I'd hit up Badlands for Pretty Lights and The M Machine for sure, COP would make for a great natural amphitheatre and I can only imagine the destruction that PK sound would have on that place... I'd also like to see Excision although I'm not a big fan of dub at all, he's got a more dancey style of Bass music rather than the zombie type tunes you'd usually hear from dub producers...
Chasing Summer should be a neat festival! Mostly stoked for Above&Beyond, I haven't liked any other producers more than I like A&B right now, absolute pure top notch quality dance music! A festival like this with their name on it has been a long time coming and I'm glad it's finally happening!
This would be the 4th year in a row seeing Tiesto and I'm not sure if it's just me, he seems to be VERY back and forth with the quality of his sets. Last December's was OKAY at best, too many mashups that didn't work well together... Too much vocals, not much progression at all, just straight bang bang bang. But I guess that's what we're supposed to expect from an A-List headliner right?
Hoping Wolfy G can light it up, he's a hugely talented guy but feels like he's been following mainstream a little much and getting his signature sound slightly out of tune. Here's hoping he taps back into the 2007-2009 Wolfy that I know and love
Of all the other headliners, Mat Zo should be sweet, hoping he dips back into his older trance/progressive sounds as well. Same goes for Tritonal though they've really hit that mainstream type of sound too, not saying they'll be bad, but too much of that sound can really kill a vibe quickly. Hope they throw some old Air Up There uplifting remixes into their set. Seven Lions should be good but this is just my opinion, he's kinda sounding like a one-hit-wonder. Too much of the same old same old with the remix competition he won and not experimenting further into his sound, a lot of his tracks/remixes sound too much of the same.
I like MS54 but I have a feeling a lot of their set will just be vocal mashups which again, can be good, only if they're done right. I expect these guys to do it right.... Hopefully.
Of all the other headliners - meh.
Krewella - the girls are good looking, but trying to be something they're not though (Dubstep/electro with soft uplifting vocals)
Andrew Rayel - Good young guy, should be one of the next up and comers in trance - really hard to say what kind of reaction he would get here though.
Morgan Page - isn't he here like every second month? He's got good productions but too much of something can also be a bad thing
Tommy Trash - Decent, not overly stoked though - no comment.
Can't really say much else about Topher Jones/CandyLand
Overall should be a very neat festival, atleast you save a couple coins going this route rather than Badlands, I wonder what kind of capacity Fort Calgary can hold.... And how they will accommodate transportation?
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