Atlantis takes over Irvine

Thousands gathered at Oak Canyon Park in Irvine on Saturday to experience one of Motive's annual music festivals named Atlantis.

This year was a bit of a travel from the festival's previous venue, The Shrine, in Los Angeles.  The Electronic Dance Music Festival attracted about 5,000 party-goers from all over who came together to dance.     

The event was originally scheduled from 5 p.m. - 3 a.m. but a schedule change was made last minute to abide by changes in the venue policy and to avoid being shut down. As a result, the festival's hours were changed from 3 p.m. - 2 a.m.

The original three stages were combined into two, closing off a part of the venue. Therefore, some supporting acts had their performances cut.

Headliners were kept on the line-up, but their time slots were not released until the day of the festival.     

Even as late as 10 p.m. the line to enter had some guests who had been waiting nearly 4 hours.

The wait in line was well worth it once inside. Stunning lights and powerful bass surrounded event-goers.

With performances from world- class DJs such as Dash Berlin, Headhunterz, MordFustang, Cookie Monsta and others, Atlantis's audience were in for quite a wild ride.    

Atlantis was Cookie Monsta's chance to make it up to fans and his set didn't disappoint. He laid out some fresh dub step tracks that had fans going crazy.    

Dash Berlin, #35 DJ in the world, is best known for his trance music. Saturday he threw down some of his well- known hits and mixed up his trance sounds with some dubstep tracks which was the perfect change of pace and had everyone moving. This was Dash Berlin's third performance with Motive.     

Headhunterz, whom is a big name in hard style, had a set that just made you want to dance and you couldn't help but move your feet.

He switched it up as well, mixing in some dub step tracks.  Dubstep is becoming more and more popular, so these DJs breaking away from their designated genre that they are known for isn't unheard of anymore.

They played their tracks at the right moments and their mixing skills were solid.   

The festival's participants and the artists that performed at Atlantis made the night a safe and memorable experience. 

Despite some mild confusion, Motive, the company responsible for Atlantis, pulled together the event well and had a good turn out. It was another successful festival for the company.      

Motive continues to grow in it's efforts to create great dance music festivals.

According to Anthony Merino, Motive Event's Promotion Coordinator, this November Motive is teaming up with Evolution to bring an event that is a combination of the Enchanted and Fuzzy Festival.

The name has not yet been decided on but, if Atlantis is any indication of what it will be, the talent will be immense.