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Bikini Bottom Rave @ North Park Observatory: 2/11/23 : Review

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 First we had the Shrek Rave, but now we have...the Bikini Bottom Rave! We had been all been waiting for a Sponge Bob parody themed rave as themed raves have taken the country by storm. And here it was. From the same Shrek Rave creators, we knew this would be a blast. Observatory's lighting was on point, a great high end production. The DJs really killed it this time, I wish I knew their names but there no was set list unfortunately. Everyone was dressed to the nines in Spongebob parody themed outfits so we had to do a costume photoshoot for the people. We saw Planktons, Karens, Sandys, lots of Barnacle Boys, Patricks (especially fishnets Patricks with the proper high-top boots!), and even Mr. Crabs!   n   h . . . . .   . . . . . . . . .  Photography: San Diego EDM (All Rights Reserved.) All photos of individuals taken with consent. Please just contact us if you decide you now want your picture removed. All professional photos and videos taken with proper approval and credentials.
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Subtronics at Pechanga: 1/14/23 : Review

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This was of those great San Diego nights where you can just feel it in your blood that everyone that is anyone in San Diego is at the spot to be. Tonight it was Pechanga Arena for Subtronics "Antifractals" Album tour. Everyone dressed up in full rave attire ready to go ham.  We arrived around 10 for Getter who slayed it as always. But then Subtronics just completely blew the roof off the place. The production level was ridiculously high. The best production I have ever seen in San Diego, setting a new precedent for Pechanga Arena events. The most lazers we have ever seen (and we've been to EDC multiple times among other endless festivals) and the best cleanest dubstep bass we have ever felt. Not to mention this bass was pounding through our soles while we watched all the way in the back upper bowl of the arena. We didn't know bass could be felt from so far away. It felt like we were on the rail, felt like we were standing infront of the subs. We've been on endless
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FNGRS CRSSD "Proper NYE" 2022 : Review

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 We here at San Diego EDM this year for New Year's did our favorite NYE event, OMFG! NYE by LED Presents, and did our newly favorite split by also going to the FNGRS CRRSD Event on New Years Day (Last year it was called "Opening Day" & featured Kaskade and many of our favorite label AnunjaDeep's artists). This New Year's day was a good bit chillier than even last year, a lot more moisture in the air as on and off light rain beautifully poured down upon us washing away 2022 from our souls. We excitedly rushed into the stadium knowing it was already day 2 for most, as we ran around to familiarize our self with the venue. This year CRRSD expanded from just Gallagher Square ("the park in the park"") by adding the Petco Park field and the stadium.   We unfortunately missed some of our AnunjaDeep Label favorite's Christoph & Tinlicker but arrived for the amazingly talented Nora En Pure. Sofi Tukker's set was amazing with very colorful grap
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LED'S OMFG NYE 2022 @ Pechanga Arena: Review

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 We here at San Diego EDM this year for New Year's did our favorite NYE event, OMFG! NYE by LED Presents, and did our newly favorite split by going just NYE (Dec. 31th) and also going to the FNGRS CRRSD Event on New Years Day (Last year it was called "Opening Day"). With one of our member's working their day job that day, we ended up arriving around 10pm for ISOXO.  (Who is actually from San Diego but hasn't been seen in the local scene before). The vibes were high as always, everything deeply emotionally entrenched in the traditional OMFG! melodic dubstep melodies. ISOXO very surprisingly brought out Skrillex randomly to everyone's appaluse. Gryffin was also a real emotional ride and had a joyous NYE balldrop with great confetti cannons. Inflatable smiley face balls were thrown out (we miss the zebras though!) as is standard for LED events. But the most emotional roller coaster was finding out RL Grime was not going to make it in time. We here at San Diego
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Kaivon @ North Park Observatory: 11/10/22 : Review

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 Kaivon really blew us away with his performance, not what we expected at all but what we needed. We were expecting a much more emotional melodic dubstep set like many of his songs, but ended up recieving an amazing mix starting off with insanely heavy wobbley wook bass that we like to call "wobble-step or wook-step"( Watch the set here ).  The visuals on the LED wall and C02 cannons use was a great production at the Observatory. He also mixed in a variety of transitions including psytrance melodies. We have also loved the melodic dubstep genres mixing in of psytrace, keeping the show very fun, upbeat and dancy (similar to a Haliene show). The night eventually become more characteristic of Kaivon with more emotional melodic dubstep and a few surprising popular throwbacks such as Kid Cudi songs. Kaivon made great connections with his fans, walking around with heart hands and taking photos with fans at the rail after the show. Our video recap here : https://youtu.be/qP6uVRUhKFI
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Location: 2891 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92104, USA
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Swedish House Mafia Returns @ Pechanga Arena: 9/4/22 : Review

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Finally, the return of Swedish House Mafia was upon us. Personally we grew up listening to this in our older brother's car, changing our lives and specifically our ears forever. Who would of thought many years last we would be doing a ticket giveaway for this event and holding press passes. The event had the talented Zhu opening up, one of our personal favorites. Zhu's bass shook the floor where we stood infront of the AV tent at the back of the arena floor. The energy was electric all around as everyone danced around. Suddenly the great entertainer slows down the music and brings a few lucky front row fans up onstage for a game of Zhu's musical chairs. It all ends with one winner, a lucky girl who is starstruck, allowed to play the CDJ's but is a bit too startruck to even move or say anything. Intermission hits and then suddenly the lights go dark and you can feel the bass slowly start to turn up, rumbling the whole stadium into suspense. Swedish House Mafia is really
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Location: 3500 Sports Arena Blvd, San Diego, CA 92110, USA
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Shrek Rave @ North Park Observatory: 9/3/22 : Review

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The Shrek Rave. The nationwide nostalgic phenomenon made famous on Instagram and TikTok finally toured America and came to San Diego to bless the North Park Observatory. It sold out immediately, faster than any event before in San Diego. The crowd was the most thematically dressed crowd I have ever seen. (watch our Youtube video here ). Looking around you realize how perfect the characters are in Shrek for finding costumes for. A white t-shirt, cane, and sunglasses for the three blind mice, a chef outfit for the gingerbread man's dad, knight outfits, etc. There was also a few perfect Lord Farquaad outfits. But I think the best outfit of the night was our own member's inflatable Gingerbread Man outfit.  We already had press passes from doing the Giveaway but the morning before our talented DJ best friend Sriracha Man called to tell us he was flying in to DJ the San Diego Shrek Rave and we could be backstage to help film for him. We knew it was on from there!  When the switchover
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Location: 2891 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92104, USA
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