As the Flying Circus enters its seventh year running, the global dance music event is flying higher than ever and has announced their busiest December yet, dotting the globe from NYC to Miami’s Art Basel to London and finally, to the magnetic and magical place that is Tulum, Mexico. Over the next three days we’re going to spotlight their monster December series.
What started as an opportunity to throw a party and bring friends together evolved into a festive phenomenon. Anthony Middleton and Luca Saporito, aka Audiofly, first envisioned Flying Circus in 2006. Jumping at an opportunity to throw a party and bring their friends from all over the globe to play together, the duo created an event that combines “spectacular, opulent and nature-touched” locations, best friends and great music (of course), creating an event filled with nothing but good vibes.
Flying Circus has taken on the world, taking partygoers in cities like Russia, Croatia, Detroit, Peru, Budapest, Berlin, Costa Rica and London on a magical musical adventure for an evening. This month, Flying Circus is planning four very special parties, which kick off in New York at Sankeys on December 7 and move to Miami’s Treehouse the next evening. After that, Flying Circus takes London by storm on December 14 and caps off the year in Tulum with an epic New Years Eve event in Tulum, Mexico.
There’s no better city to kick off a world-dominating tour than New York and Sankeys has proved to be the perfect venue for such an event. The brand’s Ibiza venue was host to the Flying Circus party every week this summer and has received rave reviews for its intimate, basement-like atmosphere which keeps it real in a sea of clubs driven by larger-than-life grandeur productions. Audiofly is headlining each event and will be graced by the likes of M.A.N.D.Y., Luca Bacchetti and a special surprise guest in the Big Apple.
Anthony and Luca became Audiofly back in 2002. Anthony was already experimenting with making music and working as a DJ and Luca was working as an in-house music selector at the London department store Selfridges when the pair finally decided to join forces and devote their resources to their shared love of house music. They quickly became regulars in the London scene, releasing mixes, edits and tracks for underground imprints such as Fantastic House and Deleted. Their breakthrough came when Clive Henry requested an EP for the Low Pressings label. The EP, “Release Yourself,” skyrocketed the duo to another level. Since then, Audiofly has played at world-renowned nightclubs such as Fabric, Warung and Amnesia and produced releases for Get Physical, Mood Music, Kickboxer and Renaissance. Most recently, the pair formed their own label, Supernature, which serves as a platform for new talent and a home for the duo’s productions. Luca and Anthony are versatile supermen who juggle throwing massive ragers, DJing all over the world and managing their Supernature imprint with grace and success.
Another dynamic duo, Phillip Jung and Patrick Bodmer are the childhood friends who go by their moniker, M.A.N.D.Y. The Berlin-birthed group delivers a sound that is “an enviable arsenal of electro kissing house while caressing disco and flirting with techno,” as per their bio. They joined forces with Booka Shade and DJ T and founded Get Physical Records. One of the industry’s most recognized imprints, Get Physical was named DJ Mag’s “Label of the Year” in 2005. You may be familiar with their track “Body Language,” which flooded dancefloors and DJ charts for years and was named “Ibiza Track of the Season 2005.” In 2008, the duo did a Fabric Series and their compilation for Renaissance the year after was well-received and described by Resident Advisor as “maturity, smarts, and cohesions…that is are these days.” Catch Patrick and Phillip in their hometown of Berlin and at Flying Circus Tulum after their stint in NYC.
Along with a special surprise guest, Italy’s Luca Bacchetti will also grace the Flying Circus decks in NYC. Hailing from Lucca, Italy, Bacchetti has created productions and remixes for some of the industry’s top labels such as Ovum Recordings, Crosstown Rebels, Wagon Repair, Culprit, Saved, Defected and Supernature. He is currently based in Barcelona, where he runs his own label, ENDLESS. Like all artists on the Flying Circus roster, Bacchetti is hugely talented, has played at Fabric, Circoloco DC10, Cielo, Panorama Bar, Arma 17, La Huaka, D-Edge, Pacha, and delivers a versatile sounds that gets any party going whether it be in a dark basement club or at a sunny beach party.
