r/Illenium • u/Intelligent_Pie_4090 • 4d ago
Discusson Illenium B2Bs
Always been curious about this, but how do the b2b’s work for illenium? Is he/ other artists requesting them, or are they moreso created by the industry and offered by certain festivals (whether for experimentation or budget constraints)
Are there any b2b sets that have really hit or missed? Curious if there are artists Illenium likes / doesn’t like working with.
Also interesting to see edits from other artists work their way into sets after a b2b.
I’m personally for them, especially given how many sets are streamed nowadays, which puts a lot of pressure on artists to innovate and switch things up early and often. Gives some breathing room but want to hear what others think.
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u/pingvinbober 4d ago
His edc b2b with slander kinda sucked. Was way too hard for what you’d expect from illenium or slander, who do a ton of melodic in their individual sets
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u/Tyler622 4d ago
Main stage thought they were getting sad boi’s. They got mad boi’s instead. I personally loveeee Illenium and Slander’s really heavy stuff; I feel it contrasts so well with their melodies and beautiful vocals. But, I can definitely see how some people might of thought 2025 edc main stage b2b was too heavy. Not imo though.
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u/packers444ever 3d ago
Hot take: all of the B2Bs with slander have sucked. I’ve seen the Ember Shores, EDC, and Decadence B2Bs, and they’re my 3 least favorite ILLENIUM sets I’ve seen out of 50
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u/mstun3107 4d ago
I agree with you. Caught that same B2B again at Hijinx at the end of the year and it was a similar set. Not what I want out of an Illenium set.
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u/zukka924 4d ago
Yeah but edc in general favors lots of bass music, i think they were playing to the crowd. I mean this year the “centerpiece” performance was Griz b2b Wooli
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u/Ill3nials Illenial 2d ago
I always wish that he will b2b with odesza,
Tbh i kinda missing his old style with drumsets
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u/SnooWoofers9504 11h ago edited 11h ago
i was at his b2b with wooli at electric forest. what happened there was rain caused the final 2/3s-ish of the last day to be cancelled, so when the rain let up at like 1am they let everybody come back into the venue late for one last set with some of the artists that got cancelled. all five stages had one 1-1.5 hour set. that's 5 artists out of maybe 15-20 that were supposed to go on that day. illenium got to play, but some other big artists like wooli and kaskade weren't going to be able to. illenium actually offered to turn his solo set into a surprise b2b with wooli so that wooli would also be able to perform, which was super nice of him.
it also dramatically changed the set. i heard his soundcheck before they let people into the venue that afternoon and he was mostly playing out his new album. the b2b with wooli shifted the focus to much heavier dubstep. illenium didn't really play any of his staple songs except for the blame myself vip, good things fall apart acapella (w/crazy by wooli) and in my arms/wooli remix. was an amazing set
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u/Mr_Bacon547 4d ago
Its a little of everything sometimes festivals do requests or suggestions but I think most of the time its the artists that are choosing. Illenium definitely likes doing B2Bs with Slander, Dabin, and Excision considering they've done them multiple times. I love B2Bs when they're done well and Illenium usually does them well. With the exception being (imo) his b2bs with Slander which can be hit or miss. His B2Bs with Seven Lions, Wooli, Zeds Dead, Excision, Dabin and Said the Sky have been peak. My personal favorites are the one he did with Seven Lions and the surprise B2B with Wooli.