Page 59 - Poze Magazine Volume 68

Photography: Aaron Johnson

The night’s entertainment opened
with the talents of Volaris and his Deadmau5 opened with a slow play, DEADMAU5'S
signature brand of melodic Fn Pig, before slamming it into gear
house. It was a gentle introduction, with a spirited rendition of RECENT TWO-DAY
that at points, had the house Maths, one of this reporter’s all-time CHICAGO LAND
grooving. After a little over an hour, favorites. Bouncing on the trifecta
he gave way to Spencer Brown, of screens behind were images of EVENT, DAY OF
through which the experience red Mau5 heads interspersed with THE DEADMAU5
continued to transform. Legend has sequences of numbers and code. A
it that Spencer has never played the digital progression of events
same set twice, and tonight the followed that saw the stage fully
audience enjoyed beautiful and come to life.
organic sequencing that felt like a
journey through the very nature of Lights moved across the crowd
themselves amidst cosmic visuals, lasers tracing
overhead, punctuated by near total
. Where Volaris was given a single blackouts. Over the course of his
screen for his visual display, all three set, hundreds of variations of
now activated in exhibiting soaring Deadmau5’s iconic brand flashed
aerial and video footage of beautiful upon the screen, further juicing an
vistas and natural landscapes in already excited audience.
conjunction with Spencer’s takeover
through bassy beats and house They danced and grooved to every
rhythms. After nearly two hours, track Deadmau5 dropped, whether
around one thirty in the AM, it be renditions of Bridged by a
Spencer concluded. After a quick Lightwave, Oceans of Love, When Review: Ben E. Zander
changeover, the moment many had the Summer dies, or even Hans
come for finally arrived. Zimmer’s Cornfield Chase, to name
but a few..