The legendary Z-Trip closed out the Funk House both nights of the festival with two genre-spanning sets that were fundamentally cool and so much damn fun. During Friday’s set, he cut the music long enough to give a powerful (and F-bomb-laden) rally cry that was more or less the electronic music equivalent of Bill Pullman’s Earth-unifying speech in Independence Day. To quote Z-Trip:
We’re trying to bring back the funk, the hip-hop, the soul, the b-boy shit, the breaks—just to change it up, man. You know what I mean? So you don’t always have to be fucking raging with your fucking hands in the air at every fucking rise and drop and shit. This is your alternative. This is where you can come to fucking cut loose and do some different shit—hear some different music, some eclectic music. How many people love fucking music? Make some noise! That’s what’s up.
27, 2014 12:36 PM PT. Insomniac says it still plans to hold Beyond Wonderland, Nocturnal Wonderland, and its Halloween-themed Escape from Wonderland rave somewhere in Southern.
I’m not knocking that other music. I love that other music, and in fact, I love playing those other stages; it’s fucking fun. But what we’re doing here right now, we’re going to take you back to the fucking stages that we used to play… before it fucking turned into raves and big shit—when it was in a warehouse, and they threw the fucking hip-hop guys in the basement. Well, we’re not in the basement anymore. We’re here tonight, and we’re going to fucking rock it for you. Are you guys with that special fucking mission tonight? Then let’s do this.
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And the crowd goes wild. – Katie Bain
The Funk House and Imagine Nation
If you didn’t notice by now, I love going to music festivals and raves. An experience that just happened only a week ago was Beyond Wonderland SoCal (Southern California) 2015. I went to Beyond Wonderland NorCal (Northern California) 2014 less than a year ago and the experience was awesome. The one that I went to was a 2 day event (Saturday and Sunday), and unfortunately I only could attend one day and it was the Saturday. I had the opportunity to see the headliner Above&Beyond, however I missed Kaskade because he was on Sunday. Sigh.. my heart is still aching over that.
Beyond Wonderland is extremely beautiful. The decor is Alice in Wonderland themed and people who attend this event usually make outfits in the wonderland theme as well. Many of the people there were extremely friendly and so nice. There’s a “ritual” whenever attending a rave, the exchanging of kandi. The more raves attended, the more kandi that can be exchanged! A lot of people make very unique kandis and I enjoy collecting them.
Beyond Wonderland Socal
Downside? It was outdoors in the HEAT. Let’s just say, I was unnecessarily tanned. Also, it was sweaty. I personally despise sweating. Another downside is that since I was sweating a lot, I was getting dehydrated. Luckily, my friends had Camelbaks (backpack that can be filled with water) or else I am sure I would have died. There were EMTs on standby if anything were to happen. I recommend bringing a water with you if you’re planning on attending. Better safe than sorry.
Overall, I definitely encourage going to a rave. I am excited to attend another Beyond Wonderland event again. Hopefully this fall with Beyond Wonderland Norcal 2015. I hope to see you there!
Beyond Wonderland Front Gate Tickets
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