Skrillex performed in front of a sold out crowd at the Hollywood Palladium, on Jan. 28. He planned on painting Los Angeles red, one venue at a time--as it was a part of his tour, "L.A. Takeover 2012".
Munchi opened the show. Glowsticks and flashes of cellular phones illuminated the dance floor. As the dance floor's lighting turned red, the view was similar to the rave scene in "Blade"--minus the blood. Munchi, Koan Sound and AraabMUZIK each performed their sets. Munchi threw in Rick Ross' "MC Hammer" into his mix, Koan Sound was very melodic which had the crowd lost in a trance and AraabMUZIK played his radio hit, "Streetz Tonight". The instrumentals to some of their records had a Swizz Beatz feel.
Fire shot out through various areas of the stage, lights shined towards every angle, and smoke and fog populated the stage and crowd. The energy everyone put in reflected off of Skrillex, as he jumped wildly behind his setup--like an untamed beast behind a cage. He was the conductor and the audience was his orchestra. He yelled into the microphone but the energy in his body caused his voice to sound muffled. What was understood was when he said, "Los Angeles!" and "Put your hands up!" throughout his set.
Mosh pits, fans crowd surfed and danced, on the dance floor. At times, security guards tried to tell the female fans to get off the shoulders of some of the concert attendees. An audience member managed to make his way onto the stage but he was later chased off by a stagehand. He strolled passed security, as if nothing happened. He made his way to the exit and security guards were awaiting his arrival for questioning.
The performance was partially inspired by hip-hop and R&B as Skrillex spun Notorious B.I.G.'s "Hypnotize". He capitalized on the trance the audience was already in and the crowd sang along with the chorus. Then, he also played a little bit of DJ Khaled, “Good Feeling” by Flo Rida, Faith Evans and Carl Thomas, and Naughty by Nature’s “Hip Hop Hooray”. As the song played, the crowd waved their hands side to side collectively. Although the majority of Skrillex's set was inspired of hip-hop and R&B, he managed to mix in some of his productions and remixes into his including: "Reptile", "Kill Everybody", and La Roux's "In For The Kill".
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