Where My Head’s At: Skrillex’s mothership lays waste to the mainstage at Electric Zoo 2012
Back in 2010, a then unknown in dance music, Screemo rockstar, Sonny Moore, released a 5 track EP under the moniker Skrillex. Then he gave it away for free to the world, sparking a sonic revolution creating a rift in the EDM landscape. There was no corporate entity behind him, just a kid on his laptop making music that he liked, experimenting with new sounds -- creating a new genre, by himself, alone in his bedroom. I don't remember how I found Skrillex's first EP, it was likely on one of the countless electro blogs that have come and gone since then, but from the moment I pressed play on "My Name is Skrillex" I knew that what I was hearing wasn't going to go away. It was too robust and too unique to not explode into the forefront of the next generation of electronic dance music.
Gareth Emery at Governors Island: 5 tracks you need to know
After Blake Jarrel and Jerome Ismae set the tone with unsurpassed warm up sets, Gareth Emery drove it home with a nice mixture of house and trance -- pleasing fans on all fronts. The island seemed almost at capacity as a diverse crowd of fans unloaded one ferry ride at a time. After Emery's two and a half hour set came to close, Ben Gold took to the decks for an amazing closing session of hard-hitting trance.
99 reasons to be excited that EDC is tomorrow
Tomorrow night, a hundred thousand people will gather under the electric sky to celebrate the biggest dance party America has ever seen. As you might imagine, we're pretty excited. Here are 99 things we're looking forward to (feel free to add your own in the comments).