Seven Lions - EDC Las Vegas Virtual Rave-A-Thon
Virtual raves were a goldmine for the sort of bloke who wears a kaleidoscope tank top and insists every bass drop is healing his inner child. It was a mad time when headbanging in front of a webcam with a cheap LED strip lighting your bedroom was considered the pinnacle of electronic music culture. The neon-soaked digital wasteland of the EDC Las Vegas Virtual Rave-A-Thon streams directly into a million quarantined bedrooms. Scanning the Seven Lions EDC Las Vegas Virtual Rave-A-Thon tracklist is like reading a manual on emotional whiplash.
With a BPM averaging 146.1 but wildly swinging between 94 and 171, this Seven Lions live set defies its Techno label to deliver soaring, melodic bass. Leaning heavily on 8B and 4B keys, he pushes the low-end to 51%, creating a massive, cinematic wall of sound designed to blow out laptop speakers. He perfectly balances tear-jerking melodies with proper filth. "Orpheus" by Seven Lions & Jason Ross brings the euphoria, while the Trivecta Remix of Jason Ross's "Known You Before" absolutely shatters the floor.
It's a crate packed with festival-ready emotional artillery. The emotional rollercoaster is unrelenting. After an enigmatic ID as the opening track, the dramatic tension never lets up. "Freesol" provides a massive sing-along moment for the chat, culminating in absolute scenes with the euphoric closing track, "Higher Love" by Seven Lions & Jason Ross.