I must admit that this was quite a tough article to tackle. Narrowing down sets from a weekend of electronic music’s top talent is no easy task. Keep in mind that I have ruled out sets that are not available on the internet. Trust me, I would love to post Crizzly’s set of utter insanity or Pete Tong’s brilliant and clubby house session at Neon Garden. Anyway, on with the sets. It is my hope that this article will help guide you through the sea of live sets. Keep in mind that these are not in any particular order.
Clockwork had a killer set full of bootlegs, mashups, genre changes and plenty of “oh shit!” moments. From the dirty melbourne house bass to festival anthems to a few appearances from his other alias, RL Grime, Clockwork absolutely nailed it with this set. 
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Umek played main stage along with other techno and tech house artists Sunday. Firstly, it was nice to see tech house in the limelight for once. Secondly, it was awesome to see Umek pretty much clobber main stage, sending the crowd into a dancing frenzy. Listening to this set while standing still is practically a sin.
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Zeds Dead took the on crowd on one hell of a musical ride. They came up to the decks with one mission, to absolutely demolish EDC, and I would say they succeeded.
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Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano went off at EDC, exploding main stage with their tribal house beats. These guys proved, yet again, that DJing is an art, and one that they have mastered.
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Armin van Buuren finally found the perfect medium between house and trance. His set was massive, bringing the crowd alive with big room trance, tracks from his Intense album and so much more!
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krewella, camo & krooked, zeds Dead, dash berlin, bloody beetroots.
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KREWELLA
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Um.. Morgan Page, Mat Zo, Major Lazer, Kill the Noise, Krewella, Boys Noise, A trak, Carl Cox, Laidback Luke. I saw them all and they all knocked my socks off.
Deadmau5 said fuck edc, saw him on sunday at hakkasan, best decision of my life. best set played in all of vegas that weekend.
doubt it
I think you guys missed Thomas golds set…….
zeds dead, morgan page, bingo player, dillon francis, and surprisingly UZ blew me away. missed jack beats otherwise I’m sure theyd be one of my favorites too.
holy balling balls. that picture is absolutely incredible.
thomas gold and fedde le grand were way overlooked
I don’t know… 4 minutes of the same track in any situation doesn’t qualify as even coming close to a great set in my book.
Stupid your edm didn’t pick bingo player or Morgan page!! Losers…
Zeds dead, armin, krewella, clockwork, and steve angello for me!
what about crookers?
nicky romero
this list sucks. Should not have even been made.
nobody cares what you think
do you even rage bro ? get out my house.
keep your house i dont wanna be here anyway it stinks, like your post that nobody cares about :)!
Booka shade was incredible.
Major Lazer dropped that shit. Laidback Luke is always dope. Dash was pretty top notch to. Crookers surpiresed. Crizzly was #1.
#House #Hardhouse
HIGHLY doubt it
i bet money hey did. hes going back to his old school touch.
CARNAGE
Hardwell Laidback Luke Krewella Nervo Bassjackers.
Knife Party’s set was insane!!!
link or it didnt happen.
deadmau5 is always awful at shows
deadmau5 is always awful at shows
If it’s a good song then why not? It’s not always about banging out as many tracks as possible. Just get into the groove and go with it my friend.
If it’s a good song then why not? It’s not always about banging out as many tracks as possible. Just get into the groove and go with it my friend.
It also depends on what you are trying to accomplish w/ the type of set you are playing, As much as i love fast mixing it’s not for everyone. And this article completely left out some amazing sets, Wolfgang Gartner, Mat Zo, Porter and Headhunterz were my top favorites of the weekend
ummmmmmm, armin sucked.
Justin Martin got real Dirty.
Justin Martin got real Dirty.
I must say, I’m a huge UMEK fan..but thought his set was complete trash! Threw the crowd into a dancing frenzy? Along with myself, mostly everyone I was watching wasn’t dancing much either..
I know he plays proper Techno, but his set was waaayy too repetitive.
My top DJ set of EDC ’13, would have to be Bloody Beetroots live set – unbelievable the energy they gave off! oh, and Above & Beyond (my first time seeing them live!)
porter robinson…… bloody beetroots….. dash berlin…
is this real?
SASHA by far the best set. Mat Zo though threw down!
This guys list is accurate. Also Crookers. Best sets of EDC could not agree more.
Crookers was so fucking awesome!
Mat Zo was easily the best set I saw the entire time. You must have missed it youredm. Sucks for you cuz that was def #1 along side Crookers, Boys Noize, Carl Cox and Moran Page.
I’ve read through most of the comments and am ABSOLUTELY shocked no one has said Cosmic Gate yet… their set was worthy of top 5 and at worst top 10 in my opinion.
I know it’s just an opinion so it doesn’t matter much but if anyone has a chance to listen to their set you’ll understand why I felt the need to comment on this article!
I hope the author actually listened to all 252 hours of music at EDC before arbitrarily picking 5 favorite sets. I still appreciate the article and awesome picture, even if he didn’t though.