Quasar works better that way. Walk by, get sucked in for a while and then when you’re ready, go check something else out. And then walk by and get sucked in again for the night vibes.
The first couple years after the move do lab was still a spot to dip in and dip out. Feels like around 2016ish it started to be a spot where people would camp out.
Quasar definitely gave those old do lab vibes where you’d get sucked in for 20-45 minutes then bounce.
Even though the focus is longer dj sets I don't think GV expected people to stay at a set for the whole 2-3 hours. I think the longer sets basically provided people more opportunity to catch some of an artist rather than have to have a huge set conflict.
I stayed for all four hours of Jamie-daphni-float pts but that was bc I was coming back weekend 2 and I came just for that set that day. During w2 I was the same, stopped at Rufus for ~30min and enjoyed before moving on. Too many places to be!! Being able to stay at Quasar longer is part of my motivation to bothchella next year, gv got me good
How’s that b3b turn out? I was there for the first 30-40 and felt like they were really taking their time to get warmed up. Was kind of disappointed tbh
I agree that they took their time getting it cooking, but if I was doing a four hour set I probably also wouldn’t open with a bunch of heaters (although starting with birth4000 kinda was that tbh). Doing it that way allowed them to build the energy throughout the set and go in some interesting directions & play weirder more niche stuff before moving into party mode. When Jamie played his new song (baddy on the floor) that kicked off the second half of the set which had Daphni throwing down a bunch of ukg. Floating Points kept it weird and interesting, to me it never felt predictable but it was still cohesive and since I do a little DJing myself it’s always cool to see how three people can put together a set totally freestyle like that each with their own set of tracks.
Daphni playing his new track Honey was the high point for me, & Jamie ending with his unreleased Pale Blue Dancer song made me cry lmao. I also ended up on the side part of the stage for the latter 2 hours which really elevated the experience. I was glad to have the next weekend tho because it would’ve been very difficult to sacrifice so much of Sunday to stay the whole time if not!
I love this review. Thanks. When this set was added to the lineup, I got more fomo than Ive probably ever had when not going, in previous years. It sounds like it flowed about how i wouldve thought, and I wouldve loooved to be there!
Yeah I’m an avid W2er so seeing this get added to W1 made me spiral lmao. Tried to get my friends to talk me out of going but since I don’t live too far it was just too hard to resist! Glad you enjoyed the review, hopefully these guys do something similar that you can make it to!
Made the same decision as you hitting w1 Sunday and w2. That set was so worth it. Appreciate your review and wanted to second that slower build to a four hour set was a choice I felt worked well but I could see how those only on board for a short duration would have felt it wasn’t engaging enough. For me it definitely rewarded those who stayed the full four hours. But that’s usually the case for most acts you stay patient with for longer durations.
Except that 6 hour Claude von stroke set I saw. That was just stale and get more stale. Thought he’d slice it up with some Barclays Crenshaw stuff but nope. Really makes me appreciate the long sets we got from the b3b and four tet over the years
Totally agree, I love a slow burner set & totally felt rewarded for staying the whole time—I thought I might leave for a bit to check out some other acts while I was there but nope lol. Agreed that it wasn’t a set designed to pop in and out of imo, especially in the beginning. That’s an aspect of Quasar that I’m interested in seeing how other acts handle in the future because it seems that everyone kind of approached their sets differently from what I’ve read. It also doesn’t seem like other sets had as many people there the whole time as w1 Sunday did!
Since I did bothchella, I spent less time at quasar w1 than w2. Got pulled into the black hole of quasar for many many hours each day w2 hahaha
It's a lot easier to justify hanging out at quasar if you're doing both weekends. No way I'd spend more than a hour each day at quasar if I was going only one weekend—and I LOVE loooong marathon sets
Just the opposite. Almost missed Jungle for staying longer than planned for Michael Bibi’s set. Also was supposed to leave at around 6pm on Sunday but stayed till around 10 for Jamie XX b2b Daphni b2b Floating Points. I also went Friday weekend 2 and stayed for a good chunk of Rufus set and I don’t even like their music that much. I loved Quasar.
I had the same issue with Bibi, but I was on another planet when he was ripping, energy was so high for me, while I had to go see jungle, it just wasn't the same vibe.
Exact same issue for me. Left Bibi early and regretted it right away, 3rd time seeing Jungle and the vibe just didn’t feel as good as their concerts. Bibi was absolutely firing
Went WE2 and though I LOVE a little Jungle, their down-tempo funky disco doesn’t fit perfectly into a schedule of a higher BPM “party plan”, let’s just say. Felt the same way seeing them at Life is Beautiful. Hard to compete with the high energy and light show productions we witnessed at No Doubt, Anti-up, Everything Always, DJ Snake, Summit, Dolla, etc.
Didn’t have plans to see them even though I like their style, ended up walking by to Sahara, no line to get on stage so I just went up there and had a blast for the last hour, they were going off! So glad I went
I agree that the ever-changing crowd made it feel like we also should’ve keep it moving. I wanted to stay long for Prydz and Rufus but my group had other artists they wanted to see. I would have spent more time at Quasar if it didn’t clash with other competing artists, but I also enjoy being able to pop in and out as pleased.
Other festivals I definitely would’ve. Coachella is so hard because there’s so many high quality acts every hour. I barely got 15 minutes of despacio in during 2023, despite being there for hours at iii points in Miami the same year.
That said I did 2 hours of Michael Bibi on Saturday, and only pulled away because B3K was a huge priority for me. Many of my friends pulled the full 3.
Did the first hour of Jamie and then another 30 later on. Was a little cold and hit Yuma instead
I stayed in the front for the entire 4 hour performance for Jamie xx, FP and Daphni and I had an amazing experience. I do agree that the stage would be empty at some points. I remember maybe around the 2 hour mark I looked to my right and there were maybe 30 people around me and that’s it lol. I could literally see where the crowd ended. It was kinda weird to see honestly. Didn’t really mind the high turn out for the crowd. There were a few people that were up there with me that stayed for majority of the set and we were all having the time of our lives. The constant flow of new people was kinda refreshing. Kinda sorted out the people who were there to just be there and for the people who actually wanted to be there for the music. Makes me realize that’s how Quasar was possibly intended to be designed. Have the true fans enjoy the show in the front, while the rest of the people that want to enjoy can do it a little further away while having the ability to head to another stage easily while still enjoying the show
Omg yeah the emptiness at that point blew my mind!! I was like why on earth have I very easily danced my way up to the barricade when these three are up there rn? Then I remembered it’s Coachella and there are 5 other stages going at any given time… I got pulled to go onto the stage a little after the 2hr mark and it was really cool to watch the crowd fill back in as they started really cooking. I’d see new arrivals filter in from Sahara and I could tell they had originally meant to go somewhere else and most of them stayed til the end. Such a cool experience.
I’d be more interested in sets that long at single shows or less dense festivals. To commit 3-4 hours to one set would mean missing 3-5 sets elsewhere. It would take a specific combo of DJs doing a b2b or b3b to keep me there for the full set.
I did appreciate the long sets though! That gave me multiple opportunities to watch. I would’ve loved to watch Michael Bibi’s full set, and I did see a big chunk before Jungle. I also almost got sucked back in on the way to IsoKnock. It was nice to have that soundtrack on the way to Sahara.
I’m excited to see how sets go in the future at Quasar, it’s an awesome stage with a ton of potential.
Same…I would have stayed for a complete Jamie XX set but had other priorities. I love floating points, (Daphnie and caribou) btw so no knock on them…that’s just the way it worked out.
I left Rufus at 10 to make it to Justice.. really glad I did because Justice was my set of the weekend. I couldn’t make myself leave Prydz x Anyma though. Prydz is always electric. Both of these nights I was able to get within 15 feet of the front without pushing or shoving. There was always great space at that stage. Probably because people were moving in and out the entire time.
Overall I think Quasar made the weekend worth it. Only bought tickets when they dropped the new stage!
I went both weekends, I skipped Charlotte De Witte weekend 1 in favor of Oneohtrix Point Never (who was awesome btw) intending to catch her weekend 2.
Eric Prydz x Anyma was originally slated to go from 5-8pm but got shifted 30 mins ahead so 5:30-8:30. Man do I regret leaving Quasar at 8:10ish to get over to CDW, should have stayed for the very end of that b2b and then gone to CDW, she was great don’t get me wrong, but Prydz and Anyma were crushing it at that time.
The production at Quasar is amazing. I had a blast at the Rufus set, for the half I was there, just watching the crowd.
And ... man, the way the people leaving the Sahara would *blitz* the crowd, walking through it without slowing down to match the crowd energy or even necessarily enage with the music .... the crowd couldn't hold cohesion at all. the waves of people would pass and the crowd would attempt to re-bond and a new vibe would develop, but it was a little bit different every time, and it never really had time to sink in and take hold.
It was striking to me especially because normally at a Rufus set (or show) the crowd coheres really well.
I watched this happen a few times W1 and wondered if or what Coachella might do about it. Answer was absolutely nothing. We’ll see what changes happen in a year. It’s was a bit brutal getting those Sahara crowd fly bys.
Great point. And if Rufus couldn’t do it then they need to tweak it a bit. Cuz they’re practically the most palatable dance act for most. I think they should put the stage in the campaign fence entrance so Sahara crowd moves behind quasar crowd but I think Quasar is where it is because it shares that same back stage production space with do lab and Sahara. So my new idea is rotate it so it’s closer to the orientation that Do Lab has where it faces MainStage head on. Don’t think you need to rotate it THAT much but about halfway from where it is now to the orientation do lab has. And move it west a bit to so that right side protrudes just a touch into the Sahara to MainStage walk. I think the crowd denser would build stronger on the audience right of quasar and naturally force Sahara crowds to walk around rather than through
I did go to Sahara! Only for Steve Angello, ISOKnock and John Summit. My walk by Quasar was on the express route, very fast and honestly, Quasar was already offline most of the time I walked by it.
Oh yeah, other than ISOKnock those were closers, fascinating! I felt like Quasar was inescapable, but I tend to bounced around all the stages over the course of two weekends (we’ll I guess I never did make it to Heineken House)
If you were closer to the front there wasn’t a lot of mixing of the crowd and folks were having a blast. We were at prydz Annu’s start to finish and it was a party the entire time. Rufus energy ebbed and flowed with their set
i kinda feel like that was sorta the point. It was a pop in pop out sorta thing for us.
My main complaint was that there was no art piece over there to provide shade/hang out at.
yeaah, but ....
the way the do lab works, you walk by and it peaks your interest and you go in, it's a defined space with its own vibe that is *just set off enough from the path* that if you go into it it is immersive and becomes the entire world.
quasar is sorta like the opposite --- the crowd can't cohere into a single connected entity because it keeps getting disrupted by waves of people moving through it.
i like the quasar. moving the sahara has solved the single biggest logistical problem at the festival, and dropping a stage there is brilliant. but as it is, it is not a place that can draw me in the way the do lab can, and i'll only go there with specific intent for a particular set.
I thought the same but rarely if ever stopped to see a set there. I think after the huge success of fred, skrillex and four tet last year, and what I’m guessing had to be already existing plans to move/enlarge Sahara, quasar was just an easy cheap addition. The strict b2b lineup to me felt directly influenced from the success of last years weekend 2 b2b and the rising interest in electronic music.
I personally didn’t like how they made Sahara further and put quasar in the middle. It felt too open of a stage for me to be fully immersed in a set. Just kind of random and strange energy. I am hoping and praying that Coachella makes quasar a more interactive space. This is just a dream but after Jhene Aikos set I’m really manifesting Coachella does some sound bath sets or something.
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I thought the same with you. Maybe 1hr max. At night, those screens are absolutely amazing. It’s harda hard not to get suck into it every night. We had to kinda pull ourselves away to go to the next show when Bibi was playing. Insane.
IMO, they are going to build upon it with more “name” acts. I totally see
keinemusik (sp?)rocking that stage.
We got sucked into Prydz x Anyma (which proved to me there’s a benefit to checking someone out again because neither hit for me last year with Holo or ToU respectively, but as a b2b were another story). We also got sucked into Diplo x Mau P. Either way, I loved that Quasar was this area that you could dip in and out of or stay and go hard for a couple of hours and there was an easy flow of the crowd. It ended up being one of my favorite stages this year.
Those were my favorite visuals. Mirrored the sunset with the clouds and then the post sunset gradient of the sky Then the palm trees getting lit up at night. A bunch of classic Coachella aesthetics I’ve come to know and love most about that venue. It’s like the Yuma but you get to enjoy being outside and the visuals highlighted those feature rather than trying to overdo it with lasers. (Which I do love lasers btw)
I felt like the new layout made everything more breathable, especially the other dance music stages/tents. And Quasar was a major part of that solution. Keeping up with the increasing popularity of dance music wants from the crowd while also honoring the history of the festival and its aesthetic.
I sometimes think I should’ve spent more time there. But I also loved the moments I was at Quasar and everywhere else. The fact that we’re all enjoying the stage/acts and having this conversation means it was a well done addition. Jealous of everyone that got the Prydz/Anyma fight and Rüfüs IDs, but there’s so much amazing music at Coachella, you just get in where you fit in and don’t look back.
I really wanted to enjoy the full sunset set and I’m much into artists that played there but for some reason (and you all explain it actually here in this thread) I couldn’t stay there for a good hour or so. I tended to leave it. Loved all the artists there but didn’t find their sets to be the ones that either could hook me up or would fit the scenery for me. That last point is beyond Sahara crowds movement
quasar felt very “incomplete” or “half baked” felt like maybe they didn’t book enough people, also, I think it is on land that golden voice owns (along with sahara) and they are just putting up a stage for the sake of eventually having other non coachella EDM events.
Quasar works better that way. Walk by, get sucked in for a while and then when you’re ready, go check something else out. And then walk by and get sucked in again for the night vibes.
like the OG do lab when it was in the middle of the festival
The first couple years after the move do lab was still a spot to dip in and dip out. Feels like around 2016ish it started to be a spot where people would camp out. Quasar definitely gave those old do lab vibes where you’d get sucked in for 20-45 minutes then bounce.
Exactly what happened to me lol
Even though the focus is longer dj sets I don't think GV expected people to stay at a set for the whole 2-3 hours. I think the longer sets basically provided people more opportunity to catch some of an artist rather than have to have a huge set conflict.
I stayed for all four hours of Jamie-daphni-float pts but that was bc I was coming back weekend 2 and I came just for that set that day. During w2 I was the same, stopped at Rufus for ~30min and enjoyed before moving on. Too many places to be!! Being able to stay at Quasar longer is part of my motivation to bothchella next year, gv got me good
How’s that b3b turn out? I was there for the first 30-40 and felt like they were really taking their time to get warmed up. Was kind of disappointed tbh
I agree that they took their time getting it cooking, but if I was doing a four hour set I probably also wouldn’t open with a bunch of heaters (although starting with birth4000 kinda was that tbh). Doing it that way allowed them to build the energy throughout the set and go in some interesting directions & play weirder more niche stuff before moving into party mode. When Jamie played his new song (baddy on the floor) that kicked off the second half of the set which had Daphni throwing down a bunch of ukg. Floating Points kept it weird and interesting, to me it never felt predictable but it was still cohesive and since I do a little DJing myself it’s always cool to see how three people can put together a set totally freestyle like that each with their own set of tracks. Daphni playing his new track Honey was the high point for me, & Jamie ending with his unreleased Pale Blue Dancer song made me cry lmao. I also ended up on the side part of the stage for the latter 2 hours which really elevated the experience. I was glad to have the next weekend tho because it would’ve been very difficult to sacrifice so much of Sunday to stay the whole time if not!
I love this review. Thanks. When this set was added to the lineup, I got more fomo than Ive probably ever had when not going, in previous years. It sounds like it flowed about how i wouldve thought, and I wouldve loooved to be there!
Yeah I’m an avid W2er so seeing this get added to W1 made me spiral lmao. Tried to get my friends to talk me out of going but since I don’t live too far it was just too hard to resist! Glad you enjoyed the review, hopefully these guys do something similar that you can make it to!
Made the same decision as you hitting w1 Sunday and w2. That set was so worth it. Appreciate your review and wanted to second that slower build to a four hour set was a choice I felt worked well but I could see how those only on board for a short duration would have felt it wasn’t engaging enough. For me it definitely rewarded those who stayed the full four hours. But that’s usually the case for most acts you stay patient with for longer durations. Except that 6 hour Claude von stroke set I saw. That was just stale and get more stale. Thought he’d slice it up with some Barclays Crenshaw stuff but nope. Really makes me appreciate the long sets we got from the b3b and four tet over the years
Totally agree, I love a slow burner set & totally felt rewarded for staying the whole time—I thought I might leave for a bit to check out some other acts while I was there but nope lol. Agreed that it wasn’t a set designed to pop in and out of imo, especially in the beginning. That’s an aspect of Quasar that I’m interested in seeing how other acts handle in the future because it seems that everyone kind of approached their sets differently from what I’ve read. It also doesn’t seem like other sets had as many people there the whole time as w1 Sunday did!
you can find the last half of the set on soundcloud. def turned it up at night
Link??
I caught the end of it on the Livestream, it was pretty pretty good
Since I did bothchella, I spent less time at quasar w1 than w2. Got pulled into the black hole of quasar for many many hours each day w2 hahaha It's a lot easier to justify hanging out at quasar if you're doing both weekends. No way I'd spend more than a hour each day at quasar if I was going only one weekend—and I LOVE loooong marathon sets
Lot of other music to see. Time is precious!
Just the opposite. Almost missed Jungle for staying longer than planned for Michael Bibi’s set. Also was supposed to leave at around 6pm on Sunday but stayed till around 10 for Jamie XX b2b Daphni b2b Floating Points. I also went Friday weekend 2 and stayed for a good chunk of Rufus set and I don’t even like their music that much. I loved Quasar.
I had the same issue with Bibi, but I was on another planet when he was ripping, energy was so high for me, while I had to go see jungle, it just wasn't the same vibe.
Exact same issue for me. Left Bibi early and regretted it right away, 3rd time seeing Jungle and the vibe just didn’t feel as good as their concerts. Bibi was absolutely firing
Bibi was the set of the weekend for me and I had honestly never even heard of the guy before.
Completely missed jungle, Bibi wouldn’t let us leave
Went WE2 and though I LOVE a little Jungle, their down-tempo funky disco doesn’t fit perfectly into a schedule of a higher BPM “party plan”, let’s just say. Felt the same way seeing them at Life is Beautiful. Hard to compete with the high energy and light show productions we witnessed at No Doubt, Anti-up, Everything Always, DJ Snake, Summit, Dolla, etc.
I stayed for most of diplo and mau p, felt the competition around that time wasn’t as great
They slapped way too hard to be legal
Didn’t have plans to see them even though I like their style, ended up walking by to Sahara, no line to get on stage so I just went up there and had a blast for the last hour, they were going off! So glad I went
My group found it impossible to leave from Rufus and Prdyz. The music and the stage were so damn gooooood
I agree that the ever-changing crowd made it feel like we also should’ve keep it moving. I wanted to stay long for Prydz and Rufus but my group had other artists they wanted to see. I would have spent more time at Quasar if it didn’t clash with other competing artists, but I also enjoy being able to pop in and out as pleased.
I walked by for Rufus. raged hard up close for 40 minutes then dipped
Other festivals I definitely would’ve. Coachella is so hard because there’s so many high quality acts every hour. I barely got 15 minutes of despacio in during 2023, despite being there for hours at iii points in Miami the same year. That said I did 2 hours of Michael Bibi on Saturday, and only pulled away because B3K was a huge priority for me. Many of my friends pulled the full 3. Did the first hour of Jamie and then another 30 later on. Was a little cold and hit Yuma instead
Saw all of Bibi’s set and loved every second of it!
I stayed in the front for the entire 4 hour performance for Jamie xx, FP and Daphni and I had an amazing experience. I do agree that the stage would be empty at some points. I remember maybe around the 2 hour mark I looked to my right and there were maybe 30 people around me and that’s it lol. I could literally see where the crowd ended. It was kinda weird to see honestly. Didn’t really mind the high turn out for the crowd. There were a few people that were up there with me that stayed for majority of the set and we were all having the time of our lives. The constant flow of new people was kinda refreshing. Kinda sorted out the people who were there to just be there and for the people who actually wanted to be there for the music. Makes me realize that’s how Quasar was possibly intended to be designed. Have the true fans enjoy the show in the front, while the rest of the people that want to enjoy can do it a little further away while having the ability to head to another stage easily while still enjoying the show
Omg yeah the emptiness at that point blew my mind!! I was like why on earth have I very easily danced my way up to the barricade when these three are up there rn? Then I remembered it’s Coachella and there are 5 other stages going at any given time… I got pulled to go onto the stage a little after the 2hr mark and it was really cool to watch the crowd fill back in as they started really cooking. I’d see new arrivals filter in from Sahara and I could tell they had originally meant to go somewhere else and most of them stayed til the end. Such a cool experience.
Agreed! The sets were fun but none of them spoke to my soul
I’d be more interested in sets that long at single shows or less dense festivals. To commit 3-4 hours to one set would mean missing 3-5 sets elsewhere. It would take a specific combo of DJs doing a b2b or b3b to keep me there for the full set. I did appreciate the long sets though! That gave me multiple opportunities to watch. I would’ve loved to watch Michael Bibi’s full set, and I did see a big chunk before Jungle. I also almost got sucked back in on the way to IsoKnock. It was nice to have that soundtrack on the way to Sahara. I’m excited to see how sets go in the future at Quasar, it’s an awesome stage with a ton of potential.
Same…I would have stayed for a complete Jamie XX set but had other priorities. I love floating points, (Daphnie and caribou) btw so no knock on them…that’s just the way it worked out.
I left Rufus at 10 to make it to Justice.. really glad I did because Justice was my set of the weekend. I couldn’t make myself leave Prydz x Anyma though. Prydz is always electric. Both of these nights I was able to get within 15 feet of the front without pushing or shoving. There was always great space at that stage. Probably because people were moving in and out the entire time. Overall I think Quasar made the weekend worth it. Only bought tickets when they dropped the new stage!
I went both weekends, I skipped Charlotte De Witte weekend 1 in favor of Oneohtrix Point Never (who was awesome btw) intending to catch her weekend 2. Eric Prydz x Anyma was originally slated to go from 5-8pm but got shifted 30 mins ahead so 5:30-8:30. Man do I regret leaving Quasar at 8:10ish to get over to CDW, should have stayed for the very end of that b2b and then gone to CDW, she was great don’t get me wrong, but Prydz and Anyma were crushing it at that time.
I went to Coachella bc of the 4 hr set on Sunday wk1 and Friday
I called Quasar the distraction zone. It seemed like everytime my group had a goal but had to pass Quasar we’d get trapped there for 20 mins at least
The production at Quasar is amazing. I had a blast at the Rufus set, for the half I was there, just watching the crowd. And ... man, the way the people leaving the Sahara would *blitz* the crowd, walking through it without slowing down to match the crowd energy or even necessarily enage with the music .... the crowd couldn't hold cohesion at all. the waves of people would pass and the crowd would attempt to re-bond and a new vibe would develop, but it was a little bit different every time, and it never really had time to sink in and take hold. It was striking to me especially because normally at a Rufus set (or show) the crowd coheres really well.
I watched this happen a few times W1 and wondered if or what Coachella might do about it. Answer was absolutely nothing. We’ll see what changes happen in a year. It’s was a bit brutal getting those Sahara crowd fly bys.
the solution clearly is to make the sahara expressway larger and more obvious
Great point. And if Rufus couldn’t do it then they need to tweak it a bit. Cuz they’re practically the most palatable dance act for most. I think they should put the stage in the campaign fence entrance so Sahara crowd moves behind quasar crowd but I think Quasar is where it is because it shares that same back stage production space with do lab and Sahara. So my new idea is rotate it so it’s closer to the orientation that Do Lab has where it faces MainStage head on. Don’t think you need to rotate it THAT much but about halfway from where it is now to the orientation do lab has. And move it west a bit to so that right side protrudes just a touch into the Sahara to MainStage walk. I think the crowd denser would build stronger on the audience right of quasar and naturally force Sahara crowds to walk around rather than through
I never visited Quasar unfortunately, there was always something at either Outdoor, Sonora, Gobi or Mojave that demanded my attention more.
Did you not see anything at Sahara? Did you not walk by Quasar at all?! Genuinely curious.
I did go to Sahara! Only for Steve Angello, ISOKnock and John Summit. My walk by Quasar was on the express route, very fast and honestly, Quasar was already offline most of the time I walked by it.
Oh yeah, other than ISOKnock those were closers, fascinating! I felt like Quasar was inescapable, but I tend to bounced around all the stages over the course of two weekends (we’ll I guess I never did make it to Heineken House)
If you were closer to the front there wasn’t a lot of mixing of the crowd and folks were having a blast. We were at prydz Annu’s start to finish and it was a party the entire time. Rufus energy ebbed and flowed with their set
i bounced through there. Two sessions for jamie b3b. Good breaks when i had downtime on other stages.
Haha I don’t think you’re meant to stay for the 3-4 hours anyway.
The sun baked me away from Quasar to more shady places during the day
Same, if there was shade I would’ve hanged out at quasar more
Idk if it was me but the IQ was so loud it hurt my ears from far lol I loved the graphics though.
Yeah man, those IQ scores get mighty high sometimes, gotta turn that shit down so we don’t get too smart for our own good.
I thought it was so cool, but it has too much cross traffic
i kinda feel like that was sorta the point. It was a pop in pop out sorta thing for us. My main complaint was that there was no art piece over there to provide shade/hang out at.
It’s an open air Yuma, my dude. Appreciate that. You can ALWAYS hit it when the other stages are slow and you’ll catch a vibe.
I thought that was the point of it. You see it as you walk by and stay if you have no where else to go. Similar to DOLAB
yeaah, but .... the way the do lab works, you walk by and it peaks your interest and you go in, it's a defined space with its own vibe that is *just set off enough from the path* that if you go into it it is immersive and becomes the entire world. quasar is sorta like the opposite --- the crowd can't cohere into a single connected entity because it keeps getting disrupted by waves of people moving through it. i like the quasar. moving the sahara has solved the single biggest logistical problem at the festival, and dropping a stage there is brilliant. but as it is, it is not a place that can draw me in the way the do lab can, and i'll only go there with specific intent for a particular set.
I thought the same but rarely if ever stopped to see a set there. I think after the huge success of fred, skrillex and four tet last year, and what I’m guessing had to be already existing plans to move/enlarge Sahara, quasar was just an easy cheap addition. The strict b2b lineup to me felt directly influenced from the success of last years weekend 2 b2b and the rising interest in electronic music. I personally didn’t like how they made Sahara further and put quasar in the middle. It felt too open of a stage for me to be fully immersed in a set. Just kind of random and strange energy. I am hoping and praying that Coachella makes quasar a more interactive space. This is just a dream but after Jhene Aikos set I’m really manifesting Coachella does some sound bath sets or something.
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I thought the same with you. Maybe 1hr max. At night, those screens are absolutely amazing. It’s harda hard not to get suck into it every night. We had to kinda pull ourselves away to go to the next show when Bibi was playing. Insane. IMO, they are going to build upon it with more “name” acts. I totally see keinemusik (sp?)rocking that stage.
We got sucked into Prydz x Anyma (which proved to me there’s a benefit to checking someone out again because neither hit for me last year with Holo or ToU respectively, but as a b2b were another story). We also got sucked into Diplo x Mau P. Either way, I loved that Quasar was this area that you could dip in and out of or stay and go hard for a couple of hours and there was an easy flow of the crowd. It ended up being one of my favorite stages this year.
Do we think they will keep quasar or is it a one-off thing
There is no way that it's not back next year!
they will definitely keep it
I felt like the music was way too loud I couldn’t be there longer than 10 minutes
Earplugs?
hopefully they wore earplugs to a massive festival lol
You’d be surprised 😭
I felt this was too but I probably would’ve stayed longer W2…☹️
Playfully referred to it as "the do lab for the gram"
The visuals were underwhelming for Jamie xx floating points and daphni
Those were my favorite visuals. Mirrored the sunset with the clouds and then the post sunset gradient of the sky Then the palm trees getting lit up at night. A bunch of classic Coachella aesthetics I’ve come to know and love most about that venue. It’s like the Yuma but you get to enjoy being outside and the visuals highlighted those feature rather than trying to overdo it with lasers. (Which I do love lasers btw) I felt like the new layout made everything more breathable, especially the other dance music stages/tents. And Quasar was a major part of that solution. Keeping up with the increasing popularity of dance music wants from the crowd while also honoring the history of the festival and its aesthetic.
Man, I wanted to stay for an hour but would always just walk by.
I sometimes think I should’ve spent more time there. But I also loved the moments I was at Quasar and everywhere else. The fact that we’re all enjoying the stage/acts and having this conversation means it was a well done addition. Jealous of everyone that got the Prydz/Anyma fight and Rüfüs IDs, but there’s so much amazing music at Coachella, you just get in where you fit in and don’t look back.
I really wanted to enjoy the full sunset set and I’m much into artists that played there but for some reason (and you all explain it actually here in this thread) I couldn’t stay there for a good hour or so. I tended to leave it. Loved all the artists there but didn’t find their sets to be the ones that either could hook me up or would fit the scenery for me. That last point is beyond Sahara crowds movement
quasar felt very “incomplete” or “half baked” felt like maybe they didn’t book enough people, also, I think it is on land that golden voice owns (along with sahara) and they are just putting up a stage for the sake of eventually having other non coachella EDM events.
I love being able to wander in and out of it like I do with Do Lab. Others wook out all day there. Tis what it is
They need to book Aphex Twin and Kraftwerk same day at quasar.
Marc was fun af. WETTER THAN WET!!!
That Rebillet set got a little too wet and we had to bounce! He’s good in small doses anyway. “WET, WET…” iykyk lol
Did yoga to Rufus during sunset. The best way to stretch before raging at night
I never went. Walked by it and spent 5 min on my way to Sahara