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Kaskade, Axwell & Ingrosso, Hardwell among EDC lineup’s heavy-hitters

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Night 1 of the 2012 Electric Daisy Carnival featuring Afrojack, Kaskade and Sebastian Ingrosso (pictured here) at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Friday, June 8, 2012.
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Electric Daisy Carnival is one of the few festivals that can get away with releasing its artist roster a month before the actual event. That’s mostly because Insomniac’s tentpole weekender has sold out by that point—last week, the last general admission pass was snapped up, leaving only expensive VIP passes left—and the attendee fervor slants more toward the experience itself than any given performer(s).

That said, electronic music fans and festival fanatics will delight in parsing this year’s 250-plus act curation, which was coyly teased Friday night via Insomniac founder/head Pasquale Rotella's "Nightowl" program on Sirius XM’s Electric Area station. The full lineup is listed below, but some bookings of note include:

• Perhaps reflective of EDC’s 20th anniversary this year, a slew of veteran acts long associated with the festival surface on the lineup poster, including house champions DJ Dan and Bad Boy Bill, trance pioneers Paul Oakenfold and Paul van Dyk, hardcore long-hauler Ron D. Core and bass scene stalwarts Andy C and MC Armanni Reign.

• Good news: Hotly anticipated and recently reunited drum-n-bass act Pendulum made the lineup, as did EDC newbie and ambient house favorite Tycho. Not-so-good news: Both will eschew their famous live performances for DJ sets.

Hardwell performs on the Kinetic Field stage at the 2015 Electric Daisy Carnival at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sunday, June 21, 2015.

Hardwell performs on the Kinetic Field stage at the 2015 Electric Daisy Carnival at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sunday, June 21, 2015.

• For the sixth year in a row, Tiësto is booked to perform on the Kinetic Field main stage—which, according to Rotella’s "Nightowl" segment, won’t reveal its full technological prowess until an unannounced moment in order to surprise revelers. Other heavy-hitters for the 400-foot-long stage—purportedly the largest among American music festivals—include Axwell & Ingrosso, Hardwell and DJ Snake.

• Kaskade, Armin van Buuren, Martin Garrix and Above and Beyond are just some of the EDM godzillas helming the booth at what Rotella promises to be a Circuit Grounds stage area that’s not only three times the size of last year’s otherwise gargantuan proportions, but apparently 360 degrees in configuration. Also: On Sunday, Circuit Grounds will exclusively feature trance DJs, sponsored by Insomniac’s Dreamstate division.

• Bass Pod will celebrate all things low-end with regulars Bro Safari, Datsik, Zomboy, Excision, Crizzly and others. Ditto the Wasteland stage for the harder subgenres, featuring Coone, Code Black, Kutski, Audiofreq, among others, and a revamped Neon Garden area for deep house/techno reliables such as Maya Jane Coles, Hot Since 82 and Adam Beyer.

Night 1 of the 2012 Electric Daisy Carnival featuring Afrojack, Kaskade (pictured) and Sebastian Ingrosso at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Friday, June 8, 2012.

Night 1 of the 2012 Electric Daisy Carnival featuring Afrojack, Kaskade (pictured) and Sebastian Ingrosso at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Friday, June 8, 2012.

• EDC will introduce a new, smaller stage called Upside Down House, featuring more ebullient, funkier house sounds, along with dance figureheads like Armand Van Helden and Derrick May.

• And less-genre-partial EDM DJs like Zedd, Martin Solveig, RL Grime and What So Not will reign supreme on an also-upgraded Cosmic Meadow stage, known for its massive grass field and bleacher-seating access.

Here’s the lineup in full. EDC takes place June 17-19 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

12th Planet

219 Boys

4B

50 Carrot b2b Coffi b2b Soloman

A-Trak

Above & Beyond

Ace Ventura

Adam Beyer presents Drumcode

Adaro Adrenalize

2015 EDC: Night 3

Adventure Club

Afrojack

Alan Fitzpatrick

Alesso

Alison Wonderland

Aly & Fila

Amtrac

Andy C

Anevo

Angerfist

Anna Lunoe

Armand Van Helden

Armanni Reign

Armin van Buuren

Aryay

Astrix

Astronomar

Audio b2b Teddy Killerz

Audiofreq

Audiotricz

AWE

Axwell & Ingrosso

Bad Boy Bill

Bad Company UK

Baggi

Bart Skils

Baumer

Ben Nicky

Billy Kenny

Bioweapon

BONES

Botnek

Brad Moontribe

Brennan Heart

Brennen Grey

Brian Seed (DJ Brian)

Brillz

Bro Safari

Brookes Brothers

Carnage

Caspa b2b Rusko

Chadwick

The Chainsmokers

Chris Lake

Chris Liebing

Chris Lorenzo

Code Black

Cookie Monsta

Coone

Coyote Kisses

Craig WIlliams

Crisis Era

Crizzly

Culture Shock

Cyantific

D-Block & S-te-fan

Da Tweekaz

Dada Life

Danny Howard

Darksiderz

Darren Styles

Dash Berlin

Datsik

dela Moontribe

Delta Heavy

Dem Ham Boyz

Deorro

Derrick May

Des McMahon

Digital Punk Dimension

Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike

DJ Dan

DJ Isaac

DJ Snake

DJ Trance

Doc Martin

Doctor P

Don Diablo

Dr. Fresch

Duke

Dumont

Dusky

El Dusty

Ephwurd

Eptic b2b Must Die!

Eric Prydz

Etnik

Excision

Fallen

Ferry Corsten presents Gouryella

Fester

Filthy Gorgeous

Flux Pavilion

Frankee b2b Loadstar

Frankie Bones

FuntCase

Fury

Gaia

Galantis

Gammer

Gareth Emery

Giraffage

Gladiator

Go Freek

GTA

Gunz For Hire

Habstrakt

2015 EDC: Night 2

Habu

Hannah Wants

Hardwell

Hermitude

Hot Since 82

Hotel Garuda

InsideInfo

J.Phlip

Jason Bentley

Jauz

John Askew

John Kelley

John O'Callaghan

Jordan Suckley

Joyryde

JSTJR

Juan Atkins

Julia Govor

Julian Jordan

Kaskade

Kasra

KDrew

Knife Party

KRNE

KSHMR

Kutski

Lady Faith

Landis

LaPace

Lane 8

Leiel

Lenny Dee

Lione

LNY TNZ

Loco Dice

LondonBridge

Lookas

Loudpvck

LUMBERJVCK

Machete & Friends

The Magician

MAKJ

Mark Farina

Markus Schulz

Marshmello

2015 EDC: Night 1

Martin Garrix

Martin Solveig

Matrix & Futurebound

Matt Black

Max Enforcer

Maximono

Maya Jane Coles

MC Dino

Mefjus Mekanikal

Mercer

Michael Calfan

Mike Williams

Morten

My Digital Enemy

NGHTMRE

Nicole Moudaber

Nightstalker

Oliver Heldens

Ookay

Pan-Pot

Paper Diamond

Party Favor

Paul Oakenfold

Paul Ritch (live)

Paul van Dyk

Pendulum (DJ set) w/ MC Verse

Pierce Fulton

Pilo

Protohype

The Prototypes

Radical Redemption

Ran-D

Ravell

Redlight

Rell The Soundbender

Richie Hawtin

RL Grime

Rob Gee

Ron D Core

Sacha Robotti

SAYMYNAME

Seven Lions

Shaun Frank

Shiba San

Slander

Sleepy Tom

Sluggers

Snails

SNBRN

Sonny Fodera

Stephanie

Steve Loria

Stööki Sound

Suspect 44

Sylence

Taiki Nulight

Technoboy

Thee-O

Throttle

Tiësto

TJR

TNT

Tom & Collins

Tommy Trash

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (DJ set) b2b Jonas Rathsman

TrollPhace b2b P0gman

TroyBoi

Tuneboy

Two Fresh

Tycho (DJ set)

UMEK

Valentino Khan

W&W

Walker & Royce

Wasted Penguinz

What So Not

Wuki

Yellow Claw

Zander

Zedd

Zomboy

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