Lithuanian producer and DJ, Ten Walls, was dropped from six different music festivals after making a homophobic post on Facebook on June 3. The post, which has since been deleted, likened homosexuality to pedophilia and called LGBT people “people of a different breed.”
The DJ, whose real name is Marijus Adomaitis, was dropped from HARD Summer, Sónar, Creamfields, Pukkelpop, Osheaga, PITCH and Urban Art Forms Festival.
He was also dropped from his booking agency Coda Music. A spokeswoman from the agency confirmed that they no longer represent him: “Coda Music Agency condemns all forms of discrimination based on race, religion or sexual orientation. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and to represent a hugely diverse roster of artists. We no longer represent Ten Walls.”
The producer, most known for hit Walking With Elephants, posted an apology on his Facebook page after music festivals started dropping him from their lineup and backlash started pouring in.
Last week I wrote a Facebook post that was wrong and completely out of character and the result was a badly written post…
Posted by Ten Walls on Monday, June 8, 2015
The backlash received ranges from the international community of DJs and producers, as well as fans of dance music.
Very proud of the Internet for everyone’s swift Ten Walls response. No place in the world for that kind of thinking, especially in art.
— Goldroom (@goldroom) June 8, 2015
Sorry I said some really disgusting things about gay people, I apologise as it might affect my record sales. Yours. Ten Walls.
— Midland (@midlandsound) June 7, 2015
iTunes > search > ten walls > select all > delete — Lane 8 (@Lane8music) June 7, 2015
Well, Ten Walls turned out to be vile. I’m curious how low of a person you have to be to stop being booked completely. — Ambivalent (@ambivalent) June 7, 2015
Hope Ten Walls knows his name is one letter short of being an anagram of Stonewall.
— Rory Phillips (@Rory_Phillips) June 8, 2015
They say no publicity is bad publicity ….. Hmmmmm might want to chat to ten walls about that eh?
— ARTWORK (@artworkmagnetic) June 8, 2015
on a scale from one to Ten Walls, how bad is your Monday?
— EDMsnob (@EDMsnob) June 8, 2015
well i’ll be damned, ten walls already being dropped from festival lineups. way to go, world.
— Andrew Ryce (@andrewryce) June 8, 2015
Being homophobic in dance music is like being vegetarian at McDonalds. You really should go somewhere else, my dear. #tenwalls
— stereogamous (@stereogamous) June 8, 2015
