tours event production nightclub operation founded 1993 headquarters beverly hills united states key people pasquale rotella founder products edmbiz conference edm festivals music publishing divisions insomniac records bassrush basscon dreamstate website insomniac.com insomniac events is an american tour promoter focusing primarily on electronic music events . it organizes a number of major dance music festivals including its flagship electric daisy carnival along with other events such as beyond wonderland nocturnal wonderland and also jointly organized the together as one festival with rival promoter go ventures prior to 2011 . citation needed insomniac also organizes the edmbiz conference an industry event first held in 2012 to coincide with edc in las vegas in a similar fashion to the winter music conference and the ultra music festival . insomniac is involved of the operation of two los angeles nightclubs create in partnership with sbe built on the site of the former vanguard hollywood and exchange l.a. 1 2 insomniac also organizes drum and bass and dubstep oriented events under the brand bassrush hardstyle events under the brand basscon and trance festivals under the brand dreamstate . contents 1 overview and partnerships 2 insomniac records 3 events 4 club events 5 related media 6 see also 7 references 8 external links overview and partnerships edit by contrast to other promoters insomniac and its founder pasquale rotella places a larger emphasis on fan experiences during its events as opposed to focusing on profits and ticket sales ; rotella has contended that music festivals do not require big acts who sell out arenas going as far as to praise the annual burning man festival for being an event with no talent at all . 3 4 in june 2013 insomniac announced a number of partnerships ; including one with dick clark productions to produce a dance music awards show and a major creative partnership with live nation that would allow insomniac to take advantage of live nation s resources while still retaining autonomy and creative control over its events . while specifics of the deal were not revealed rotella emphasized that the deal was not an acquisition as had been speculated . 3 5 6 laura newton founded ground control in february 2011 where at every insomniac festival a group of 50 100 compassionate and proactive young adults works together to provide a unique and exceptional service for our guests . they lend a helping hand and a friendly face to anyone in need as well as peace of mind for staff and attendees . they offer support in any situation without judgment and with only your best interests in mind . insomniac records edit insomniac records founded 2014 2014 founder pasquale rotella status active distributor s interscope geffen a & m genre electronic dance music country of origin united states official website insomniacrecords.com in may 2014 insomniac announced the formation of insomniac records an edm record label created in partnership with interscope geffen a & m. the label will aim to attract both undiscovered and established producers ; arty was announced as the first artist to be signed to the label . 7 events edit audiotistic beyond wonderland countdown crush disambiguation needed socal sf phoenix dallas dreamstate electric daisy carnival las vegas new york orlando brasil mexico uk japan india electric forest escape halloween middle lands recently announced nocturnal wonderland together as one discontinued twelve31 wernrg white wonderland discontinued club events edit create nightclub noize fridays arcade saturdays exchange la awakening fridays inception saturdays related media edit electric daisy carnival 2000 album 8 electric daisy carnival vol . 1 2010 album 9 electric daisy carnival experience 2011 film 10 under the electric sky 2013 film 11 see also edit live nation electronic dance music sfx entertainment references edit insomniac and sbe announce new hollywood edm club create . los angeles times . retrieved 20 july 2013 . insomniac works to keep exchange l.a. up all weekend . los angeles times . retrieved 20 july 2013 . a b electric daisy chain insomniac and dick clark prod . plan 2014 edm awards . spin . retrieved 20 july 2013 . electric daisy founder pasquale rotella we don t want to book superstar djs anymore . billboard.biz . retrieved 20 july 2013 . live nation teams with insomniac events in creative partnership . billboard.biz . retrieved 20 july 2013 . live nation to purchase 50 % stake in insomniac events report . billboard.biz . retrieved 24 september 2013 . pasquale rotella s insomniac & interscope geffen a & m launch new imprint exclusive . billboard.biz . retrieved 27 may 2014 . electric daisy carnival . amazaon . amazon . retrieved 20 february 2016 . electric daisy carnival vol . 1 mixed by kaskade . itunes . apple . retrieved 20 february 2016 . electric daisy carnival experience . imdb . imdb . retrieved 20 february 2016 . under the electric sky 2014 . imdb . imdb . retrieved 20 february 2016 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to insomniac events . official website insomniac records website v t e insomniac events annual audiotistic beyond wonderland electric daisy carnival electric forest escape from wonderland nocturnal wonderland white wonderland past together as one related bassrush related media electric daisy carnival 2000 album v t e electronic music events live electronic music types of events circuit party acid house party rave algorave free party squat party technoparade teknival doof lists of events list of electronic music festivals list of industrial music festivals list of electronic dance music festivals culture club drugs deejay freetekno sound system rave dance rave venues second summer of love related events music festival demo party hip hop music festival reggae festival goth festival k pop festival this article about a music organization is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article on electronic music is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title insomniac events & oldid 742148131 categories event management companieselectronic dance musicelectronic music event management companiesmusic organization stubselectronic music stubshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from september 2016all articles with links needing disambiguationarticles with links needing disambiguation from december 2015commons category without a link on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 october 2016 at 00 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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