Perhaps best known for the mid-aughts mega club hit “Changes” featuring the consummate British dance singer Laura V, Chris Lake has proven adept at churning out absolute club bangers and elevating up-and-coming musical talent. Spinning a breezy, highly accessible vision of house music, Lake has several charting club hits and a Grammy-nominated Deadmau5 collab to his name. This is the type of music that’s always playing in the background at those rich kid parties in Gossip Girl; he brings the party to Stanford this Saturday.

Chris Lake
Sat, 6:30pm, $45
Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford

Monday night is typically the deadest night of the week for night clubs, yet DJ Casp3R has managed to build a loyal following over the past three years with his Monday Night ReToXx dance parties, originally at the Cardiff Lounge in Campbell, now at Johnny V’s in downtown San Jose.

He also hosts TH3RMAL on Thursdays with ViLLAN at Fahrenheit. Here are his his favorite dance tracks of 2013:

The Bangerz – “Stars”
By far, one of my favorite high-energy rager tracks of the year. It’s catchy, melodic and just an explosion of energy after the buildup. Personally, I’m a big fan of songs that can change into a down-tempo beat and then bring the energy right back up seamlessly, and this one has that in spades. The whole album is fantastic, and I really can’t wait to see the live show in Vegas.