Regardless of dealing with the formidable problem of Hurricane Debby, which compelled the cancellation of its first full day of programming, Parts Music & Arts Pageant delivered with resilience and spirit in 2024.
Unfold throughout 4 days and nights, the pageant turned what may have been a significant setback right into a testomony to the ability of the dance music group.
Parts kicked off with a Thursday pre-party that includes two of its 4 phases. The Air Stage hosted a takeover from the beloved Desert Hearts with units from co-founders Porky, Marbs, Lee Reynolds and Mikey Lion. In comparable vogue, the Water Stage hosted a Reminiscence Palace takeover that includes performances by Participant Dave, FLY, LYNY and founder Of The Bushes, the lattermost of whom was named to the EDM.com Class of 2024.
Lo Morrell
Pageant-goers bought a style of what was to come back, however the climate had different plans. With Hurricane Debby making her presence identified, Friday’s situations deteriorated to the purpose of full cancellation. Nobody may enter the pageant’s grounds and people trying to reach have been rightly turned away for their very own security—a tough name, however a obligatory one contemplating the grounds have been in no situation to accommodate tenting attendees.
Friday evening’s headliners took issues into their very own palms, bringing the occasion to Parts’ sound camps. It is a separate group tenting space that uniquely encourages attendees to create their very own phases for afterparty units. Those who braved the rain have been fortunate sufficient to stumble throughout renegade units from Tape B, INZO, Boogie T and others from Friday’s lineup.
And by the point Saturday rolled round, the vitality was naturally as electrical because the storm itself.
Lo Morell
The pageant’s grounds, as soon as battered by the storm, had been revived by Parts’ hardworking workers. We may lastly immerse ourselves in every little thing the pageant needed to provide.
That included 4 elementally-themed mainstages, the Disco Den, Enjoyable Field, roaming performances and even a speakeasy hidden via a porta-potty upon which festival-goers may stumble.
Lo Morell
Main b2b units added to the pageant’s attract in 2024. AC Slater and Chris Lorenzo’s Fly With Us threw down on Saturday, constructing on the vitality from Dr. Fresch’s set and main completely into SLANDER’s rip-roaring shut of the Hearth Stage. Extra standout b2b units adopted on Sunday, like VNSSA and Nala’s Woman Math and a high-energy closing set from Chris Lake and Cloonee.
Earlier than the ultimate night, we have been all invited to affix LSDREAM for a much-needed respite with LIGHTCODE, the producer’s sound bathtub meditation expertise. It allowed attendees to recharge and mirror whereas an unfamiliar but comfy silence swept the grounds.
Andrew Rauner
Able to tackle the day, it took no time for the music and vitality to bubble again to life. Those that wandered over to the Water Stage have been fortunate sufficient to catch a secret “Parts Legends DnB Set” that includes none aside from Barclay Crenshaw. Anybody who has caught a set by Claude VonStroke’s bass music alias may need guessed that he could be the one delivering the fuel—no brakes—to kick off the ultimate night.
As Parts Pageant got here to its climactic shut, attendees had the luxurious of selecting their closing set from a stellar lineup of closing acts: Sara Landry, Subtronics, Chris Lake b2b Cloonee, or an ethereal Bob Moses’ membership set. Every provided a singular vibe, guaranteeing that everybody may discover their excellent ending to this weekend stuffed with surprises.
In the long run, Parts 2024 proved that even within the face of nature’s fury, the present can and can go on. We have been left with tales of resilience, group and unimaginable music that we cannot quickly overlook.
You’ll be able to preserve a pulse on Parts and register for updates on its 2025 version right here.
Andrew Rauner
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