Dog Blood Breaks The Rave

Dog Blood Breaks The Rave

The concept of Dog Blood is almost too bananas: Skrillex and Boys Noize team up to form an unstoppable supergroup powered by bass and drops. But look beyond the ravey starpower and you’ll find a duo that’s making the depressingly samey landscape that is “EDM” interesting again, bringing nuance and singular flair to the fist-pumping party crowd. Individually, you’ve got maybe the best festival DJ of all time, Skrillex, playing his smart dub-to-dubstep selections and tracks, plus one of techno’s deftest DJs, who makes and plays only the smartest of the oonce. They each brought a bit of their singular flavor, but together they explored the funktified realms of breaks and a bit of jungle folding in just a touch of pop culture, like acid interpolations of Uncle Luke saying “POP” (as in “…That Pussy”) with throwback smiley face visuals on the screen behind them. And lest anyone have any “bro-step” concerns, Skrillex stopped the set to check that no one in the front row was being crushed. “There’s a lot of ladies here! Let’s make sure the ladies are okay!”