Seismic Dance Event Shows More Than A Market For House And Techno In Texas

To get a microdose of the three-day electronic music festival Seismic Dance Event from local producer RealMusic Events, you only need to live near their Far East base at Concourse Project Field in Austin.

From the vantage point of an international dance establishment, this club looks like the brightest concrete tunnel Austin has seen in at least seventeen years. Located close to a residential area, although not as residential as in the city, the 50+ DJs playing Friday through Sunday pounding bass and invasion/welcoming sounds keep the locals buzzing. This journalist, who enters the gates of the festival every day with 5,000 ravers, the volume often reaches the neighbors.

"Your ears are tired," said another Simic visitor in disbelief. We found the closing time of the festival to be 23:00 on Sunday.

As for the thousands of visitors—yes, 5,000 a day—on this fifth edition weekend, they're on a macro binge. Who are these travelers? It's more than just a Texas market of house and techno hedonism and a game of trying new soft drinks and other substances, because the candy-like lime powder is subliminally administered to trigger a dopamine rush. , bought from a stall. Thus, the effect is described as not much different from eating a warm slice of pizza on an empty stomach.

This baby-faced raver prefers black clothes, a common aesthetic among those wearing t-shirts emblazoned with "Techno" and "House x Techno". The stitched references erase the main genre of music at the festival, which is simply presented as 'Trance X Techno'.

Realmusic has cleverly targeted audiences by entertaining young people, while other festivals may only cater to audiences in their 50s. The festival then hosts an official Seismic Random Encounter, in which young dancers set up a small stage on stage—complete with bright lights and downward-pointing nitrogen fog guns—and the audience asks, "Are these people real?" Shake each one. day?" ?" Dozens of dancers showed up in T-shirts proclaiming their allegiance to the Chicago mixtape or the Austin collective, swaying back and forth to Matrix-esque breakdowns and beats from British DJ duo CamelPhat. One by one the dancers waited patiently. They took their turn and entered the stage wearing simple shoes with blue and pink soles.

After CamelPhat on Sunday night, the audience was young enough to give up hope of a safe return to real life after the festival. Tsunami Instead of 46-year-old German producer and Innervisions boss Dixon closing the stage, many prefer the lively and vibrant house of ten-year-old British duo Gorgon City behind Tsunami's massive set on the small stage at Frequency. "When I was a kid in college, I loved Gorgon City," said one attendee, recalling how Dixon was voted best DJ in a 2013-2014 ResidentAdvisor poll.

It cannot be said that it is only a children's festival in public or on stage. On day one, German headliner Aim (49) performed amazingly to outshine Australian DJ Cassian (34). For the first time since 2002, Fatboy Slim, 59, returned to Austin on Saturday night, crossing the indoor volcano stage. Norman Cook long ago left the big standard beats behind and played a range of very different songs, from 'Praise Me' to Queen's 'Don't Make Me Laugh Now', Wild Boy's 'Renegade Master' and Yes Yes. Yes, within five minutes "head rolls" - most experienced surfers will salivate at the sight of it.

Although many bright spots delved into the dark soul, the venue was filled with dark house, techno and progressive music. Bronx-born DJ/producer duo the Martinez Brothers tear up the dance floor with their dance moves and Latin fusion. Jamie xx from Xx plays many genres and great sounds like heavy bass, woofers and bells, LP Giobbi jumps and dances with joy until the piano is sold out.

However, underground music, from the end of the world, filled the festival with a high wave of melodic techno. On Friday only, take a closer look at the Vulcan stage: legendary Belgian techno queen Charlotte de Wit and her boyfriend Enrico Sangiuliano.

Alongside the line-up, Real Music's fantastic sound and lighting production, as well as the efforts to decorate the groovy concrete floor with bright colours, wide projection, rich stage shades and neon lights of the VIP glass cabin, were highlighted. Several stalls sell local fashion designers who wear bright dresses even in the freezing cold. Despite long lines waiting to get in as the cool breeze blows, daytime crowds consistently reach 500 people indoors and outdoors.

The flu is not a dopamine blocker at all.