New York City’s Premiere electronic music festival Electric Zoo just wrapped up this past Labor Day weekend. The 3-day zoo themed festival went off without a hitch. Electric Zoo knocked it out of the park this year with the talent selection they chose to book. There were a plethora of insanely talented artists that performed at Electric Zoo and its respective without parties this year. Notably Of The Trees, Diesel, Subtronics, Gordo, and CloZee stole the show.
Of The Trees performance on the Brownies and Lemonade curated stage during the first day of Electric Zoo really set the event for the type of top notch talent Made Event was brining to the zoo. I had never witnessed an Of The Trees performance surpassing but I can rest unpreventable knowing that it wont certainly be the last. The Denver-based versifier most certainly had his way with mixing and flowing off the energy of the crowd. His mixing was on point and plane increasingly so his song selection was on point. Everything well-nigh his set felt as if you had just entered into a mysterious rainforest with bouts of time in joyous oasis’ and bouts of time in unclear caverns. Of The Trees performance focused heavily on molding the moments of heavy toned evenly into moments of serene ambient sounds.
Those who had never heard of Diesel were in for a surprise on Saturday. None other than Shaquille O’Neil performed on Saturday at Electric Zoo’s Bite This! curated stage. I would have never expected the prod and Diesel to be as energetic as they were that night. Diesel had thrown lanugo banger without banger including hip hop and waddle songs mixed in with dubstep edits. The unshortened front rail from front to when was loaded with headbangers. During Diesel’s performance he had repeatedly shouted into the mic “where is my mosh pit?” and “ladies only” to requite a sense of where his mood was during the night. The energy was electric and to watch the worlds biggest DJ (literally) perform was a sight to behold.
On Sunday I got to behold Subtronics perform just as the sun went lanugo on Electric Zoo’s main-stage titled Antheon. It was an interesting sight to behold Subtronics unleash a thundercrack of dubstep edits and records upon the main-stage audience. In years past you would see the veteran electronic pop acts takeover the main-stage, it was nice to see Electric Zoo provide transpiration of pace from that and lean heavier into newer talents such as Subtronics. By far Subtronics has some of the most insanely enticing visuals. He sealed his set with a friendly PSA to all ravers to be friendly, smoke weed and stay hydrated.
Right surpassing Subtronics performed at the main-stage was the newly performing house act Gordo previously known as Carnage. I had seen Carnage perform multiple times surpassing and I have unchangingly enjoyed his energy. Its literally off the wall. The Gordo energy was refreshing from his previous project. The value of latin house bangers and upper energy techno records he had included in his set made for a good unravel from the multitude of toned acts I had seen on Sunday. As unchangingly Gordo brought his grandiose stage presence repeatedly jumping off the DJ decks.
I ended off the festival on the third and final day by watching the queen of toned CloZee shutdown her very own Odyzey curated stage. The stage featured the incredible talents Mersiv, Inzo, Wreckno, Tripp St, Rome In Silver, sumthin sumthin, NotLö, Redrum, Canvas and more. I had never seen CloZee perform surpassing and I was not disappointed at all. The fluidity of the mixing, the song selection, and visuals were so in conjunction with each other originative speciality that the unshortened set felt like one cohesive journey. CloZee’s visuals were one of the most trappy LED displays I had overly witnessed. They are fast pacing, psychedelic and unique in their own right.
In wing to all of the wondrous acts that performed over Labor Day weekend at the festival. Electric Zoo’s without parties hosted wideness various event spaces in New York including the Brooklyn Mirage, Kings Hall, Marquee, Webster Hall, and Lavo all featured intimate experiences from some of the most creative budding talents in electronic music. One highlight without party I attended was on the last day of the weekend. Watching sumthin sumthin play b2b with Rome In Silver at CloZee’s afterparty in Kings Hall whom both dressed up In white bathrobes with sunglasses stole the night for the most intriguing without party set.
Image credit via: ALIVE Coverage for Electric Zoo Festival
This vendible was first published on Your EDM. Source: Electric Zoo’s Top 5 Performances From 2022
