With his lasers, visual effects, hits, big sound and thundering low frequencies, which passed through the bodies, Marshmello won over a fired audience yesterday during his passage on the Plains.

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The public, familiar with his repertoire, had a royal blast to the sound of rhythms often syncopated and powerfully deployed by the man with the marshmallow head.

The 30-year-old DJ from Philadelphia showed up on stage around 10:15 p.m. with footage of Marshmello, who was wearing an astronaut costume, performing a spacewalk.

In two counts and three movements, jets of smoke and an explosion of confetti were launched. It was gone. And for a good hour and a half of electro and space sounds delivered at high intensity and in a spectacular way.

“Are you ready Quebec?”, Marshmello distributed one and another, mounting, often on the structure where his work instruments were installed.

During Back in Time, fans were hopping solidly on the Plains. During Here with Me, people sang along, just like during the hit Happier and other times. Marshmello managed, throughout the evening, to maintain an energy level of 10.

Like any good self-respecting DJ, Christopher Comstock provokes adrenaline rushes with excerpts from, among others, Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes, We Like to Party by the Vengaboys and Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana.

He abandoned, during the final portion of his show, the syncopated rhythms, which were beginning to be a little redundant, with a good version of Numb, simple which he launched in June, Be Kind with the voice of Halsey and come

As tradition dictates, during this electro party, beach items were plentiful among the crowd with multicolored pool noodles, beach balls, flying sharks and... a male inflatable doll.

Oliver on fire

Flames, smoke, laser beams are all well and good, but to be enjoyable, electro evenings must, first and foremost, consist of good beats.

What Oliver Heldens understood before the arrival of Marshmello. Good "beats", he had a large quantity in his computer.

The DJ from the Netherlands accompanied his single Koala with a few bars of Madonna, a version of I Was Made For Loving You by Kiss and Le Freak by Chic, creating a supercharged club atmosphere. He set the Plains on fire. It even danced in the corporate tents and in the VIP area. That's good to say. That could be.

We even got a remixed and faster version of Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 by Pink Floyd, Une belle histoire de Fugain et de son Big Bazar et Désenchantée by Mylène Farmer to put an end to her performance. What more can I say. Oliver Heldens was flawless on the Plains.

“You are amazing. I love you Quebec,” he said, behind his equipment. Let's say the 27-year-old DJ from Rotterdam who set the bar high for Marshmello.

His home

Known as Millimetrik, Pascal Asselin, DJ from Quebec City, had a great time when he performed on the big Plaines stage at 7 p.m. to kick off the evening.

Intense, epic and memorable are the three words that came out of his mouth when asked to sum up his 35-minute stint on the boards.

"I had often dreamed of performing on the Plains, telling myself that it couldn't be done and that I was too small for that," he said in a backstage interview. after his performance.

Millimetrik had already bought his pass for the Festival when programming director Louis Bellavance asked him to be there.

"I didn't want to miss Rage Against the Machine," he said, wishing now that it would be possible.

Accompanied by drummer Jean-Michel Perrier and two dancers, Millimetrik offered several tracks from his album Sun-Drenched launched last year. Dominic Pelletier and Liana Bureau came to sing a few titles in front of a good crowd, the biggest of her career.

"It's our home here. You have no idea how good it feels to be in your city and on this fucking stage there, ”he said at the start of his visit to the boards.

We could see a Quebec flag in front of the stage and we felt a beautiful “vibe” set up during L’Enfant du feu.

MIllimetrik began his performance with a lot of drums and electronic percussion. A nod to his past as a drummer. What gave a summer entry, dynamic and with big sound.

“I had all kinds of thoughts preparing for this show. I chose to go with my color and be myself. What I do is a lighter house and with percussion. 10 or 15 years ago, when I was younger, I would have done like everyone else. I'm not saying this to brag, but I've been incorporating drum sounds into my music for 10 years. I believe in it,” he said.

With the cancellation of Australian Alison Wonderland's performance due to illness, fans of "beats" were treated to Oliver Lee and James Carter of the British duo Snakehips.

On a reconnu Party Up (Up in Here) de DMX, September de Earth Wind and Fire et les succès Don’t Leave et All My Friends.