If I had to sum up the first day of The Electric Zoo Festival, I would use one word, “WOW“!
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It’s early on Sunday afternoon now, and I wanted to give you a brief recap of Day 1 before heading back for Day 2!
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Before I dive into this recap, I should mention that we’re going to have loads of great content from this event! Sam is working away preparing the photos from yesterday (and, from what I’ve seen, they look amazing!). I also just finished reviewing all of the video from yesterday, and we’ve got exclusive footage from epic performances by Benny Benassi, Roger Sanchez, Marco Carola, Deadmau5, Armin van Buuren, and more! …so stay tuned to the blog to catch this content right when it hits.
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And now back to the recap…
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The first thing I want to say is that it was much easier to get to the festival than Sam or I had expected. We took the subway up to Harlem and then got on a bus that took us right to Randall’s Island. There was a long line of Electric Zoo-goers, and they were hyped up! People were sharing drinks, and you could just feel the energy in the air – that unique, unbridled, intense New York City party energy!
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When we got to the festival, I was quite impressed with how well-organized it seemed to be. Sam and I moved painlessly through the registration process and got into the event with just the right amount of security checks in place.
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When we got onto the festival grounds, I felt an instant rush and found myself saying and thinking, “This is (more…)