BT & Kaskade Review

Rarely does a lot of EDM talent come through Salt Lake City, but this past Saturday we got a few talented artists comin through. BT, one of the 'godfathers' so to speak of EDM performed and also Kaskade.

It was at a venue in Salt Lake that is pretty nice. It's called 'The Depot', and has a nice little set up. One thing I really like about it is people actually are curteous enought to smoke outside. Really makes the expereience for me more enjoyable, so I appreciated that little bit a lot. It was my first time at the club, the layout is pretty nice, they have a balcony upstairs n' bar for VIP, but towards the end of the night, they didn't care who was up there.

The main floor was nice, pretty roomy, could hold a lot of people. As far as lighting rig. Not anything real special to be honest. Not he worst, but definately not the best. The warm up DJ was alright, I personally found it a tad bit boring (even for a warm up set).

Kaskade hit the decks at about 11pm, and spun for two hours. He played some good house and I really enjoyed the set, despite having heard most of the songs before. Didn't seem like there were many people there who knew who he was, but regardless he did a great job. The lighting crew kept shining this spotlight on him for some odd reason, and he was getting pissed, so he mixed in the next track, and left the stage to go talk to them... It was kinda funny. After that though, it was fine, and he was getting into his set. He played a few remixes he has done incl. late night alumni, and a Afro - Natural (kaskades remix). He closed with empty streets, and it was a good transition to when BT came on.

BT played a lot of er... interesting tracks. He opened up with some remix of Gary Jules - Mad World (remember that song from Donnie Darko?!?) I liked it a lot, great opener. (see vid). He played a lot of his old tracks which were really cool, threw me for a trip, because I was expecting a lot of the more mellow stuff from his album. However, he was so energitic, BT was jumping and boucning around the whole stage, just having a great time. I think everyone was (although the crowd really thined out around 1:30) getting tired. He also played a remix of some Nirvana track I think, and then the classics started playing at like 1-ish. He played Dreaming, and Flaming June. It was so great to finally heard Flaming June live.

It's such a sick track, hadn't heard it in yeaaaaaaars, but was really glad he dropped it. The bass was kinda overwhelming the whole break down, but regardless it was really fun to hear it live. Encore track was somnubulist, and it was a great night-ender. Awesome!

I can finally cross BT off the 'to-see' list.

Anyway, it was a great night, for those that ever stop in SLC, check out the Depot to see if anyone good is in town. It's one of the nicer venues in Salt Lake. Harry O's is better though, so check that one first. :crazy:


Videos: Sorry it was packed so it shakes a lot.

Gary Jules - Mad World (unknown remix):


Flaming June:


Somnubulist: