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basically the same shit as last year.

Even worse.

Not going. Sucks since I practically live next to the damn Citrus Bowl.

Just reconfirms my plans to move to South Florida ASAP, scene here sucks ass.

yup its a let down imo. might sell mine haha

Edit: Says more TBA at the bottom lol

Thumbs down lol.

Sounds like ill be selling mine in the near future unless their "to be announced" blow my socks off.

I would assume that Tiesto will be the headliner for Fri night like last year, and Armin, etc will be on Sat night. Still worth in my opinion, the experience itself. Don't know why you guys (Chris/Andy/Christine) wouldn't go, what else are you gonna do that weekend? There is yet to be another phase to the lineup, so don't jump ship quite yet!

I agree the lineup is somewhat weak, but still...Armin, Tiesto, Morgan, Tritonal, Markus are heavy hitters that will put on a good show.

Chris - Orlando does have a pretty good scene here...its Miami and Orlando that brings the best talent to FL. (yes Miami is better, pfff)

I dunno, I'm just so underwhelmed by the whole thing right now. I read on the CEO's feed that there's still some tech to be added to the bill, so I'll wait for that.

It's just so uninspired. They're taking us and our money for granted. $150 for a generic-ass lineup. To me, it's totally marketed at the 18-22 college kid demographic. I want some more mature sounding music on the bill.

And yeah, I know the scene isn't terrible here, but every time I hang in Miami for a weekend, I get depressed about Orlando, lol. Not just music and clubs wise, but everything down there is just better...food, access to beaches, weather (breeze), etc. I talk a lot of shit about Orlando but you know I love it, haha.

I know you, Andy, and Christine are mostly into trance, and the UR1 festival doesn't have any of that, but fuckin damn, that lineup is beyond disgusting if you like house/tech-house/techno. It's like DEMF, but instead it's in Miami. I just wish EDC Orlando had a handful of those guys. And maybe some trance like Aly & Fila, JoC, Ummet Ozcan, etc. All the trance guys at EDC Orlando are the same trance guys we see at every major gig. I've personally seen all those guys more than once, some more than 5 times now. I want something fresh, you know?

Definitely agree with some of that ucforange. For the money they're pulling with the number of ppl buying tix this year, I wanna see more than this. How bout some Carl Cox, A&B, G&D, Mat Zo? And personally I was pretty disappointed that Super8 wasn't going to make it to EDC with Tritonal since they are touring with them during this time on a North American Tour. Hell, there's not even a Super8 & Tab date in the entire southeast. After seeing Super8 in Miami a couple years ago, I am dying to hear him again, the set he played at the Anjunabeats party gets worn out on my iPod.

WTF??? no tech??

ucforange sounds like your on the same page as me, I used to like trance but 90% of it is cheese to me now and days, I wish i could get off from work the monday after ur1 and it wasn't so close to Christmas money wise.

everything else looks like generic crap that has been taking over, i'm hoping phase 2 has more tech/minimal/deep house.

I wish I could go to ur1, cocoon stage, ciroloco stage, thats real music, not prerecorded set's where lame ass teeny bopper dj's turn knobs and try to look cool.

yep ur1 festival is gonna be awesome. just sucks that it looks like cocoon is gonna be sunday. :/

glad i didnt buy a ticket yet

that lineup fucking sucks

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Originally posted by PatMcGroin yep ur1 festival is gonna be awesome. just sucks that it looks like cocoon is gonna be sunday. :/

love the circoloco + cocoon line up.. but for $200 i think the festival is way overpriced. the offspring? really?

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Originally posted by ucforange It's just so uninspired. They're taking us and our money for granted. $150 for a generic-ass lineup. To me, it's totally marketed at the 18-22 college kid demographic. I want some more mature sounding music on the bill.

I didn't read this before.

+100

unfortunately that 18-22 year old college kid demographic is whats driving the major rise in edm in the united states. :/

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Originally posted by PatMcGroin unfortunately that 18-22 year old college kid demographic is whats driving the major rise in edm in the united states. :/

This.

yea

but theres no excuse not to cater to all tastes and preferences

especially when you have two days and multiple stages to do it

that lineup seriously blows

Right. At least Ultra puts on a good show for those who want some of the tech sound (the Ibiza tent, Cox tent, the little tent that had the Visionquest guys, etc). Actually, the best part about Ultra is the Cox tent...I've never seen another festival in the U.S. with anything similar to that thing.

EDC Orlando on the other hand has nothing in this category. Not even a small side tent with some tech-house. It's all electro-pop-crapsteap-EDM with the big trance jocks sprinkled in. Lineup is beyond awful.

And yeah, so far the UR1 festival seems overpriced (but it's $170, not $200, and only several dollars more expensive than EDC Orlando right now), but they're not done announcing the headliners and stages yet. They're taking a different approach to this, I guess. And even if it is overpriced, it still looks absolutely badass. At least I know the music and party will be there. Better than spending $150 on this EDC Orlando lineup. Maybe the tech is yet to be announced (the CEO said this on his twitter feed yesterday), but with only 3 stages, I don't see how they pull it off with the already announced acts. What are they going to do? Put Loco Dice on the mainstage at like 5 pm (followed by Chris Lake, lol)? Yay.

UR1 is going to struggle because ultra just announced early bird tickets go on sale next week - so a lot of kids on the fence about UR1 are just going to play it safe and get UMF (at least i think).. they waited too long to announce the second phase..

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Originally posted by diabloargentino UR1 is going to struggle because ultra just announced early bird tickets go on sale next week - so a lot of kids on the fence about UR1 are just going to play it safe and get UMF (at least i think).. they waited too long to announce the second phase..

Do you know how many people UR1 is expecting to buy tickets though?

I know they can't be hoping for an Ultra turnout...

I think it's two distinct demographics too. UR1 is aimed at South Florida residents who are a little older and appreciate house music as well as punk rock...whereas Ultra markets itself as a destination festival where college kids fly from all over to come.

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Originally posted by OrangestO but theres no excuse not to cater to all tastes and preferences

this.

what i dont understand... those of us who have evolved a bit beyond just trance have generally done so as we've gotten older. essentially meaning we have more money to spend. but they're not booking artists for us so our wallets have to go elsewhere. this is what i find stupid. i mean, dont not book the cheesey stuff, cuz the kids go crazy for it (and the mass of kids equal a lot of money), and most of the kids actually do make for a good vibe, but to leave the rest of us completely out just doesnt make financial sense to me.

edc las vegas does cater to other sounds though. hell they were the first ones to really bring hard style to a festival in the states. but i guess they just dont want to invest in the orlando edition. for example the production blew ass last year and i'd expect much of the same this year.

all signs point to the fact that this festival should be skipped. kind of sad because last year i had such hopes. but skip it, go to the las vegas one if anything.

Edc Vegas was amazing. Absolutely brilliant. When there's a struggle to figure out what stage to even consider going to and the ability to even ditch one and find another one was incredible. I'd much rather take the money after I sell the ticket and use the money towards a cruise. Much better company than the massive piles of fucked up 18 year olds everywhere.

Sorry to hear so much disappointment. I guess the upside of being less knowledgeable than all of you as that I won't have as many opportunities to be disappointed. I had a blast last year and I am sure I will come across plenty of sets to have a good time at. I've never seen Armin and love Markus, had a great time at Porter and have been waiting to see Bassnectar for a while. I can seem to find a good time at the majority of styles that will be there. If you got nothing better to do and have the funds(or are able to use them for something else), then why hell not.

I am disappointed to hear that there is only 3 stages but that is probably because that one smaller stages(don't remember the name) never really had more than a few handfuls of people at it at any given time that I remember. I thought that the main stage setup was pretty small and weak so hopefully they will bring a bigger production on that end. I guess we will see, well...some of us.

We still got another round of artist announcements so hopefully ya'll get enough in there to want to attend.

4 - 5 years ago when I spent a good amount of time visiting LA, I ate Insomniac events up... when there wasn't much in FL outside of MIA. Went to the last EDC at the Coliseum which was simply amazing, checked out TAO with Sasha and Digweed, Deadmau5 dropping an incredible set which at the time ignited his future but at the same time was the beginning of the end of what I thought was his incredible ability to weave melodic tracks. I had the privilege of attending Nocturnal Wonderland in the fall highlighted by Richie Hawtin just blistering the crowd before a man named Ali took the decks and took a small, but astounding step forward, expanding the boundaries of what we knew was techno. When minimal was getting maxed out... This was before the "bubble"....

I thought to myself, this is good, this is nice, I have more access to what I love than I EVER had before...

3 years later

WTF just happened... Aside from DEMF and Ultra (this year ONLY as 2011 was shit)

My world has been exposed, and is currently being exploited by companies and conglomerations like Insomniac... but actually, it's not my shit... my shit is STILL underground, somehow, it's the big dogs of the trance (if you can still call it that) and electro scene that are doing us a disfavor...

The world of big time festivals is becoming a bastardized, money machine marketed to young folks with absolutely no substance...

and if you're asking yourself what really am I talking about? Take a look at the EDC Orlando lineup...

rant over


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Loco Dice is scheduled to perform on Friday via Facebook

I got a feeling loco dice will be the "more" tech that will be getting scheduled. He's not what he used to be but hopefully it's a good start... And not just him

I can't wait to go and have fun with my friends in Orlando at a rave in the fall! I'm recruiting everyone I can to support this show so it returns year after year. You folks should do the same!

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