The 2nd annual Closer Electronic Music Festival kicks of today in Portland, OR and runs through Sunday the 24th. Lots of action in store with showcases spread out among Portland’s most crucial venues for dance music. The Closer crew have definitely taken their game up a few notches with some stellar bookings from up and down the coast and across the country. Looking forward to catching Dave Aju, [a]pendics.shuffle, Raiz, Bryan Zentz, hometown heroes Cyanwave, and seeing what the PDX locals have in store. If it’s anything like last year, we’ll be gauranteed loads of quality techno and little sleep.

Also, if you’re down for the fest, stop by Fantastisch at Agenda where I (Ctrl_Alt_Dlt) will be dropping the premium cuts alongside the fine folks at Alga-rhythms, for the first installment of their summer deck parties.

Full lineup and info: closerpdx.com