This year’s festival is marketed as “electro-fied” as a nod to the bigger lineup of EDM artists and Tiësto delivered.
Thousands of people packed the stage to watch the 43-year-old Dutch music producer and DJ mix electro, progressive, and a dash of house, non-stop to cap the festival’s first night.
“For Tiësto to come to Ottawa for Bluesfest is unreal because every year Bluefest is, I feel, more folk, more country,” said Laura Roberts, one fan in a sea of people by the main stage. “But for Tiësto to perform for us is just something different.”
She said having electronic acts at Bluesfest is “a complete culture shock” for her, adding that it will expose people to different styles of music.
Tiësto played hardcore electro beats, but blended them, at times, with remixes of songs like Gotye’s Somebody That I Used To Know and Rihanna’s We Found Love.
When the thumping bass retreated, everyone howled like wolves and jostled their arms up to the cool, moonlit sky
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Then, they felt the bass return like a punch to the chest.
Roberts was pulsating mass of people – both young and old. Everyone was grooving to the beat, regardless of age, dancing style, or their sense of personal bubbles.
EDM fan Dan Metcalfe was also grooving to Tiësto’s set Wednesday night. He said EDM is starting to eat up part of the hip-hop market. by joe lofaro
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