Eric Prydz catalyzed one of the most fervent periods of anticipation for a concert ever when he announced the premiere of EPIC 5.0 in November of last year. And, given the Swedish icon’s intentions to set the audiovisual bar higher than he did with his unprecedented EPIC 4.0 performance, its easy to see why he engendered such fervor.
Last Saturday, May 27, Prydz finally answered fans’ questions as to how he would raise his own staggeringly high bar when he debuted the newest iteration of his Eric Prydz In Concert series at Creamfields’ Steel Yard in London. The artist’s legions of followers who were not in attendance have gotten a taste for the visual proponent of his show through the numerous pictures and videos depicting the updated stage production – replete with the “biggest holograms in the world.”
Yesterday, June 2, Prydz introduced his global audience to the soundtrack of his experience, broadcasting the entire debut performance via his EPIC Radio show on Beats 1. Over the course of the two-hour auditory journey Prydz balanced his primary personae evenly, dedicating roughly half of his performance to his Pryda and Cirez D alter-egos, and further giving a nod to his Tonja Holma alias.
Unreleased and unidentified tracks, of course, abound as well throughout the set. So, too, do Prydz’s self-edits and remixes, including his darker remix of the transcendental “Liberate,” the Pryda remix of Cirez D’s “On Off,” and an emotional, cosmic EPIC edit of his elegiac “Lillo.”
Tracklist (Via 1001):
1. ID – ID
2. ID – ID
3. Pryda – Axis
4. Pryda – Rotonda
5. ToNjA Holma – Feel Trippleton Booty
6. ID – ID
7. Eric Prydz – Liberate (Eric Prydz Remix)
8. ID – ID
9. Pryda – Elements
10. Cirez D vs. Green Velvet & Harvard Bass – On Off Lazer Beams
11. Cirez D – On Off (Pryda Remix)
12. Cirez D – Backlash
13. Cirez D – In The Reds MOUSEVILLE
14. Cirez D – The Glitch
15. Pryda – Lillo (EPIC Edit)
16. Pryda – You (Interlude)
17. Eric Prydz – Pjanoo
18. Pryda – Melo
19. Eric Prydz – Every Day
20. Eric Prydz – Generate (Epic Interlude Mix)
21. Eric Prydz – Opus
Featured image by Antonio Pagano.
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