The actor, who performs Vecna within the iconic sci-fi sequence, took over the DJ sales space at a Comedian-Con occasion in San Diego.
For 4 seasons, Jamie Campbell Bower’s job as Vecna was to make Stranger Issues followers soar at each creak in the home. This weekend at Comedian-Con, his job was making them dance.
The actor stepped behind the DJ sales space for a shock DJ set at IGN‘s occasion on the Onerous Rock Resort, an invite-only affair. Visitors anticipating themed cocktails and photograph ops as an alternative received a full-blown DJ set from the Upside Down’s resident nightmare gas, who dropped dubstep, drum & bass and French home music, together with spins of Daft Punk’s ‘More durable, Higher, Sooner, Stronger’ and Justice’s ‘Genesis.’
Bower, whose work because the telekinetic villain Vecna turned him right into a family title, minimize his enamel as a musician lengthy earlier than Stranger Issues. He labored as a DJ as a teen in London earlier than fronting the punk band Counterfeit for years, and today he releases post-hardcore music underneath the solo undertaking BloodMagic.
In a post-performance interview, Bower, 37, mentioned he hadn’t DJed since he was 18. When requested about his “craziest” DJ expertise, he recalling assembly and hanging out with Skrillex.
“I haven’t DJed since I used to be like 18, after I was actually younger,” he mentioned after the efficiency. “I used to work round within the London indie scene again within the day and there was a membership evening known as ‘Frog’ at at Astoria 2, or Imply Fiddler, which now now not exists in London. We used to simply DJ on Saturday evening. It will open at 11 and shut at like 2, I believe it was, and it was at all times a very enjoyable expertise. It’s only a cool factor to share music with individuals.”
The DJ set capped off a wild day for Bower, who earlier stormed Corridor H with information that he’s becoming a member of Season 3 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy as a serious new forged member. At one level, he added, he noticed Daniel Weyman, who performs Gandalf The Gray in Prime Video’s hit sequence, vibing within the crowd.
You may watch a big portion of Bower’s DJ set under.
