Electric Zoo, the largest EDM festival in New York City was just held last weekend and it sure was a great experience. The 2 day - 12 hour festival produced by Made Event brings together some of the biggest name in the EDM business such as Armin van Buuren, Chemical Brothers, Markus Schulz, Afrojack, Gareth Emery, Victor Calderone, Cosmic Gate, Above and Beyond, Axwell, Benny Benassi, Rusko, ATB, Laidback Luke, Steve Aoki and many more.
Sure was packed when I got to Randall's Island Park on Saturday. Luckily, hurricane Earl decided to not visit New York that day but it sure was windy. There was a long line just to get through the first checkpoint. After that, there was another checkpoint for security purposes. I wouldn't mind such security as long as there are no troubles within the festival especially after what has happen at Electric Daisy and the Love Parade. I had a chance to see Glenn Morrison, Gareth Emery, Markus Schulz, Afrojack, Chuckie, Benny Bennasi, Boris, ATB, Kaskade, Axwell, and The Chemical Brothers. I would say the best set that night was Gareth Emery. He just had the crowd pumped up from the beginning to the end even during a short lull when the equipment died on him during the time he was playing Stranger to Stability. ATB's set was a bit weird especially when he had a Rage Against the Machine tune within his set. Afrojack, Chuckie and Axwell just wowed the crowd while Chemical Brothers got the crowd going with their unique set and lighting.
Sunday felt so different. The weather was really gorgeous with the sun shining and wasn't as windy as Saturday. I got there and surprisingly there were no lines and seems like everyone was still resting their sore legs from Saturday. But the crowd sure got bigger as the day progresses that by 12:30pm the place was getting packed. I had a chance to catch D. Ramirez, Cosmic Gate, Laidback Luke, Moby, Above and Beyond, Sander Van Doorn, Fedde Le Grand, Diplo, and of course, Armin van Buuren. The best set would go to Armin van Buuren and Cosmic Gate while I was really surprised with Moby's and Fedde Le Grand's set. And I had a chance to meet Nic and Bossi of Cosmic Gate.
Great weather, great music, good food, great crowd and awesome friends make up a really awesome festival. Can't wait for Electric Zoo 2011.
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| Moby's Electric Zoo BlackBook Mag Sputnik Music NY Times Dont Forget to Go Home Dancing Astronaut TGRIonline Big Shot Day 1 | Day 2 | Glenn Morrison Dirty South | The Culture of Me Nicky Digital - Day 1 Nicky Digital - Day 2 Metromix Gallery Dirty South Pic Joachim Garraud Pic Brooklyn Vegan Day 1 | Day 2 |
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