Rafts, Cakes, Robots & More: Steve Aoki Breaks Down His Insane Live Shows
If you've never seen Steve Aoki in person, chances are that you've at least heard about the EDM maestro's signature insane live shows. He's made news by venturing out into the crowd on a raft (a practice he started at Coachella in 2009), bringing huge cakes out on stage just to threw them in peoples' faces (he introduced this in 2011–because he needed something new), and, most recently, having huge dancing robots on stage.
Aoki sat down for an exclusive interview to explain why he works so hard on adding crazy flourishes to his gigs–watch it above!
"The basis of all this is, 'How can I get the crowd involved with the show?' Whether it's like, I'm caking someone and that person's involved, or the entire crowd that's watching is part of it just by seeing the reaction," he says.
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