CRi - Live from Igloofest Montréal
at La Ronde
Nothing says dedication like freezing your knackers off in a neon ski suit for the 'gram. Welcome to Igloofest, where shivering techno tourists pretend hypothermia is just part of the VIP package and everyone’s breath looks like a smoke machine. The CRi La Ronde tracklist is guaranteed to thaw out the posers, though. The vibe at La Ronde is proper mad, with biting cold air slicing through blinding laser arrays.
For the hardware geeks, this CRi live set is a wild ride, jumping from 107 to 176 BPM with an average of 122.6 BPM. Grounded mostly in 12A and 8B keys, the Rominimal energy arc ebbs and flows, relying on emotive, slow-burn mixing to keep the blood pumping. The crate digger moments here are pure class. CRi drops his own stellar cut Friends in Secret, but the real highlight is the sprawling, atmospheric depth of CRi & Jesse Mac Cormack - Never Really Get There.
The journey is a cinematic winter tale. Kicking off with the opening track Yse Saint Laur'ant - Bow Legged Robot, the set slowly builds the warmth until the crowd is having a laugh and fully melting into the snow. Wrapping it all up, the closing track Freemasons - Discopolis sends the shivering masses home completely sorted.