FESTIVAL REVIEW
After a day skiing you feel you’ve earned a good night out and Rise delivers. Gorgon City headline in style at the main Alpine Stage as the festival programming officially begins, while Sub Focus takes over at Muzelle with slick D&B and bouncing crowds. We end up at late-night venue Studio until the early hours for the Lost Track Of Time takeover and uplifting disco house that perfectly fits the mood.
The next day we take the snazzy new Jandri Express ski lift up the mountain to enjoy the slopes and hit Pano Bar, with outdoor stage 2600m up. You’d be hard-pushed to find a festival stage anywhere in the world with a better view than this one. Oppidan wows the crowd with her irresistible garage grooves before Arielle Free makes an appearance much to the joy of a packed crowd who seem unbothered by the challenge of dancing in ski boots.
The evening sees Bou up the tempo on the Alpine Stage before Chase & Status deliver the headline set, underlining their festival legend status. The big tunes seem endless with each one landing hard. If the crowd are tired from skiing they don’t show it as they jump as one to the beats. Muzelle Stage oozes quality with house from Palms Trax and the groundbreaking hi-energy of Australian star, Mall Grab. Luckily these two stages are close to each other so we’re able to take in as much of the music and atmosphere as possible.
Afterwards, we head to Avalanche where Badger drops an incredible set of bass, house and garage so full of twists and turns it’s impossible not to get involved on the dancefloor.
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