They are saying good issues come to those that wait.
The organizers of Electric Zoo, who usually announce the competition’s lineup six months forward of its annual Labor Day Weekend dates, have revealed its 2023 lineup. In a single fell swoop, New York’s flagship digital music competition dropped its full 2023 roster—as a substitute of staggering it into phases—alongside day by day lineups, a brand new “Hyperspace” theme and a compelling checklist of stage curators.
As various as the town it calls residence, Electrical Zoo will function artists throughout the digital music gamut. From unrelenting dubstep to ethereal home music, there’s one thing for everybody.
“I’ve not witnessed such a thriving and expansive digital music group within the Massive Apple since Electrical Zoo’s inception 14 years in the past,” Michael Julian, the competition’s Chief of Advertising and marketing, stated. “We are able to’t wait to welcome essentially the most vibrant and energetic crowd but this Labor Day Weekend to social gathering along with the Electrical Zoo group, artists, business gamers, and competition vacationers from around the globe, forging an unparalleled celebration within the coronary heart of New York Metropolis.”
Electrical Zoo’s headliners embrace family names Zedd, Alison Wonderland, Tiësto, The Chainsmokers, Kaskade, Marshmello, and Main Lazer. To not point out a slew of b2b performances, like Chris Lake and Fisher, Dom Dolla and John Summit, Zeds Lifeless and Griz, Nora En Pure and Franky Wah, HI-LO and Eli Brown, Dubfire and Ilario Alicante, and Boogie T and Filth Monkey.
Head-bangers can soak up DJ units from Excision, NGHTMRE, Rusko, Jantsen, ATLiens, PEEKABOO and Fact whereas a gentler serenade could be discovered with Madeon, Elderbrook, Kasbo, Gryffin and Stated The Sky.
This time round, Electrical Zoo additionally ups the ante on its home and techno choices, that includes trailblazing artists Inexperienced Velvet, The Blessed Madonna and Grammy Award-winning duo CamelPhat. Plus, tech home stars like ACRAZE, Cloonee, Deeper Objective and Mau P, melodic home artists like Andhim, Nora En Pure and Francis Mercier, and techno acts like Stephan Bodzin, Massano and Recondite.
GRiZ additionally will get a grand New York finale at Electrical Zoo forward of his indefinite hiatus a month after the competition. The saxophone-wielding famous person will play three units: a joint efficiency with Zeds Lifeless, headlining solo set and a sultry “Chasing The Golden Hour” set.
For the primary time, Electrical Zoo will increase its footprint throughout Randall’s Island Park, making room for its brand-new immersive “competition in a competition” stage idea by Brooklyn Mirage. Dubbed “MegaMirage,” the stage can be co-curated by Cityfox, Brooklyn Mirage’s pioneering workforce and Grey Space, one among New York’s prime home music promoters.
Different stage takeovers embrace the worldwide debut of Dom Dolla and John Summit’s
Every part At all times, the competition premiere of Chris Lake and Fisher’s Beneath Development, Nora En Pure’s Purified label, and one other 12 months of Liquid Stranger’s Wakaan label. In an effort for larger inclusivity and illustration, Jake Resnicow, one of many OUT100 Most Influential LGBTQ Folks of the 12 months in 2018, will host Electrical Zoo’s inaugural LGBTQ stage, Dreamland.
A cherry on prime of the stellar lineup, unique stage curators and prolonged grounds are the bottom ticket costs within the competition’s historical past, embodying the Electrical Zoo workforce’s perception that dancing is just not a luxurious, however a necessity at occasions of financial turmoil like these.
To buy tickets and be taught extra about Electrical Zoo, go to the competition’s website.
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