After a (not so) brief hiatus, we’re back! Now that spring – and the start of festival season – is upon us, it feels appropriate to pick up where we left off. Last week, a few friends went to Dreamstate San Francisco (actual location: Daly City) and the Friday headliner is the inspiration for today’s episode.
Back before HOLO became an international sensation, Eric Prydz was just a lowly progressive house DJ, quietly establishing himself as a true master of dark and hypnotic melody. Even though he’s most known for “Call On Me”, that track sounds nothing like the rest of his catalog; fans who go to one of his shows expecting that kind of sound from will be sorely disappointed. His productions and live sets are a masterclass in melodic subtlety, but he can still bring the hammer down just as effectively. When that incredibly iconic snare first starts to hit, you know you’re in for a wild ride.
This 2018 set from Tomorrowland includes all the classic Eric Prydz elements, plus a rather large number of unreleased tracks, works in progress, and bootlegs (see the track listing below). It has a slow, tantalizing build for the first 40 minutes, in a very linear way that only he can pull off. Once you’re at the top of the climb though, it’s a fantastic plateau all the way until the end.
The video is really well done and the show had a ton of amazing visuals, so I highly recommend actually watching the video at some point. But you know, sometimes you just want the music (please).
1. Cirez D – Echostage NYE ID 01 (Working Title)
2. Pryda – EDC Mexico 2018 ID (Working Title)
3. Pryda – Tomorrowland 2018 ID 01 (Working Title)
4. Pryda – Euro T
5. Cirez D – Envelopes
6. Cirez D – Marquee Las Vegas 2017 ID (Working Title)
7. Pryda – Origins
8. Pryda – Creamfields 2017 ID 01 (Working Title)
9. Pryda – Juletider
10. Jeremy Olander – Let Me Feel (Eric Prydz Dub Remix)
11. Pryda – Rebel XX
12. Pryda – Rebel XX (The Odengatan Mix)
13a. The Drill – The Drill (Eric Prydz Edit)
13b. Cevin Fisher – The Way We Used To (Acappella)
14. Faithless – Not Going Home vs. Insomnia (Eric Prydz Bootleg)
15. Cirez D – The Tumble
16a. Pryda – M.S.B.O.Y.
16b. Candi Staton – You Got The Love (Acappella)
17. Pryda – Moln
18. Pryda – Niton
19. Pryda – Mirage
Original post: https://youtu.be/p_rXt7sWn_E?si=lLhVLIOk9gyUYjmq