Build Your Own Electric Zoo 2026 Hitster Pack with Hitify

Every Labor Day weekend, one of the world's most electric gatherings takes over Randall's Island in New York City. Electric Zoo is North America's premier outdoor electronic music festival, drawing over 85,000 fans across three days to a neon-lit island party packed with the biggest names in EDM, house, techno, trance, and bass music.

First launched in 2009, Electric Zoo helped define the golden age of electronic dance music in North America. Whether you're making the trip to New York this September or celebrating the festival vibe from home, there's no better way to channel that energy than building your own Electric Zoo-inspired Hitster pack. With Hitify, you can identify all the iconic anthems that have rocked this legendary festival and turn them into the ultimate music quiz card game.

What is Electric Zoo?

Electric Zoo was founded in 2009 on Randall's Island, a 480-acre park sitting in the East River between Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx. The location itself is part of the magic: festival-goers arrive by ferry with the Manhattan skyline as a backdrop, and the music plays on until long after dark.

The festival quickly became the defining EDM event of the East Coast, arriving just as the genre was exploding globally. Acts like Deadmau5, Skrillex, Avicii, and Martin Garrix helped shape what Electric Zoo sounded like in its early years. Today, the lineup spans everything from progressive house and techno to dubstep, drum and bass, and future bass, with multiple stages running simultaneously across the island.

What sets Electric Zoo apart is its energy. New York crowds are notoriously passionate, and the combination of world-class production, iconic artists, and a unique island setting creates an atmosphere you won't find anywhere else on the festival circuit.

What is Hitster?

Hitster is the addictive music card game where you guess the release year of songs. Each card has a QR code that plays the real track on your phone. You listen to a snippet and try to place the card in the right spot on your personal timeline, between your oldest and newest cards. The player who builds the most accurate timeline wins.

With Hitify, you can scan songs from any source, instantly identify them, and add them to your own custom Hitster deck. Want to build a pack entirely from festival anthems? Done. Want to test your friends on every track that ever dropped on an Electric Zoo main stage? Even better.

Build Your Electric Zoo Hitster Pack

• "Ghosts 'n' Stuff" - Deadmau5 ft. Rob Swire (2009) - the track that launched a thousand memes and cemented Deadmau5 as an icon before Electric Zoo even existed
• "Take Over Control" - Afrojack ft. Eva Simons (2010) - the Dutch DJ's explosive breakthrough that became one of the anthems of early EDM's rise
• "Levels" - Avicii (2011) - arguably the most important progressive house track ever made, still capable of stopping a crowd in its tracks
• "Titanium" - David Guetta ft. Sia (2011) - the crossover hit that proved electronic music could dominate pop radio without losing its soul
• "Sun & Moon" - Above & Beyond ft. Richard Bedford (2011) - the trance anthem that sends shivers down the spine of anyone who's ever been to a late-night set
• "Bangarang" - Skrillex (2011) - the Grammy-winning dubstep banger that introduced millions to the heavier side of electronic music
• "Clarity" - Zedd ft. Foxes (2012) - the pop-infused EDM crossover that swept award ceremonies and stadium playlists worldwide
• "Spaceman" - Hardwell (2012) - the euphoric trance-influenced anthem that launched the Dutch DJ to festival headline slots worldwide
• "Animals" - Martin Garrix (2013) - released when Garrix was just 17, this relentless big-room banger still packs every dancefloor
• "Heroes (we could be)" - Alesso ft. Tove Lo (2014) - the Swedish duo's emotional festival moment that remains a crowd favourite years later
• "Alone" - Marshmello (2016) - the future bass anthem that introduced a new generation to electronic music with a melody no one can forget
• "Call on Me" - Eric Prydz (2004) - the progressive house classic that pre-dates Electric Zoo but never fails to send a crowd into euphoria when it drops at midnight

Ready to test yourself and your friends? Use Hitify to scan, identify, and collect all these tracks. Build your Electric Zoo Hitster pack and find out who really knows their EDM history. Bring it to your Labor Day party and let the games begin.