By far the hottest party I’ve seen yet at The Kinetic Playground! A stacked lineup heavy with electro-womp-womp, Savoy and Vibesquad threw it down like there was no tomorrow. My night started off with The Coop, organic yet electronic their instruments memorized the audience with ease. The chimes and conga drums were the highlight of their live performance. The Coop perfectly transitioned to our favorite Didgy Slacker who threw down some dirty mixes, rapping and even beat boxing followed by Gemini Club. To add the experience, artist John Franchi was posted up live painting to the music, while Adeline Kreis was making some of her famous funky colorful new era caps. Finally the long awaited Vibesqaud entered the main stage.His excitement filled the room as he drilled the audience into the floor with his grimey bass and dub heavy rhythms. The crowd went wild. Savoy blew everyone off their feet; from Boulder, Colorado these guys do it big with two dj’s and a live drummer. Their impressive house crescendo built up to an explosion of electro-dub step was unlike anything I’ve ever heard before. Savoy raged through The Kinetic Playground and took Chicago by storm. Big thumbs up to the crisp sound system at Kinetic, and intimate atmosphere and could’t have been a better venue to jump off these amazing artists. An epic show that will resonate with the already awesome reputation of the  playground for years to come.

Photos: Scott Bittinger

Review By: Shayna Gladstone