Recap: FIGURE at the Electric Factory

Over the weekend, Figure (a.k.a. Josh Gard) took over the Electric Factory with his bass filled dubstep and drumstep. Johnny V, Mojo Risin and Love City DJs got the crowd going before he graced the stage with his presence. House of Hearts hosted this event as well as providing thousands of glow sticks and free neon body painting for all who attended. This was a black-light, glow party and there were very strong rave vibes throughout the whole night. A lot of people around my age (20's) were turned off by the fact that it was an all ages event, but from what I saw a lot of the underage audience kept it together, or left fairly early which was fine by us. Almost everyone was dressed in some sort of neon, black-light friendly apparel, which in my previous experience was very different for a dubstep show.



The stage setup was one of the best that I've seen in Philadelphia. The back drop was a huge, intricate web like structure that I believe was plain white, so it glowed during the whole show. Every few seconds, different colors of laser lights and strobe lights would shoot out into the crowd. At one point confetti was shot onto the audience as well as random balloons. A majority of the dancers on stage were part of the House of Hearts crew, but every half hour or so two actual gogo dancers came out on stage and worked the crowd.



Everyone got rowdy as soon as Figure came on, and the dance floor began to fill up. His transitions were smooth and he definitely knew how to get the crowd going with his deep bass and extreme sounds. The light show and stage intensified along with everybody's dancing. His set was 2 hours long and for the last 30 minutes he played all new stuff, which the crowd seemed to love. Compared to the previous shows that I've attended in April, its top due to the good stage setup and choice of artist. If you are a dubstep fan, then Figure is a producer who you will not want to miss because he'll keep you dancing all night!