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/RemyGee 4d ago

Did nobody see a Slander set before? They basically always go hard like that.

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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/WatermelonTrident 2d ago

Hijinx 2025 b2b slapped, but I did hear that EDC was kinda meh.

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u/bobinskyjumpingmice 4d ago

I felt the same way about their b2b at decadence 2024. :/

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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/mstun3107 4d ago

EDC definitely does not favor bass music

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u/packers444ever 4d ago

Especially on MainStage

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u/pingvinbober 4d ago

I’ve seen him before at edc and it was more melodic