Travel Back Into The Magical Weekend of Electric Zoo on Randall’s Island
No matter what your music genre of choice is for your day-to-day activities, it's unanimous that all live music makes
Victoria Liotta
No matter what your music genre of choice is for your day-to-day activities, it's unanimous that all live music makes for a magical environment. Festivals create the ultimate live music experience with back-to-back sets from artists of all sorts and concert-goers from around the world.
Electric Zoo, fondly recognized as EZoo, is New York City's quintessential electronic music festival held on Randall's Island every Labor Day Weekend. The immersive outdoor experience brings together a community of people who share a passion for emotional singalongs, beautiful melodies, innovative sounds, and even head banging. The festival manages to attract over 100,000 people each year, 2022 being its eleventh go-around, some attendees simply being there for the atmosphere alone.
If you missed the opportunity to dance until your feet go numb or want to re-live your 3.0 weekend, keep on reading.
A 3.0 Lineup
Made Event, the company which founded and organizes EZoo, mindfully curates its lineup of sounds which spans numerous subgenres of electronic dance music (EDM). Previous years, 2019's "Evolved" and 2021's "Supernaturals," have showcased major names in EDM including Kaskade, Zedd, Tiesto, Alesso, and Illenium. And, with this year being titled "3.0" it was only right for the organizers to supply a spectacular list of artists.
Antheon, the main stage, included the recognizable names of Martin Garix, DJ Snake, and Afrojack with other popular names in the EDM world, SLANDER, Seven Lions, Chris Lake, and Gorgon City. Each of these artists put their craft on display with creative remixes to some of today's biggest hits as well as new music that has yet to be heard. Chris Lake threw the dance party of a lifetime and Martin Garix brought the nostalgia with his famous hit, "Scared to be Lonely."
Another artist that took over the main stage for his first EZoo performance was GORDO, and wow, what a show he put on.
Bringing The Heat To The Zoo
Diamonté Anthony Blackmon, previously famous under the name Carnage, is now GORDO, his tech-house alias. And, if you think you haven't heard him before, think again. Most recently, GORDO, assisted Drake in producing his newest release, Honestly, Nevermind. The cutting-edge tech-house sound featured in Drake's 7th studio album is a result of multiple studio sessions with the music scene's newest and most talented producer.
On the album GORDO produced:
- Currents
- Calling My Name
- Sticky (#1 debut on Apple Music's Today's Hits playlist)
- Massive
- Ties that Bind
So you can already assume that he played those hits at EZoo, and you are not assuming wrong.
The tech-house DJ brought massive hits to the stage. Anyone in the crowd who thought they were getting tired instantly got their second wind when GORDO got behind the turn tables. He captured the crowd with relevant tracks that everyone enjoys, even those who are strangers to EDM. And, he even took his day one fans back in time with iconic Carnage hits that leveled up the energy of his show greater than he started it with.
GORDO continued his day into the night all the way until the next morning with an after party at Somewhere Nowhere in NYC on Sunday.
Although it was day 3 of the festival, a.k.a the final day, GORDO wasn't letting it end on a low note. He kept the music going and the dancers dancing until 7 AM the next morning! On his Instagram, he shared videos of his high-energy performance and famous tunes.
Keep up with his future shows here. Get your dancing shoes on and ears ready because we promise you do not want to miss GORDO live.