The world's brightest, most absurd, and colorful party returns to Brooklyn. That's right, another edition of elrow is just around the corner and is on track to be the biggest and the best to hit New York yet.



On Saturday, July 23, The Brooklyn Mirage and the King's Hall in the famed Avant Gardner complex will welcome over 15 top-tier DJs for elrow Summer Festival: Far Rowest. And as the two stages of pure debauchery plunge into kaleidoscopic chaos, guests can immerse themselves in a host of brand-new amenities.



But to access all the whimsical and wonderful experiences offered at Far Rowest, you'll need to show up early and purchase a Full Experience Pass. And let's be honest here. Why anyone would want to miss even one second of the action at an elrow event is a mystery. So grab the ticket, take the ride, and get a little weird.



Here are ten reasons to grab a Full Experience Pass before they're gone.

1. Save Money



Spoiler alert: the Full Experience Pass is the cheapest ticket for the elrow Festival. You're literally paying less money to have more fun. Has there ever been a more exciting trade-off in the history of live music?



2. Drink Specials



People show up late to an event because they want to save money on the pregame. Now elrow is taking care of that for you. Everyone who arrives early will get a special drink deal—buy one, get one half off. The bars will also serve a specialty-themed cocktail until 8 PM. You'll have to get your Full Experience Pass to find out just how special it is.



3. On The Runway With Rowgelia



We all love Rowgelia. The beloved chicken has been with the elrow family for years, keeping the energy up until the sunrise set is blaring through the morning. Now, for the first time, Rowgelia is doing a photo shoot with all our favorite fans. Get your Full Experience Pass and enter by 6:30 to get a picture with the hardest partying chicken in the world.



4. Sunset to Sunrise



For the first time in the USA, elrow will run from dusk till dawn. Watch the sunset over the dead sexy New York skyline from the highest walls of the Brooklyn Mirage. Then after doing some of the wildest dancing of your life, do the same thing with the sunrise. The master himself, Paco Osuna, is dropping a sunrise set until ... Well, we don't know when he will stop. Maybe you'll even get to see the next sunset?







5. Special Sundown Sets



We've specially curated both stages to provide the ultimate kickoff to this epic day-and-night of house and techno. In the Mirage (which just underwent some swanky new production upgrades), none other than Shermanology will be guiding the event into darkness with their endlessly funky combination of house music and soulful live vocals. Francis Mercier will be on the decks in the King's Hall, dealing out the smoothest and silkiest afro house in the game. Plus, with the recently installed glass paneling, the coruscating colors from the sunset will still wash over the crowd like a warm waterfall.





6. Animators, confetti, inflatables? Oh my!



elrow is about so much more than the music. This party is a 360-degree, audiovisual experience. One minute you're dancing your heart out. The next, you're sitting in an inflatable pirate ship navigating the crowd like Captain Hook. A blast of confetti shoots off next to you like cannon fire from a rival ship, but instead of avoiding it, you let the color papers engulf the bow. Suddenly your sinking back down to the floor, but all you can do is smile as someone else commandeers the boat and goes on their own voyage. Did you get chills reading that? Well, the earlier you get to elrow, the more likely you'll find yourself in that exact situation.



7. Come Hungry, Leave Happy.



On top of the many upgrades to production, the Mirage has a brand new food menu. So get there early and fuel up proper so you can dance into the night. Then when it comes time to dance into the morning, come back and fuel up again.





8. The Great Hall of Chill



When you need a place to sit and eat, come to the Great Hall, the newly established house of chill in the Avant Gardner. The massive room will be converted into a luxury air-conditioned lounge where you can relax, hydrate (because we care about your health), grab a bite, look at your awesome pics with Rowgelia, meet your fellow attendees and collect yourself before another extended dance session.





9. B2Bs on B2Bs on B2Bs



Far Rowest is all about double the fun. Double the stages. Double the confetti. Double the artists, and for some sets, it's double the DJs. We have curated two unique, rare back-to-back sets. Tech house icon Martin Ikin B2B "My Humps" producer Joshwa. And New York's Jean Pierre B2B elrow resident Toni Varga. These are all elrow veterans and veteran DJs in their own right. When they come together at peak time in the wild west, trying to put it into words would be futile. Just be there.







10. When I Roll Into The Wild Wild West…



This is the first time elrow is making the journey to the untamed frontier of the wild west, with the key word there being "wild." Are you ready to get wild? Cause we are. With epic production upgrades, an extra stage, and even more hours of partying (with the Full Experience Pass), this will be our biggest and wildest party yet. You don't want to miss a second of it.



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UK house producer and DJ Joshwa has risen the ranks into the upper echelons of the house scene on the back of a steady stream of stellar and varied house heaters. Yet, despite the inability to truly pigeonhole his sound, his production carries a signature without being firmly similar. It's a rare talent to be such an auditory shapeshifter.

His entré into dance music came via trance hits from the 90s golden age of the genre. However, his music carries a distinct influence from American R&B and rap of the same era. This patchwork of influences is immediately apparent in a recent string of highly successful releases on lauded labels like Sony Fodera's Solotoko and Lee Foss' Repopulate Mars.

He broke through in 2020 with the release of "Energizer" on Solotoko, followed up with releases on Cr2, Nervous, Sink or Swin, and EMI. After his 2021 collaboration with Ossey James, "Pary's Jumpin," was signed to Rep[opulate Mars, he stayed on the ears of Lee Foss. This eventually led to their collaboration on "My Humps." The infectious Fergie sampling tech house stomper was one of the scene's most sought-after IDs for nearly a year before its release late in 2021 and helped put Joshwa on the map.

Your track "My Humps" with Lee Foss was one of the hottest IDs of 2021. How did it come together with Lee, and did you feel it was going to be this big? What about the original vocals attracted you to it?

This was a super exciting time for me and has helped shape my career in music moving into 2022! I sent Lee an early version of it. He played it out and then asked me to work on it together to finish it, which is now the track you hear today. The buzz around it after Lee and John Summit first started playing was crazy. Once people realized who the track was by, my DMs were going mental with people asking for a copy of it. Before we knew it, every DJ was asking for a copy, and it was getting played worldwide - mental feeling!!

You have often relied on vocal samples from American R&B and hip-hop, going back to one of your first releases, "Shake That Thing." Was American R&B and hip-hop your entry point into loving music? What prompted you to center your tracks around these samples?

I have always loved Rap and R&B and grew up listening to this genre which is why you hear a lot of influence from them in my catalog. House music and R&B/Rap work well on the dance floor together and often create a sense of nostalgia for party-goers which gets great reactions. It's a formula that works really well, and I think that's clear after the success of tracks like "My Humps" and ACRAZE's "Do it to it," which is why we saw a surge of similar-sounding tracks following these last year.

When did you first really discover electronic music?

My Dad is to blame for this! I first got into electronic music when he played me a compilation CD in his car called 

which was full of 90s trance belters. I instantly fell in love with the sound of it and used to pester him to listen to it whenever we went anywhere.

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Can you give us some insight into the early days of your career? Your first official release was in 2016, but it's safe to assume that you didn't start DJing in 2016.

I started producing when I was 13 or 14 and bought my very first set of Gemini CDJs by selling sweets at school. I taught myself how to produce and how to Dj by watching YouTube tutorials and reading music production forums such as Laidback Luke's.

I was hugely into EDM - music from artists like Avicii, Swedish House Mafia, Afrojack, Laidback Luke, etc., was really popular at the time, so I naturally gravitated towards making this. I also played football (soccer) at the time and was in an Academy, but looking back, music has always been my passion.

I pursued the football career for a while but then decided music was where I wanted to devote my time, and things got more serious later down the line while I was at University. I finally got to a stage where I was happy with how my music sounded and wanted to share it with the world.

In the last two years, your productions have varied. You've shown versatility with a few piano-heavy tracks, "La Vida" and "Be With You," acid twinges on "Energizer" and "In the 1980s," and, of course, a healthy dose of tech house bangers. Do you find you're making a conscious decision to switch things up in the studio, or is it just about what's inspiring you that day?

I don't sit down and think, 'I'm going to make a piano house track today' or 'today's a tech house roller kinda day' because I find this stifles creativity. I always try to write what I feel at that moment, and I think that's why I have a variety of music in my catalog. I think it's fun to show versatility and also means my sets never sound the same the whole way through when I play live.

I also think an element of this is that I was still discovering my sound and what worked best for me. I have a clearer direction for my sound now because of this, and you'll hopefully hear this over the next year with my releases.

Now that you've spent some time touring, what do you think the most significant difference is between the scene in The States and the UK?

I LOVE both scenes - both are very similar, in my opinion, but the US crowds sure love to party hard. Tech house has gained huge popularity recently in the US, which is exciting for me as I can really dig deep into the tech house tracks which were popular in the UK a few years back and play them.

What are your favorite secret weapons to play out in your sets?

I have an official remix of Madison Avenue's classic "Don't Call Me Baby," which is coming out soon and has been a real crowd favorite from my sets. I cannot wait to drop this one. I've also been playing some killer cuts from these boys, which have been getting a great response - Hyde (OFC), Damelo, Thomas Garcia, VLTRA, and a few others.

Any advice to up-and-coming DJs on how to break out?

Spend the time developing your own sound and branding so people can familiarize themselves with your sound. It's easy to copy what's popular, but in the long term, you'll see better results if you have your own unique touch to your records. Don't be afraid to be different. Networking is so key, too. It sounds cliche, but taking the time to build relationships with other artists on social media and in-person has been pivotal for me. Most importantly, enjoy the ride!!!

UK house producer and DJ Joshwa has risen the ranks into the upper echelons of the house scene on the back of a steady stream of stellar and varied house heaters. Yet, despite the inability to truly pigeonhole his sound, his production carries a signature without being firmly similar. It's a rare talent to be such an auditory shapeshifter.




His entré into dance music came via trance hits from the 90s golden age of the genre. However, his music carries a distinct influence from American R&B and rap of the same era. This patchwork of influences is immediately apparent in a recent string of highly successful releases on lauded labels like Sony Fodera's Solotoko and Lee Foss' Repopulate Mars.




He broke through in 2020 with the release of "Energizer" on Solotoko, followed up with releases on Cr2, Nervous, Sink or Swin, and EMI. After his 2021 collaboration with Ossey James, "Pary's Jumpin," was signed to Rep[opulate Mars, he stayed on the ears of Lee Foss. This eventually led to their collaboration on "My Humps." The infectious Fergie sampling tech house stomper was one of the scene's most sought-after IDs for nearly a year before its release late in 2021 and helped put Joshwa on the map.







Your track "My Humps" with Lee Foss was one of the hottest IDs of 2021. How did it come together with Lee, and did you feel it was going to be this big? What about the original vocals attracted you to it?




This was a super exciting time for me and has helped shape my career in music moving into 2022! I sent Lee an early version of it. He played it out and then asked me to work on it together to finish it, which is now the track you hear today. The buzz around it after Lee and John Summit first started playing was crazy. Once people realized who the track was by, my DMs were going mental with people asking for a copy of it. Before we knew it, every DJ was asking for a copy, and it was getting played worldwide - mental feeling!!









You have often relied on vocal samples from American R&B and hip-hop, going back to one of your first releases, "Shake That Thing." Was American R&B and hip-hop your entry point into loving music? What prompted you to center your tracks around these samples?




I have always loved Rap and R&B and grew up listening to this genre which is why you hear a lot of influence from them in my catalog. House music and R&B/Rap work well on the dance floor together and often create a sense of nostalgia for party-goers which gets great reactions. It's a formula that works really well, and I think that's clear after the success of tracks like "My Humps" and ACRAZE's "Do it to it," which is why we saw a surge of similar-sounding tracks following these last year.




When did you first really discover electronic music?




My Dad is to blame for this! I first got into electronic music when he played me a compilation CD in his car called Rush Hour, which was full of 90s trance belters. I instantly fell in love with the sound of it and used to pester him to listen to it whenever we went anywhere.




Can you give us some insight into the early days of your career? Your first official release was in 2016, but it's safe to assume that you didn't start DJing in 2016.




I started producing when I was 13 or 14 and bought my very first set of Gemini CDJs by selling sweets at school. I taught myself how to produce and how to Dj by watching YouTube tutorials and reading music production forums such as Laidback Luke's.




I was hugely into EDM - music from artists like Avicii, Swedish House Mafia, Afrojack, Laidback Luke, etc., was really popular at the time, so I naturally gravitated towards making this. I also played football (soccer) at the time and was in an Academy, but looking back, music has always been my passion.




I pursued the football career for a while but then decided music was where I wanted to devote my time, and things got more serious later down the line while I was at University. I finally got to a stage where I was happy with how my music sounded and wanted to share it with the world.




In the last two years, your productions have varied. You've shown versatility with a few piano-heavy tracks, "La Vida" and "Be With You," acid twinges on "Energizer" and "In the 1980s," and, of course, a healthy dose of tech house bangers. Do you find you're making a conscious decision to switch things up in the studio, or is it just about what's inspiring you that day?




I don't sit down and think, 'I'm going to make a piano house track today' or 'today's a tech house roller kinda day' because I find this stifles creativity. I always try to write what I feel at that moment, and I think that's why I have a variety of music in my catalog. I think it's fun to show versatility and also means my sets never sound the same the whole way through when I play live.




I also think an element of this is that I was still discovering my sound and what worked best for me. I have a clearer direction for my sound now because of this, and you'll hopefully hear this over the next year with my releases.












Now that you've spent some time touring, what do you think the most significant difference is between the scene in The States and the UK?




I LOVE both scenes - both are very similar, in my opinion, but the US crowds sure love to party hard. Tech house has gained huge popularity recently in the US, which is exciting for me as I can really dig deep into the tech house tracks which were popular in the UK a few years back and play them.




What are your favorite secret weapons to play out in your sets?




I have an official remix of Madison Avenue's classic "Don't Call Me Baby," which is coming out soon and has been a real crowd favorite from my sets. I cannot wait to drop this one. I've also been playing some killer cuts from these boys, which have been getting a great response - Hyde (OFC), Damelo, Thomas Garcia, VLTRA, and a few others.




Any advice to up-and-coming DJs on how to break out?




Spend the time developing your own sound and branding so people can familiarize themselves with your sound. It's easy to copy what's popular, but in the long term, you'll see better results if you have your own unique touch to your records. Don't be afraid to be different. Networking is so key, too. It sounds cliche, but taking the time to build relationships with other artists on social media and in-person has been pivotal for me. Most importantly, enjoy the ride!!!








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