Day 2 at The Electric Zoo Festival was another incredible experience. When Sam and I showed up, Adam Beyer was just getting on the decks in the Sunday School Hilltop tent. As always, Adam played a mind-blowing set, and I headed right for the backstage area to get some good video for you
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At some point while I was listening to Adam’s set, I realized that I needed to get coverage of some of the other DJs, so I made my way over to catch Desyn Masiello! I hadn’t ever seen Desyn play, but I’ve been enjoying his mixes for years…so this was a treat. At a certain point in his set, Desyn really took the crowd off guard and kicked the energy up by going into a string of pounding breaks tracks. Nobody saw that coming…
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After leaving Desyn’s set, I went over to the Main Stage to check out Markus Schulz. As I was listening to Markus’ set, I found myself thinking that trance fans get picked on a lot, but, in my opinion, there is definitely still such a thing as great trance music! Hearing those huge, epic melodies on a ginormous, high-quality system, with the lights and stage effects, in an open outdoor area, really makes you understand and appreciate how amazing the dance music is.
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After leaving the Main Stage area, I went back to the Sunday School Hilltop to get some video of Steve Bug. I’ve heard Steve on a few occasions, but this was hands down my favorite performance by him. He was absolutely into his music, and the tracks were unbelievable!
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After leaving Steve’s set, I went to catch Nathan Fake. Of all the DJs I saw, Nathan was playing the hardest. Seriously, this guy gives everything he’s got when he’s playing. You’ll have to watch the video to see what I mean
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The next DJ I caught was Victor Calderone. This set was a monster…Victor Calderone playing in his hometown at the first NYC festival on this scale…obviously, he was killing it!
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The last performance I caught may have been the best one. It was given by none other than Richie Hawtin, who played incredibly well. He closed the night at the Sunday School Hilltop, and everybody was getting all the way down!
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The bottom line is simply that The Electric Zoo festival was off the hook! I have great expectations for the evolution of this event in the years to come, and I have no doubt that RV will be attending next year!
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Eddie B