Chris Lake & Fisher Bring Under Construction to Head Trip Festival

Before the interruption, their return to the polo grounds made sense. Under Construction had already played Coachella in 2023, and the partnership has become a particularly effective vehicle for taking tech house into enormous outdoor spaces. Lake’s tightly engineered records and FISHER’s unmistakable appetite for a party give the billing a clear identity. The music is built to be physically legible at scale, with bass lines and vocal fragments that register quickly and leave plenty of room for a crowd to respond.

At Head Trip, the visual treatment leaned into the name. Industrial construction imagery, heavy lighting, and lasers gave the performance an aesthetic that matched the music’s bluntness. The stage could have overwhelmed a subtler set. Here, the size worked in the DJs’ favor, letting the machinery of the production become part of the entertainment. The shared concept held together because the songs and the visuals were trying to create the same kind of party.

Their own records supplied recognizable points of impact. FISHER’s “Losing It” remains a festival weapon, its central hook doing an immense amount of work with very little excess. Lake’s “La Noche,” made with Skrillex and Anita B Queen, brought a different vocal presence into the set. Together, those selections showed why Under Construction can support more than a novelty billing: the two artists have enough music, and enough shared understanding of what that music does in a large field, to sustain the premise.

The revised Saturday timetable was supposed to leave Calvin Harris next. Instead, the lightning warning prompted an evacuation, and the remainder of the night was canceled. Definitely a (necessary) bummer for the fans at the fest, but it led to an epic day two.