United Through the Live-Stream
EDC Las Vegas’s
Virtual Rave-a-thon 2020
Room Service Lineup
Brought to you by Proximity in support of Sweet Relief and Feeding America. To my ears, Peekaboo, Zeds Dead, and Quix blew the roof off the house this weekend.
Adapting to a life cooped up inside during the pandemic is something that struck the world in shock — especially our electronic community of show and festival lovers. What are we to do on these weekend nights where we would see our friends as well as our favorite artists to rage in unison? Our place of fun and freedom may be closed for now, but that doesn’t mean all of the doors are shut. The life of the live-stream has been vibrant and flourishing in living rooms and bedrooms across the globe; ultimately unifying us all.
The future for us, artists, as well as event organizers, promoters, and so on is unseen. We can’t make a call on what will happen next, but resilient industry won’t go down without a fight for us all. Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but transformed; and thats exactly what the live streams airing via online platforms such as Twitch and Youtube have done for us. The transformation from live shows from a venue to your television screen makes the experience accessible for all; reaching anyone willing to tune out and tune in.
Couch Lands Debuts
This Pandemic has brought us one new series you won’t want to miss. Couch Lands has now transformed into its own virtual stage and show of its own. Stay tuned for more scheduled episodes to come!
2020 Virtual Lineup
Benefiting Rave Recovery
There’s some kind of beauty in staying up until 2 am with your quarantine crew to parade around the house to your favorite djs in the game while hundreds of thousands of people from around the world are doing the same. Before we could mark our calendars for the Friday night out on the dance floor, yet despite the drastic change in environment, I still look forward to these live-stream sets as much as I did going out to shows now. The energy of being “together” while miles apart is quite unmatched. Being able to comment back and forth with viewers on live chats about the sets has been very entertaining and even helpful to be able to ID some of those tracks you’ve heard mid set and need to know the name of! Many of these sets are also recorded and uploaded to listen again & again (I definitely have replayed Liquid Stranger’s, Subtronics’ and Rezz’s a few times myself.) Viewers even get creative enough to dress the part and get in their rave gear for the “show“; including myself— its the perfect time to break in those new rave shoes around your house.
Whose Ready
to RYDE?
One of my favorite bass-house djs in the game killed the decks via his Jeep on the Room Service livestream. It was great seeing every individual artist’s unique choice of studio presence.
We may not know when the next shows are just yet, but the community at large has us covered. Shout out to Insomniac, Proximity, Beatport, and various charities as well as numerous artists hosting their own streams to benefit those losing their livelihood while keeping us on the edge of our sofas for the next drop. Some artists have even hosted their virtual events immersed in a whole other online world of MineCraft and FortNite. Though this isn't the first time an artist like Marshmello has made a gaming experience, but the pandemic has seemed to spark more interest in this endeavor in another way to “be at” a show amidst the restrictions upon the public. Disciple as well as Porter have hosted their own fest line ups representing their label’s top names and in tribute to Porter’s Second Sky Fest.
Be sure to tune into the 2nd edition of the Digital Mirage festival this weekend! The line up will have your music tastes covered all weekend long with a array of djs ranging from the styles of San Holo to ZHU. Insomniac is also now donating a portion of proceeds towards The EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE program and the NAACP in response to the death of George Floyd and in support of the BLM movement. Stand by for 12th Planet, Bandlez, Adventure club and more from their streams in the next few weeks! Click the link below to donate to the cause and charities today. Who says you can’t make a difference from your couch?
Act Now!
Donate today in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and help us make a difference one beat at a time!
Stay connected with the quarantine rave squad—
“A group where we all pretend to go to the Same Festival”
Join to connect, share, and make light of the situation with those who are also experiencing the agony of your cancelled event, and get links and info on the next virtual rave. Visit them online HERE
Quaranstream
Quranstream with me and many other ravers! Use this Insta account to stay up to date on the newest line up drops coming to your TV! Visit them online HERE
Some of my personal Favorite channels are linked below.
Listening sessions with LSDREAM
Kick back and chillax every Monday, get down to the grind of learning how to make bass Wednesday, and rage every Friday!
Cyclops Army Virtually Unites All
Subtronics has been as busy as ever dropping new tracks this past April and using this time to his advantage in the studio. Check out his live sets and subscribe to his twitch channel for the next one!
Ghastly Tours Virtually for us in 2020!
This past spring Ghastly stood undefeated by the disruption of this pandemic with his music productivity. He hosted many independent Twitch sets as well as being featured on EDC for a b2b with NGHTMRE. He even incorporated many production sets to teach fans wanting to learn at home ! He also did not disappoint for the couch lands’ live stream set just this past weekend.
Weekly Deadbeats Dosage
Join the house party and tune in to artists from the Deadbeats label— you have the chance three times a week to tune in as well.
Excision’s Series Drops
On May 31st, X hosted his very first episode of an ongoing series of an indoor version of Lost Lands. The digital effects as well as the stage presence and set up is out of this world. It looks like the stage itself is placed in an African Jungle. The production is breath taking. Stay tuned for the drop of episode two coming soon!