Jack Beats unloads discography on Electric Zoo
With the afternoon heat in full force, Jack Beats took the stage on the 360 stage of Electric Zoo. Sporting a black cap and white tee, Beni G stood in contrast to Niall Dailly, dressed in all black. While the crowd screamed in delight to the departing Gramatik before, the duo hit the ground running with deep bass, a departure from the bluesy live guitar show of the preceding act. To help properly segue from one genre to the other, they began their set with a small introductory beat edit. With the sun beating down on both sides of the tent, the crowd began to shuffle and sway back and forth.
Moderat play a rare live US set at Electric Zoo: Five tracks you need to know
While the masses found themselves packed into crowds at Tiësto, Bassnectar, and A-Trak on Day 2 of Electric Zoo, a few hundred festival-goers enjoyed some breathing room and a special treat at the Hilltop Arena from Modeselektor + Apparat brainchild, Moderat. Unlike the Boys Noizes, Fehrplays, and Mat Zos that graced the rotating stage earlier in the day, the trio opted for the more traditional static stage, shying away from the rotating apparatus. The trio’s purpose was more aural than vision: They there to showcase their newest album, Moderat II, with Electric Zoo being the last 2013 stop of only three in the US.
Electric Zoo 2013: 2 days, 10 live sets to download
Despite cutting off the festival's third and final day, Electric Zoo 2013 came packed with sonic action from dawn to dusk. Across five stages and two days, artists delivered New York with the best of their summer material, exclusive mashups and bootlegs, and new tracks to compose must-hear sets for Labor Day weekend. Thankfully, many of the top acts from Friday and Saturday are giving away their sets for fans to relive the festival experience. Here are the ten sets worthy of a download to relive both days of Electric Zoo 2013.