{"id":8777,"date":"2023-12-09T15:00:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T14:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hucbald.nl\/?p=8777"},"modified":"2023-12-09T15:08:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T14:08:43","slug":"the-prodigy-in-ziggo-dome-moshing-towards-an-unexpected-ending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hucbald.nl\/en\/2023\/12\/09\/the-prodigy-in-ziggo-dome-moshing-towards-an-unexpected-ending\/","title":{"rendered":"The Prodigy in Ziggo Dome: moshing towards an unexpected ending"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8777\" class=\"elementor elementor-8777\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69eebf7 e-flex e-con-boxed jltma-glass-effect-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"69eebf7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-283f12b9 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"283f12b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>Lots of first-timers these weeks: my first ever article in English for all of you, and also my first ever time in life I went to the pioneers of Electronic Dance Music (EDM): the Prodigy. Honestly, I have never been a fan or whatsoever, let alone that I knew their music well. After listening to a couple of their most popular songs (Omen, Smack my B***** Up), and hearing about the fact that one of their former original members had passed away in 2019, I figured I\u2019d go to one of their concerts together with my buddies from Amstelveen. In a nutshell we all agreed that this was one fantastic and slightly disappointing evening for a band of their status.<\/p>\n\n<p>I didn\u2019t sleep much the day before, but after taking a quick nap I was ready to catch the train to Amstelveen to meet up with my buddies and eventually take a bus to Amsterdam Bijlmer. From there we walked to the Ziggo Dome, and to our surprise, it was not busy at all. This was probably due to the fact that lots of other people didn\u2019t know the support act: a certain \u201cDJ Brutus and Friends\u201d. We didn\u2019t know him (or them) either, but we took our chance to claim a spot somewhere in the middle in front of the stage and tried to enjoy their music as much as we could. Honestly, we didn\u2019t feel their vibe\u2026 To put it mildly, the music was \u201cjust okay\u201d. It also didn\u2019t help that none of us could find any of their music online: not on Spotify, not on Youtube, not even on Soundcloud; there were lots of other artists with the same name however, which made it even more difficult to look the original one up.<\/p>\n\n<p>It took another hour after DJ Brutus before The Prodigy started. This was as fun as it was chaotic: while I was still busy filming it all and holding my beer at the same time, the audience already started dancing; this quickly turned it into ONE, GIANT, MOSH PIT. I personally love mosh pits, but I wasn\u2019t prepared for this one\u2026 My beer was around half-full, but after some moshing people around me constantly bumped into me, it was around 1\/10 full \u2013 and if that wasn\u2019t bad enough, the majority of my spilled beer ended up on my face and my T-shirt\u2026 Slightly out of anger and slightly out of adrenaline, I threw my cup on the ground, and jumped straight into the pit. Don\u2019t worry, I grabbed another cup from the ground as a way of compensation XD.<\/p>\n\n<p>While I was incredibly busy moshing in the pit as well as trying to find my buddies \u2013 who I obviously lost in the pit \u2013, I was absolutely amazed by the light show on stage. These light shows added an amazing atmosphere to the performance and stage. I mean, their genre is EDM (or Electropunk for the nerds among us), so the least they could add to their performance is one heck of a light show; and so they did. For a glimpse of these light shows, I recommend you to watch the video below here (FLASH WARNING).\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e7da26 e-flex e-con-boxed jltma-glass-effect-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4e7da26\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-648a5bf jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"648a5bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/hucbald.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Prodigy-Moshpit.mp4\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff0ce83 e-flex e-con-boxed jltma-glass-effect-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ff0ce83\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8d4b42 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8d4b42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In short, there was no shortage of people enjoying their evening: everyone was either moshing or dancing, and so were we. It was also no surprise that we lost sight of each other because of the never-ending\u00a0 mosh pit, but that\u2019s part of the fun. We did not expect, however, that The Prodigy ended their concert 20 minutes early. Literally nobody expected that to happen. I mean, when the lights in the hall are turned on, it\u2019s an obvious call that the show has ended. But for a band like The Prodigy, I would expect a sort of huge encore at least. This was totally not the case, and me and my buddies were therefore extremely disappointed to hear from the security people that we had to leave the hall; we were obviously not ready to leave yet.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Besides the unexpected ending, me and my buddies had an amazing time. Regardless of our slight disappointment, we left Ziggo Dome with great enthusiasm, and I was even fortunate enough to find a random T-shirt in the mosh pit! I did try to give it back to its original owner, but without success. Anyhow, we were privileged to attend a concert of one of the pioneers for EDM; without The Prodigy, genres like Hardcore or Techno wouldn&#8217;t exist today. Their legacy of the upcoming dance-music in the 90\u2019s is something we concert- and festival-lovers should never take for granted.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Matibhadraprabha [Matti] Mual (he\/him)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of first-timers these weeks: my first ever article in English for all of you, and also my first ever time in life I went to the pioneers of Electronic Dance Music (EDM): the Prodigy. Honestly, I have never been a fan or whatsoever, let alone that I knew their music well. 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