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(REVIEW) Electric Zoo Day 1
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| Burak14 |
honestly, who the booked major lazer? seriously? worst dj i have ever seen in my life. guy was literally playing regeton, hiphop, rap..
atb? wow guy did major trainwrecks.
these are the 2 guys you picked over pvd? must be the joke of the century.
afrojack? homo got on the mic after markus schulz set and said "i'm glad you guys like trance but i'm not playing that "
RICHIE HAWTIN :eyespop: :eyespop: :eyespop: :eyespop: :eyespop: :eyespop: SET OF THE DAY. i went over to see axwell and my eyes were closing cause i was dead tired. i actually told ryan i wanted to leave. went over to see richie hawtin instead, i couldn't stop dancing.
PACO OSUNA was also amazing :eyespop: :eyespop: so was MARKUS SCHULZ. it's about time markus gets #1 on dj mag even tho it doesn't mean anything. guy is the only dj out there who doesn't whore out his own productions and actually plays trance. |
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| 09vdubgti |
i agree
major lazer-fail
chem bros-mehhhh
pretty lights- wtf uber fail
ATB- was it his first time dj'ing? Yea I was inline for kaskade signing session and wow wtf.
I said this before in the other EZ thread RICHIE HAWTIN :crazy: :crazy: I've been converted to a believer. Im so pissed i forgot about reboot...
Also WTF why didnt they put lasers in the Hilltop tent, and wtf only the lasers turned on for chem bros and wack lights?
Kcuf the led's I want Lasers!! |
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| jmauro |
My sets of the day were Gareth, Gareth and Gareth Emery.
period.
will try to meet up with everyone I did not meet up with today tomorrow.
short review:
definitely better organized, more vendors, stages are a complete upgrade from last year and I cant complain about food vendor/beer prices.
only thing that I thought was off at points was the sound at main stage having low volume. crank that volume up its a festival!
thats it for now.
those going tomorrow you are in for an experience! |
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| coquito |
| how much are the brews this year? |
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| aks129 |
Coors light 8
Grolsch 9
Blue moon 9
Redbull 6
Water 3
I could have smuggled a bottle of vodka with no prpblem they barely checked my bag at all i think i might try it on sunday its just too much for beer
And yeah some major train wrecks there especially on main stage
Benni ennassi was great though so was fake blood and rusko these guys just killed it |
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| The Vza |
From what I could tell, Gareth Emery had the set of the day along with Markus and Richie. I also thought Dirty South was pretty damn good (holler wai)
i really wanted to see pretty lights because they seem like a real dope, chill ass act. but I was not going to miss Richie for anything. It's the only set i stood and watched for longer than 15 minutes. A couple times I tried to walk away from Emery and kept running back.. especially when he put as the rush comes and exposure together. whoa
i was talking to chuckie and he was saying how what he wants to do is get people to realize that dutch house is more than just poppy squeeky ring tone music (those are my words). but you know what I mean.. he wants to eventually expose people to the dutch house underground and not just stuff like riverside. so that was nice to hear.
I was digging that major lazer reggae bumba klatt to be honest, I was waiting to talk to someone and i dunno, it was fine imo. And the hype man looked liked Sosa from Belly. |
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| Groundhog Boy |
Same thing I posted on Rhythmism:
Paco gets set of the day. Joris was a close 2nd. Kalkbrenner would have been better at a different time of day (preferably darkness), CvS was OK, tried to get a little too creative for my taste with the DnB and hip-hop. Bug plays good stuff, but has yet to blow my mind, and today was no exception. Richie starting off was boring, then kicked in about 20-25 minutes in. I left for the Chemical Bros. at 9:50, they were fun, until they blew something around 9:45 and the sound stopped. It wasn't going into the encore, as the song cut off abruptly. Overall, good day.
BTW, who else that spent the whole day at Sunday School is still having problems breathing? |
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| jmauro |
| quote: | Originally posted by Groundhog Boy
BTW, who else that spent the whole day at Sunday School is still having problems breathing? |
Its not just Sunday School, Ive been coughing since I left Electric Zoo and my nose was all clogged up with dirt? until now. same thing happened last year though. |
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| thebigmancino |
| Definitely a lot more people than last years Saturday. Far less porter potties however, not sure why this is the case? Even so, much props to made for throwing a sick party again. Must say I didn't agree with some of the DJs chosen to headline Mainstage vs. headliners from the tents. I felt Markus had one of the best sets of the day, with Gareth's being slightly better. Gareth's opening was intense, he had so much energy, the crowd was going insane inside that tent haha. The Chemical Brothers were awesome live, not like anything I've really seen before, Electronic Battle Weapon 8 live was reason enough to have them headline I feel lol. There were also a lot of sound/technical errors, at times the music would turn off for almost a minute, even more for the Chemical Brothers. Looking forward to a crazier second day, let me sleep for a few hours.. see you guys tomorrow. |
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| thebigmancino |
| quote: | Originally posted by jmauro
Its not just Sunday School, Ive been coughing since I left Electric Zoo and my nose was all clogged up with dirt? until now. same thing happened last year though. |
Yeah it's not Sunday School that does it, havent decided yet if its just the dirt from Randall's Island or if its Electric Zoo filth lol |
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| Konijn |
| quote: | Originally posted by jmauro
Its not just Sunday School, Ive been coughing since I left Electric Zoo and my nose was all clogged up with dirt? until now. same thing happened last year though. |
it's worse than last year for me -- i can't take a deep breath without coughing... way more people than last year.
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joris voorn had a very groovy set that i hope will surface on the internets. nice hearing his remix of beachball. from the trancier sets, gareth emery and marcus were great.
reboot had my fave set of the day and didn't overload us on cadenza bongos and flutes. axwell killed the hilltop tent and should have been on the main stage. good day overall, but felt like the bookings needed a bit more 'umph'... |
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| PvDoBseSSioN |
overall was an awesome day i gotta say, but with a couple minor setbacks.....
got there at 12:30 and caught the last hour of joris which was awesome, even got to meet him right after!
Checked out Tom Middleton main stage which was cool, then went over to markus which was decently packed but his set was great, and the soundsystem in that tent was much better then last year.
Joachim Garraud was pretty fun too, i had never seen him live before and even though its mainstream electro it was still fun and it was fun to see him rockin the keytar!
Afrojack was good too, i only stayed for 20 minutes and even though he's very guetta like it was still a fun set.
Claude Von Stroke was sick as usual and his sets are always creative.
Reboot right after was ok, i only stayed for about 20 minutes tho so cant really judge.
Walked back to hilltop arena to find a semi empty tent for Pete Tong, the vibe wasnt really there so i only stayed for a bit but did see jay and euphoria which was nice.
Dirty South main stage was great, good energy, good track selection, and pretty packed too.
Steve Bug's set was pretty good but not mindblowing, i feel like he played better last year.
Kaskade at Hilltop arena was sick! his energy is always great and his set was just relentless! except for when he switched to the wrong track and then spun it back right into the build up of a vocal track and it sounded awful! other than that tho Kaskade played a great set
I stayed for all of 7 minutes of Axwell... his first track was boring, then he decided to have one of his typical swedish house mafia style speeches and so i walked over to sunday school
Richie Hawtin was amazing as usual although he didnt seem prepared in the beginning and kept going to do something under the booth for the first 20 minutes, but then he played a sick sick techno sets as he usually does, and not too heavy on the effects which was a little weird but no big deal. i left at 9:45 cause i couldnt breathe for and it was just soooo uncomfortable!
overall tho the production was great and there were soooo many more ppl then last year which is good for made. only complaints were the crazy long bathroom lines but it is what it is when u have that many people around. |
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