Ultra 2013 Livestream discussion (weekend 2)
Ultra 2013 Livestream discussion (weekend 2) Posted on: 22.03.2013 by Pam Stolley
so far we've had 5 djs on stage with the swanky tunes vs hard rock sofa b2b set. someone on twitter compared it to one direction. lol r3hab impressed me with his high octane electro productions. not sure if him sweating so much equates to putting tons of work in your set but it looked like it. umek absolutely KILLED it! adam beyer started off slow as he usually does. they should have broadcast the 2nd half of his set instead of the first. martin solveig was martin solveig. it was kinda cool when he brought out kid cudi. and my mind was completely blown when eric prydz started dropping all kinds of techno on the ultra main stage. he's still doing it now! and this is the same guy who produced "call on me". and so far all djs look like they're actually mixing. | |
| Shawn Vanhaitsma 24.03.2013 |
Originally Posted by bluegrassdj
Oh they put Guetta on Main stage for weekend 2? Him and Teisto were right after each ot her on the smallest of the main stages on weekend one... Giant Cluster fook. Above and Beyond, Armin had main stage weekend one. |
| Gaynell Rydberg 24.03.2013 | Absolutely love Dash Berlin. I get more of hte 'journey' vibe from Trance than other genres. |
| Pam Stolley 24.03.2013 | ^ yes he did. too bad they didn't broadcast it this year. anywhere. i like the idea of modestep but they are not mic'd correctly for worldwide broadcast. i'm sure they're fun to see live but it just doesn't translate on video. |
| Mi Gabele 24.03.2013 | Sven Vath one year ago did amazing techno set there, too bad I did'nt knew much about this festival. |
| Pam Stolley 25.03.2013 | ^ they were in the mega structure weekend 1. by no means a small stage. there's just something i really like about the mega structure. it's like it makes progressive house a better experience than on the main stage the way the sound reverberates around in there. the lightshow isn't quite as good though. |
| Shawn Vanhaitsma 24.03.2013 |
Originally Posted by bluegrassdj
Oh they put Guetta on Main stage for weekend 2? Him and Teisto were right after each ot her on the smallest of the main stages on weekend one... Giant Cluster fook. Above and Beyond, Armin had main stage weekend one. |
| Gaynell Rydberg 24.03.2013 | I absolutely loved his Disarm Yourself mix. I believe he'd be better off moving towards Trance. I thought he had some interview though where he said he refused to change to progressive/electro house. |
| Pam Stolley 23.03.2013 | ^when he picked up the mic and said "oh yes oh yes, rocking right here" the place was still totally quiet. i've never seen that happen before. the crowd usually goes crazy. has deadmau5 always borrowed this much from techno? i never noticed it before. guess i've just heard his big room stuff. it's a good thing he came along a few years ago. if he came along in today's world where progressive/electro house is king i don't believe he'd be able to become the big star he is now. |
| Gaynell Rydberg 23.03.2013 | Guetta was SO awful. Loving Deadmau5 though. Agreed on Carl Cox. Maybe everyone else just hyped him up so much, but I thought his set was very relaxed. Not a lot of bangers. |
| Pam Stolley 23.03.2013 | not sure what happened to carl cox this year. his sets have been remarkably subdued. there's nothing wrong with riding a groove but it's ultra, i'd expect him to raise the tempo from time to time. last year his sets were full of fireworks. not saying it should be all bang crash all the time but it's like the total opposite this year. that said i still enjoyed it. i did notice he was playing with an underlying cymbal/stare track all evening to tie the mix together. and he kept it on beat the whole time. |
| Pam Stolley 23.03.2013 | ^ i watched their whole set with few problems. it was probably just youtube. the feed keeps cutting in and out at different times. the funniest "how i watch umftv" submission. this was cracking me up for some reason. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater |
| Gaynell Rydberg 23.03.2013 | I thought something broke because it seemed like Krewella got cut off suddenly. Maybe not. |
| Pam Stolley 23.03.2013 | not sure what's going on with the mainstage setup today. they just have a metal table covered in black tarps. earlier when fatboy slim was on i figured it was just because he requested that setup. it was just the table with no tarps and he was even djing barefoot. ultra pulling out all the pyro for guetta. i was about to switch to carl cox on di radio but i believe i'll watch a little just to see what happens. |
| Tesha Freudenstein 23.03.2013 | watched until halfway through carl cox' set. umek was killing it proper and so did adam beyer. then i had to witness martin solveig...just...bad. i shuddered when they started doing live vocals and left the room. eric prydz was cool. good to see something different on the main stage besides electro pop. at the end he seemed to be struggling with his mixing though. carl cox was quality as ever. |
| Marcos Zelko 23.03.2013 | Loved lucianos set! Can't wait to see him this summer! Pretty bummed that they only showed 30mins of adam beyer... |
| Pam Stolley 23.03.2013 | 7 hours of coverage. 30mins of umek, 30mins of adam beyer, 30mins of carl cox and 1 hour of luciano. pretty good balance all things considered. luciano was pretty impressive. i noticed he had the same two snares playing for the entire hour and kept changing the other 2-3 tracks on top of them. his style doesn't have a lot of fireworks but it's that slow build you appreciate after about an hour or two. it was funny how he hid the track names on the traktor decks since he knew it would be on camera. umek didn't care. |
| Pam Stolley 22.03.2013 | why is luciano smoking? just a pet peeve of mine. most of the states i've lived in outlaw smoking in bars so i haven't had to witness djs who smoke. getting closer to 11:30 view count climbs back up a little. |
| Pam Stolley 22.03.2013 | why does tiesto keep looking back at the camera. i understand once or twice but he's doing it every single time. it's like he feels progressive house tiesto has finally arrived and is here to stay. luciano's got all four decks going. i can't shazam anything. maybe they should have stayed with tiesto a bit longer and given him a chance to warm up. but who am i kidding. there's no smooth transition from tiesto to luciano. and i just looked at the views since they left tiesto. down 5,000. edit: it's been 20 minutes, down by 8,000 viewers |
| Pam Stolley 22.03.2013 | ^ lol. as far as youtube goes i usually take it as 70% trolling/30% for real. i believe the country is what threw people waay off. had he started with the new EDM tracks it may have been different. no matter how much of a beat you put under it, country is still country. i'm just surprised he didn't collab with big name singers besides aloe blacc. i'm not up on all my country singers but i'm pretty sure joakim berg and audra mae aren't huge stars. for a second there i thought anthony kiedis was on stage. |
| Loyce Mekonen 22.03.2013 | I find it funny that most Youtube comments where BEGGING for Avicii instead of Carl Cox just a few minutes ago. Now the dude goes and plays something different from levels and suddenly EVERYONE hates him (at least taking Youtube comments as reference). So far so good IMO. Gotta love new fresh sounds. |
| Pam Stolley 22.03.2013 | just as Avicii drops levels, the power dies. is that a sign? but wait, it was actually done on purpsose. now there's a band playing country on stage. O_O avicii is still behind the decks for some reason. seems like Aloe Blacc is all over Avicii's new album. and now the livestream is full of tags. not sure anybody would want to pirate this album to be honest... |
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