This year I ended up attending all three days of Zebra Music Festival in Chengdu. Although the list of grievances was nearly endless, as a patron and performer, it was overall a better time than last year. In summary, it was three days of walking between three stages of live music among tens of thousands of Chengdu locals. And as a bonus, on the first day (which was the day I played) the white sky you see below was blue and dotted with airy clouds. It didn’t rain once.
Unlike last year, the first day was the most crowded, and fortunately a big crowd assembled just in time for my DJ set at 8:30 on the Xiong Mao (electronic music) stage. The crowd for my show was receptive this year as well, although due to scheduling it was much larger this year. The performance was a blast and I really enjoyed the unique festival atmosphere. Unlikely every other DJ on the Xiong Mao stage (with the exception of Jovian, it seemed) I didn’t play a normal club set. Why? Because an outdoor festival is not a club. Here’s the playlist from my set that evening:
Just Charlie Zebra Music Festival 2010 Setlist:
1. M.I.A. – Paper Planes
2. 45 King – Spread Love
3. Cypress Hill – Stoned is the Way of the Walk
4. Born Jamericans – Send One Your Love
5. Busta Rhymes (Feat. ODB) – Where’s Your Money
6. Cutty Ranks – Who Se Me Dun
7. Dr. Dre – Back in the Episode
8. A Tribe Called Quest – I C U (Doin It)
9. A Tribe Called Quest – The Hop
10. Boston Baked Beans – 112
11. Apache Drum Loop Scratch Interlude
12. Daft Punk – Da Funk
13. Billie Jean / Kill Bill Bootleg – White
14. Check It Out / Axel F Bootleg – White
15. Uffie – MCs Can Kiss
16. Nas & Damien Marley – As We Enter
17. Crystal Waters – Gypsy Woman (La La Dee La Da Da)
18. DJ Blaqstarr – Shake It To the Ground (Jokers of the Scene Remix)
19. Rockwell – Somebody’s Watching Me
20. Tim Deluxe – Buggin’ Out (DiscoTech Edit)
21. The Kingsmen – Louie, Louie (JaPetto Remix)
22. The Beatles – Money (Fuck You Pay Me Remix)
23. Benga & Coki – Night (Hyper Bass Remix)
24. Breakage – Riverside (Let’s Go Remix)
25. Calvin Harris – You Used to Hold Me (Nero Remix)
26. Steppenwolf – Born to Be Wild (Chew Fu Remix)
27. Fischerspooner – Emerge
28. Lil’ Wayne – A Milli (Thunderous Olympian Juke Down)
29. DJ C & Zulu – Body Work (Body Juke Remix)
30. Lil’ Jon – Snap Yo Fingers (Harrison Schaaf Remix)
31. Lil’ Wayne – Lollipop (Kingdom Remix)
32. Bone Crusher – Never Scared
33. Tom Petty – You Don’t Know How It Feels
34. Barrington Levy – Prison Oval Rock
35. Blue Six – Sweeter Love (Jay’s Full Vocal Mix)
36. Flairs – Truckers Delight (Alex Gopher Remix)
37. Bassnectar – Cozza Frenzy
38. MGMT – Kids
39. White Girl Lust – Tail Light Bump (DreDay Remix)
40. Back Ted N Ted – Hookie (Data Remix)
41. Double Negative – Uranium (Neztic Remix)
42. Curtis Mayfield – Move on Up (DJ Ayres Remix)
43. Nas & Black Sabbath – Shoot the War Pigs (Remix)
44. Roudoudou – Peace & Tranquility to Earth
45. Toots & The Maytals – Funky Kingston (feat. Bootsie Collins & The Roots)
46. Zhane – Hey Mr. DJ
47. Beastie Boys – 33% God (Instrumental)
48. Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive
49. Fatboy Slim – Praise You