Literally, breaking necks, and cashing checks. Now, if you haven’t heard of Subtronics, he’s been absolutely smashing the bass scene lately. I returned for the rest of Gentlemans Club, and prepared for what was easily my most hyped set of the night, Subtronics. I had managed to catch a bit of Eprom before I left to get some water, as he is one of the DJs that I have seen before. I’m pretty sure this occurred more than once. I remember being mesmerized by some of Zeke’s visuals, and thinking to myself “WTF”. Up next was Champagne Drip B2B Zeke Beats, and I could tell that the heat was started to turn up a bit. I made it a point to check him out, and was easily impressed. I managed to catch Lick, who I had been following on Twitter for quite some time. Luckily, the stage was set up right by the entrance, meaning I couldn’t get away. At this point in the day I was just making my way into the venue. The day started early with a Frostybyte set, which was then followed by Sumthin Sumthin. This night ended with a set by the label-heads themselves, Zeds Dead. Saturday at Labyrinth was hosted by Deadbeats. These were artists like Zeke Beats, Sumthin Sumthin, Bleep Bloop and Peakaboo. The type of people who couldn’t get over the fact I had never heard of certain artists. I tagged along with my biggest bass-head friends. For this reason, I spent a great deal of my time at Nocturnal Wonderland at the Labyrinth stage. It’s important to check out the music I’m not very fond of, the artists I’ve never seen, and the stages I normally avoid.
That being said, as a writer reviewing music festivals, I feel like it is my duty to step out of my comfort zone. But I have been known to listen to trap, dubstep, and all of the other bass music genres – so don’t label me an anti-basshead just yet. More specifically, I’m not a fan of the newer styles of bass music like riddim. What I’m not big on, unfortunately, is bass. You can even throw hardstyle into that mix. This means house, techno, trance, progressive, and the like. If you know me, you know that I’m the kind of guy who loves all things 4-on-the-floor. Graham John Bell for Insomniac Events Labyrinth Wolves Den by far had the most impressive display of pyrotechnics and fireworks. Joyryde called out his ryders with an adrenaline-packed set as his sportscar visuals displayed on the LED panels. Saymyname, Wenzday, and Kyle Walker also invigorated the stage with their lively sets. Fresch, Chris Lorenzo, Joyryde, Malaa, and DJ Snake. Sunday’s lineup focused more on the heavy G-house basslines of artists like Dr. Saturday’s lineup threw down with artists like Drezo, K?D, Snakehips, Deorro, Alan Walker, and Jauz closing out the night. The beauty of this set-up at Glen Helen became truly astonishing when the sun would start to set behind the crowd, and the stage became engulfed in the warm ribbons of the sky. The massive infrastructure was adorned by a massive array of giant LED screens. Nocturnal’s main stage returned with an even bigger and better Wolves Den compared to the last year’s stage. This is what she had to say about the Wolves Den: I had the pleasure of covering Nocturnal Wonderland with my fellow writer Tiffany Pridanonda.
I tried not to do this too much, as the festival was rather short, and I wasn’t exactly there just to relax. Another added bonus to camping was being the fact that I was able to leave the festival for a breather at any moment, and go relax in my tent. One other aspect of camping I thought was amazing was not having to worry about traffic getting to the event, or finding my way back home or to my hotel after the event. I can only imagine how this must feel at an even bigger festival event. One of my favorite parts of camping at nocturnal wonderland, was the communal feeling that I shared with my fellow campers, and ravers. There was also a pretty sweet yoga session that loads of people took part in. A few of these included the water park, a ‘ Kandi-Workshop’, a slack-line class, a tie-dye party, & Chakra-rebalancing. ActivitiesĬamping included numerous activities that were not available to normal festival attendees. By camping, I got none of these things, with that being said, I would do it again. I’m the type of person who absolutely adores an air-conditioned hotel room, loves taking a shower after a night of sweaty, crowded dancing, and enjoys sleeping in till the next days festivities.
Prior to this year’s Nocturnal Wonderland, I had never camped at an event – much less a music festival.
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