r/Illenium

Who fucking cares though. Who else is hyped to go back?

Here is my YouTube recording from 406. You can also find 206 and 306 if you check my channel out including the only full Tape B recording available on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/Nov1y-Ks0io?si=AxOe9RyjEF69kOWN

Here is my reasoning

406: Most immersive experience (rows 4 to 12) first row being the best for Sound (somehow the instrument separation was crazy compared to row 9 and 12)

Rarely, have to look up and Illenium’s visuals were perfectly aligned for this level. Also being farther away from the 16K screen, the visuals look more sharp- same logic as seeing 85 inch tv from farther vs closer. GA and 206 I have seen more pixels than I would like.

I would also say section 306 WC (wheel chair) matches this level and most Sphere video recording staff is here to get the best view

206: Most powerful sound experience and extremely immersive with the screen basically wrapping you but you have to look up quite a bit. This used to be my favorite section until I tried 406 first row

Fun fact: first 2 rows of 206 are called Directors row - I assume Creative visual directors sit here to judge their final product

306: Extremely immersive but sound was a miss compared to 206. Also need to look up many times to get the full picture. Hence I say 406 is best of both worlds.

If you get 306 WC, you miss out on the bass vibrations of the seats. Although you could stand and throw down pretty well as you are not blocking anyone’s view.

I always attend 1-2 GA shows with friends. GA is just not right to compare as it’s a completely organic experience with lots of neck strain lol 😂but I don’t care for visuals when I am in GA. My recording has been complete by then :)

Ps. I record on the best settings, dark screen and not putting my phone on eye level but my chest level - don’t want to bother people

Enjoy :)

Just wanted to share my personal experience. I joined this thread a few months ago because I just so happened to be going to Vegas the final weekend of the sphere concert and decided to buy tickets. I did not know a single thing about ILLENIUM so I was going in blind. Thanks to a few amazing people on this thread I asked what to expect and what made him so special. I read up on his background and listened to his odyssey album before going with my new fiancée (I had proposed only two weeks prior). Despite listening to the album a few times I enjoyed it but it wasn’t anything where I was out of this world excited, for context I’m more of a dubstep excision guy.

Then the day came. Friday night with DJ diesel as the opener. Head-banged a bit had a good time and then the countdown appears. The atmosphere completely changes, you hear snippets of the different songs in the beginning, songs I listened to before coming but I start to feel a wave of emotions seeing and hearing it live for the first time. Phoenix egg appears and as soon as the phoenix appears a RUSH of emotions came through me. I knew this wasn’t going to be no ordinary concert. I went in with the expectation to take many videos (I vlog dates with my fiancée to keep as memories for our future kids). But I couldn’t help but be in awe. It was the first time I just wanted to be fully present and enjoy the moment. This concert changed me. It was the first time I didn’t feel stress from the two jobs. The first time I was taken away from all the problems I had in my life. For that hour and a half I felt alive. The concert changed me and coming back home all I can think about is the feeling I had during the concert. I don’t think there’s ever going to be a concert that makes me feel the same way that the production ILLENIUM provided that day did. It holds so much meaning especially since it was the first vacation me and my fiancée has ever taken and our first concert together after being engaged. Ever since that day I have been listening to all of ILLENIUMS discography. All I want to do now is go to his next new tour. If I had the money and time I would go to his new announced dates in July. I’m left without words, trying to explain the feeling and what I saw will never do justice of actually being there live. Safe to say I’m a huge new fan and now I listen to his music with new meaning. It was just beautiful.

But anyways thank you for reading and check out the picture of the framed vinyl I got of his album to have as a memorabilia of that day.

Hey everyone, just wanted to share my playlist with my fellow Illenials that might appreciate it. Spent some time to mix the Sphere set list as accurate as I could to how it sounds at the show. Not perfect due to Spotify’s barebones mix feature but I hope it helps fill the void until the July shows! See y’all there! Shoutout to DerekD2 for his show uploads on YouTube, they were great help!

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Enjoy! Feel free to share!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2c0H8K2RhdCQmT8JJUDPcH?si=I38qH_arS4CkX0qI7DDIMw&pi=CHNU97vxS0C5O