{"id":2453720,"date":"2020-01-25T20:55:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-26T03:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=319801"},"modified":"2020-01-25T20:55:21","modified_gmt":"2020-01-26T03:55:21","slug":"x-games-aspen-illenium-plays-and-remixes-his-best-for-energetic-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/x-games-aspen-illenium-plays-and-remixes-his-best-for-energetic-crowd\/","title":{"rendered":"X Games Aspen: Illenium plays and remixes his best for energetic crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.8852459016393\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-319801-848\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/xskihuck-atd-012420-11-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/xskihuck-atd-012420-11-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"xskihuck-atd-012420-11 | \" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong><\/strong><br \/>xskihuck-atd-012420-11<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/xskihuck-atd-012420-11-1024x683.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/xskihuck-atd-012420-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/xskihuck-atd-012420-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"xskihuck-atd-012420 | Illenium performs Saturday evening at X Games Aspen. 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(Nathan Krause for the Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Illenium performs Saturday evening at X Games Aspen. (Nathan Krause for the Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>xskihuck-atd-012420-3<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/xskihuck-atd-012420-3-1024x683.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Illenium performs Saturday evening at X Games Aspen. (Nathan Krause for the Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/xskihuck-atd-012420-11-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/xskihuck-atd-012420-11-1-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"xskihuck-atd-012420-11 | Illenium performs Saturday evening at X Games Aspen. (Nathan Krause for the Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Illenium performs Saturday evening at X Games Aspen. (Nathan Krause for the Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>xskihuck-atd-012420-11<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/xskihuck-atd-012420-11-1-1024x683.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Illenium performs Saturday evening at X Games Aspen. (Nathan Krause for the Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/x-games-aspen-illenium-plays-remixes-his-best-for-energetic-crowd\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/x-games-aspen-illenium-plays-remixes-his-best-for-energetic-crowd\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Energy is something ever-present in music, especially so in EDM. Today\u2019s audiences expect a combination of build-ups and lulls, of gentle sways and flailing. Longtime Coloradan and rising EDM mainstay Illenium, the first of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/weekly\/x-games-music-what-to-expect-from-rae-sremmurd-alesso-illenium-and-bazzi-in-aspen\/\">weekend\u2019s X Games headliners<\/a> to sell out his show, was acutely aware of the shifting energy in his largely college-aged or younger crowd, working it to his advantage to keep the audience entertained through a 90-minute set at the Buttermilk stage.<\/p>\n<p>The tension could be felt before he even began, as crowds of teens and 20-somethings flooded into the venue 40 minutes before showtime, jockeying to find friends and good positions. The audience quickly sorted itself into three sections, depending on their desired experience: The quiet and alcohol seekers in the back of the converted Panda Peak; the pairs and impromptu dance parties filling out the center, with friend groups and couples anticipating the first drop; and the solid mass of bodies pushed against the stage, shrouded by a haze of cannabis and fogged breath.<\/p>\n<p>Following the pit\u2019s shared loudspeaker dance to Snoop Dogg\u2019s \u201cDrop It Like It\u2019s Hot,\u201d Nicholas Miller, known professionally as Illenium, walked on to an erupting crowd as the quiet voiceover that leads his latest album, \u201cAscend,\u201d played over the speakers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s unavoidable,\u201d the woman\u2019s voice began, \u201cJust happens. When you grow up, your heart dies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho cares?\u201d both the male response and the crowd replied in unison, voicing the dichotomy of millennial cynicism and earnestness present in any good modern EDM lyric.<\/p>\n<p>And with that, the energy released.<\/p>\n<p>Miller started by making his way through quick, one-chorus impressions of some of his well-known songs, including the booming voice of Foy Vance paired with heavy dubstep drops in \u201cBlood,\u201d and the sing-along choruses of \u201cCrawl Outta Love\u201d and &nbsp;\u201cWhere\u2019d You Go?\u201d Anyone unaware of the lyrics could make correct noises to the easily singable melodies.<\/p>\n<p>From there, Miller worked through an eclectic medley of his catalog, ranging from well-known favorites of \u201cCrashing,\u201d \u201cSound of Walking Away\u201d his remix of The Chainsmokers\u2019 \u201cDon\u2019t Let Me Down,\u201d to less-vocal songs from his earlier career including \u201cSo Wrong\u201d and \u201cIn Your Wake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Through it all, Miller acted masterfully to keep the audience entertained \u2013 pounding out drum fills on an electric setup surrounding his laptop and gliding across the fretboard of his guitar, both solo and as a duet with an onstage extra. As the temperature dropped and the audience flagged, Miller kept track, timing his beat changes to pick the crowd back up, even going so far as a rallying cry, \u201cCan you all bring some energy right now?\u201d before launching into a reverberating, \u201cThree, two, one!\u201d and a dubstep breakdown.<\/p>\n<p>However, as with many EDM artists hoping to play to the crowd, Miller returned to the choruses and drops of his songs multiple times.&nbsp; In each, he tried to make it feel fresh with different riffs or an unexpected cross into a new melody, but the latter half of the 90 minutes started eliciting feelings of <em>deja entendu<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, Miller seemed like he was going to finish his set by giving the crowd what they truly wanted: A communal moment of musical recognition.<\/p>\n<p>He worked through an extended mash-up of \u201cSad Songs\u201d and his newest hit with vocalist Jon Bellion, \u201cGood Things Fall Apart.\u201d Lyrics intertwining and audience jumping, Miller brought the crowd to a swell before one final twist: Ending the night with an unreleased song titled \u201cFeel Something.\u201d The crowd reacted with slight surprise, but the residual cheer meant no one stopped dancing. Illenium brought his A-game to the homestate crowd of waiting fans, playing hits, crossing genres, paying homage to his beginnings and drawing and releasing the energy of the venue, making sure everyone left wanting more and wondering when the next song was coming.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/x-games-aspen-illenium-plays-remixes-his-best-for-energetic-crowd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>xskihuck-atd-012420-11 Illenium performs Saturday evening at X Games Aspen. (Nathan Krause for the Aspen Times)xskihuck-atd-012420 Illenium performs Saturday evening at X Games Aspen. (Nathan Krause for the Aspen Times)xskihuck-atd-012420-9 Illenium performs Saturday evening at X Games Aspen. (Nathan Krause for the Aspen Times)xskihuck-atd-012420-4 Illenium performs Saturday evening at X Games Aspen. 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