Jakwob came on stage at just about midnight to a very anticipatory crowd. The three openers were nothing special - no big names, just local acts. Santa Barbara has no venues for small EDM acts like Jakwob. And I'm only saying that he's small in comparison to Tiesto who played the Santa Barbara Bowl two years ago.
Santa Barbara is home to UCSB who has its own fair share of producers and burgeoning DJs; and so, many of the supporting acts at EDM events around the town feature local names. The only name on the Facebook event that was listed as an opener was Archive '95 - his soundcloud is devoid of information and his FB page nonexistant. I'd like to tell you more but there's nothing really there.
Jakwob is known for his deeper bass sounds and trying out different genres at his live shows. We didn't see much of the deep bass that was expected, and it seemed that Jakwob knew his crowd. UCSB and SBCC students from all over the county - Isla Vista, Goleta, downtown SB - flock to State Street for the bars and night life and Jakwob definitely put in a good job of getting the crowd going. The true fans in the crowd however were left a little disappointed. Either I wasn't listening, or he didn't play many of his own tunes. His remix of Ellie Goulding's 'Under the Sheets' made the cut, but hits like 'Let It Fall', 'The Prize', or 'Electrify' were noticeably missing.
So in all, it was a bit of a let down. But don't worry if you missed the SB show, he's playing again at Dim Mak Studios on August 6th. I suspect that might be a better show - the LA crowd is much more discerning than Santa Barbara and Dim Mak Studios is known for their quality shows.
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