Hot off the success of last Saturday’s ‘Nether Meant’ (which raised over $8,000 for Good360’s COVID-19 relief efforts), virtual event masterminds Open Pit have made good on their promise that “more [was] to come soon”. ‘Square Garden’ – which will take place at 11pm BST on 24th April – will be their second Minecraft-based festival in under a fortnight, this time in support of the charity Feeding America. 

The event is fittingly being co-hosted by post-genre (hell, maybe even post-music???) duo 100 gecs, who legend has it played their very first ‘live’ gig at the Minecraft festival ‘Coalchella’ back in September 2018. The group are also headlining alongside Charli XCX, Cashmere Cat & Benny Blanco. The rammed setlist dwarfs ‘Nether Meant’ in both scale and scope, boasting electropop outfit Kero Kero Bonito, as well as PC Music staples A.G. Cook, GFOTY, Danny L Harle, and umru. ‘Square Garden’ looks to cement Open Pit as the kings of this year’s inevitable online festival circuit. I, for one, welcome our new cyberspace overlords.

For those who don’t own a copy of Minecraft, you can stream the event via 100 gec’s YouTube channel and website. 

Formed in 2015, 100 gecs is an electronic duo from America, consisting of Dylan Brady and Laura Les. The duo has risen to fame in the electronic music scene with many cult-like followers. Their music can be described as abrasive, maximalist pop music that could be off-putting for some listeners, but with their eccentric craft that blends wide-ranging genres from pop punk, dubstep, hip-hop, ska, trance, to metal makes the duo become highly popular amongst the indie listeners.

In May 2019, the weird duo released their debut album 1000 gecs. The record contains ten tracks with well-known tracks like “money machine” and “800db cloud“. It also receives critical acclaim from numerous music critics—such as Pitchfork, Rolling Stones, Stereogum, and The New York Times—that put the album on their ‘Best Of’ list of 2019.

This year, Brady and Les are set to drop a remixed album of their debut LP named 1000 gecs & The Tree of Clues. The album was initially teased with two remixes of their own songs by A. G. Cook and Injury Reserve. Following these two remixes, they have released a brand new remixed track of “ringtone”. The remix version is a collaboration with British PC music queen Charli XCX, American rapper Rico Nasty, and British indie band Kero Kero Bonito’s Sarah Bonito, resulting in an extreme fun track filled with all-star weirdos in pop music.

For 100 gecs and Charli XCX, the remix rendition of “ringtone” is not the first time they work together. Dylan Brady is listed as one of the producers of “Click”, the track off Charli XCX’s eponymous third studio album.

On June 3, 100 gecs is set to play a show at The Underworld Camden, London. Unfortunately, the tickets have already been sold out.