{"id":114599,"date":"2024-02-03T14:35:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T19:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/?post_type=gig_review&p=114599"},"modified":"2024-02-03T14:41:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T19:41:52","slug":"lest-we-forgecs-the-100-gecs-rave-at-igloofest","status":"publish","type":"gig_review","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/gig_review\/lest-we-forgecs-the-100-gecs-rave-at-igloofest\/","title":{"rendered":"Lest We Forgecs: The 100 gecs rave at Igloofest\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Strange electro dance, a smashed-up remix of some of the biggest dance cuts from the last 10-15 years is blaring on the huge outdoor speakers, and I\u2019m trapped in a pit of thousands of bodies, swaying together in unison, like some kind of malformed entity. On the screen behind the performers and each side of the stage is a projected hairy creature that looks like The Oogie Boogie Man mixed with the Thumbs Thumbs from the Spy Kids <\/em>movie. I find it disturbing, especially since it only moves every few seconds, like some kind of Kafka-esque experiment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I feel 10 or so shoes stomp on mine and a man begins twirling in a circle, trying to open up the pit. He succeeds and the moshing begins\u2014it\u2019s all friendly for the most part, except the one guy with spiked steampunk goggles purposefully trying to barrel into people. A girl, part of my group that has lost each other in the pit, screams a hearty \u201cI don\u2019t like that.\u201d It\u2019s her birthday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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There\u2019s a pit of mud water on the ground from the earlier rain. My brain waves start coming in; \u2018Well, at least I\u2019m not claustrophobic.\u2019 \u2018I could leave, shoulder my way out of this sweaty madness.\u2019 But after a second thought, I don\u2019t want to. I\u2019m in the gecs pit and I\u2019m here to stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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It\u2019s not a particularly \u2018normal\u2019 100 gecs show, as both gecs are behind the decks, and we only hear two or maybe three of their originals. The show is billed as a 100 gecs (DJ SET), but I do find it interesting when one rowdy crowd member asks \u201cwhen the gecs are on,\u201d halfway into their set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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There are stand-out moments musically like the gecs\u2019 tribute to SOPHIE with an \u201cImmaterial Girls\u201d remix or a hyperpop remix of Skrillex\u2019s \u201cScary Monsters and Nice Sprites\u201d and other grimy dubstep hits. \u201cI Can\u2019t Stop\u201d reverberates by Flux Pavillion into the winter air, but with a more industrial flair. We have happy digital hardcore, some UK trap disco, and a bit of house music, like a remix of Yeah Yeah Yeahs\u2019 \u201cHeads Will Roll.\u201d For the most part, the set is a bit tame, which might have been a bit of a letdown for those who wanted to let loose and get interplanetary with the gecs catalogue. Still, everyone is having a good time, no doubt on the same level as the sweating spaceman in the front row, rolling like a tire down a long winding road. Gecs\u2019 fans like to have a good time and they like their party drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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A bit before 100 gecs we were subject to the opener, Surf Gang and I along with a few other VIPs (pays to be media sometimes) were able to shake hands with a few of the Surf Gang crew. The joke gets old soon as six random guys all say \u2018We\u2019re from Surf Gang,\u2019 while Surf Gang is indeed playing their set on the main stage. Eventually, those same six guys got on stage; it appears Surf Gang is a collective, a rotation cast of nine or twelve DJs. Though, the music wasn\u2019t much to write home about. It felt like generic dance and trap beats, with a few moments screaming for a rapper to back up the mix. Every song always seemed to end with the members telling the crowd to chant \u201cSurf Gang, Bitch, Surf Gang, Bitch,\u201d during the outro. I mean, I guess?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But I will give it to Surf Gang; they left some sonic space for 100 gecs aka Laura Les\u2014rocking her iconic black lipstick and edgy eyeshadow\u2014and Dylan Brady,\u2014sporting a Sonic the Hedgehog<\/em> touque\u2014to seamlessly blend in their \u201cDumbest Girl Alive,\u201d track. There was no intro into the gecs arriving, so the loud THX wave was the only indicator that 100 gecs were indeed on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I realize I have a job to do, as indicated by the camera hanging daintily around my neck. I\u2019m invited backstage to snap a few photos of the gecs in action. I follow the media liaison to the back of the stage and spot a few of the Surf Gang crew forming their own dance pit behind the stage. There are only five or so people watching gecs on the stage and six large heat lamps. Here is when the full picture comes into view; thousands of people dressed in hot pinks, tie-dye greens, and periwinkle blues, absolutely losing their minds. Laura and Dylan are grooving on the stage, with a pretty chill DJ set up, switching on who is leading the particular track. That thumb creature is still on the screen and I fear he will never leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I\u2019m told I can get as close as possible, so I eventually move my way to the stage right side and snap some photos of the crowd. Dylan spots me and waves his hand for me to get a little closer. Imposter syndrome is not something I really get anymore, having done this job for close to a decade, but that night I had hit hard. It could have been the little edible I had nibbled on a few hours before or just straight nerves, but that little wave broke it. So thank you 100 gecs. As I get closer, I see that Laura and Dylan are constantly talking to each other between the tracks, signaling when to drop the next memorable dance remix, like the future rave beat of \u201cSatisfaction\u201d by Benny Benassi; you all know it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I leave the backstage and find a festival worker having his own dance party in a mud pit. He\u2019s looking for fire light his pre-rolled cigarette. I take a match out of my coat and light it for him. \u201cThese guys are great. What are they called?\u201d It\u2019s just a Thursday night for this guy. After the set is over, I slowly find the group of 20 I came with and decide it\u2019s a good time for a photo. I herd them into a group and other randoms start joining in. Taking a page out of Dylan\u2019s book, I wave more and more people in until it looks like a high school graduation photo of about 50 people.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Laura once said \u201cWe\u2019re not very good DJs\u201d at the start of 100 gecs\u2019 Boiler Room set almost a year ago. Well, you could have fooled me and the thousands there who stayed for 15 or 20 minutes after the set demanding an encore. But curfew times be damned, we did not get one. Still, 100 gecs left everyone satiated until the next rave down the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Strange electro dance, a smashed-up remix of some of the biggest dance cuts from the last 10-15 years is blaring on the huge outdoor speakers, and I\u2019m trapped in a pit of thousands of bodies, swaying together in unison, like some kind of malformed entity. On the screen behind the performers and each side of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1197,"featured_media":114601,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":""},"categories":[8152],"tags":[],"genre":[3149,3155,9006],"salle":[],"ville":[],"class_list":["post-114599","gig_review","type-gig_review","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-critiques-de-concerts-en","genre-electro-2","genre-electronic","genre-hyperpop-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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