Electric Daisy Carnival 2011 Recap

EDC in Las Vegas. Wow. 30 hours of loud, outrageous, brain scrambling music. I love it. I was a little skeptical of how it would turn out in Vegas to be honest. I liked having EDC in my own backyard and Vegas was such a…trip. The drive, the hotel, the transportation to and from EDC, all things I wasn’t used to. But at the end it was well worth the trouble. For the Cali natives like myself, we have a little bit of a bone to pick. EDC just wouldn’t be the same if it wasn’t in LA. The crowd would be different, we’d be on concrete instead of in the Coliseum, the the all around vibe just wouldn’t be the same.

But, after three days of dancing til I was dead, I realized that EDC is still alive and well. I little different, but thriving nonetheless. There weren’t as many cool artsy attractions as yeahs past, but Insomniac did make up for it was an absolutely enormous lineup. Every stage was going off at all times. The best part of the weekend had to be the free water stations. Bless those water station volunteers. We couldn’t have made it through the weekend without you. All in all, EDC was a huge sucess in my book.

Vegas stole my heart, but Cali has my soul. 2012, lets bring Electric Daisy Carnival back to LA.

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Best Set

Drumroll…. Fucking SKRILLEX mahdudes. The fool blew the place sky fucking high from 3-430am Saturday night. He threw down such a good variety of filthy brostep, hiphop, electro, and even a little moombahton. A few minutes into Skrillex’s set, Afrojack decides to let us know that there were just as many people in front of Neon Garden for Skrillex as there were at the main stage for himself and David Guetta. Now I’ve been in some crowded situations, but the Skrillex crowd was literally ass-to-crotch as far as the eye could see. I guess the planes flying overhead telling people to go see Skrillex actually worked. But yeah, Skrillex is worth the hype.

Skrillex – Rock N Roll (Will Take You To The Mountain)

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Munchi – Esta Noche

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Runners Up

Afrojack threw doowwnn! The first couple times I saw Afrojack way back when I wasn’t very impressed. But over the past year he has really been stepping up his production and sets. I was ragin super hard for his Saturday set and word has it, his Sunday set was even harder! Kudos to you Afrojack.

Afrojack Pres. Shermanology – Grindin (Original Mix)

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Sooo happy I saw Tiesto. I’ve been waiting to see this guy for years and he did not disappoint. I was expecting him to go a little soft, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. Tiesto threw down an awesome set that was just as hard anyone else.

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Honorable Mention

Drop the Lime: This guy puts on a really fun and energetic set with a wide variety of genres. He went from the dirtiest jungle beats to blues guitar with one flick of a switch and made it sound seamless. Good Shit.

Drop The Lime – Sex Sax (Original Mix)

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Wolfgang Gartner: As expected Wolfgang laid a heavy coast of sweat on everyone to start the night off right. Though most of his set was filled with his all too familiar bangers, he did give us a preview of some upcoming tracks that and straight bangers. Stay tuned to Wolfgang.

Alesso: What can you say about the Swedes. These guys are cranking out DJs on a conveyer belt and Alesso is the newest addition. I was really excited to see him after hearing Avicii talk him up and his Save the World remix. My conclusion, he’s pretty friggin good.

Chuckie: I thought I was going to have a dance seizure…and I was sitting down. Nuff said.

Porter Robinson: I wasn’t  a Porter fan until I saw him at EDC. I’m not too big on the young gun electro sound, but Porter’s productions and sets are maturing very nicely. Very excited to see where he’ll be a little down the road.

Tim Berg – Seek Bromance (Porter Robinson Remix)

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Feed Me: HHEELLLLLL YEEAA. If you didn’t know, now you know. FEED ME

Laidback Luke: I had my second sitting dance seizure.

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Coulda Shoulda Woulda

Unfortunately, with such a stacked lineup you can’t see everyone you want. These are the artist I wish I could have seen.

Bird Peterson, Doctor P, DJ Dan, Borgore, Bassnecter, High Contrast, Rusko, 12^th Planet, Jack Beats

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My Favorite

Saturday night was a hectic situation. Swedish House or Doctor P. I was torn. I’ve never seen Doctor P and had already seen SHM before, but I still couldn’t decide. I met up with my friends and they wanted to see ATB. For some reason, I don’t know why, I said fuck it and went to ATB. Best. Decision. Ever. I got to get away from the barrage of bangers and enjoys some old school tracks that I hadn’t heard in daayyss, yet alone live in a set. Hats off you ATB for my favorite set of the weekend.

ATB – Could You Believe (Original Mix)

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Dare I say see you next year,

LO&G