vici is obliged to watch this partygoers watch list this year. This year is their first time performing in Indonesia and Djakarta warehouse project, you will be invited to dance psychedelic with vini vici, Are you guys ready for “haaeeeeee yaaaahhh hooo haaaaa”.

4. 5 years to wait the proposal accepted, lets welcome to Flume
Founder and Christian Rijanto ceo ismaya has been trying to bring this international artist for 5 consecutive years, but ismaya has not had the opportunity to get it, this artist became one of the toplist of ismaya to be imported, the evidence 5tahun consecutive and new this year managed to bring it even though the country of origin of the artist is near that of Australia. Known for its remix song titled “you & me”, For the first time in Djakarta warehouse project, lets welcome FLUME.

5. Indonesian wonderkid and their gank, rich chigga, keith ape, higher brothers and joji
Wonder kid from Indonesia, a young and talented rapper, and is currently running his tour in the world. This month he will return to Indonesia only for the Djakarta warehouse project, but not only himself, he brings along his friends complete and only in Indonesia his complete formation. Hello partygoers lets welcome Rich Chigga, keith ape, higher brothers, joji.

6.First time in asia, other form from W&W “NWYR”
Nwyr is another form of W & W, a trance form from W & W. this is their first debut in asia, after the first one in tomorrowland yesterday. The announcement of this NWYR Djakarta warehouse project is remarkable, again another project “first time in asia” was raised by the dwp team this year. Project that presents trance music combined with big room from W & W and bass boom and bpm, NWYR you should watch and enter into your watchlist the partygoers

7. Another first time in Indonesia,HipHop Rising Star “Desiigner live in Djakarta Warehouse Project”
Again again and again. This year’s Djakarta warehouse project is full of surprises, featuring designer (a.k.a Sidney royal selby) rappers and producers from America are present at Djakarta warehouse project. The number one on the U.S billboard hot 100. Do not miss it, rapping with designer!

8. The most wanted Indonesian partygoers, lets TrapStep with “Flosstradamus”
This year is one of the most prominent years featuring music trap and R & B producers, and one of the most awaited party goers is Flosstradamus, a Dj producer who plays the dutch trap genre and hiphop is one of the most wanted for partygoers in Indonesia. His work is always included in various traps nation and become an influence for the producer trap. Lets go to DWP, lets party with FLOSSTRADAMUS THE MOST WANTED TRAP PRODUCER IN THIS YEAR

9. Crowd Control by marsmellow – left left left right right right
Ismaya not run out of ideas to satisfy the partygoers in Indonesia, after yesterday playing in ultra bali, dj this one was invited back to perform at the Djakarta warehouse project. All partygoers must know the song from this DJ, and certainly all partygoers will sing along with him, but what is the special of marsmellow this time? We are sure you can not wait for CROWD CONTROL with this DJ. Left left right right right, imagine 45000 partygoers that day dancing together and moving according to marsmellow crowd control. Call it!

10. years preparation Djakarta Warehouse Project Anniversary
And this is the last point we want to convey to the partygoers, this year is the year that is preparing for the anniversary 10 years dwp next year, they will run out in dwp this year, energy, ideas, service, and visualization that they will spend in this year will be really shown this year. Given next year is anniversary dwp 10 years, can you expect Djakarta Warehouse Project this year?
Oh yes, we have a code for next year, here it is (10, Mr.president 1, and 3.) AMIEN.

Our ears are still ringing from last Sunday, or is it just us not wanting to let last weekend go? Yes, we ‘re still having a hard time moving on from #DWP16 last weekend (Dec 9th & 10th). Just like last year, DWP came back with two days full great dance music and all round raving time!

So much happened in this year Djakarta Warehouse Project. From having some of the biggest DJ atm to bringing back the biggest paint party, Life in Color Kingdom adding more hype and interest for this dance music festival. In fact, because this year’s DWP promised so much, the hype and excitement for #DWP16 have been heightened months before the actually day of #DWP16. Here are the cycle of excitement we endure during the last few months en route to #DWP16

1. When the first lineup was announced

That moment you saw your favorite DJs name plastered in the official #DWP16 poster, your testosterone level went through the roof. You couldn’t shut up about how good the line up is this year to your mates and they kinda let you freak out until you calm yourself down.

2. When you scored your official ticket to rave

After the line up, came the time to buy your ticket to party. You regularly check up on #DWP16 official social media account to know when the first pre-sale is on. You’ve been saving up since #DWP15 and when you finally got your ticket to rave at #DWP16, you let a sigh of relieve because you finally did it! Permission to rave, granted!

3. -1 Day

A week before the actual day, you started to talk constantly about the upcoming festival. When the day before the big day arrived, your body has shown symptoms of early start of raving. The signs were clear, it’s hard for you to concentrate on your job, you had a hard time sleeping in because all you could think about was how hard you’re going to rave the next day, and your ear craved for some EDM tunes.

4. The Big Day: Day 1 of #DWP16

You’ve been waiting for this day for so long by now. Though it started later on the day, your level of excitement mounted hour after hour since the time you opened your eyes. But the level of your excitement peaked when you finally arrived at JIExpo and saw the iconic Garudha Stage, where most of the magic happened.

Day 1 started with a bang! The lineup at each stages were equally great, made it even more difficult for us to choose. We spent most of our day 1 hanging out at the Neon Jungle stage. Starting with the uber kawaii “TOKIMONSTA”, she may be petite but her stage presence was as grand as the size of the whole crowd. She handled the crowd like a pro!

Next up high on our list was “Snakehips”. The duo played us remixes of classics like “Ms. Jackson”, “Drop it Like It’s Hot”, “Soulja Boy” and even a remix of Rich Chigga’s “Dat $tick”. They wrap up their set with their hit “All My Friends” which got everyone in the crowd raved hard.

The time came for “Alan Walker”. The mysterious, half covered faced DJ had some pumped up energy that was contagious! Getting on and off the deck simultaneously with the confetti!  But the highlight got to be the last number “Faded”, which people were really in to!

“Rudimental” was the highlight of the Neon Jungle Stage for us. They usually travel in group, but even with just DJ Locksmith on deck and Mark Crown blowing the trumpet, they still managed to raise the roof! From playing “Not Giving In” to “Feel the Love” they never failed to deliver. The even played Flume’s “Holdin On” which was a treat.

“Zedd” and “Martin Garrix” equally wow the crowds and closing day 1 at the Garudha Stage. Both DJs were two of the most anticipated and most looked forward acts this year. The crowds definitely showed it!

5. Big Day 2.0: Day 2 of #DWP16

Day 2 rolled on and when you thought you could toned down your excitements just a little bit, but your level of excitement stayed the same, if not heightened. You’re still like a kid in a candy store. Thinking about all the raving you could still do that day made you all giddy inside.

You watch DJ after DJ taking that big stage. “Dipha Barus”, “Lost Frequencies”, “Blasterjaxx”, “DJ Snake”, and “Hardwell” were warming you up for the real party, the “Life in Color” party that is! Yes, #DWP16 brought back the largest paint party in THE WORLD to the “Life in Color Kingdom” stage. It was as wild, as colorful and as animalistic as you thought it would be. This is the time when your level of excitement has reached its max.

6.Post #DWP16 Depression

Good things have to end somehow and it finally hits you that #DWP16 is done and over. Your ears were still ringing, your head heavy with memories of the raving good times the last two days has brought you. Although your sadness and post #DWP16 depression was shortly changed into another excitement about #DWP17.

Whether you like it or not, Djakarta Warehouse Project is something everyone is looking forward to every year, it has become a routine and a part of everyone’s yearly plan. We raised our glass to you #DWP16, what a weekend that was.

As we’re stretching our dancing muscles, we realized that this weekend is going to be our 7th Djakarta Warehouse Project to attend.And yes, we’ve been there before you even can spell EDM *coughs-new ravers-coughs*. From that 7 years, we have seen them all types of people that you meet at a rave party. We won’t be labeling them as ‘the worst type’ or ‘the best type’, you’ll be the judge. So, since you and your group are going to #DWP2016, we’re giving you some heads up on the individuals that you’ll be raging with during the raving.

1.The Virgin

 They will look shy or might be styling themselves with an over the top wardrobe. We’re sure you remember your first #DWP, you must be wearing the clothes that you love the most, the outfit which gives you that dashing look. These rave virgins just radiate the glowing joy and excitement of being exposed to the rave party. Isn’t it great looking at them and they remind you how your first #DWP went. Much love, kids.

2. The Hammered Babies

 We’re not pointing that these ones who got wasted too much as the worst, BUT REALLY, you’re going to notice this type of people easily. Actually there are two types of the hammered babies. First, the ones who got wasted even before the rave lit – they hit the booze way too early then they just missed the whole party because busy puking. The second is those who got wasted after several punches and crazily smashed the whole party. Time your drinking game wisely kid!

3. The Cynicals

 This. We’ve been to DWP for so many times *winking at Ismaya Troopers* and confusingly, we always meet those people who are so cynical of the fest. They will drop and complain shit comments then mock the ravers, DUH! if they hate EDM so much, why they bother raving. Make way for the real raver to rave! Oh, they must have got the tickets for free.

4. The Cool Kids

You know those groups of know it all who act like they own the place? Yes, you’ll find some of those at #DWP. Beware, they can get a bit, or too loud from time to time. Other thing is, they always travels in group. Don’t let them block your way of having a great time!

5. The Veterans

 The most respectable status amongst all #DWP goers, the veterans. The old player, the ones who have been there since the beginning. They have been going to this rave party for so long now that it’s become a tradition for them. You won’t see them going crazy or going nonsense drunk, no they play it cool. We salute you DWP veterans. Teach us your ways.

These are just a glimpse type of people you’d see at #DWP. Who knows there’ll be new types of raver to add to the list. So, from those five types, which type are you?

The most anticipated Electronic Dance Music festival in South-east Asia returned. Just like how we predicted, Ismaya Live succesfully fulfilled the thirst of Indonesian live music enthusiasts beyond their expectation. As had been promised by Ismaya Live, the cutting-edge promoter totally paid it all just in the incredible two days.

They say it’s always better to start with something that has a lighter kick. For starters, the sets were mostly monopolized with the local performers such as Trillions, W. W, and also Derrave. Right when the clocked ticked at 9 PM, the heat of the festival started to rise. At the Garudha Land (main stage), R3hab totally smashed it with a pumping set, just as we were in a EDM marathon, Oliver Heldens robbed the attention with his drop-dead futurisitc house music.  After crazy starters, the DJs who people had been waiting for came near to arrive and spinned the festival. It was an easy game to say how Skrillex’s live performance was different from his produced releases. The unique-looking DJ primed the expectation that drop people had been waiting for, to top everything off, it became much greater with the colaboration from Diplo.

The night was young when the dynamic Swedish duo, Axwell Ingrosso, asked to remember the glorious hits of Swedish House Mafia (SHM). It seemed like we were not allowed to take a rest from dancing, because the duo brought massive songs, “Something new”, “Sun is Shining”, and also “This time” to highlight the show. Garudha Land had shown its fang, then it was the other stage’s turn. This one word totally described one of the DJs who we rooted so much that night, because the set was MAY-JAH!.  Major Lazer nailed it big time by bringing the super party atmosphere out of each the festival goer. As the super combination was tearing down the night, the legendary trance artist, Armin Van Burren, was ready to close the night’s curtain with his top-notch sets.

 On the second day, some of the crowd was slightly disappointed with  a breaking news of DVBBS’ cancellation, yet that definitely was not the way how Ismaya Live ended their festival. The quick disappointment was replaced with a big cheer from Galantis’ set. Before seeing them live, there were a lot of question on how they would pull the night off. The highlight for the night was DJ Snake. His hits were agrresively played to boost the crowd, it was like a rocket concert with a grooving of dance music.

For the fans of progressive house music, Kaskade was definitely there for the music, his body crazily bobbing to the  beat during the entirety of unstoppable and never dull two-hour set. The set was simply keeping the mood nice steady with scaled-back progressive house, opting for satisfied grooves over audience freakouts.

Finally, the legendary act from Tiesto made his appearance to the main stage. As he put his hands to the ‘dancing music maker’ the music never stopped. It didn’t stop between songs. It barely stopped between sets. Each track seamlessly mixed into the next. And if the crowd needed a break, it was hard to tell. The crowd on the floor never stopped dancing, waving hands and cheering. With the awesome set played that night, the crowd was spoiled by his brilliant hits such as “Show me”, “The Only Way is Up”, and also “Lethal Industry”.

The DWP enthusiasts clearly knows all about non-stop dancing, from years to years, when we first saw the 1st installment of the festival to the curent one (until the cute adolescents start showing up with their massive party gears), the festival still has its fire to burn down the city with its signature concept. It was one of the more diverse crowds to bash in a electronic music festiva at JIEXpo Kemayoran. The venue which could carry a capacity more than 50.000 people gathered the party goers into one thing in comming, to live the nights to the fullest. The festival alone was like a mini celebration to close the year, but as we were amazed with the firework show, we just wished it was held during the NYE, because we could only imagine how the 2015 finale would turn up really great if it was packed with DWP and all the great things that happened in the amazing two days. (Text : Erlangga / Editor : A.Alonzo / Photo : Rukes.com)

Yes. This is it. Finally, the wait is over…

“Indonesia, are you ready to partaaaaaaay?”

DOPE! Let’s all give a massive round of applause to Ismaya Live for this humongous success of Djakarta Warehouse Project 2014. The sixth edition of Indonesia’s biggest Electronic Dance Music (EDM) festival was expanded to two days, December 12th&13th2014. Yes! Two freakin days! That means we had doubled the experience, doubled the dancing, and doubled the fun! Ismaya Live have finally found their new bigger, comfortable, and most importantly mud-free ‘playground’ to all party goers to dance all night long which is slated held at JIExpoKemayoran, Central Jakarta. But not to worry, although the venue is far from the downtown, the organizer has provided shuttle buses between Gandaria City and Kota Kasablanka in South Jakarta, Grand Indonesia in Central Jakarta, all the way to the venue.

When we finally arrived at the venue on day one, we were surprised by how organized the ticket and security check on the main gate, compared to the last year’s event. Everything went smoothly and no one hastily entered the gate. As we walked through the venue, the outdoor food town, stands, and the drink parlours of Ismaya Group such as Bubble Tea and Pizza e Birra were found along the way. Everything was placed perfectly with nice lamps decoration above the food arena.

Not far from here, finally we could see the spacious Garudha Land main stage, which was the only outdoor stage on the venue, and the other two indoors that located on the wing side of the mainstage that is Mixmax Asia Stage and Cosmic Stage. Continuing to the other stages, we were surprised that there was a bigger indoor food town located right before the Cosmic Stage which has various different menu than the other one such as Kitchenette, Djournal Coffee, Sushi Groove and Tokyo Belly.

Surprisingly, by 7 pm, people had started to fill up the three dance floors to watch the early performers, such as Midnight Quickie and Crème de la Crème.

After it’s done, finally the long awaited line up from day one, Showtek took over the Garudha Land stage, followed by the massive performance by the youngest DJ from all line up in DWP14, Martin Garrix who hypnotized all audiences to dance with his killer set. (And yes, his performance was the highlight of the night indeed).
The performance was then followed by former member of Swedish House Mafia, Steve Angello. He brought a full set of the best tracks, including his new hits collaboration with Dougy Temper Trap, ‘Wasted Love’.

The party hadn’t ended yet. Somewhere around 3am, Skrillex succeeded to make all of the ravers to dance and scream out loud with his famous dubstep and trap smash ups set which pretty much summed up the whole first day of rave night-out.

DWP14 featured Life In Color experience for the first time in South East Asia, hence, We knew that day two would become even bigger and more crowded than the first one. Cosmic Station stage turned out to be the home for ‘Life in Color’ stage where audiences sprayed by non-toxic paint throughout the show while dancing to live sets.

Life in Color stage was immediately generated loud screams from the audiences as the paint party started when Matthew Koma and Adventure Club respectively spinned through the night and heated up the floor.

Going back the Garudha Land main stage, the legendary Above & Beyond had already sucked up the crowd to join their spectacular performance. Not only playing their best set-list, they also spoiled everyone by saying “This is Indonesia, this is heaven” on the large LED screen on each side of the stage. Then, performance continued by Nicky Romero’s heart-pumping set followed with the non-stop laser beams and festive eye-candy fireworks up above the electric sky.

On the Neon Jungle stage, Rasmus Faber, Bondax, Peking Duk, and our local DJ Hogi Wirjono stepped up their performances that too rad to be missed. And on the Life in Color stage, DVBBS closed the paint party and somewhat succeeded to pump up the atmosphere by heating up the crowd with their hit set including ‘Tsunami’.

This wasn’t his first or second, or maybe his third time, Steve Aoki’s appearances here in Jakarta. To be completely honest, We weren’t very satisfied with his performance at the beginning.

But after 15 minutes of heating up himself, Aoki burned the night out with his attractive mash up songs and hits such as ‘Turbulence’ and made an exciting collaboration with Laidback Luke and Lil Jon. Not enough with that, he decided to do crazy stunt by jumped into a rubber boat and throwing a big mount of cake to the crowd.

Those memorable DWP14’s taglines such as “Eat. Sleep. Dwp. Repeat!” was actually applied in real life caused of the two-day extravaganza show we all had. For the magnificent laser shot and lighting, world-class international headliners, spectacular non-stop fireworks, and amazing paint party, We’re sure that Ismaya Live have succeeded on getting maximum satisfaction and love from all of us. Thank you for those two magical nights to end the year! See you on Djakarta Warehouse Project 2015! WE JUST CAN’T HARDLY WAIT!

(Text : Tari Agenanda / Photos : RUKES, Nareend, Mellowed High, & Gilang Bimar)

We. Can’t. Wait.

Yes, We can’t wait any longer to rave it out on the two-day EDM festival, Djakarta Warehouse Project. As last year we threw you our guidelines, this year we are giving minutiae for #DWP14. These are some little important things that usually miss out when you are about to attend this festival. If you’re following these rules, trust us, you’ll pull anything off when you’re at the venue. All you have to do is just write them down and tick them. Here we go :

1. Work out to strut out :

This might sound silly, but if you attended the previous years’ of DWP, you might see some dudes became shirtless and some girls with their super shorts. What are we suggesting you here, you need to take some work out before the festival, and on the D-day, you can flash your muscles with proud. You’re sexy, and you know it.

2. Dance like everybody’s watching

We hail those of you who adopt; “Dance like no one is watching“, but really, really, really, this is Djakarta Warehouse Project, a place where people bust their moves. Before going to the fest, make sure you have practiced your moves and make sure it looks good. Or at least make sure you are not doing weird moves like banana dance or chicken dance. We actually found a tutorial of ‘How to Dance to EDM Techno Music’. Ehm.

Ps : it turns out the video is pretty lousy, but you can use it as your references

 3. Ignore what we say in Number 2

Yes, ignore it. Because YOU SHOULD DANCE LIKE NOBODY IS WATCHING. When the hooks reach and the beats drop, all you have to do is just jump! No lessons needed,man!

4.Guy Fawkes’ mask

This mask is what we have been noticing in the previous years of DWP. And we’re sure we’ll be seeing more this year. In case you want to be part of the Guy Fawkes’ army, make sure you have this one!

5. A real cool sandal or flip-flops

We don’t want you to destroy your VANS or New Balance, so make sure you are wearing a slipper this year! or at least if you insist to wear cool kicks, bring some spare of cool slipper. So when your kicks are soaked, you can still looks awesome with your sandals or flip-flops. But no one is actually going to notice it though. (List of cool sandals or flip-flops)

6. Don’t wear Indian Headpiece

It’s just pretty much like the Guy Fawkes’ mask, the indian headpiece has been attracting our attention in the previous years of DWP. You know what, we love this headpiece a lot, but actually this headpiece is a bit disturbing, especially if you happen to stand after someone who wears it. The feathers are going to bother you. So, let’s just leave the headpiece home because we are not having a tribal bonfire.

7. Bring some waterproof for your gadgets

Who knows it’s going to rain buckets, just to secure your gadgets (because they say the world is in there!), make sure you bring some waterproof casings for your gadgets.

8. Master the crowd by watching : Shits Indonesian Disco Party People Say

You might have seen this, but for some people who haven’t, you ought to see it! We love MBDC a lot and this video that they created in 2012 has doubled our love to them even more. This video shows you what to say, what to response, and what to talk about before you are going to DWP. In short, all of the tips or guidelines for #DWP14 is summed up in this classic video which also went viral among the party people.

All in all, the tips that we share to you is just for fun, you may follow them or you definitely may ignore them. You can totally ignore them though. The point is, we want you to be a part of Djakarta Warehouse Project 2014. You know when some wise people say “You need to experience one great moment in your life even it’s just once“, but to us, “You have to experience #DWP for once in your life!” . See you on 12th -and 13th December guys!

Who else is counting on the days before 13th of December? The much anticipated dance music festival brought by ISMAYA Live is only weeks away, The we hope that you’re set on what to wear, to do and not to do! Below are few tips on preparing for the greatest night of 2013.

1. Cha-ching! Make sure to bring enough cash for beer, food and possibly souvenirs. A lot of venues have limited options for credit or debit, so cash is preferable

2. Drink responsibly. We don’t mean to be a party pooper, but a rave party is better enjoyed with a certain amount of alcohol instead of being intoxicated the whole night. You do plan on remembering the night, right?
3. Specifically for the ladies, take good care of your well-being during the concert! Some perverts can be drunk, grabby and disgusting, stand up for yourself and don’t give them a chance to harass you. Grrl power!

4. Don’t forget to bring your ID, it’s a 18+ event.

5. Always fully charge your phones, and have some credit to spare. You and your group might separate, and the reception might not be stable enough to contact through instant messages, so phone calls will work better.

6. Just to be safe from pickpockets, put aside some cash and ID in other places other than your wallet. It’s hard to realize these things when you’re having too much fun!

7. PDAs are common in rave parties. Don’t be the awkward third wheel, let the lovebirds enjoy the night!

8. Avoid drunk boys you’ll encounter through the night, just smile and step away. We don’t know how many amount of liquors they have consumed.

9. We know you want to update your social medias, but for once, lose the phones and cameras. Let’s keep it old school. You’re about to witness a lineup of the greatest artists and DJs, don’t waste it on checking how many Likes or Loves you got.

10. Stay in groups! But if you do get lost and find it impossible to find your pack, it’s always great to meet new people and mingle.

11. Public transportations are hopeless by the time the concert ends. Bringing your own vehicle or getting a ride from a friend is your best bet. If that’s not possible, take a good reputable taxi, but make sure to stay awake the whole ride, or better yet, travel in numbers.

12. For those who bring their own vehicles, select a candidate to be the designated driver. Do not drink and drive!

13. Stay dehydrated, and have a good dinner before. If not, there will be great food stalls available, but it might be pricey!

14. In case of unfriendly rain during the night, have your electronic gadgets under waterproof covers

15. There will be mad traffic near the parking lot after the party ends, just relax and make sure to stay fully awake until you’re safe at home. Drive safely.

16. You’ll be a part of the greatest dance festival in South East Asia, so, dance like no one’s watching!  HAVE FUN!

To know more about DWP2013, Please go to their official website : DjakartaWarehouseProject13

You might need to get your neon dancing shoes and light sticks earlier than expected , Indonesia’s biggest dance music festival is having a pre-party before the annual dance rage, and party goers are most welcome. Think of it as a warm up before the big feast of laser beams and ridiculous beats, ISMAYA Live is kind enough to have us rehearse for the D-day. Four talented artists will be performing exclusively, including Laidback Luke, Martin Garrix, Chuckie, and Bingo Players.

Here’s the complete list of what’s coming up early this December!

Laidback Luke & Martin Garrix

Date: 6^th December 2013  |  Venue: Blowfish

Price: Rp 250.000,00 (Normal)  |  Rp 150.000,00 (DWP2013 Special Code)

Chuckie

Date: 7^th December 2013 |  Venue: Dragonfly

Price: Rp 200.000,00 (Normal)   |   Rp 100.000,00 (DWP2013 Special Code)

Bingo Players

11^th December 2013  |  Venue: Dragonfly

Price: Rp 200,000.00 (Normal)   |   Rp 100.000,00 (DWP2013 Special Code)

Tickets are sold at all Pizza e Birra outlets, starting from November 8^th 2013. Note that the events listed are all 18+, so make sure you have your valid ID. For more information, go on http://www.djakartawarehouse.com/

Are you psyched to have the biggest dance party of the year extended? We know we are! Grab your tickets fast and don’t miss out!

Just to recall the hype of DWP 2012, last year this massive festival for EDM fans, exploded by bringing tremendous names such as Calvin Harris, A-Trak, Paul Van Dyk, Avicii, Angger Dimas and many more. By seeing the first phase line-ups for this year’s edition, We’re just pretty sure the greatness will be two-fold and will blast more than ever.

The first group of pre-sale will be sold on July 6^th 2013 (IDR 425.000) and the next three groups will be sold right away after the first group has been sold out. There shouldn’t be another think coming for you guys to rush to the ticket box for DWP 2013, remember how sick the night was when David Guetta shook Jakarta? Because once is not enough, having another shot of David Guetta’s set is much recommended! Martin Solveig and his French compatriot, Breakbot, will also turn Jakarta to the best EDM city. And keep in mind, that this is pretty crazy to see the line-ups aren’t fully revealed yet since Ismaya Live still have some more jaw-dropping names to be announced. The Djakarta Warehouse Project 2013 is set to hit the record on December 13^th 2013.

Djakarta Warehouse Project (DWP) 2012 successfully scored Jakarta on December 7^th 2012. Brought some big names to town like Avicii, Calvin Harris, and Paul Van Dyk really prove that DWP 2012 really is the biggest dance music festival in Indonesia. With a very unique and interesting concept by putting three major stages at Istora Senayan Jakarta, really gave us another experience in enjoying an EDM (Electronic Dance Music) festival. In a cooperate with Djarum Super MLD, Ismaya Live brought this year’s festival with “Escape, Celebrate, Dance” for the theme. When we entered the venue, we were welcomed by a big square covered with an LCD on each side of it.

At the Surya MLD, Angger Dimas, one of the local heroes who has done some work with noted DJ such as Tiesto and Steve Aoki, was on board to give some warming up tunes before Calvin Harris hopped in.

Right at 1 AM, the world’s EDM star finally on board, “Hello,Jakarta! This is me Calvin Harris…” opened Calvin Harris before he played his set. 15 minutes after he opened the set, rain started pouring, we thought the crowd would be dashing out since Surya MLD stage was an outdoor venue, but we stand corrected, the crowd kept dancing like rain was the last thing they had to worry on that marvelous night. Calvin Harris played his tracks like Awooga, You Used to Hold Me, Flashback, and also his featuring track with Rihanna, We Found Love.

The closure for the night was Avicii, it was really fun to catch Avicii for the second time in 2012. In April, Avicii shook Jakarta at Fairgrounds, as what we experience from his previous visit to Jakarta, we know this time at DWP, the craziness will be two-fold. Avicii got on deck at 2.30 AM. Obviously, people had to wait longer to bust some moves for his Levels, because Avicii put it as the final shot. When Levels’ intro blasted the stereo, the crowd did a massive choir along with “Oh, sometimes I get a good feeling, yeah I get a feeling that I never, never, never, never had before, no no I get a good feeling, yeah” and the situation got more radical when the confetti shot to crowd in a splash of a magnificent lighting.

Djakarta Warehouse Project 2012 is a serious competitor for Singapore’s Zouk Out, despite of the very strategic location in Jakarta, DWP keep bringing the greater dimension every year. The another thing is, DWP is different with the typical of rave party which used to be held in town. Usually, rave party is located in the northern side of Jakarta, Ancol. But DWP held it at the downtown side of Jakarta which makes it more accessible.

We did the same thing as the festival told us to do “Escape, Celebrate, Dance”. Magnificent lighting, amazing crowd, head-spinning sets, three major stages, laser shot, world-class EDM artists, a cannon of confetti, and the best executor was THE RAIN! Djakarta Warehouse Project 2012 gave it all more than you have asked. See you in Djakarta Warehouse Project 2013!  (Alcander Alonzo)

Some people are confused either to go or not to go to Djakarta Warehouse Project 2012 on December 7th 2012, since we know this is the biggest dance music festival and it’s a must see event (especially if you a huge fan of EDM) , so we are summing up into five ultimate reasons “Why You Shouldn’t Miss DWP 2012”

1.Lineups
The first reason why you should go to Djakarta Warehouse Project (DWP) 2012 is : THEIR LINEUPS! Because this year DWP will bring some jaw dropping names to bust your moves. As we know, the lineups are Calvin Harris, Paul Van Dyk, Avicii, A-Trak, Brodinski, and many more. Do you guys remember when Avicii’s sold out show in Jakarta couple months ago? Massive? Then if you missed his show, you still have a shot to catch him at DWP! Or another thing is you definitely will not want to miss the Scottish top notch DJ, Calvin Harris, in 2010 he already dropped some balls in Jakarta. We totally recommend you to see him at DWP because he’ll double the craziness.

2.The Price

It only costs you IDR 450.000 (presale) for 11 EDM amazing stars and more than 10 exciting local acts which will not make you go home in disappointment! Can’t it get better?

3. It’s a Local Event
People are so buzzing out for Zouk Out in Singapore, but why you should fly to Singapore meanwhile we got an event in Jakarta and it wont cost you much travel expense (unless you are not living in Jakarta) ? And DWP 2012 is even giving a greater names to be seen which close enough to perfection as the closure for 2012. The other thing is you got to support your local event.

4.The Biggest Dance Music Festival
DWP brings “Indonesia’s biggest and leading annual dance music festival” as its tagline. Last year many people have agreed with this tagline, because Djakarta Warehouse Project really is the biggest dance music festival in Indonesia which should be on your toppest must-see-event list! The concept for DWP 2012 will be much more tremendous than any local dance music festival that you have ever attended. It will be held in Istora Senayan Jakarta and have multiple arenas. This year the range will be bigger from electro, techno, dubstep , you name it.

5.It’s ISMAYA GROUP’s event
As we all know Ismaya has been leading and getting talked about for its lead in live music scene. Why? Because every events that they held always end up in success. It will feature the best selections of International and Indonesia’s best electronic artists/djs in one-of-a-kind dramatic décor, and completed with the best quality production of sound and music. The venue will be decorated in the way that you have never experienced before. We can guarantee that you will not experience some technical failure while you are busting your moves. Professionals are putting their hands on to highlight your experience in DWP.

So what are you waiting for? We know that DWP is an annual event and it will be held again next year, but do you really think you can hold your excitement for next year? We don’t think so.

For more information about the lineups and prices, please check DWP’s official website on www.djakartawarehouseproject.com
Ps: Considering that DWP 2012 is an 18+ event, make sure that you are above 18 to attend this event. If you are not, don’t bother to get one, because strict rules are applied at the entrance gate.

(Alcander Alonzo)