Terminal 5 Gets HARD for Major Lazer and Crookers!
Posted by anthoNYC on October 14, 2009
Major Lazer at Terminal 5, 10.10.09
We arrived at Terminal 5 for HARD before midnight to catch Major Lazer’s set. The whole time I was under the impression that it was just going to be a “DJ set” …but I was way off. I can’t even begin to count the number of times I turned to a friend and said “this is fucking crazy” or “this is insane!”
Terminal 5 was an absolute circus on and offstage. The crowd looked about ready for a rave, while the onstage dancers during Major Lazer’s set performed some of the most jaw dropping stage antics I’ve ever seen including, ladders, weightlifting, gold booty shorts and scandalous dance moves.
Crookers at Terminal 5, 10.10.09
Diplo sans Switch represented Major Lazer, with special guests Nina Sky for Keep it Goin’ Louder and Santigold for Hold The Line. It was a solid 1 hour set show that went above and beyond any of my expectations.
Italian duo Bot and Phra aka Crookers slid right in after Diplo wrapped around 1 AM. Crookers’ set focused heavily on connecting with the crowd through the music and visual montages that rotated between Peter Cottontail, text, animation and footage of Crooker’s DJing live via the camera attached to the turn tables.
I’d seen Crookers DJ at Webster Hall with Annie Mac earlier this year but this was a much grander scale. I was greatly impressed yet again, left anticipating the full-length debut this January, titled Tons Of Friends. Spotted at HARD: M.I.A. and Trouble Andrew.
MP3: Crookers – Knobbers or zShare
MP3: Proxy – Raven (Crookers Remix) or zShare
MP3: Major Lazer – Jump Up (Featuring Leftside and Supahyp) or zShare
Crookers
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