CORONA SUNSETS with CAJMERE, MOBY, WOLF + LAMB, THIEVERY CORPORATION, LEE FOSS and many more at Hanlan’s Point Beach, Saturday, August 16. Rating: NNN
At any all-day outdoor music festival, there’s always one unannounced guest who has an inordinately large impact on the event: the weather. In the case of the Corona Sunsets festival, cold temperatures and drizzle made the picturesque island location more of a curse than a blessing. Thankfully most of the DJs and live acts overcame the gloomy vibes, and the thunderstorms never actually materialized.
Green Velvet performed as his more soulful alter ego, Cajmere, and his deep Chicago vibes were easily one of the highlights of the day. Wolf + Lamb bounced from disco to tech, but unfortunately the event’s MC, Sir LanceLot, insisted on talking constantly, which greatly disrupted their flow. Thievery Corporation brought a full live band for their dubby bossa nova-influenced performance, and Lee Foss tastefully augmented his tech-house set with live vocals by Anabel Englund. Rave-survivor Moby’s closing DJ set didn’t make a lot of sense after the preceding artists though, and sounded painfully dated at times.
