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2015/06/20 EDC 2015 - Electric Daisy Carnival in Vegas
π 2015-06-20 01:01 in Clubbing, Edc, Festivals
After a recommendation from some coworkers, I booked a trip to EDC this year, to see how a big party there, would be. And sure enough, while beyond wonderland in the Bay Area is actually quite good, EDC is just bigger and better.

About EDC:

  • it mostly runs from sunset to sunrise, which still gives quite warm weather at night (but during the day, it would have been unbearable and dangerous).
  • it's big. Las Vegas Speedway is not small, it takes a while to walk the miles that cars drive around it
  • there is a bit of a burning man night scene feel with all the different kinds of music, lights, and happy people dancing (except of course for the money)
  • Speaking of burning man, there were some familiar art cars and a few structures that I had first seen there.
  • 8 Sound stages with different genres of music. Unfortunately 0 trance the first night, to the point that I almost considered not going the first day, but the next 2 days definitely made up for it.
  • It was well built and organized, including the bus service (which was another $100) and gave a reliable way in and out in 1h (normally it's 25mn without traffic, but with traffic it could have been 2h+).
  • Anyway, here's day 1. I mostly walked around to see the different sound stages and other displays/attractions:


















    Day 2, I was more excited about. lots of trance on the menu, starting with Above and Beyond:














    then Armin came
    then Armin came

    I was stretching my zoom. 30X optical plus another 2X digital
    I was stretching my zoom. 30X optical plus another 2X digital





    and this was the end of day #2
    and this was the end of day #2

    Here is a video of bits of day2 with some bookmarks:

  • Faithless, can't sleep, Above and Beyond @0:35
  • blue sky action, king for a day @6:20
  • Armin @13:45
  • Game of Thrones @17:55
  • Great fireworks @22:30
  • Day 3 has the biggest Trance lineup, so made sure to get there early. Unfortunately they had to open late due to winds:


    no one getting in
    no one getting in




    I can thank my 30X zoom again
    I can thank my 30X zoom again

    it had been ages since I sasw ATB. Awesome!
    it had been ages since I sasw ATB. Awesome!




    Orjan Nilsen
    Orjan Nilsen



    Ferry Corsten. Also had been ages since I last saw him
    Ferry Corsten. Also had been ages since I last saw him

    I happened to catch a Dr Megavolt lookalike somewhere outside:




    Andrew Rayel
    Andrew Rayel


    Next was Gaia, which I hadn't seen perform before. It was quite hard to make out Armin under the cape :) Very nice set by the way:




    Aly and Fila
    Aly and Fila



    And just like this, the night was nearing its end, and I had to bail a bit early to make it back to the airport to catch my early flight back home.




    Here is a video of bits of day3 with some bookmarks:

  • ATB: 9 PM till I come @08:30
  • Orjan Nilsen: Just Be @14:00
  • Awesome Fireworks @26:30
  • Gaia @37:28
  • And that was it for EDC. It was a bit tough to timeshift 12H and be up all night for just 3 days, but otherwise it was an awesome show and impressive transformation of Las Vegas Speedway, along with top DJs from around the world.

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