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Thursday, May 5, 2011

Pretty Lights, Rusko, & Identity Music Festival

Hey people! I'm so sorry I haven't talked about Pretty Lights or Rusko yet! I have lots to talk about - including an awesome festival that is coming to NC in August!
Pretty Lights

Derek Smith
Pretty Lights on April 19th was a lot of fun! Despite the people that literally grinded on me the entire show, I thoroughly enjoyed it. There was one more thing though. It's official that the Raleigh Amphitheatre is just NOT loud enough for a concert like that. I can understand if you're there to see Jack Johnson or someone of that genre but electronic music is meant to be heard loud, and I was having conversations with my friends while we were on the front row (yeah that shouldn't be possible). I know it couldn't have been any louder though because it was as loud as Raleigh, NC allows it to be, as that city has noise ordinances and also makes artists end their shows by 11pm at that particular venue. Fortunately it got dark around 8 something since the show had to start at 6 because people were worried that it wasn't even going to be dark to see Derek's 'pretty lights'! However, those were also lacking a bit as all of his lights were mainly on screens instead of shining out into the crowd like I've seen in the past.  Below is my video from this show, then a video from when I saw him at MoogFest. Compare the lighting! The last two times I saw him with his drummer Adam Deitch too, which also made the show have a little more of the bass I like to hear with the drums! I don't think any PL show will ever top the first time I saw him at the Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh over a year ago. The lights + sound + people were perfect! (Remember to mute my playlist on the right before you play a video).

In the first video at around 40 seconds you can see a great view of the crowd, and the city of Raleigh behind them.

Now to talk about Rusko.... boy what a different experience than Pretty Lights. I saw Rusko recently at Ultra Music Festival in Miami, but seeing him as his own personal show without seeing other artists all day long makes it so much fun, not to mention he had his own sick lights that spelled out R-U-S-K-O. Rusko is seriously so fun to watch in concert. I give him mad props for having that much energy throughout his entire show, because even I stopped to catch my breath a few times, but he was literally going the whole time! Doorly opened for him, who I personally really like, but he needs to step up his game during his performance! To get more popular as a music producer, you can't just play your music in front of the crowd and expect everyone to be enthused. You have to talk to the crowd, dance with the crowd...pump your crowd up doing whatever it takes! I'm sure he'll get some tips from Rusko since he currently is touring with him, and here is one of my favorite jams by him called "Bonkers". But anyways, back to Rusko! He was great. I love all of his music, and he played a bunch of new stuff for us too. Kevin even got a autographed poster from him! Sadly it got a little crinkled throughout the show since he bought it beforehand but the crinkles were worth it. :-) Check out my video from this show at the 9:30 Club in Washington DC.

Rusko
Speaking of Rusko and Pretty Lights, there is an AMAZING festival coming to Charlotte, NC on August 16th (and 19 other places in the country as well) with soooooo many good artists! This festival is called the Identity Festival, check out the line up below (more artists to come too). Identity is the first-ever touring electronic music festival!

Yeah so if you like the music I like, I'd be at this one! Here are the other cities and dates below:

I'm glad I finally got to talk about those two shows and this awesome festival! I'm currently avoiding studying for my very last exam of college, but hey I'll get to that soon enough. Here are some songs (old & new) that I want to share today for those of you who care! These are just some of the ones I'm jammin to this week!

Rusko Remix - "Remedy" - Little Boots
Rusko Remix - "Pro Nails" - Kid Sister
Posted by Kaycie Davis at 2:34 PM

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