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Official EDM/Trance/Progressive Thread

Who is your favorite EDM/house/trance/progressive artist?

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JDawg said:
Tried to get tickets for Tomorrowland with my friend. We both failed. I'm pretty sure I'm so far back in the queue I have a 0.00000000001% chance
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UPDATE

They emailed my friend yesterday that there were spots open for one of the packages with plane trip, tickets, etc. He called this morning and we have two spots.

So I guess we're going.

:willynilly:
 
JDawg said:
UPDATE

They emailed my friend yesterday that there were spots open for one of the packages with plane trip, tickets, etc. He called this morning and we have two spots.

So I guess we're going.

:willynilly:
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That's awesome, congrats. Gonna be an epic time.
 
Thanks. I may be sacrificing an FSU bucket list trip for this one. I think its a worthy trade-off. It still hasn't quite set in, but I'm stoked. I also now owe my friend an assload of money, thank god March is a 3-paycheck month!
 
GQ article profiling Avicii

His reaction, on Facebook:

GQ, my thoughts on the article. I would normally not even care but this article really got to me, how it could even be published with so little truth and misquotations.

So this interview was made over the course of 4-5 days where a freelance reporter followed me and my crew around on tour up until new years eve. Reporter Jessica Pressler BEGINS by describing my fans as "douchebags" - not as a quote - but as an (her) obvious impression in the introduction to the text. The preamble to that describes people attending to my shows as drug addicts!

She goes on to describe how I plan my sets only to contradict herself saying I go over my planned time cause I'm having so much fun with my crowd. Anyone reading this article should know it's very subjectively twisted by someone who has a) no experience of this scene or insight to a DJs profession at all and b) has no interest in really understanding it either. How on earth the fact that I complain when an opening DJ plays some of the peak time tracks I usually play somewhere in my set becomes the conclusion that I only touch volume faders is beyond me and even though I could beat mix in my sleep doesn't allude any kind of respect which I find deeply insulting. I would never lay down a pre-programmed set and performed to a pre-mixed CD, I would never cheat my fans like that. Period. For the record, the only planning I do is check transitions so that I don't have to pre-program anything and still make sure I bring it to my fans. A lot of work and thinking goes into my DJing. I want the entire night to progress seamlessly and when I have to adapt the energy on the fly for the crowd on any given night, I can do so with harmonic mixes that I've practiced over and over again. I am far from the only DJ that does this and it's something I take pride in being able to do. Truth is that at bigger festivals or solo shows I know what people want to hear and my set is a compromise between what I want to play for them and what people come and expect to hear me play for them. At a smaller club show I can wing it completely.

Some people are known for certain things, some DJs like A-trak, Steve Angello and Laidback Luke are excellent technical DJs, something I will never be, and have a whole different approach to their performances.

I mean everything even down to the tracks I play she got wrong in this article. I wouldn't adress this and bring more attention to it if I really didn't feel that this article was truly unfair and incorrect. She draws up this disgusting picture of the electronic music crowd being constantly high, ugly, uneducated, dumb and "douchy", while I feel they are caring, loving, positive and the complete opposite of what she says. Sure people do drugs and party but that is nothing exclusive to this music genre. It looks like the journalist wanted the GQ readers to buy into that stigma.

We agreed to let GQ into our camp to actually portray a serious side of this music to the masses who might not now and might not understand. We hoped they could unveil and communicate the reason for there being so much love within, and how such a great community has risen organically for, this music genre. The problem was that a journalist that knows nothing of electronic music was sent to be on the road with me for a couple of days and then tried piecing together what it's all about. She failed miserably
 
I'm not going this year because of Tomorrowland, but this looks like a great line-up IMO

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Picked up TomorrowWorld tickets over the weekend. All 3 days, plus all 5 days of camping. Going to be such a cool experience.
 
EDC Week...I'll bold my favorites (one day, one night) but a lot of tough choices, can't go wrong with a lot of the ones I'm not bolding. Sometimes definitely just used party scene and hot girl potential as the dealbreakers. Tried not to repeat artists as well

Tuesday, June 18
- LAVO Nightclub at The Palazzo – Dash Berlin

Wednesday, June 10
- Marquee Dayclub at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas – EC Twins
- Eclipse at Daylight Beach Club at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino – Nicky Romero with Hook N Sling
- Hakkasan Nightclub at MGM Grand – Dada Life
- LAVO Nightclub at The Palazzo – 3Lau and Carnage
- Surrender Nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas – Nero and Morgan Page

Thursday, June 20
- Bassrush at Paradise Beach at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – 12th Planet, Kill the Noise, DJ Craze, Brillz, AC Slater, Antiserum and glAdiator.
- Marquee Dayclub at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas – Sander van Doorn with special guests
- TAO Beach at The Venetian – Tritonal and Seven Lions
- Bassrush Massive at Orleans Arena – Ʊz, Andy C, Excision, Flosstradamus, Fury with MC Dino, Jack Beats, Kill the Noise and Subfocus
- WET REPUBLIC Ultra Pool at MGM Grand – Pete Tong, R3hab, Tiga and Michael Woods
- Hakkasan Nightclub at MGM Grand – Hardwell with Dannic and Dyro (Revealed Records Label Party)
- LAVO Nightclub at The Palazzo – Dirtybird Presents: Claude VonStroke, Cajmere, Justin Martin & J Phlip
- Light Nightclub at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino – Nicky Romero with Don Diablo and Stafford Brothers
- Ling Ling Club at Hakkasan Nightclub at MGM Grand – Michael Woods
- Marquee Nightclub at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas – Avicii and Helena
- Surrender Nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas – Splash Dance with Dirty South
- TAO Nightclub at The Venetian – Dash Berlin and ATB
- Tryst Nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas – Rusko

Friday, June 21
- Daylight Beach Club at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino – Baauer
- Encore Beach Club at Wynn Las Vegas – Diplo
- Marquee Dayclub at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas – David Lewis presents Armin van Buuren, W&W, Blake Jarrell and Jochen Miller
- TAO Beach at The Venetian – Arty, Cosmic Gate, Rebecca & Fiona and Helena
- WET REPUBLIC Ultra Pool at MGM Grand – Steve Aoki and NERVO
- Hakkasan Nightclub at MGM Grand – Tiësto
- LAVO Nightclub at The Palazzo – Carl Cox
- Light Nightclub at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino – Alesso
- Ling Ling Club at Hakkasan Nightclub at MGM Grand – R3hab and TJR
- Marquee Nightclub at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas – Benny Benassi
- Surrender Nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas – Porter Robinson
- TAO Nightclub at The Venetian – Fatboy Slim and Gareth Emery
- Tryst Nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas – Wolfgang Gartner
- XS Nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas – Above & Beyond
(the Wynn is on fire this night...picked Tryst mostly because might be highest amount of hot chicks as a dealbreaker)

Saturday, June 22
- Daylight Beach Club at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino – Alesso
- Encore Beach Club at Wynn Las Vegas – Steve Angello
- Marquee Dayclub at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas – Avicii
- TAO Beach at The Venetian – Maxim Saturdays with Gareth Emery
- WET REPUBLIC Ultra Pool at MGM Grand – Calvin Harris
- Eclipse at Daylight Beach Club at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino – Skrillex
- Hakkasan Nightclub at MGM Grand – Calvin Harris and Michael Woods
- LAVO Nightclub at The Palazzo – John Digweed presents Bedrock Party
- Light Nightclub at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino – Zedd and Baauer
- Ling Ling Club at Hakkasan Nightclub at MGM Grand – NERVO
- Marquee Nightclub at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas – Kaskade
- Surrender Nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas – Afrojack
- TAO Nightclub at The Venetian – DJ Vice
- Tryst Nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas – DJ Five
- XS Nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas – Steve Angello

Sunday, June 23
- Daylight Beach Club at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino – Krewella with Eric Dlux
- Encore Beach Club at Wynn Las Vegas – Above & Beyond
- Marquee Dayclub at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas – Kaskade with Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano
- TAO Beach at The Venetian – Ferry Corsten and Markus Schulz
- WET REPUBLIC Ultra Pool at MGM Grand – Tiësto
- Hakkasan Nightclub at MGM Grand – Deadmau5 and Fergie (DJ)
- LAVO Nightclub at The Palazzo – Vice Sundays with DJ Vice and after hours featuring Sasha and Dubfire
- XS Nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas – Night Swim with Eric Prydz and Sultan + Ned Shepard. Swimwear encouraged. :eek:

Monday, June 24
- Encore Beach Club at Wynn Las Vegas – Afrojack
- Marquee Dayclub at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas – Mark Knight and Umek
- WET REPUBLIC Ultra Pool at MGM Grand – Deadmau5
- XS Nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas – Diplo and Afrojack
 
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Biggest decision thus far is Saturday night at 2am, with Tiesto, Dog Blood and Benassi all having overlap.

Thinking 1:30-2 Tiesto, 2-3 Dog Blood, and 3-3:30 Benassi, which then leads into Fatboy Slim and Schulz on that same stage. Very strong Saturday night.
 
I looked at that schedule and damn its gonna be hard making some decisions. I just hate cutting sets short on one end or the other (for all music) but thats inevitable sometimes.
 
Okay, attempting the impossible for EDC Vegas....did the various parties earlier.

Schedule

FRIDAY
Just constant back and forth between kinetic field and circuit grounds...you really can't go wrong with any act there. If one act I love is on one stage, I'd also love to see the accompanying act. For late night I'd probably stay at circuit grounds after 1 AM but thats just me. Other acts I might consider are Richie Hatwin from 1:00 - 3:00 at neon garden (also playing main stage Sunday), crookers from 10:45 - 11:55 and Boys Noize from 11:55p - 1:25a at cosmic meadow.

Screw it, I'm not copping out....forcing myself to pick sides

7:00 - 7:30 Dannic
7:30 - 8:30 Dyro
8:30 - 9:00 Bassjackers (actual set 8:00 - 9:00)
9:00 - 9:30 R3hab (actual set 9:00 - 10:00, might stay if really tearing it up)
9:30 - 10:30 Nicky Romero
10:30 - 11:00 Dirty South (actual set 10:00 - 11:00)
11:00 - 11:30 Thomas Gold (actual set 11:00 - 12:00, had a real tough time cutting it short for...)
11:30 - 12:30 Porter Robinson
12:30 - 1:00 Armin van Buuren (again, might stay if its really grooving...)
1:00 - 2:00 Madeon (...but this French kid really really interests me)
2:00 - 3:00 Thomas Trash
3:00 - 4:00 Arty
4:00 - 5:30 Manufactured Superstars

Saturday
much easier time here
7:00 - 8:00 Audien
8:00 - 9:00 Tritonal
9:00 - 10:00 Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano
10:00 - 11:00 Sander van Doorn (really wanted to stick some Matzo and Morgan Page in here)
11:00 - 12:00 Eric Prydz
12:00 - 12:30 Avicii (actual set 12:00 - 1:30)
12:30 - 1:30 Bingo Players
1:30 - 3:00 Tiesto
3:00 - 4:00 Hardwell
4:00 - 4:30 Carl Cox (bring on the classic deep house haters)
4:30 - 5:30 Markus Schulz

SUNDAY
7:55 - 8:55 Clockwork
9:00 - 10:00 Umek (alternative: bass out with Araabmuzik 9:00 - 10:00)
10:00 - 11:00 Pete Tong
11:00 - 11:30 A21 & Max Vangeli (actual set 10:30 - 11:30)
11:30 - 12:30 NERVO
12:30 - 1:30 Fedde Le Grand (sorry Above & Boyond, toss-up but makes logistics easier)
1:30 - 2:30 Krewella
2:30 - 3:30 Laidback Luke
3:30 - 4:30 Ferry Corsten
4:30 - 5:30 Dash Berlin
 
Got back late last night. Pasquale did an amazing job again. The production was even better than last year, definitely going for the TomorrowLand feel. Only problem with switching between Kinetic and Circuit Grounds is it probably takes about 10-15 minutes to get from one to the other, and that doesn't count getting out of the crowd from one stage and entering the others. Below is what we saw.

Friday Night
9:45-10:45...Fake Blood
11-11:30...ATB
11:30-12:30...Porter Robinson
12:30-1:30...Armin
1:30-2...Madeon
2:30-3:30...Knife Party
3:30-4:30...Dada Life (Best set of the night)

Saturday Night
9:30-10:30...Mat Zo
10:30-11:30...Morgan Page (very strong set from beginning and through, second best crowd I saw for the weekend)
11:45-12:45...Empire of the Sun
1:05-2:05...Major Lazer (Best set, crowd, time of the weekend. Absolutely amazing. Never seen that stage completely fill up so much, to the point that the first 20 rows of the bleachers were also full)
2:10-3...Tiesto
3-4...Hardwell
4-4:45...Zed's Dead
4:45-5:30 HeadHunterz (More on Hardstyle later)

Sunday Night
11-12:30...Carl Cox
12:30-1:30...Above and Beyond
1:30-2:30...Krewella (chose over Calvin and amazing decision, I predict they'll be headlining EDM festivals very soon)
2:30-3:30...Steve Angello
3:30-4:30...Night Owl Experience
4:30-close...Dash Berlin, Cazette and Delta Heavy while walking around


One thing I definitely noticed throughout is Hardstyle emerging in the mainstream. With HeadHunterz closing down the main stage Saturday, and a couple of big artists including some Hardstyle in their set (including Krewella), I think it's going to continue to gain popularity with some of the bigger songs. Can't really see Hardstyle concerts becoming that popular in the states, but definitely the inclusion of the music into EDM songs.
 
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