Beyond the Beats: EDM News and Culture

Electric Zoo Festival 2019 Special! | Ep. 26

Episode Summary

This week we are taking you guys around the venue for Electric Zoo 2019. This is one of the best lineups they've ever curated and we are so excited to introduce you guys to a bunch of great music from the artists that we'll be there. A special shoutout to the Artists We're Watching this week: Nitepunk and Thorns. PUT THEM ON YOUR RADAR.

Episode Notes

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Electric Zoo: Around the Island

On Repeat

Alec: Matroda - What Happened

New Music

Alison Wonderland + Quix - Time

Anti Up - Right Now

Skrillex, Ludmilla, Ty Dolla $ign - Malokera

Around the Island

Friday (kicks off at 3 pm EST)

All My Friends Stage (Destructo’s stage)

• Popular Act: Malaa
• Up and Comers:Mime
• Must See: Golf Clap
• Track played: Mime - Voices

Hilltop Arena

• Popular Act: Excision
• Up and Comers: Mark the Beast
• Must See: Ganja White Night
• Tracks played: Mark the Beast - Go Back w/ Figure; Ganja White Night - Flava

Riverside

• Popular Act: 4B
• Up and Comers: [Tails](https://soundcloud.com/tailsxbeats]
• Must See: Getter
• Tracks played: Tails - Skeleton w/ inverness; Getter - Ham Sandwich

Mainstage

• Popular Act: Diplo
• Up and Comers:Bijou
• Must See: Kaskade
• Tracks played: Bijou - Touch Me; Kaskade - Never Sleep Alone

Saturday (kicks off at 1 pm EST)

All My Friends Stage (Destructo’s stage)

• Popular Act: Anti Up
• Up and Comers: Gerry Gonza
• Must See: Volac b2b Phlegmatic Dogs
• Tracks played: Gerry Gonza - Make My Eyes Roll Back; Phlegmatic Dogs - Keepmastik

Mainstage

• Popular Act: Zedd
• Up and Comers: Kream
• Must See: Benny Benassi
• Tracks played: Benny Benassi - 2 My House (w/ Chris Nasty); Kream - Ain’t Thinking About You

Riverside

• Popular Act: Flux Pavillion
• Up and Comers: Minesweepa
• Must See: Bear Grillz
• Tracks played: Bear Grillz - Demons; Anxious

Hilltop Arena

• Popular Act: Eric Prydz OR Cristoph
• Up and Comers: Ben Bohmer (live show)
• Must See: Eric Prydz
• Tracks played: Ben Bohmer - After Earth; Pryda - Power Drive

Sunday (starts at 1 pm EST)

All My Friends

• Popular Act: Camelphat
• Up and Comers: Noizu
• Must See: Noizu
• Tracks played: Noizu x Malaa - Music Sounds Better with You; Noizu - Jungle

Hilltop Arena

• Popular Act: NGHTMRE b2b Slander
• Up and Comers: Lick
• Must See: 1788-L
• Track played: 1788-L - Wicked w/ Josh Pan; Lick - No Way

Riverside

• Popular Act: Seven Lions
• Up and Comers: Wooli
• Must See: Kill the Noise
• Tracks played: Wooli - Island; Kill the Noise - Don’t Give Up on Me

Mainstage

• Popular Act: Armin Van Buuren
• Up and Comers: Midnight Kids
• Must See: Dog Blood (Skrillex x Boys Noize)
• Tracks played: Porter Robinson - Say My Name (Midnight Kids); Dog Blood - Kokoe

Artist We’re Watching

Samir: Nitepunk from Brooklyn, NY // Soundcloud // Instagram // IWe Go Back (track)

Alec: Thorns // Soundcloud // Instagram // Thorns x Luceo - Back (track)