In case you’ve been living under a rock, electric dance music, aka EDM, has basically taken over the world, it’s styles and sounds have infiltrated every aspect of pop-culture you can think of and it’s only growing. While it has been a staple of Europe for quite some time, here in America it’s really taken off over the past five years with festival crowds crowing exponentially and the DJs/Producers hitting mega-star status. One of the festivals that has become a sort of mecca for EDM here in the US is the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas, a massive event held at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway that has to be seen to be believed. I attended the festival last year and it was a trip to say the least.
I’m prefacing this article with the above because Focus Features, Insomniac (the company that puts on the EDC festivals) and Tugg are combining forces to release a new documentary called Under the Electric Sky, a film that not only focuses on the founders and masterminds behind Insomniac, but also on a few different groups of people as they experience the 2013 Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas. The trailer aims to showcase the spirit and scope of the festival and what EDM means to people, but in actuality it just seems like one giant promotional video for Insomniac with the bonus of including music from the likes of Afrojack, Avicii, Morgan Page and Fatboy Slim. I was at a bunch of these performances so maybe you’ll see me going crazy in the film.
Any who, if you’re a fan of EDM and have always wanted to go to EDC Vegas check out the trailer below. If you really want to see the doc follow the instructions below, fans are going to be the ones requesting the screenings through Tugg (details below the synopsis).
Under the Electric Sky is an immersive 3D documentary exploring the allure of the EDM phenomenon told through the experiences of six different groups among the nearly 350,000 festivalgoers attending the Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) 2013 in Las Vegas. Combining those personal stories along with performances by Fatboy Slim, Kaskade, Dillon Francis, Afrojack, Above & Beyond, Armin Van Buren, Avicii, and Tiësto, directors Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz bring the event to life by going behind the scenes to show what it takes to stage one of the biggest parties in the known universe. They chronicle the unique journeys of individual attendees from different walks of life, all of whom share one common desire — to shed their inhibitions and immerse themselves in this judgment-free celebration of life and music. Renowned artist Kaskade created the musical score to accompany the film, and KCRW music director Jason Bentley acted as the music supervisor for the documentary.
The fan-created event screenings will commence on May 29th and then continue throughout the summer. Here’s how you can request and host screenings locally, becoming Event Promoters in the process:
(1) Fill out the Event Request Form via www.undertheelectricsky.com and choose a theater, date, and time.
(2) After theater approval, the Promoter’s Event Page can begin reserving tickets.
(3) The Event Promoter and attendees share the event and confirm the screening by selling enough tickets before the deadline.
(4) Enjoy the show!
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