![]() I made my way back to the Mothership and Alesso gave what was easily the best performance of the night. Original Photo by Doug Van Sant for Insomniac Events I’d love to see Insomniac keep that going for future festivals. I personally feel like the house stage is best served in one of the indoor hangars to give it that warehouse vibe. ![]() He even acknowledged the crowd remarking that not a single track during this set was used during his recent Nocturnal set in September. ![]() Fresch did not disappoint dropping some nasty house tunes with lots of low-end. The stage had horizontal light panels running across the top and bottom of the stage and there were multiple disco balls on the ceiling that were reflecting lasers all night long. I kept the house vibes going as I made my way to the Twilight Zone stage for Dr. Few DJs can flow between underground and mainstream sounds like Oliver Heldens can and this was on perfect display during this particular set. Oliver effortlessly glided through his catalog of hits including “Renegade Mastah,” “Fire In My Soul,” “Koala,” “Wombass” and “Lift Me Up.” Following the Chainsmokers is a tough ask of anybody, but Oliver was more than up to the task. Speaking of the stage, it featured massive light panels lined up in rows creating a 3D effect accompanied by some insane lasers, the stage truly evoked the feeling of a spaceship. Oliver Heldens followed up and the stage continued its transformation into a full on UFO. Drew even mentioned that they don’t always play EDM festivals anymore, so this was truly a treat for everyone lucky enough to catch their set. The crowd was enraptured as Alex and Drew dropped all of their hits new and old including “Don’t Let Me Down,” “Closer,” “Everybody Hates Me,” “Split” and “Takeaway.” Much like myself, everyone was singing their hearts out along with Drew to all of the Chainsmokers massive hits. ![]() The festival really kicked into high gear at 8:00 when the Chainsmokers took over the mainstage. I stayed at the Nebula for some of Gryffin’s solid DJ set, but for the rest of the night, Mothership would be my home base. The stage itself was impressive with circular light panels as the background and the towers adorned with circles that made them resemble lasers from a 1960s TV show. ATLiens took the stage at 6:00 and the stage was already packed to the brim, I was dreading what it would look like at midnight for Porter Robinson. The main stage was housed in the gigantic mega-structure on the NOS Events Center grounds and featured some of the craziest lasers I’ve ever seen, it also had a video monitor on the outside of the structure for overflow viewing, over at the second stage (Nebula) things weren’t quite so tidy. As per usual Insomniac gets high marks for everything, I never had to wait more than two minutes in line for a drink. On top of that, it was a solid 10 degrees warmer this year than it was last year it was clear to see that headliners were thriving in ideal conditions. Insomniac also went to great lengths to make sure that headliners were nice and warm during the festival providing plenty of heated areas and indoor bars. As I mentioned before, if you were at the Mothership (Main Stage) for Alesso’s midnight set, you truly felt like you were getting beamed up! Original Photo by Ivan Meneses for Insomniac Events There were more alien performers and dancers, the signage was on point capitalizing on all the Area 51 fever that captivated 2019, and the stages were some of the best that Insomniac has ever put forward at a non-EDC festival. Last year saw them rebrand Countdown with the alien invasion theme, this year they took it to the next level. Some of dance music’s biggest artists including The Chainsmokers, Alesso, Porter Robinson, Oliver Heldens, Galantis and many more helped ring in 2020 all whilst braving the alien invasion.įirst and foremost, Insomniac continues to deliver the premiere electronic music festival experience and this was fully on display for Countdown. For the second straight year, aliens invaded rave land and Insomniac truly went above and beyond to give headliners a New Year’s Eve experience they won’t soon forget. So, I’m pretty sure I got abducted by aliens… I wasn’t actually taken on board a spaceship, but Insomniac certainly made it feel that way for me and 67,000 other Earthlings this past New Year’s Eve at Countdown in San Bernardino.
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