A Musical Milestone at Tomorrowland 2016 : The Power of Music, underground aftermovie

by Debby Wilmsen
August 2016

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musical milestone at Tomorrowland 2016 : The Power of Music, underground aftermovie

Watch "The Power of Music" here :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-reCBseOr5k&spfreload=10

On top of the recently released Official Aftermovie, Tomorrowland is showing even more of its musical colours in a dedicated underground aftermovie called "The Power of Music”. By remaining open to all musical genres, the festival has been able to emphasise its diversity and continues to amaze audiences. Every single artist and guest matters, everyone gets to make their musical mark and create a unique atmosphere on each stage.

“A lot of respect to Tomorrowland, the base of the festival focuses on mainstream music but they always put a lot of energy to give space for the underground music,” says Solomun.

This year, the head of the Diynamic label hosted a stage of his own for the very first time. The label was also present at Tomorrowland Brazil for two years running, where it made a big impression on the crowd. Tomorrowland consistently offers young, emerging talent the opportunity to show what they can do... And also has tremendous respect for those who are pioneers in their genre, who continue to inspire young artists each day, treating their loyal fans to unforgettable moments along the way, as they grow together.

Each year, seasoned talents such as Sven Väth, Derrick May, Pierre, Green Velvet, Dave Clarke, Jamie Jones, and Solomun eagerly anticipate their chance to appear at the “Holy Grounds” in Boom. Coming down after his live set, an elated Paul Kalkbrenner enthused “I don’t know what to say... It’s very nice that those guys made it actually happen... that also this music (techno) could be presented here.” For the German DJ it was the first time on the MainStage. In an interview, he admitted that he had been pretty nervous. "Every live set I perform is unique, there will never be one that sounds quite like the others because I always reconstruct all of the tracks live.” As the sun set over the MainStage, an intensely focused Kalkbrenner composed a musical bridge to the epic night to come. One for the books.For the Russian Nina Kraviz, it was her very first Tomorrowland. Following Adam Beyer in the Kozzmozz tent, she delivered a pumping final set that brilliantly incorporated Belgian classics.

A unique high point took place in the Opera on Friday. Musical giants Deadmau5 and Eric Prydz performed a live back-to-back session, unleashing wave after wave of spine-tingling sounds on the crowd.

Deadmau5, often a ruthless critic on Twitter, posted the following on his account:

https://twitter.com/deadmau5/status/756625166466023424