Deorro - EDC Las Vegas Virtual Rave-A-Thon
Ah, the pandemic virtual rave. Nothing quite like watching a DJ scream "put your hands up!" to an empty room while you sit on your sofa in your sweatpants eating a bowl of cereal. We all pretended it was a spiritual experience in the Twitch chat, but let's be honest, we were just deeply, deeply bored. Broadcasted from a wildly over-produced green screen studio for the EDC Las Vegas Virtual Rave-A-Thon, the kinetic energy of the festival was beamed directly into living rooms worldwide. Glancing at the Deorro - EDC Las Vegas Virtual Rave-A-Thon tracklist, it’s a wildly chaotic affair.
Jumping from 94 all the way to 174 BPM with an average of 128.5, this heavily Techno-labeled set bounces through 3B and 8B keys like a hyperactive toddler. The energy profile is purely aggressive mid-range synths and massive, obnoxious drops. The mixing is less about blending and more about rapid-fire track selection to keep the Twitch chat spamming fire emojis. The crate digging is essentially a list of the most chaotic anthems available. Smashing DJ Snake's "Turn Down for What" into Bad Bunny's "Te Boté" remix is unhinged, and throwing in Justice's stressful masterpiece "Stress" is a proper laugh.
It's a mad, sorted quarantine fever dream. This Deorro live set is an absolute sprint from start to finish. Kicking off with a rapid-fire unknown opening track, he batters the virtual crowd, peaking hilariously with the Valentino Khan remix of Lele Pons' "Volar." He finally signs off the stream with his own closing track "Perdóname," ending the digital madness in absolute scenes.