some notes that didn’t make my 350 word count.
- The above is the song that was played at peak time.
- The classic raver gear was in full effect; the main difference was the prevalence of fitted caps.
- Two of the three opening performers were African American acts; the duo Two Fresh had a trip-hop style, while 12th Planet (a known quantity, judging by the crowd response) was a straight up dubstep artist. He was also a very strong entertainer.
- Those two groups both dropped Waka Flock Flame songs at different times; they were some of the only songs that were unmolested by dubstep remixing, presumably because Luger’s beats are amped up enough as-is.
- Man, I’m Old.
- I have no idea how girls can go to a show in 45 degree Chicago weather dressed in nothing more than a swimsuit.
- Hell of sweaty dudes rolling with dilated pupils
- To be a fly on the wall at the security meeting where the guards were told they’d be confiscating glowsticks.
- Skrillex, for his part, dropped both “Hypnotize” by Biggie and “Be Faithful” by Fatman Scoop, as well as “Welcome to Jamrock.”
- The show really is about shifting rhythmic templates; hip-hop beat -> house beat -> trance euphoria -> dubstep breakdown -> reggae rhythm
- The melodic singalong parts were much better for being interspersed by grinding dubstep parts, typically my least favorite part
- pretty sure this is the kind of thing that is only enjoyable if the performer you’re seeing is really top notch, which Skrillex was.
