Electric Zoo 2012 Live Sets Day 1

Electric Zoo Live Sets Day 1 (8.31.2012)

Day 1 of electric zoo had many thrills.  Here are all the electric zoo 2012 live sets from day 1.  Some of our favorites are: nadastrom, above and beyond, A-trak, and Dillon Francis.  Definitely be sure to download these sets and hear the live energy they were able to build.  We will have in depth reviews coming later in the week on electric zoo 2012 live sets from day 1,2, and 3.  So stay tuned as the footage rolls out!

Adrian Lux

Tracklist:
01. Adrian Lux – Weekend Heroes (Bauer & Lanford Remix) [ULTRA]
02. Hard Rock Sofa & Swanky Tunes – Here We Go [AXTONE]
03. Pryda – Allein [VIRGIN UK]
04. Swedish House Mafia – Greyhound [VIRGIN UK]
05. Adrian Lux feat. Lune – Angels (Ken Loi Remix) [ULTRA]
06. Adrian Lux – Teenage Crime (Axwell & Henrik B Remode) [AXTONE]
07. M83 – Midnight City (Eric Prydz Private Remix) [MUTE]
08. Adrian Lux feat. Lune – Fire (R3hab Bigroom Remix) [ULTRA]
09. Alesso & Sebastian Ingrosso – Calling [REFUNE]
10. Steve Aoki feat. Wynter Gordon – Ladi Dadi (Tommy Trash Instrumental Remix) [ULTRA]
11. Adrian Lux feat. Dante – Burning (Ivan Gough & Feenixpawl Remix) [ULTRA]
12. Sander Van Doorn & Adrian Lux vs. Inpetto – No More Serious Eagles (MYNC Edit) [DOORN (SPINNIN)/CR2]

Hardwell

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Pretty Lights pushes limits

Electric Zoo if officially over #sadface However, the next BIG show Bostonians have to look forward to is Pretty Lights show at the TD Garden, which features Eliot Lipp as the opener.  Take a read into his live set and what Pretty Lights is doing to push the limits of live sets!

(Missoulian) Derek Vincent Smith, who’s better known by his stage name Pretty Lights, has made no secret he wants to push the boundaries of the electronic dance music genre and take the it to places it hasn’t yet gone.

He seems to be making good on that promise, beginning with the live show he’s headlining “The Illumination Tour,” which continues into mid-November.

On earlier tours, Smith brought along a live drummer who played live beats to the music Smith was performing from his on-stage audio setup. But he found that limited his ability to improvise songs on the fly.

“I tried to communicate with my drummer with sign language for awhile and tried to keep everybody on the same page,” Smith said in a late-August phone interview. “(But) I realized I was really holding myself back as far as how I did push the improvisation of the electronic music that I had composed.”

Having a drummer also limited Smith’s ability to coordinate visual elements of his show with the music he performed.

“I really wanted to connect my control of the music to the control of the (visual) aspect of the production of the show,” he said. “So the last tour we figured out how to connect my technology, the devices I use to make music and control, to have video linked to each clip that I would trigger.”

The improvisational element of the Pretty Lights live show is something Smith has been developing throughout a career that has seen his popularity mushroom since the 2006 release of his debut CD, “Taking Up Your Precious Time.”

In releasing that debut, Smith took the unusual step of allowing anyone to download the CD from his Pretty Lights website.

While this might have cost Smith some income from record sales, he thought making his music free would get...

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Behind the Scenes:Amon Tobin's 'ISAM' 2.0 Tour

(Rollingstone) Electronic producer and composer Amon Tobin is one of the genre's most respected innovators, but his progressive sounds don't align very closely with the current EDM craze. In this exclusive clip, Tobin talks about his upcoming ISAM Live 2.0 Tour and its improvements from last year's ISAM Tour. "I guess because it's electronic music, people tend to equate that with dance music, which is pretty natural," he says. "I had this record that didn't really fit into any one thing and I had to find a different way to present it as a live show."

In translating his studio-based music to live performance, Tobin ended up with a complex stage and light setup that he compares to an art installation. "How can I make a genuine attempt at visualizing music and making something that made sense, to me at least, and be part of it?" he asked himself while brainstorming the show.

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Ayah Marar - Unstoppable (Patrick Hagenaar Remix)

By Mike B of Butlertron

Ayah Marar's new single 'Unstoppable' has seen heavy play, especially Metrik's heavy drum and bass remix. But Patrick Hagenaar has his own take pairing Marar's pop vocals with an happily uplifting electro house track. The stadium snare and distant big room siren carry the upbeat chord progression, while lively arps lead into the quick and surprisingly tasteful half-time breakdown.

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Electronic Dance Music meets Hollywood

(NewYork Times) Once marginalized as a novel European import, electronic dance music, or E.D.M., has become the dominant trend in American pop these days. Its lively synthetic beats and booming bass lines are inescapable, and its top D.J.’s draw sold-out crowds to outdoor raves like Electric Daisy Carnival and even rock bastions like Lollapaloozaand Coachella, earning them thousands, if not millions, of dollars for a single set.

Now several of its stars are turning their attention to what could become their biggest payday yet: Hollywood.

Skrillex, the dubstep D.J. who won three Grammys in February, and who Forbes magazine estimated earned $15 million last year, has composed an original score for the director Harmony Korine’s film“Spring Breakers,” a vacation romp that stars James Franco as a cornrowed drug dealer, which does not yet have a release date. Skrillex, 24, also recorded material for one scene of the Disney animated film “Wreck-It Ralph,” featuring John C. Reilly as the voice of a repentant video game villain, which is scheduled to be released on Nov. 2.

Similarly, Anthony Gonzalez, the mastermind of the gentler, more orchestral French electronic-pop band M83 and creator of its breakout 2011 album “Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming,” is working on the score for “Oblivion.” The film, the director Joseph Kosinski’s sci-fi adventure starring Tom Cruise, is slated for release next year.

Another of electronic dance’s leaders, Kaskade, met with film producers during his summer headlining tour but has yet to finalize a deal. Without denying the potential financial rewards Kaskade (whose real name is Ryan Raddon) said part of his motivation for venturing into film scores is artistic credibility.

“For me it’s about longevity and doing something that’s new, different, challenging,” he said. “I think there still are some people who doubt the musicality about electronic music, like: ‘What is it? What are they doing?’ But after you score a film, nobody can really say anything more about that.”

For a movie industry eager to tap into E.D.M.’s largely young fan base, the incentive seems obvious. Yet John Houlihan, a film supervisor who has worked on more than 60 soundtracks, including those for the three “Austin Powers” movies, “Training Day” and the forthcoming Bruce Willis thriller “Looper,” sees an underlying creative connection.

“I think it’s their day in the sun, and Hollywood is very trendy,” he said. “An E.D.M. artist like Skrillex is pushing frequencies and using new instrumentation that is so intense, his music has the potential to drive a modern action scene more effectively than a traditional Hollywood orchestra.”

Electronic musicians have scored movies for years. Recent examples include...

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