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EDM.com’s Best of 2022: Performances & DJ Sets
EDM.com proudly publishes four installments of annual year-end coverage: Industry Leaders, Performances, Music Producers and Songs. To honor their creativity and deeply influential work to challenge the boundaries of performance, we’ve recognized 10 of the year’s best sets from around the electronic music world. Alison Wonderland Alvarado Laundry, Los Angeles If you asked us to think of a rarer show than a rave with Alison Wonderland in a laundromat, our hands would be Tide. In celebration of her remarkable third album, Loner, the superstar DJ and singer-songwriter rinsed out a slew of filthy tracks live from a vacant L.A. laundromat. Organized by Brownies & Lemonade, the pie-in-the-sky performance was attended by less than 100 people, who raved away as strobe l...
Watch RL Grime Drop Unreleased Collaboration With Nero at Second Sky Music Festival
Just like Mariah Carey on November 1st, each Halloween season RL Grime unthaws to drop some bombs. Days after the release of the stunning 11th installment of his long-running Halloween mix series, Grime took the stage at Porter Robinson’s curated Bay Area festival, Second Sky. During his performance, he treated the crowd to a bevy of his trap classics, high-caliber remixes and selections from his own Sable Valley imprint. But it was one particular track that really stunned the electronic music community, a new collaborative ID with one of the scene’s most iconic acts: Nero. You can hear a snippet in the below clip, wherein breathtaking vocals from Nero’s Alana Watson’s build into an uplifting, high-energy drop blending the trio’s ...
Skrillex Drops Numerous IDs In His Return to the Festival Stage at Second Sky
Despite being a last-minute addition to Porter Robinson‘s Second Sky festival lineup, Skrillex was seemingly well-prepared to deliver the comeback set fans have been waiting for. Skrillex stepped in to replace Fred again.. at this year’s edition after the latter regrettably had to cancel in order to meet some critical timelines for his recently-released album, Actual Life 3. His return to the festival circuit was supposed to happen much sooner in 2022 since he had been scheduled to perform at Tampa’s Sunset Music Festival and Detroit’s Movement. However, he eventually had to drop off of both lineups as he was working on music for his upcoming albums. Over the weekend, Skrillex didn’t hesitate to preview some of the fruits of his labor from those stu...
Here Are the Set Times for Second Sky 2022
This weekend, fans of Porter Robinson will descend on the Bay Area for the third chapter in the saga of Second Sky, the Nurture artist’s curated music festival. This year’s fest will feature a special headline set from Robinson himself, as well as a hotly anticipated B2B between his Virtual Self alias and G Jones. Second Sky 2022 will also feature performances from RL Grime, Hudson Mohawke, Bladee and more. Skrillex is also primed for his first festival set of 2022 at Second Sky after replacing Fred again.., whose third studio album, Actual Life 3, is scheduled to release one day prior. Skrillex coincidentally filled a guest slot at the fest’s inaugural edition in 2019. Second Sky 2022 will take place on Saturday, October 29th on the grounds of the Oak...
Crunchyroll Is Developing a Special “Anime Music Experience” at Porter Robinson’s Second Sky Music Festival
Porter Robinson and Crunchyroll are teaming up for a bespoke “anime music experience” at Second Sky, the electronic music star’s curated music festival in the Bay Area. According to a press release shared with EDM.com, the “Anime Shelter” experience will feature DJs from Tokyo’s iconic Akihabara anime nightclub, MOGRA, who are set to return to the states for the first time since 2019. Ravers will also be able to gulp down anime-inspired drinks at the pop-up, which takes its name from Robinson’s 2016 hit, “Shelter.” “MOGRA is one of my favorite places in the world—the all-night anisongs and incredible live VJing is an experience that has become rightfully famous worldwide and it’s somewhere I go every time I’m in Japan,”...
Porter Robinson’s Virtual Self To Return for B2B with G Jones At Second Sky
It’s felt like a lifetime since Porter Robinson’s legendary side project, Virtual Self, went underwater in 2019. Now, three years and a pandemic later, he’s decided it’s time for the moniker to make its epic return. Mark your schedules for October 29th-30th, 2022, Robinson stans, because that’s when Virtual Self will go B2B with G Jones at his flagship Second Sky Music Festival. “The technic-Utopia is awakening,” reads the project’s Instagram bio. A 48-second-long visualizer was used to announce the news, soundtracked by a mashup of “Particle Arts” by Virtual Self and “Time” by G Jones. Attendees at this year’s Second Sky will also be treated to a special headline set from Robinson himse...
Porter Robinson Reveals Dates for Third Chapter In the Second Sky Music Festival Saga
This year, Porter Robinson is turning his flagship Second Sky Music Festival into a Halloween party. He announced the 2022 edition via a video featuring his lovable mascot, DJ Potaro, in an animated pumpkin patch swathed in the autumn sunset. After bursting from a pumpkin and revealing himself, Potaro gives way to the announcement that this year’s festival will be moving to Halloween weekend. Porter Robinson’s third Second Sky Music Festival is scheduled to take place on October 29th and 30th, 2022 in Oakland, California. Other than the dates of the event, no other details have currently been divulged about Second Sky 2022, including a lineup. However, fans are certainly safe to look forward to a performance—possibly multiple—from the illustrious Nurture artist. Check out ...
Watch: Porter Robinson’s “Nurture Live” Set From Second Sky 2021 Can Now Be Streamed In Full
Porter Robinson‘s beloved sophomore album, Nurture, came alive this month at the artist’s hallmark Second Sky music festival. Now, the stunning live set is available to stream in its entirety on YouTube. Uploaded by Robinson himself, the concert video takes fans beyond the classic crowd view with up-close-and-personal camera angles. Meanwhile, scene-setting wide shots come complete with fireworks and larger-than-life visuals—note its light sensitivity and epilepsy warning. The clearly audible audience also adds energy with epic singalong moments and cathartic cheers. Featuring live vocals, piano and synths, the show even transports back to Robinson’s Worlds era with special versions of “Sad Machine,” “Shelter” with Madeon...
Porter Robinson Highlights Anthony Fantano’s Infamous “Worlds” Album Review During Festival Set
If you blinked during Porter Robinson‘s captivating Second Sky festival set over the weekend, you may have just missed the electronic music artist taking a tongue-in-cheek shot at one of Worlds’ biggest critics. Years later, music reviewer Anthony Fantano, theneedledrop on YouTube, is still taking some flak from fans for scoring Robinson’s debut album a contentious 5/10 back in 2014. In that fateful review, Fantano said he wasn’t a fan of Robinon’s stylistic reset at the time, indicating he much preferred the direction of his more EDM-centric prior EP, Spitfire. Fantano has seemingly come around to Robinson’s musical stylings in more recent times, even awarding Nurture an 8/10 earlier this year. However, that didn’t stop Robinson from digging ...
Porter Robinson Hired the Company Behind The Wizarding World of Harry Potter for His Music Festival
Harry Porter is in the building. Ahead of the 2021 edition of his curated Bay Area music festival Second Sky, Porter Robinson has announced a magical partnership to bring the event to life. The electronic music virtuoso has teamed up with Nassal, a renowned developer of themed environments who designed The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios in Orlando. “some more updates on transforming Second Sky – my manager hit up Nassal, the company that delivered the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Orlando,” Robinson wrote in an Instagram post. “when i first heard about it, i really thought there just no way it was possible that we could get them.” “i am insanely hyped to tell you that Nassal will be the one...
Porter Robinson Announces Return of Second Sky Music Festival and Dates
Nearly two years ago, electronic music wunderkind Porter Robinson held his inaugural Second Sky Music Festival in Oakland, California and received rave reviews for his performances under his main alias and Virtual Self project. In the time since, as the world crumbled under lockdown due to safety measures surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, Robinson hosted two streaming iterations of the festival, cleverly coined Secret Sky. The second of those streams took place last weekend, and Porter’s stunning set can be watched on YouTube. Now, Robinson has announced the grand return of the live in-person event. The return of Secret Sky will go down September 18th and 19th at Cesar E. Chavez Park in Berkeley, California. Fans can register for early access to tickets at the ...
Stream: Porter Robinson’s Secret Sky Virtual Festival is Now Live
Just one day after his fanbase lost their collective mind over the release of his second studio album, Nurture, comes the second edition of Porter Robinson‘s online music festival, Secret Sky. Taking place all day today, April 24th, 2021, he’s gathered some of his collaborators, friends, and inspirations for the livestreamed show. Set to take the digital stage later today and tonight is REZZ, Baauer, Boys Noize, Swardy, Masakatsu Takagi, and more. Earlier in the week, the set times were revealed. That has been embedded below for quick reference. To those looking for a more in-depth audio-visual experience, a virtual reality-enabled stream is available. While it’s enhanced by a VR headset, it can be enjoyed both on your phone and in your brow...
