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I didn't have much time after day 1 so here's my review
12:00PM I got in to Randalls Island pretty quickly and immediately went to Sunday School Grove to see Joris Voorn. I saw him for about 30 minutes and really really enjoyed his set. I would have loved to see more of his set but I made a promise I would check out Gareth Emery as well (since I haven't seen them both before)
12:30PM Met up with TAs and checked out Gareth Emery at Hilltop Arena. I quite liked his set. Him playing Pryda-Niton was probably the highlight of his set for me. I recorded the whole thing and hoping to put it up somewhere soon. Also really enjoyed hearing Dustin Zahn Stranger to Stability (Len Fake Podium remix) and he made a nice comeback from it when sound got cut off. Overall, a very nice set and I was quite impressed.
3:00PM I stayed at Hilltop Arena for a little more for Schulz's set and decided to catch some other acts because I already seen him twice. I saw a bit of Joachim Garraud's set and he really had the crowd going. His music is not my cup of tea but his show was pretty good with the masks ;-) Spend rest of the time checking out Erol Alkan (who was quite good) and Claude VonStroke. He had a pretty funky minimal set and enjoyed that as well
4:40PM I heard quite good things about Reboot's sets and I was at Sunday School Grove a bit more. I quite enjoyed his set. The crowd was really into it but decided to walk around a litte more because it was ridiculously dusty there. I went to the Main Stage or first time to check out Dirty South and came back to Sunday School Grove to see Paco Osuna. That was another highlight of the day for me. His set was really hard and groovy which I quite enjoyed.
7:00PM Some of the girls I was with wanted to see Major Lazer and I had no idea who they were until I got there. I couldn't bare myself to be there more than 10 minutes because that was probably the worst thing I heard at EZoo. I decided to rest up for rest of the night and checked out a bit of Steve Bug's set which I wasn't much into. Spend the rest of the time resting up for Richie Hawtin
8:45PM It was well worth the wait! I saw Richie Hawtin last year and had a great time but this year he definitely had a much better set! He was a little slow in the beginning like others said but It picked up quite great and I couldn't stop moving for rest of the night. I was quite disappointed most of the tents were closing early so they would force us to see Chemical Brothers but a great thing happened. Richie Hawtin decided to extend his set until 11PM and that quite made my night. Otherwise, I was planning on leaving pretty early
http://soundcloud.com/dhitchcock2009
Does anyone know the track at 15:00 into Axwell's set?
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| Originally posted by osterzone http://soundcloud.com/dhitchcock2009 Does anyone know the track at 15:00 into Axwell's set? |
Day 1 UHGGHH
I woke up feeling like death because my friends talked my into my first 4loko experience friday night, followed by beers beers beers.
UGH woke up feeling like death.
Anyway, Day 1 was alright.
-Really got into Joris' set
-Chuckie was pretty good
-Pete Tong played kinda safe
-Flying Lotus was best of the day IMO. Great variety, good technical skills and really had the crowd going. Was pretty awesome when he played:
my friends and i are big steve brule fans 
left after flylo, cause i was dead. really wanted to catch richie, but ah well.
Final thoughts: Everyone I saw played it really safe wtf. Was expecting some hot shit, but ehh. Day 2 post comin UP.
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| Originally posted by PvDoBseSSioN lol yeah i remember u tellin me that! good times yesterday! |
not sure why people keep booking atb - oh wait yea i do - DAMN YOU DJMAG! Hate when promoters book him. It takes up a trance spot that could have went towards a REAL trance dj.
I had a phenomenal time at Day 1. Best sets of the day, IMO, were Markus, Gareth, Paco, Reboot, Kaskade & Axwell..in that order. 
Markus & Gareth both had another gig after their EZ sets---therefor the early EZ set times. At least they were there.
I had won the vip upgrade from Made's twitter contest. The bathrooms were way better than the regular port-a-potty's. I don't know that it's $185 worth though. The beer was $1 more than the GA were...granted it was budlight but still...$9 for a 12oz bottle. I also had one glass of sangria which was $10. I was afraid to know how much a mixed drink would be. I also think that the VIP should be available in every tent/area. That MIGHT make it worth the price.
Spent 11 hrs at Zoo day 1, so I skipped out on the afterparties.
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| Originally posted by amberella06 I had a phenomenal time at Day 1. Best sets of the day, IMO, were Markus, Gareth, Paco, Reboot, Kaskade & Axwell..in that order. Markus & Gareth both had another gig after their EZ sets---therefor the early EZ set times. At least they were there. I had won the vip upgrade from Made's twitter contest. The bathrooms were way better than the regular port-a-potty's. I don't know that it's $185 worth though. The beer was $1 more than the GA were...granted it was budlight but still...$9 for a 12oz bottle. I also had one glass of sangria which was $10. I was afraid to know how much a mixed drink would be. I also think that the VIP should be available in every tent/area. That MIGHT make it worth the price. Spent 11 hrs at Zoo day 1, so I skipped out on the afterparties. |
Afrojack 
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| Originally posted by xpand3r Why would a bottle bud light cost more than a glass of Blue Moon? It just doesn't make sense |
it's because they figure if you have the money to shell out for vip you won't mind spending an extra buck per beer. and maybe there's less of a wait for vip beer as well?
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| Originally posted by Konijn Pendulum - The Island (Steve Angello, AN21 & Max Vangeli Remix) |
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| Originally posted by LAdazeNYnights it's because they figure if you have the money to shell out for vip you won't mind spending an extra buck per beer. and maybe there's less of a wait for vip beer as well? |
Glenn Morrison - fairly well, couldn't do much with a smaller crowd than the other DJs and at that time slot. what he played, my friends an i generally liked, stayed techy which i'm pretty happy about.
Gareth Emery - a very good set which started a bit slow but definitely picked up, i would love to see him play a few hours of a set, could definitely be interesting.
Markus Schulz - loved his set as always; i don't know how he was not on main stage again this year.
Boris - caught the tail end of his set, he lost me a bit after a couple songs, but i think i was just anxious to see some of the other guys, and needed more trance. not sure why he was main stage.
ATB - he was atrocious and sounded like it was his first day spinning on CDJs. i generally don't critique DJs on trainwrecks or spotty mixing here and there, but not one mix was well-done, i always kinda made a painful face at the point he was making his "transitions". don't know how he was on main stage, or booked in the first place. i don't remember him being this bad last year.
Dirty South - caught some of his set, not too bad, but just the usual generic nuveaux house bullshit that 50% of the rest of the lineup were playing (Tong, Funkagenda, Kaskade, Avicii, and Chris Lake, for starters); can't really get into it.
Major Lazer - 5 thumbs down, people were running from main stage like it was the quarantine of the plague. their more suitable for bottles and models clubs, or z100's jingleball than electric zoo; give me break.
Steve Bug - regained my confidence in saturday's lineup. my girlfriend and i absolutely loved his set and would definitely see him again, and soon.
Richie Hawtin - awesome set, blew my mind out, and really enjoyed it; perfect set to close out a satisfactory day of music.
Chemical Brothers - caught a good hour of their set and was blown away. i'd never seen them live before and they rocked my world. i think the real music lovers could stand there and really appreciate the direction their songs were all taking (very slow and gradual), without it having fart basses or gimmicky vocals about Miami, Detroit, or "C'mon". i sat on the side hill listening with my jaw wide open, great stuff!!
According to this article there was an estimated 30k on Day 1. No idea where they got that number but I'm guessing it's somewhat accurate, sounds about right. Sunday might of had closer to 35k
http://thecultureofme.com/2010/09/p...eptember-4.html
I really think that they picked the main stage on say 1 out of a hat... except for the chemical brothers i don't think any of the other performers deserved to be on the main stage... even though afrojack dissed trance i still liked what he was playing and it just was different than everyone elses and the energy from the crowd was redic. him and chuckie were both like that... Gareth emery is awesome.. I saw a flyer that hes playing at cielo in october i cant wait for that... Overall i had an awesome time at the zoo i just think they need to put the same types of djs tg and not basically randomly place them in random places... and next time im bringing a mask. I have asthma and i had to leave around 10pm i told ryan that i was gonna die if we didnt leave lol
Day 1 was sikkkkkk!!
Missed Glenn Morrison 
boooo I REALLY wish he played later because brunch with friends interrupted his set
Gareth Emery: 
I adore him. Saw him at Dance Valley and he knocked my effin socks off. Same here: he had the crowd goin absolutely NUTS.....craziest crowd I saw of the entire event. Bangerssss!! I thought people would start flying through the roof at one point. Trance Set of the event!
Markus: What can I say: the man rarely dissapoints. Im glad Wai used to convince me to go to all of his sets because he has grown on me so much! He is a friendly guy as well 
I love that he doesnt play too fluffy in his sets, and thats what keeps me coming back for more Really, really loving him the last couple years....
Paco Osuna:
Axwell: I almost wish I didnt listen to so many SHM live sets, because they are all the same, but rocking nonetheless.
Chemical Brothers: Liked the main stage...cool graphics....they have a sound that shot me back into the 1990's at times.....pretty cool only saw about 30 minutes before sprinting to avoid the bus lines!
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| Originally posted by AY STAR went over to the main stage with boris played some good tracks hey hey over right back to you, |
I know Im late in this thread but I had a great time on Saturday. I tried to find who the TA meet up people were at the back of the hilltop stage - lol but kept on picking the wrong people and they will look at me like IM crazy- I gave up and went to go see CVS instead.
Quick review-
The dust really did suck- I mean like seriously- I still partied hard in the Sunday School Tent but went home and was shocked at how caked up my face was with the dirt and grime. It was crazy that some people wore welder goggles, bandanas and hats in preparation for how bad it gets- Im surprised no one on this forum mentioned that prior- though Im not sure it would have made much of a difference. Seriously though cant MADE invest in some freaking dancefloors to put on the ground or something that shit aint even healthy after 8 + hours. Anyway -it was pretty crazy when you think of it afterwards.
I thought Paco, Reboot and Richie Killed it- I always liked Joris but his set sounded very similar to one I heard on dancetripping especially when he played that Michael Jackson song. I thought Paul K- killed it too but sucked that he seemed stressed out due to technical difficulties he had to be his own AV guy it seemed.
Overall a great day and wished I couldve gone the next day as well.
These are all available in HD too...
Gareth loved this first video so much, he posted it on twitter and his FB...so cool---amazing moments during this track for sure!
All of my Markus vids are a tad distorted---Markus had them crank that bass, lol
And I'm still uploading....
so....day 1....
i'm writing this after reading everyone's reviews and I feel i'm probably the oddball here...buttttt.....
the first three sets on hilltop arena all of them had problems w/ the equipment. not so much they didn't know how to DJ it was that things just randomly stopped...you could see it on glenn and garth's faces and they were like ,"wtf" just happened? i loved garth's set. awesome. markus, to be honest, i felt like the first 20 minutes he was just looking at the equipment, and not the audience. playing w/ bass levels. it was boring. meh.
i had a great time at ATB. i stayed for the whole set, followed by Dirty South. i know ATB's set was really random and the whole rage against the machine thing was definitely off guard, but i dunno; i enjoyed it. it was only 5-6 minutes and then he went back to electronica stuff again. so yeah.
had a gyro after that and made my way to kaskade. i really like kaskade a lot; but his set was kinda....meh. lots of things i'd already heard before and i didn't really like his new album. it was a fun set, but nothing that blew me away like last year. maybe cause of the tent? i dunno.
after that benny was hot shit on the main stage. i wish i had been to his set for the whole thing.
chemical brothers were BOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRING. boring graphics and boring music. i left at 10pm. exhausted, coughing up dirt and probably pot too.
so i know it's an outdoor music festival (electronic at that); but fuck there were a lot of drugs. 10 minutes into glenn morrison's set i smelled pot. much much more pot than last year. i personally don't do the stuff, and don't mind others doing it, it was just really , REALLY noticable.
the TA meetup was fun and cool to see some new folks and some old ones. i only get to NYC once a year, and saturday was a great time.
I endured so much commuting and waiting to get into EZ. It took 4 hours to get there and then I got stuck in the will call abyss and the huge mass of humanity at the front gate.
Got in at 3:30 and couldn't find the TA meetup at the Hilltop tent I wanted to find Will (tubularbills) and Sam (kadomony), but I couldn't find them. It wasn't like last year where it was easy to run into people.
I spent most of my time at Sunday School and had a good time. But I never can get into CvS, no matter how many times I try. The dust was crazy and it reminded me of how it is in Las Vegas. The weather was fantastic and loved the music, especially Paco Osuna. That was a highlight for me.
I skipped out early because I wanted to avoid the crowds on the ferry. Overall, a nice day, but it wasn't worth the hassle and the $$$.
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| Originally posted by sweetcaroline I endured so much commuting and waiting to get into EZ. It took 4 hours to get there and then I got stuck in the will call abyss and the huge mass of humanity at the front gate. Got in at 3:30 and couldn't find the TA meetup at the Hilltop tent I wanted to find Will (tubularbills) and Sam (kadomony), but I couldn't find them. It wasn't like last year where it was easy to run into people. I spent most of my time at Sunday School and had a good time. But I never can get into CvS, no matter how many times I try. The dust was crazy and it reminded me of how it is in Las Vegas. The weather was fantastic and loved the music, especially Paco Osuna. That was a highlight for me. I skipped out early because I wanted to avoid the crowds on the ferry. Overall, a nice day, but it wasn't worth the hassle and the $$$. |
I been reading these forums for years especially during wmc for info but I don't post on forums much however I was at some of afrojacks set set and filmed the opening and it doesn't seem to me that he dissed trance. Sounds like he says - "whats up ny, hows everyone doing, its good to see? that you guys like trance so much but i need to know are you ready for some afrojack music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bux5CuMcHfs
And since Im posting
1st day I heard
Afrojack was good hes getting real popular but im getting kinda tired of the same sound hes pumpin
Reboot sounded good
Dirty south good as always
Paco Osuno only heard a bit of this that I didn't like but will try seeing him again
Axwell was great
Chemical bros sounded ok very cool videos
Really wish I had got to see Hawtin
At least double the people of last year and great vibe
Tents were all better but main stage seemed the same?
On the dirt it really sucked especially at Sunday grove. I think part of it is sat morn when I got there I remember looking around and seeing plenty of grass you can see this on early pics of that day then a herd of zoo animals trampled the shit out of the park and it disappeared and left us with dust clouds lol~
I got a pic Sunday night at the Grove during Digweed and it looks like we are covered in dirt and the air is full of it wonder what my lungs look like after that =/
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