By Demian Russian
Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) announced today that Grammy-Award winning DJ Afrojack will be kicking off Sirius XM’s new Electric Aquarium series with an exclusive, live DJ set performance at the Sirius XM Radio studios in New York City.
The special live set will feature Afrojack mixing his just released Annie’s Theme, as well as other new remixes. Sirius XM will air Afrojack’s exclusive performance live on Tuesday, November 13th at 7:00 pm ET on Electric Area (Sirius Radio and XM Radio channel 52).
“Our new series brings some of the world’s most acclaimed DJs right to our studios to perform live. EDM is always about a great live experience, so we are thrilled to offer lucky listeners attending the live, in-studio set the unique, up-close-and-personal opportunity to be part of a renowned DJ’s performance. We are constantly developing and creating new world-class live programming and ‘Electric Aquarium’ is an example of what is resonating with our listeners nationwide.”
– Scott Greenstein, President and Chief Content Officer, SiriusXM Radio
This exclusive, live Afrojack performance will kick off Electric Area’s new series, Electric Aquarium, which features live in-studio interviews and DJ sets performed by today’s biggest DJs in front of an audience of SiriusXM listeners at SiriusXM’s state of the art, glass enclosed “fish bowl” studio. Upcoming Electric Aquarium sets are scheduled to feature Ferry Corsten and Dirty South.
SiriusXM’s Electric Area features today’s biggest DJs hosting their own shows, including Tiesto, Dada Life, David Guetta, Armin van Buuren, Avicii, Fedde le Grand, Arty, Ferry Corsten, Steve Aoki, Hardwell, Sander van Doorn and Afrojack. Electric Area also broadcasts live from many of North America’s biggest electronic music festivals, including Electric Daisy Carnival, Electric Zoo, and Ultra Music Festival.
Sirius XM Radio’s Electric Area channel plays electronic dance music, house, trance, electro, progressive, dubstep, along with the biggest DJs in the world. Sirius XM listeners will hear Swedish House Mafia, Tiesto, Afrojack, Armin van Buuren, Deadmau5, Fedde le Grand, Avicii, Above & Beyond, Eric Prydz, Sander van Doorn,Bingo Players, Benny Benassi, Steve Aoki, Nicky Romero, Dirty South, Hardwell, Gareth Emery, Thomas Gold, and more.
For more information on Sirius XM Radio’s Electric Area channel, visit www.siriusxm.com/electricarea.
Demian Russian is the Editor-in-Chief of Satellite Radio Playground and Market Playground.
Disclosure: Long SIRI
Contact the author: DemianRussian@SatelliteRadioPlayground.com
