-The people behind L.A.'s HARD Haunted Mansion festival have officially announced the party's lineup, although the talent has leaked previously. Justice, Soulwax, Simian Mobile Disco (above), Crystal Castles, Boys Noize, Crookers, Deadmau5, DJ AM, Jason Bentley and Destructo with perform. The 9 p.m.-4 a.m. event takes place Oct. 31 at the Shrine Expo Hall in Exposition Park. A press release teases, "Will Simian Mobile Disco join Justice on stage for 'We Are Your Friends'"? (To be fair, the member of Simian who sung the original is no longer with that act - he's one half of the Black Ghosts).-New York's Nicky Siano, the famed Studio 54 DJ who helped usher in the eras of disco and house with his pre-Paradise Garage residency at The Gallery, is coming to downtown Los Angeles hipster bar La Cita Sept. 10. The spinner will be joined on the decks by Mid City West and residents Dirtie Blond, Lady Sinclair and Slash Fiction. "We're thrilled and honored to host such an enormously influential pioneer of dance music here in Los Angeles," states co-promoter and DJ Henry Self, whose Full Frontal nights happen semimonthly at La Cita.
-Free music alert. The Chemical Brothers are giving away a Soulwax 2 Many DJs Remix of "Hey Boy, He Girl."
-John Graham, a.k.a. Quivver, has joined the legions of dance music producers making the transition to Hollywood. Along with Hybrid, he's been contributing music to the projects of famed film composer Harry Gregson-Williams. Graham's sounds will appear in Tony Scott's upcoming remake of subway-hijack thriller The Taking of Pelham 123. The Denzel Washington (John Travolta, John Turturro, and James Gandolfini) vehicle is due sometime next year.
-Sony is introducing its own iPod-mixing deck; they're calling it the Xross Fade.
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