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Is anyone else a little nervous about how large of a crowd Skrillex is going to draw to the Which stage? I'm thinking it'll put Mumford to shame and might be a little bit of a safety concern.
Post by rexmcartor on May 16, 2012 11:14:53 GMT -5
It will be the most packed that Which stage has been, that is my guess. I plan to be sleeping under a tree there a couple hours before his set so I can make it as long as he does (putting my money on about 6am).
It will be the most packed that Which stage has been, that is my guess. I plan to be sleeping under a tree there a couple hours before his set so I can make it as long as he does (putting my money on about 6am).
Prediction: He will play for 2 hours, will suck, you will be very disappointed (unless you are rolling on multiples, where it will suck slightly less).
Post by rexmcartor on May 16, 2012 12:07:11 GMT -5
Already saw him once and I was not at all disappointed. I will be farther back for this show though so I can see the whole stage. Not saying there aren't other producers/djs I'd rather see there but I will settle for Skrillex.
And, he played an after party after nearly every show he has. He loves djing and as bonnaroo tends to let night sets go as long as they want I honestly can not see him only playing 2hrs.
I got in for free to Bamboozle festival and caught Skrillex on Friday night.
Honestly, was not that bad of a show. The crowd kinda sucked, people were trying to start mosh pits like it was a metal show at first which was pretty annoying. But he was doing more trippy, dub/edm shit so eventually the "bros" settled down and it turned into a pretty fun dance party.
Personally at the farm I'll be checking out the Superjam and then going to GZA. But Skrillex is by no means bad and those who go are going to have a good time.
Didn't go in 07 so can't say about the white strips. But I do think his crowd will push towards that of Mumford, if not past it. I was up very close for Mumford and couldn't believe it when I turned around and looked.
Post by 3post1jack1 on May 21, 2012 8:23:06 GMT -5
skrillex was great at hangout. his MCing was a little sloppier then the last time I saw him, but he was definitely full of energy, as was the crowd at 3:15pm. his short set completely wore me out, I ended up missing Kaskade to chill in my friends condo.
I think by "MCing" he means "yelling out nonsensical things about the sick drops in order to hype up the brahs even more."
this is exactly what I mean. when a DJ decides to grab a mic and start yelling about getting pumped or whatever. I pretty much hate this 100% of the time, but have learned to tolerate it.
So after Bamboozle its almost a given that the UMF setup will be the one we get at Roo. I personally hate it. But whatevs. The giant LED screen will be nice.
Gotta agree, that set-up sucks. Even the animations are boring and repetitive. He needs to just use every changing visualizations, screw these dancing robots and crap.
Post by ColorsAndShapes on May 25, 2012 14:44:22 GMT -5
1. I HATE his music. 2. He was pretty awesome at Hangout. 3. I expect something like this at the roo. 4. ^ vs Van Halen tribute, 60,000ish "raging balls", will be fun.
Post by rexmcartor on May 25, 2012 15:14:29 GMT -5
I think we are more likely to get that single large screen rather then all the smaller ones from UMF. Even then though, his animations on screen can be very boring. I remember seeing him on his mothership tour and enjoying the set, but found myself thinking several times. "This guy needs a better animator or something."
God this is going to be such an insane spectacle. Admittedly the rig he's sitting in isn't that great but the lights and screen are pretty impressive. I wish the two big lights on the side of his chamber could have stuff like the image of a six shooter barrel spinning on them, then shoot lasers over the crowd. Those lights look really weak though. It just seems like that rig could be put to more use visually than what I've seen in the videos.
I seriously can't wait for the future when we have electronic bands playing in open air floating ships that will be able to hover over the audience, shooting down lasers like giant netting over the crowd; DJs in transformers like rigs that will walk around, any type of space age poop like that. The presentation of dance music is going to be insane in fifty years.
I'm hoping we're over the "your stage presentation is more important than your skill as a DJ" stage of things in fifty years, but thats just me.
