I’ve never been to Tomorrowland (crazy ticket prices) but I tune in to the “One World” Tomorrowland DAB radio station (216.928 MHz). There’s a lot of shouting into the microphone “Are you ready? Make some noise!” “put your hands in the air!” “are you having fun? ... Iyyye caaaaan’t heeear you!” etc. That kind of shit downgrades the experience. Raves traditionally did away with an MC -- just music non-stop, so people can lose themselves in the music, slip into an altered state and stay in the trance. It’s the DJ’s job to drive enthusiasm soley with music, not with commands over a microphone. Mic chatter interrupts altered states. When festivals get big and highly commercialised, they tend to lose sight of that.
Can any Tomorrowland partiers confirm.. is there a lot of microphone chatter or is the “sounds of Tomorrowload” radio program more of a small isolated area that doesn’t really reflect the event?
Nonetheless, when I hear the amazing tunes during sets, I still wish I were there.
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Ouchie1@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Haven't been there since 2012, so my opinion may vary. But it depends on the stage/artist. There's like a dozen stages with each one having their own scheduled DJs. Some DJs barely talk, whiles others don't stop talking. I would say the mainstage is more likely to have a talker for a DJ.