Opening For Morgan Page Again — 16 Years Later | I Surrender Release Day | DJ Riddler

I just confirmed something that means a lot to me.

On August 7th I’ll be opening for Morgan Page at Warehouse Live Midtown in Houston.

My name is on the flyer.

And for anyone who has been following my content over the past nine weeks — you know how much that sentence means coming from where I started.

The First Time

2010. Wet Electric. Irvine California.

A water park EDM festival in Southern California that was one of the most beloved events on the West Coast dance music circuit at the time.

That was the first time I opened for Morgan Page.

I was DJing SiriusXM BPM. Hosting Adrenaline every Saturday night. Playing the music I believed in before the world caught up. And Morgan Page was one of the artists whose music I was championing on that platform.

Getting to open for him at Wet Electric was a full circle moment even then.

Atlantic City

2011. The Promo Only Summer Sessions in Atlantic City.

For those who don’t know — Promo Only Summer Sessions was one of the most respected industry events in dance music. The event that recognized me as Best Radio Mixshow DJ in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016.

I opened for Morgan Page there too.

Two DJs operating at the same level of the industry. Crossing paths again at an event built for the people who take this music seriously.

Clé Houston

2018. Clé Houston.

By then I was back in Houston. Building a different kind of career in nightlife and live entertainment. Morgan Page came to play Clé and I was there to open for him again.

I also interviewed him on 92.1 Radio Now when I was APD and on air. The relationship had grown from opening act to industry peer to radio interviewer.

August 7th 2026

Now I’m opening for him again.

At Warehouse Live Midtown in Houston where I serve as Director of Entertainment.

16 years after the first time.

It’s a classics night — 2005 to 2010 era. The music that defined an entire generation of electronic music fans. The records I was playing on SiriusXM BPM on Adrenaline and on Riddler’s Revolution before most people knew these artists names.

My set that night isn’t just a classics set. It’s a living retrospective of an era I helped shape from the inside. The same records I championed on national radio. The same music I believed in before the world caught up.

The Night Everything Comes Together

Here’s what makes August 7th extraordinary beyond the Morgan Page opening set.

My new single — I Surrender featuring Madalina Cretu — drops on all streaming platforms that same day.

The classics that built my career. The new music that represents where I’m going. All on the same night.

I Surrender started as an instrumental during Covid. Five years in the making. A song I wrote not for a club or for radio but for myself. A Romanian vocalist named Madalina Cretu found through email and audio files sent across the Atlantic. From the first listen I knew she was the right one.

That song drops on August 7th. The same night I’m behind the decks playing the classics that started everything.

The past and the future. On the same stage. On the same night.

What 16 Years Looks Like

I started DJing at 17 years old for $50 a night at a teen club in Houston.

I opened for Morgan Page at a water park in California in 2010.

I’m opening for him again at a Houston venue in 2026.

16 years. Three cities. Four moments. One through line.

The music I believed in before the world caught up.

Some things come full circle.

August 7th. Warehouse Live Midtown. Houston.

I’ll see you there. 🙏🏽

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