Drezo proves his prowess & Rezz solidifies her main stage status

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By Ryan Hayes

Selling out the PNE Forum's roughly 4,000 strong capacity Vancouver was ready for a night of dark bass heavy music. Thematically all three acts tied perfectly together for one happy gathering of the Cult of Rezz. By the time 1788-L took the stage the Forum was already full. By far the most volcanic set of the night 1788-L kept headbangers busy while setting the stage for Drezo.

A personal highlight, Drezo' set was foreboding while remaining melodic. His dark take on rhythmic house was instantly approachable and unique. Regardless if you could pick out his original productions—Guap, Malice, Night, & his remix for Nas' Made You Look—everyone was drawn in because his tracks all have a natural groove to them. From start to finish his set remained artistically identifiable solidifying a trend on the fringes of dance music; keep your set full of originals and cultivate a faction of die-hard fans who live and breathe your sound. It's about more than creating a party atmosphere stacked with recognizable bangers, its about carving a space in the electronic scene's overcrowded landscape. Drezo met my lofty expectations and I am ready for whatever he has in store next.

Rezz took the stage to thousands of rabid fans chanting her name, cementing her status as a vanguard of dance music; one of the next generation's most important main stage headliners. As wave after wave of grinding bass washed over elated headbangers and die hard fans chanted along to ever twist and turn Rezz powered through a mixture of her latest LP Certain Kind of Magic, her Halloween mixtape Nightmare on Rezz Street, and slew of fan favourites. The set was expected—but on a tour of this magnitude that's unavoidable—the visuals were spot on, and the audience went hard until the last note. Tenacious D's infamous battle cry, 'you can't kill the metal' rang true throughout the night's festivities. Rezz has repackaged the heavy drive of rock for a new era of listeners and fostered the sounds evolution within the realm of dance music. Rock will never stop transforming, and no matter where Rezz' career takes her; 'the metal will live on.'