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Made Event have announced details of a new electronic music festival for New York City, Electric Zoo.
Armin Van Buuren and David Guetta are set to headline the two-day festival, which will be held over Labor Day weekend on Randall's Island. Also included in the initial lineup announcement? Richie Hawtin, Luciano, Steve Bug, LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy and James Mahoney and a rare US appearance for Border Community label boss James Holden among many others. In all, more than 50 acts are promised to play "across multiple stages, covering all genres; House, Techno, Trance, Electro, and Indie, including DJs and live acts."
Despite being regarded as one of the world's largest markets for electronic music, New York has had a history of festival failures, the most recent of which, Minitek, was plagued by mismanagement and miscommunication. With Made Event—a promotions group responsible for more than 400 events in New York and Miami—it stands to reason that mismanagement won't be something to worry about when heading over to Randall's Island over Labbor Day weekend.

ELECTRIC ZOO NEW YORK ANNOUNCES DEADMAU5, TIGA, STEVE AOKI, BUSY P, THE WHIP AND MORE

2-DAY OUTDOOR FESTIVAL ON RANDALL’S ISLAND PARK
New York’s Electronic Music Festival
September 5 & 6, 2009 (Labor Day Weekend)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th

Armin van Buuren
Deadmau5*
Benny Benassi
Danny Tenaglia 
Roger Sanchez 
Luciano
Robbie Rivera 
Tiga*
Marco Carola
Chus & Ceballos 
Steve Aoki*
Busy P*
Kaskade
DJ Mehdi*
Paco Osuna
Chris Lake
Speedy J
The Whip*
Martin Buttrich
Yuksek*

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th

David Guetta
Ferry Corsten
Richie Hawtin
Markus Schulz
Special Disco Version featuring
James Murphy & Pat Mahoney
(LCD Soundsystem/DFA)
  Andy Butler (Hercules & Love Affair)
Frankie Knuckles
Steve Bug
Josh Gabriel
Desyn Masiello*
James Holden
Adam Beyer*
Tom Middleton*
Audion
Nathan Fake*
Menno De Jong
Chateau Flight*

*New additions
+More acts to be announced!
Electric Zoo New York – to be held in Randall’s Island Park, New York City on Saturday, September 5 & Sunday, September 6, 2009 – is pleased to announce more acts at this year’s inaugural festival. 
The world’s No.1 DJ ARMIN VAN BUUREN and French superstar house music sensation DAVID GUETTA will helm an unprecedented line-up of over 50+ artists across 4 stages, covering all genres; House, Techno, Trance, Electro, and Indie, including DJs and live acts.
On Saturday, the heavyweight line-up is joined by Canadian prog/tech star Deadmau5, Montreal's club veteran Tiga, LA's  scenster DJ Steve Aoki, Ed Banger electrohouse DJ Busy P, fellow French cohort DJ Mehdi, English electro-rock band The Whip, and fiery French live act Yuksek. On Sunday, NYC's own disco-house purveyor Andy Butler of Hercules & Love Affair, UK progressive house darling Desyn Masiello, Swedish techno auteur Adam Beyer, prolific Jedi/producer /remixer Tom Middleton, next-wave computer rock technoist Nathan Fake, and Parisian experimental house/techno outfit Chateau Flight join the festivities to close out the weekend.
The principals of Made Event, Mike Bindra and Laura De Palma explain their vision for the festival, “We have been inspired over the years by what happens in Europe each summer, and we’re very excited to be bringing our version to America; Electric Zoo, New York's first electronic music festival. Our intention is to showcase the top artists in each of the sub-genres, there will be something for everyone - a literal ‘zoo’ of electronic music.  For us, this is the culmination of many years of dedication and hard work. The realization of this goal is another step forward for electronic music here, and we're laying the foundation for many years to come.
Special introductory ticket prices for Electric Zoo end on 12 midnight June 18th. Use promo code EZNY for $45 single-day passes and $80 double-pak two-day passes for General Admission. VIP single-day passes are available at $120 and VIP double-pak two-day passes at $225. VIP passes include a separate VIP entrance, access to VIP lounge with private cash bar, exclusive viewing area at main stage and access to VIP-only deluxe bathrooms. Tickets are available at www.electriczoofestival.com.

New York’s premiere electronic music production team Made Event presents the next chapter in their ongoing success story of top-quality electronic music events. This Labor Day weekend on Saturday, September 5th and Sunday, September 6th, 2009, Electric Zoo will transform Randall’s Island Park from 12 noon to 11pm each day into an open-air music festival with an unprecedented line-up of over 50+ artists across 4 stages, covering all genres; House, Techno, Trance, Electro, and Indie, including DJs and live acts. Randall’s Island is accessible by car, bus, pedestrian and ferry.