Eric Prydz @ Tomorrowland (2018)

After a (not so) brief hiatus, we're back! Now that spring — and the start of festival season — is upon us, it feels appropriate to pick up where we left off. Last week, a few friends went to Dreamstate San Francisco (actual location: Daly City) and the Friday headliner is the inspiration for today's episode.

Back before HOLO became an international sensation, Eric Prydz was just a lowly progressive house DJ, quietly establishing himself as a true master of dark and hypnotic melody. Even though he's most known for "Call On Me", that track sounds nothing like the rest of his catalog; fans who go to one of his shows expecting that kind of sound from will be sorely disappointed. His productions and live sets are a masterclass in melodic subtlety, but he can still bring the hammer down just as effectively. When that incredibly iconic snare first starts to hit, you know you're in for a wild ride.

This 2018 set from Tomorrowland includes all the classic Eric Prydz elements, plus a rather large number of unreleased tracks, works in progress, and bootlegs (see the track listing below). It has a slow, tantalizing build for the first 40 minutes, in a very linear way that only he can pull off. Once you're at the top of the climb though, it's a fantastic plateau all the way until the end.

The video is really well done and the show had a ton of amazing visuals, so I highly recommend actually watching the video at some point. But you know, sometimes you just want the music (please).

1. Cirez D - Echostage NYE ID 01 (Working Title)
2. Pryda - EDC Mexico 2018 ID (Working Title)
3. Pryda - Tomorrowland 2018 ID 01 (Working Title)
4. Pryda - Euro T
5. Cirez D - Envelopes
6. Cirez D - Marquee Las Vegas 2017 ID (Working Title)
7. Pryda - Origins
8. Pryda - Creamfields 2017 ID 01 (Working Title)
9. Pryda - Juletider
10. Jeremy Olander - Let Me Feel (Eric Prydz Dub Remix)
11. Pryda - Rebel XX
12. Pryda - Rebel XX (The Odengatan Mix)
13a. The Drill - The Drill (Eric Prydz Edit)
13b. Cevin Fisher - The Way We Used To (Acappella)
14. Faithless - Not Going Home vs. Insomnia (Eric Prydz Bootleg)
15. Cirez D - The Tumble
16a. Pryda - M.S.B.O.Y.
16b. Candi Staton - You Got The Love (Acappella)
17. Pryda - Moln
18. Pryda - Niton
19. Pryda - Mirage

Original post: https://youtu.be/p_rXt7sWn_E?si=lLhVLIOk9gyUYjmq