After the Raves

- Season 1

(2016)

Tommie arrives to LA, the home of popular music, to explore how this city of illusions and preconception, has a deep rooted electronic dance music scene. He meets with 12th Planet, Dirty South, and the Gaslamp Killer - all artists who hail from far reaching neighborhoods in the city, and maintain vastly different musical sounds. But what he discovers is the commonality is the city gives the artists full freedom to explore their artistic boundaries and fulfill their creative appetites.

Tommie explores the symbiotic relationship between electronic dance music and technology. We meet Chuckie, who embodies this relationship, as he comes through San Francisco on a whirlwind tour to meet some of the most cutting edge players in the tech industry. We also meet homegrown act M Machine, whose very tech forward approach and sound, has a story that perfectly coincides with the evolution of SF as a city. But to also understand the city's evolution in relation to tech, we also go back in time to meet the original rave pioneers of San Francisco - Hardkiss. In ...

Mysteryland is on, and Tommie is playing the festival. We'll get a first hand look at the inner cogs and process behind this visual festival, which is one of the world's superlatives. Tommie will explore how such a liberal city, and it's infamous vices, affects the tone and style of Mysteryland. We'll meet the staff behind Mysteryland as they hustle to build one of the world's most visual and creative festivals on the planet, just a week before the doors open. Meanwhile, we'll go deep into Tommie's own mind, as he prepares himself to play Mysteryland for the second ...

Tommie explores the mainstage of Vegas, as EDM's as the big paycheck center for EDM, where mega-clubs fork out millions to DJ's to show up for a few hours a month. Tiesto started the trend, of huge paydays for gigs, and now the trend is market-wide. We'll feature the Hakkasan Group, the hospitality giant behind EDM destinations Light and now the new Omnia, a new mega club being heralded as the first of it's kind, in technology, design and sheer scale. We'll meet with the staff including James Algate who was a huge force behind the design of the club. We'll also speak ...

Tommie travels to Paris in hopes of cracking the mystery of what makes French electronic music artists tick. We explore the history of French electronic music, via DJ Falcon, Busy P of Ed Banger, Miss Kittin, Gilda of Kitsune, and JB of Air. By exploring the last few decades of music, starting with the French Touch, we learn of a rich musical and communal history, while revealing how for the French, nothing matters more than making good music with your friends. And in a rare feat, they've managed to maintain integrity while reaching commercial success, all while ...

Tommie jets to Ibiza to hit up the legendary summer island paradise for electronic dance music. Throughout the episode, he'll explore the history of the island, and how this tiny island has deeply influenced not only the culture as a whole, but some of the biggest stars of electronic dance music, including Hardwell, Paul Oakenfold, and the legendary Balearic DJ Alfredo. Tommie will explore various facets and sides of the island with each DJ, understanding how while so much has changed in Ibiza over the past three decades, the original essence of freedom and creative ...

Tommie travels to the Netherlands, where we explore how its homegrown superstars, have deeper personal stories and struggles than the facade may let on. Tommie meets up with Afrojack and explores his meteoric rise in EDM, as well as the pitfalls that came with it having success so young. Since then, he's found a new appreciation for home. The same applies to Don Diablo, who after a huge recording contract in his teens, found himself in a creative rut, but it took a major tragedy back at home to bring him back to his creative center, and now finds himself thriving once...

Tommie explores how smaller cities in England have had an equally large impact on the evolution of electronic dance music. He first heads to Brighton to meet the legendary Fatboy Slim, who proudly gave life to a new genre called Big Beat, right from this small sleepy seaside town. Then we head north to Manchester, where we explore how London's smaller counterpart, is where electronic music really caught on in England. We also meet hometown heroes MRK1, Zed Bias, and Virus Syndicate and understand how coming up in a gritty, smaller town directly affects and colors ...

Miami isn't all South Beach. Tommie heads to Miami to reveal the two very distinct sides of Magic City. First he meets up with French Miami superstar Cedric Gervais, who embodies the flashy south beach side, but still maintains a deep connection to the soul of Miami. We also meet Oscar G and Ralph Falcon, both childhood friends who still live right next to each other. They'll show Tommie their Cuban neighborhood, as well as a soup to nuts process of making a proper Miami house track. Then we'll culminate at a special Monday night party Murk and Oscar G throw at Coyo ...