all i have to say is, menno de fucking jong. jesus christ why doesn't he play more in the us???? absolutely FLAWLESS set and i'm surprised he fit in the riverside tent :P. jerome isma-ae was also pretty damn awesome, even though he played 90% of his tracks and nothing more. didnt drop smile when you kill me though...

markus was markus + extremely pissed at a broken cdj or monitor. mike has the vid of that. ferry was awesome as always, even though he still whores flashover and his own tracks like none other hahaha. gotta love him though!

left when the frenchman came on....when boredom takes over ooooh yeaaaaaaa.

crossing my fingers that i can make it out for halloween for euphonic night. see you all soon!

will post pics and some vids later when i get back to boston. really awesome meeting all the new faces that i hadn't met at previous events.

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had a great time at day 2 although the weather was cloudier than expected. people were just streaming in by the busload and I hope made event made a nice (and well-deserved) profit so they would make this event a regular summer thing in nyc.

I've read about some people having an unexpectedly good time listening to some dj's at the event and I'm one of them. I went mainly for markus, atb & ferry but I ended up having the best time watching josh gabriel play. markus did his thing but it wasn't his best set; then again, for 1.5 hours he had enough there to keep people happy. ferry did his thing & atb didn't play the usual bouncing set I usually see from him. too bad I missed jason, jerome & menno.

surprisingly atb's tent wasn't nearly as packed as the other next to his, where minimal techno was being played. wasn't aware of such a following in nyc for that genre at all..but then again I don't go to these minimal shows so I don't know how crowded they get

drinks overpriced as is well-known, bigger cups would have made it a bit better. many people were hanging around outside chugging home-made potions before walking in (guilty) which is a good way to avoid the ridiculous prices. bathrooms were a breeze. tees weren't unreasonably priced at $20 and many people bought those.

big props to made, I'm very glad we have these guys to go to such lengths and do so much hard work to please the edm lovers of nyc. with all the good events they've been responsible for throughout the years now they've reached the freaking pinnacle of events with this one.

today was even better for me. Made did a great job in pulling off one of the biggest events for electronic music in NYC.

Ferry Killed it and I'm shocked to say Guetta also ripped it up, usually not my style but he definitely knows what he's doing.

Finally got a chance to see Markus and ATB as well as Gabriel solo who also delivered awesome sets.

another incredible day. pretty much stayed at the sunday school hilltop exclusively. checked out heidi first thing, she played better then usual. thank god they booked her, there was a real lack of bizarre bootyshakin house haha. guy gerber fucking kiiiiiillllllled! wow! better then his minitek set last year for sure.

matthew dear thew it down only to get shown up by the one and only adam beyer! the guy blows my mind every time i see him. steve bug came on and was playing really deep and groovy, which didn't follow the beyer's sound too well, but he was still playing good, i wish he woulda picked it up more.

went to visit the other stages until hawtin came on. i always wanted to see richie play, but i just couldnt get into him tonight unfortunatly. left after a couple songs to check out the disco set that james murphy was playing at the grove tent. went back to give hawtin another chance, got bored again and left.

i was having way more fun earlier in the day both days. once it gets dark and the tents get packed the crowd just gets annoying and i just dont want to deal with it. give me heidi and 40 people at 1pm over hawtin and thousands at night any time.

fav sets of the festival were carola, gerber, beyer, luciano in that order.

Made Event did it again, another amazing day. I was there mostly for Markus, Ferry, ATB and they all delivered. ATB played a bit harder than he usually does but still had that tent going wild. Markus put on an amazing set...the last 45 minutes was crazy. What the hell was bugging him so hard in the beginning? his CDJ was broken?

Ferry played almost all his own tracks but still good. Took him a few minutes to figure out that the guy before him left the balance knob turned all the way to the left. You figure a guy at his level would do a quick equipment check before starting...but once he figured it out and threw that knob back to the middle there was no stopping him. Also in the middle of his set someone decided to turn on the floodlights in Icahn Stadium, annoying cause it screwed up the lighting on the main stage. Speaking of lighting, good job for the most part -- the guy in charge of the strobes and floods was doing his best to guess ferry's music but you could tell he wasn't very familiar with it. Ohh and they overheated the video system toward the end of Ferry's set - thats when you saw those big red and green x's inside a box on the two big displays on the main stage.

So I also took some time to check out other DJ's I never heard of before. Yesterday this paid off as I discovered and loved Sanchez, Rivera, and Chus and Ceballos. Today I dropped in to hear Masiello and it was all D&B/jungle..is he always like that? Also dropped by James Holden - too much house for my taste. You know who else was too much house....the french guy that came on after Ferry. I stuck around for 2 minutes and ran away to hear ATB....not my cup of tea.

Steve Bug, Calderone, Hawtin, while not exactly what I like, all had a huge following. It was nice that this festival had such a diverse crowd (did you notice moms chaperoning their daughters and whole families at this thing...I know I did, even saw one guy holding his 5 year old son at the Hawtin tent--crazy), not just a bunch of tranceheads like myself.

what an amazing time.

funny enough, the only complaint i have is beyond anyones reach. i was in the front of the main stage for several hours and the dirt from the ground basically flew from the bottom to my friends and i's bodies. by the time we were on the bus back home, it looked like we were either homeless people, or just came back from trench warfare.

anyways, it was a great day. i got there for half of menno and he was incredible. caught part of josh gabriels set right after and that was also enjoyable.

we headed to the main stage for most of steve angellos set. all i know is that he played the melody from "kids" by MGMT, and that literally made my day.

markus was top notch, although i thought he was going to kill someone with the technically problems he started off with. ferry was obviously incredible. closing out with rock your body really got me going.

and i too, surprisingly have to say that guetta absolutely killed it for the first hour. our plan was to stay for a few minutes until ATB got on, but not one of us could move away from the main stage. i mean, hes cheesy, but the first hour was just monster. "im david guetta bitch!" was hilarious.

caught about 30 minutes of ATB - 9pm and one more time were my highlights. after that we headed out a bit earlier than 11 to beat the lines.

once again, it was a rockin' time. it was great to meet jmauro and kick back with him for a bit. im lookin' forward to tiesto baby!

Electric Zoo Festival 2009 = Success

Day 2 was a better day for me than day 1. But Im going to admit that Day 1 was more packed than Day 2.

Buses efficient, entrance efficient, bathrooms plenty, drinks, food, all readily available. Tents, Light System, Sound System, Security. wowow. Made, congrats, you guys did an awesome job planning out this entire event.

Started out with MENNO DE FUKING JONG. OMFG. HIS SET WAS SOOOO SICKKKKKKKKKKK. He freakin dropped southern sun tiesto remix. . Countless others that I cant remember right now. If he comes to NYC Im there in a heartbeat. He stood up on the cdj table. Crowd was rockin during his set. Theres no way to describe it, first time I see him and I had no words to describe how I felt. It was amazing, it was sick.

After Menno, took a picture with him (thanks to Z), met up with Z finally after a what seems like a year. Im hoping Ferry showed up to the interview Z! Looking forward to seeing it.

I stayed around for Josh Gabriel, hoping he would drop Deep Down, but 10 min later I started walking to the NYTA meetup, and a few seconds later Deep Down comes on hahahaa I run back to front row. It was sick, Josh Gabriel also delivered.

Nice meeting up with all the TAs that came to the meetup. Todays meetup was a success.

After the meetup, walked over to hear Steve Angello with Andrew, Burak, Ravi, Rob and Rory(once again, nice promo). Marcello too for a brief second. once again, steve angello, it was sick. Ran into Brad Miller for a second also and then I met up with diabloargentino and my friend and then Marcus came on and he delivered. As someone mentioned, the expression on Marcus when something was wrong with the sound was extremely noticable. He was pissed yet apologizing to everyone in the crowd at the same time.

FERRY FUCKING CORSTEN. <----- WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW. THIS GUY DELIVERED BOMBSSS EVERYWHERE. Right now Im still deciding between Meeno and Ferry for DJ of the day.

When Ferry left, Guetta came on. I felt it for the first two song, then I saw the change coming, and then I started to hear Sexy Bitch as I started to walk. Perfect timing, and I was glad to see at least 500-1000 people leaving the Guetta stage when he dropped Sexy Bitch.

I heard he did a mashup of the Prodigy tho. If anyone has video, would be nice to see that part.

Went over to ATB after 10 min of Guetta.

ATB was amazing also. If you couldnt go his set was similar to the one he played at Pacha in June. He started out with Terra, hinted at 9pm, played Extacy toward the beginning of his set... HE DROPPED some remix of DAFT PUNK - ONE MORE TIME. But ATB, Im impressed, not only by what he played but the fact that he was jumping up and down motivating the crowd even though he had a broken foot. He was walking around with a crutch but was still jumping. He actually took, a short time, to talk to his fans, though Im still not impressed by his relationship with fans, it was literally a minute. All Im going to say is this is where MADE messed up big time. ATB SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT THE MAIN STAGE TO CLOSE ELECTRIC ZOO, NOT RAPPER DAVID GUETTA.

Saw hellosam again at ATB for a brief moment.

Lasers at Riverside Arena were sick also.

This weekend I listened to many DJs live that I had never heard before at a club or anything. It was nice to hear some of them and now I have more of an idea of who to go to when they come to NYC. It was awesome, the majority played very good sets. lost my own camera on day 1 tho during roger sanchez . luckily i had a backup and borrowed a camera for sunday and for future events for now.

Overall, the event was a success and Im looking forward to Electric Zoo Festival 2010.

AY STAR, you are a legend man, you know how to party, nice seeing DT with you yesterday. from the guido circle to telling mom to go home, hahaahahaha.

Ferry Corsten played at the afterparty. Anyone that didnt go to the afterparty better have a good reason, lol.

Ill post pictures and videos tomorrow.

Last edited by jmauro on Sep-07-2009 at 07:27

i'm about to go to sleep and never wake up again....

i'm sorry everyone, especially u kelly, but ferry corsten suckeddddddd

menno fucking owned my soul...so did victor calderone and ryan tyas

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Ferry Corsten 01. Ferry Corsten - Gabriella's Sky (Original Extended Mix) 02. Ferry Corsten Featuring Betsie Larkin - Made of Love (Original Extended Mix) 03. Breakfast - Air Guitar 04. Ferry Corsten - Beautiful (Original Extended Mix) 05. Ferry Corsten - Twice in a Blue Moon (Festival Edit) 06. Ferry Corsten - Brain Box 07. Ferry Corsten - Shanti 08. Ferry Corsten Featuring Maria Nayler - We Belong (Tritonal Air Up There Remix) 09. Cataracta - Primitus 10. System F - Out of The Blue (Remix) 11. Bobina - Invisible Touch (Ferry Corsten's Touch) 12. Ferry Corsten - Radio Crash 13. Ferry Corsten - L.E.F. 14. Ferry Corsten - Rock Your Body, Rock

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Deadmau5 01. Deadmau5 - FML 02. Deadmau5 - Moar Ghosts 'n' Stuff 03. Deadmau5 - Ghosts 'n' Stuff Feat. Rob Swire 04. Deadmau5 vs. Daft Punk - The Reward Is Harder Better Faster Stronger 05. ID 06. Funkagenda - What The Fuck 07. Deadmau5 - Sometimes Things Get, Whatever 08. ID 09. Deadmau5 - Strobe 10. Deadmau5 - Not Exactly 11. Deadmau5 feat. Kaskade - I Remember

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Wow, what an unexpected day. Day one was great, but day two! Ferry bored me to tears, Markus was awesome, Guetta knocked my socks off.

Thanks to all (Erica, Sameer, Jay, Polly, Wai) who texted me when my favorite pop whore song When Love Takes Over came on. I am so grateful that you support my terrible taste. Unfortunately i missed it because (the biggest surprise of the day) I was absolutely enraptured by LCD Soundsystem. Hello.

Yes I would've liked cheaper beer and wine but barring that, I am unbelievably impressed about this event. Praying for next year...

*edit* Um, Apple Bottom Jeans, really? Who knew?

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Originally posted by Burak14 so did victor calderone and ryan tyas :

You complete me

Day 2 pwned Day 1 !!!

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got there at the get-go and was planning on checking out the tom middleton chillout set, but i liked what jason jollins was spinning so i caught his set instead. wound up staying in the tent for jerome isma-ae who was great. peeped about 45 min of guy gerber and came back for the end of menno who had the riverside tent rocking.

steve angello at the main stage was dope but did anyone notice 3/4 of the tracks were mixed without headphones wtf... markus was good despite the cdjs not working. caught the beginning of ferry who was putting me to sleep so i bounced.

i'd planned on going to calderone when i walked by james holden's tent and the sounds lured me in -- this was easily the best set of the night. holden was ridiculous.

caught a little of each of the main closers and bounced early.
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respect to made for flawlesly putting this together (and to the weather for cooperating)
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great hanging with roninmess, gavin, tj, corinne and their peeps and many thanks to the cubana pequeña for introducing me to a boatload of TAs and to el presidente swamper.

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