March 6, 2026 – Washington, DC
Friday night's Horny House Tour stop at Echostage was one of those nights where the lineup, the room, and the floor all aligned.
Doors opened at 10PM. I missed most of SKILAH's opening set — caught her tail end around 11:30 — but if you haven't looked her up yet, fix that. I saw her on Groove Cruise earlier this year and she's legitimately one to watch.
Kamino held the room from 11:45 to 12:45, and he was a genuine surprise. Tech-house backbone, but with a club nostalgia you don't always get in this format — the kind of stuff that hits harder in a room than it does in a playlist. The standout moment: his "Unhinged" edit of Fred Again x Da Hool's Victory Lap — two records smashed into something feral and euphoric. Most of the floor didn't register what they were hearing, but that edit was the kind of thing you rewind after the fact. He followed it with a "Face Melt" flip of Lil Wayne's "A Milli" and the crowd locked in immediately. DC should book him back — soon.
SIDEPIECE took over at 12:45 and held court for just over two hours. The set was exactly what you want from them: bump-heavy tech-house, vocal hooks that stick, bass-house edges scattered throughout, and zero filler. Builds ramped up clean, drops landed, cooldowns didn't overstay their welcome. Sound was crisp from where I was standing — every kick clean, no mud. No secret IDs teased as far as I could tell, but the flow didn't need them. This was a surgical high-energy set, not a single peak-and-crash arc.
Around 1AM, the guys dropped their iconic remix of Ke$ha's Die Young — tech-house muscle underneath a hook most of this crowd grew up on. The room didn't need convincing.
A SIDEPIECE set isn't complete without Cash Out. Every lyric, every person, no hesitation. This one launched them into a different stratosphere when it dropped and it still hits the same way live.
If you caught John Summit's marathon Club Space set in Miami last year (over 8 hours!), you heard him tease this one. Experts Only picked it up and released it later in 2025 — and hearing it in a room this size made the case for why it circulated so fast. The drum work alone is a statement; the tech-house drop that follows is just SIDEPIECE reminding you they don't do ordinary.
Phones up, hands up, and yes — a few tears. The room was completely locked in for this one. Pure floor magic.
If this one's already on your gym playlist, you already know. Their flip of Khia's 2002 classic My Neck, My Back into a 2025 club weapon is exactly the kind of move that reminds you why these two work so well together. For the OG ravers in the room, this one hit different.
Overall, SIDEPIECE absolutely delivered. Worth noting: advance tickets were mid-$40s plus fees, the show sold out online, but the floor had actual breathing room. No shoulder-to-shoulder situation like recent Echostage nights with Subtronics or Tiësto. They let bodies spill onto the stage behind the decks, and the density felt right — thick enough to feel the collective drop, loose enough to actually dance. That's not always a given in that room, and it made a difference.
Lasers and the neon rig did their thing all night. Echostage production is consistently elite — that part's expected. The real win was the floor energy: people actually moving, not just surviving.
SKILAH and Kamino warmed it up right, SIDEPIECE delivered, and the room stayed locked until the lights came up.
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