‘Under a Strobe Lit Sky’ – a new 30-minute documentary by Pioneer DJ and DJsounds features musicians, DJs, promoters and festival organisers who share their personal stories and thoughts on the crucial, sometimes intangible qualities festivals need to thrive. Insight comes from Michael and Emily Eavis (Glastonbury Festival), Piers Aggett & Amir Amor (Rudimental), Eats Everything, NERVO, Dave Harvey and Tom Paine (Love International), and numerous other industry experts. They discuss how enjoying music together is a basic human need and how festivals are not just about music anymore but are now crucial starting blocks for artists and spaces to experience a culture that connects people from all over the world.
In recent years, artists have exploded onto the international scene by breaking through on the festival circuit. David Levy (WME Partner, UK) tells us in the film, “Festivals increasingly are the sort of lifeblood of how fans, artists, DJs, musicians get started… playing the right festivals can very much trigger opening you up to a wider audience.”
The industry is a precarious boom-or-bust environment, with huge budgets, fine margins between success and failure, and the potential to slingshot artists to international acclaim (or ruin their reputations). ‘Under a Strobe Lit Sky’ explores this world and examines the impact festivals can have on the music scene.
https://www.pioneerdj.com/en-gb/news/2019/under-a-strobe-lit-sky-documentary/
