With a Jedi starfighter of a stage set, and a barrage of sub-bass-mangled tunes, Skrillex made his bid to claim the electronic-music throne
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Where and when: Other stage, 10.30pm, Friday.
Dress code: Mudpit rave chic.
What happened: Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Skrillex, miniature dubstep overlord and Friday-night headliner, in a spaceship that's straight out of your 8-bit nightmares. A countdown and a dramatic curtain drop reveals the DJ/producer's elaborate set, which is like a Jedi starfighter if it got marooned on the Alien set, complete with booming mutant mashups and lasers. "Let's get crazy out here right now," he screeches as smoke shoots out into the sky and the crowd hollers, stuck in the mud, determined to rave regardless.
It's a jaw-dropping and ridiculous spectacle, which has drawn the diehard, the party-hard and the plain curious. But Skrillex's turbo-hectic mixes are a spectacle on their own. He quick-flicks switchblade-style between slivers of mutant dancehall (his Majestic-sampling track, Rock n Roll), booty house (DJ Funk's Fuck Dat Shit), Daft Punk arpeggios and big pop choruses (notably MGMT's Kids, Disclosure's Latch, and Niki & The Dove's DJ, Ease My Mind), all mangled into oblivion with his signature sub-bass wobbles. There are no full songs, just recognisable samples from club anthems and teases of choruses, complete with noises that defy nature itself.
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by Tim Jonze via Electronic music | The Guardian
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