Hard Day of The Dead - Justice, Diplo - 11/3/12

By Nicole Pajer Mon., Nov. 5 2012 at 10:01 AM

Categories: EDM, Last Night

Continued from page 1

Timothy Norris

8:30PM: I survive a massive bathroom line. Fortunately I'm able to hear Jack Beats while waiting, and am entertained in line by a drunken dude in a sailor costume who dances for all the porta potty dwellers. I catch a little of Tittsworth (I'll admit I didn't know much going into the set but was intrigued by the stage name). Zeds Dead takes over the Hard Stage and I split my time between their hip hop meets dubstep beats and see Foreign Beggars rap in their British accents and skull faces in the Earstorm tent. I follow up the hour in the Red Bull Music Discotheque watching Mr. Hard himself, aka DJ Destructo keeping it classy in a suit and tie (and extreme Day of The Dead face paint).

Timothy Norris

10PM: The next few hours are a blur. I run like a maniac from stage to stage, greedily wanting to see bits of every act to follow. I give Major Lazer one song before popping over to the Earstorm stage for a good half hour of Kill The Noise, who goes through the tracks off his new EP that drops on OWSLA (Skrillex's label) on Tuesday.

Sonny himself is spotted side stage, cheering him along. I miss Nadastrom (couldn't do it all!) but manage to see Maya Jane Coles for a mere three minutes. Knife Party sucked me in for almost their entire set; I find myself in a dubstep mood and it's too good to walk away. Then I'm off to Dillon Francis, who was the favorite at HardSummer. I don't recognize his new platinum blonde "do" but am grateful that I made the connection because he drops some ridiculous beats and I work off my sweet potato fries in his audience.

Timothy Norris

1AM: Justice brings an entirely different vibe to their live set. It isn't a typical dancing crowd but more of a mix of "romantic and aggressive" tunes, which is exactly what Justice's Gaspard Augé calls them, apparently, according to the "diehard fan" who stands next to me. I catch a few Tommy Trash tunes before joining the other 34,999 HARD attendees to ring in the night with Diplo on the Moombahton Massive stage.