Get ready Star Troopers because the first edition of Stargate Festival 2024 is happening this weekend on February 17th and will be staged at the KL Base SG Besi in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The line-up features 5 international acts including double Platinum DJ & producer Will Sparks, one of Australia’s biggest dance music exports Uberjak’d, Trance legend Mark Sixma, Trance music duo & producers XiJaro & Pitch, and London-based Electronic music artist, DJ, & Music Producer Leena Punks.
The local lineup will feature misterAriffin, Ramsey Westwood, Bass Agents, Haikal Ahmad, Osman Mousa, and SMASH on the main stage. The second stage, aptly called Tranceland, will feature Ajam Shaz, BARD, FBSJ, Hard Sham, Hardboyy, Juicy Jess, Kevin, RKMY (featuring BIE), RALPH’S, and Sam Rexo.
Where is Stargate Festival 2024 hosted in Malaysia and how to get there?
The festival is strategically located at the KL Base SG Besi in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The nearest stations are Chan Sow Lin MRT & LRT. It is also possible to simply get a Grab or taxi from pretty much anywhere around Kuala Lumpur to get to the festival.
Kuala Lumpur is an easy-access location for urban travelers, music lovers, and festival-goers from all over Asia, located only a few hours away from Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand. Kuala Lumpur is an exciting and vibrant city, full of diversity, amazing food, flourishing nightlife, and tourist attractions. The city is also inexpensive and is becoming a new hub for music festivals in Asia.
What kind of music can you expect at Stargate Festival 2024?
Stargate Festival 2024 will bring a real treat for fans of Big Room music, the festival will bring a blend of EDM, Techno, Trance, and Progressive House music on two stages, the main stage and the Tranceland stage.
Check out the full line-up below:
–Stargate-
(Main Stage)
Will Sparks
Mark Sixma
Uberjak’d
Leena Punks
Xijaro & Pitch
Ella Young
With Local Support:
misterAriffin
Ramsey Westwood
Bass Agents
Haikal Ahmad
Osman Mousa
SMASH
–Tranceland–
(Second Stage)
Ajam Shaz
BARD
FBSJ
Hard Sham
Hardboyy
Juicy Jess
Kevin
RKMY featuring BIE
RALPH’S
Sam Rexo
Everything you need to know about Stargate Festival 2024
Star Troopers, this is your commander speaking! Stargate Festival is set to take off and blast an illustrious performance in a huge hangar located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur! This festival promises top-notch mainstage production with over 30 feet high and 100 feet wide visual illustrations equipped with a massive laser show to entertain over 7,000 Star Troopers coming from all over the world for this festival.
Prepare for an epic return with in-demand global acts and highly anticipated debuts! Meet your Star Captains – Will Sparks, Mark Sixma, and Uberjak’d, alongside the sensational visually impaired Belgian DJ duo, XiJaro & Pitch, Anjunabeats’ very own Leena Punks, and a captivating vocal performance by Ella Young.
The cosmic journey continues with Malaysian champions starring misterAriffin, Ramsey Westwood, Bass Agents, Haikal Ahmad, Osman Mousa, and SMASH who have each made their mark by releasing tracks on major labels and committed to putting Malaysia on the world map.
In addition to assembling our local talent pool in the electronic dance music landscape today, Stargate Festival acts as a catalyst of pushing the standards of the local entertainment industry onto a new height with its second Tranceland Stage featuring more than 10 local DJs performing on the same day.
Endorsed by the Official Community Partner – Elektronity, Stargate Festival is on a mission to amplify the #MYSafeRave campaign to promote a safe, proactive, and healthier rave culture for all members and supporters alike. This festival is poised to attract an international audience in alignment with Tourism Malaysia’s vision, “Visit Malaysia,” starting this year.
Kamarul Ariffin, Founder of Stargate Festival explains, “As the Festival Director, I see the inception of Stargate Fest as an inaugural endeavor to position Malaysia within the global electronic dance music landscape. We aim to set a precedent for excellence in this genre, showcasing our commitment to fostering a safe and vibrant music festival environment. Stargate Fest aspires to pioneer this movement, driven by a vision of promoting internationally in-demand headliners while nurturing emerging talent, thus amplifying the potential of young artists on a global scale.”
Get to know the artists that will perform @ Stargate Festival 2024
Will Sparks
Will Sparks’ name has forever shaped the global electronic dance music scene. Pioneering Melbourne Bounce, a sub-genre of EDM affectionately named after his Australian hometown; making countless laps around the globe playing the world’s most reputable stages including Ultra Music Festival, Creamfields, and Tomorrowland as well as residencies at some of the best global venues. Will is finding himself time and time again at the top of the dance music charts with double Platinum records and amassing an inconceivable 2.8 million monthly listeners on Spotify all before the ripe young age of 28, Sparks knew there was something more to life for him from a very young age, and boy did the industry know that too.
The double Platinum producer has shaken up the charts as much as he’s shaken up the streaming world. After releasing his iconic ‘Ah Yeah’, the track shot straight up the charts and effortlessly hit double platinum. Still riding the wave of his first release’s success, Sparks then dropped ‘Bring it Back’. Since these two hits, Will has continued to triumph, today amassing over 600 million streams just across Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube.
High-profile collaborations with the likes of Steve Aoki, W&W, Timmy Trumpet, and Bollywood phenom Priyanka Chopra as well as remixes for the likes of The Chainsmokers, Bruno Mars, and Major Lazer gained the attention of millions worldwide.
Uberjak’d
One of Australia’s biggest dance music exports, Ben Grzywacz aka Uberjak’d continues to stun audiences all over the globe with his frenetic stage presence and unique blend of high-energy club weapons.
Originally hailing from Adelaide, Uber is best known for being a pioneer of the bounce sound, crafting an onslaught of Beatport topping cuts. He’s no stranger to the big labels, signing his signature style of bounce, psy, hard and anything-in-between to heavyweight labels such as Spinnin’ Records, Dim Mak, Mixmash & Dharma, as well as dropping relentless fire via his own imprint Jak’d Recordings. Ben has also collaborated with distinguished artists such as Deorro, Will Sparks, Laidback Luke & Joel Fletcher with these dance-floor gems amassing a whopping 15 million streams online and counting.
Boasting a plethora of international tours of Asia, Europe, Canada, and North America, Uberjak’d has grown his fanbase at high-profile festivals and clubs such as Tomorrowland, WMC, Creamfields, Zouk & Pacha Ibiza to name a few.
Mark Sixma
Mark Sixma is an artist whose music is known as the heart of dance music on a global scale. Born and raised in the capital of dance – Breda, the Dutch city that provided the world scene leaders such as Tiesto and Hardwell. He is responsible for some of the most revered timeless dance music and EDM anthems.
Mark Sixma is one of the only dance music artists to knock himself off the #1 spot in Beatports Trance chats, claiming both the #1 and #2 positions simultaneously. Besides his original tracks, which have been featured in video games and movies, Mark also collaborated with Armin van Buuren, W&W, and KSHMR to name a few.
On the live front, the long-time DJ/Producer brought his highly energetic performances to the biggest venues and the world’s largest dance music festivals as Creamfields, TomorrowWorld, A State of Trance, and Ultra Music Festival whilst gaining support from the majority of the top DJ’s in the world on his originals and monumental remixes.
Xijaro & Pitch
XiJaro & Pitch are the trance music producer/DJ duo of Xander van Dommelen and Anthony Reyers. Formed in 2014, they are best known as the musical minds behind dozens of spine-tingling, uplifting releases on some of the most prestigious labels in trance and also as the creators of the weekly show “Chasing Dreams”, which is currently taking the Twitch trance community by storm. Most notably their work has already seen them be hand-picked by Armin van Buuren for his famous “A State Of Trance” mix compilation as well as landing them the opportunity to play at the coveted Luminosity Beach Festival.
Leena Punks
Old moon fades into the new.
2023 started with a bang for rising DJ/ Producer Leena Punks with a second Hottest Record on BBC Radio 1 by Charlie Hedges for ‘Dawn of the Dead’. 2022 was also a busy year for the young artist. After releasing on New State, a feature on LP Giobbi’s compilation on Insomniac records, and a remix on Stress records, her AnjunaBeats track debut ‘On The Floor’ was picked by Charlie Hedges as BBC Radio One’s Hottest record and gained lots of support from Jaguar, Sarah Story, Adele Roberts and Ben Malone on KISS FM. While Jack Saunders made On The Floor his Next Wave feature on Future Artists. Her next single “Mirage’ on Stress also did really well on Radio 1 and got picked by Ben Malone as his Spotlight feature. It also got great support from DSP’s including New Music Friday, UK House Music, and Trance Mission and featured on Lane 8’s Winter 2022 Mixtape.
After touring Greece, and Ibiza, she finished off the summer with a spot on the A&B Group Therapy Weekender with additional gigs in Belfast and L.A and performing Printworks, E1, Brixton Jamm, and Standon Calling alongside Katy B and Jaguar as well as Tomorrowland this July. Lots of new music coming in 2024 on Stress, AnjunaBeats, Armada, Good Company and This Never Happened.
