Lost Horizon
Watch Sets by Noisia, Carl Cox, Skream, Fatboy Slim, and More from VR Festival Lost Horizon
Over the weekend, fans plugged into the virtual festival Lost Horizon for a fully-interactive music event. Hosted by Beatport and the minds behind Glastonbury Festival‘s iconic “Shangri-La” experience, revelers were able to dance alongside their fellow festival-goers in full 360° using virtual reality technology. Fans were able to witness the performances using a VR headset, mobile device, or simply by watching the 2D livestream on Twitch. Those who were out and about over the holiday weekend are in luck because Beatport has uploaded a number of the festival’s performances to their YouTube channel. The videos feature complete sets alongside footage of the virtual crowd dancing and taking in the lights. Organizers brought out some of the best and brightest ...
Carl Cox on Socially Distanced Nightlife: “It Defies the Ethos of What Brings Us Together”
Before COVID-19 funneled the nightlife industry into a metaphorical wood chipper, fabled DJ and producer Carl Cox was on his typical mission of delivering heart-pumping rave music to the masses. The house music legend has been doing so since the 80s, when he helped to usher in a new era of electronic music in the states. Having witnessed the unwavering ebb and flow in the EDM industry over the years, there is perhaps no one more qualified to assess the current musical zeitgeist than Cox, who recently aired a special performance that moonlighted as an ode to 90s rave music. Cox recently spoke to London-based outlet Evening Standard about the current nightlife landscape in the wake of COVID-19, and his outlook was markedly bleak. Socially distanced club nights are “reall...
Organizers behind Glastonbury’s Shangri-La Launch VR Music Festival “Lost Horizon”
Despite Glastonbury Festival‘s cancellation this year, organizers behind the event’s Shangri-La after-hours area have announced a new virtual event set to take place this summer. Lost Horizon is a forthcoming two-day event that will feature over fifty performances across four stages. With the help of Sansar and VR Jam, Lost Horizon will replicate three of Shangri-La’s real-life attractions: The Gas Tower, Freedom Stage, and SHITV. In bringing the real-world environment to the virtual realm, Lost Horizon is aiming to become “the world’s largest independent music and arts festival in virtual reality.” The event’s lineup is an attention-grabbing slate of dance music icons, including Carl Cox, Fatboy Slim, Pete Tong, Peggy Gou and S...
