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Lightning In A Bottle Tix On Sale Today!
By Drift Dodgers at January 16, 2012 | 7:58 pm | 0 Comment
Lightning In A Bottle has established itself as the can't-miss underground music festival of the summer, and tickets have become an issue. The First Tier and Car Camping sold out within hours this morning, and the whole event will sell out soon, so we urge you to grab your tickets now. Revisit last year's LIB and remember or discover what makes it so special with our more...
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New Thriftworks Album is a Free Gem
By Drift Dodgers at January 15, 2012 | 12:13 pm | 0 Comment
Thriftworks returns with a more polished and engaging version of his lush and organic hip-hop beats - although you can barely call them that anymore. Though certain elements of the musical roots remain, an arsenal of modern bass and diverse samples have been unleashed. Using haunting and exotic vocal samples, delicate strings and gangster bass, he has brought us an more...
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Birds of Paradise – Ascended Blasters EP Out Now!
By IntuiSean at January 9, 2012 | 10:14 am | 0 Comment
We've been eagerly awaiting the first release by Birds of Paradise (Bird of Prey & Gibson) - The Ascended Blasters EP is set to drop on Monday January 9th, bringing us a danceable brand of psydub. Prepare yourselves for a journey through a mystical land of pulsing bass lines and uplifting synths. Birds of Paradise incorporates a playful, tropical element to more...
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Artist Spotlight: GIBSON
By Drift Dodgers at January 6, 2012 | 2:37 pm | 1 Comments
Tyler Gibson has been writing and DJing electronic music for nearly a decade. He has a great new EP out and a Birds of Paradise debut album in the works, a collaborative project with Torin Goodnight (Bird of Prey). See Video of their live debut at Earthdance 2011 HERE "While still electronic, Birds of Paradise offers organic, tropical qualities. Their fusion of more...
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Artist Spotlight: Nicolas Jaar (Clown & Sunset)
By Drift Dodgers at November 28, 2011 | 2:24 am | 0 Comment
Nicolas Jaar is an electronic music prodigy and multi-instrumentalist who at 21 produces elite beats and runs the Clown & Sunset label in NYC.. Born in NY, he grew up in Santiago, Chile, returning to the states as a teenager. Haunted by Mulatu Astatke and Erik Satie, he started to make music in 2004 at the age of 14. The organic house and downtempo beats he more...
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For Your Head: Doc Riz Mixes
By Drift Dodgers at November 22, 2011 | 8:43 pm | 0 Comment
Tyler Risom, known as Doc Riz, is making a name for himself in Portland, OR. He is a Portal Patch veteran and proud papa of the two killer mixes featured below. Enjoy the talent of this young man and catch him live before he's all blown up. These sets show tremendous skill and an understanding of many genres, encompassing both hard-edged bass music and dubstep, as more...
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New Discoveries At Earthdance 2011 – Accounts & Video
By Drift Dodgers at October 17, 2011 | 1:40 am | 0 Comment
After nine festivals this summer and living in the van for months, traveling both coasts, going into debt to make it to the burn, then barely escaping LA, it didn't make practical sense for me to go to Earthdance.. but it was also more necessary for me than any festival has ever been. It became a catalyst for getting to Norcal immediately; It was something to look more...
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Bird of Prey – Production Q & A, “Birds of Paradise” Debut
By Drift Dodgers at October 2, 2011 | 9:09 am | 4 Comments
Bird of Prey (Torin Goodnight): Hey! So the week of Burning Man I decided to offer a Q&A session to anyone that had production questions they wanted to ask me. I then spent a good hour or so responding to them as honestly and thorough as possible. Since many people were away, I wanted to repost my responses so that anyone who may be interested but missed it can have more...
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Artist Spotlight: Kalya Scintilla
By Drift Dodgers at September 29, 2011 | 5:02 pm | 1 Comments
Kalya Scintilla is Yaegon Lamagier - with a name like that, who needs a moniker? This Australian gypsy producer is quickly gaining a reputation in the West Coast community for his unique brand of tribal dubstep-infused beats. Using horns and his signature violin, as well as a wide array of drums and womps, he creates deep and diverse compositions that patiently build more...
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SubSynthesis Presents Bass From Above: Vol. 2
By Drift Dodgers at September 18, 2011 | 2:07 pm | 0 Comment
This week (September 15th) marks the official release of SubSynthesis.com's highly anticipated Bass From Above: Volume 2 compilation album; an established compilation series that has already raised almost $1000.00 dollars for the Japanese Red Cross in direct aid of Tsunami and Crisis Relief. The homies at SubSynthesis plan on continuing the series with an more...
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For Your Head: Desert Dwellers Mixes
By Drift Dodgers at September 10, 2011 | 3:35 pm | 1 Comments
Desert Dwellers is a longtime collaboration between electronic music pioneers Amani Friend and Treavor Moontribe. It has become a ‘virtual band’, using the internet as a collaborative space in which concept albums are created with cutting edge techniques that blend the modern edge of electronica with ancient sounds. Based in Santa Fe, Desert Dwellers has grown more...
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Mouthwatering Earthdance Lineup & New Location!
By Drift Dodgers at September 8, 2011 | 6:06 pm | 1 Comments
The Earthdance International Peace Festival is the world's largest synchronized music event supporting world peace and sustainability. The 15th annual Earthdance event will take place on the weekend of September 24th and will unite over 400 locations in 70 countries across the world to create the most conscious global festival of our time. After 8 successful years, more...
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The Big Up 2011 – Best Fest In The Northeast
By Drift Dodgers at August 24, 2011 | 1:35 am | 2 Comments
It seems like a simple enough formula: Find a beautiful natural setting, bring some speakers and artists, and have a great party.. Anyone who knows anything about festivals knows there's nothing simple about making this happen however. There are so many variables and societal restrictions, its a rare and special moment when it all comes together just right, as we more...
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Monday Mix 7: Inaudible – Speakerface
By Drift Dodgers at August 22, 2011 | 9:28 am | 1 Comments
Rising UK producer Inaudible brings us a diverse, melodic-yet-brutal mix of his originals and remixes. It's glitchy, mid-tempo bass music with a hard edge but enough complexity and synth layers to keep it interesting. Adding fireballs and lasers to vocal and instrumental samples, he creates a new brand of "underwater sticky funk", as described by a soundcloud commenter. more...
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Track of the Week: Railroad Earth – “Long Way To Go”
By Drift Dodgers at August 10, 2011 | 10:07 am | 0 Comment
At this point, the festival season is over for many and real life is kicking back in. For some, the summer's adventures have only begun. I heard "Long Way To Go" in the campgrounds at the Phish festival and it got me thinkin bout all the way I've come and how far there is ahead of me. Railroad Earth is a quality bluegrass jamband, and I've seen them here and there more...
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Monday Mix 6: DJ UMB – Beautiful Dervish (A Journey into Sufi Dub)
By Drift Dodgers at August 8, 2011 | 8:35 am | 0 Comment
DJ UMB is a masterful DJ that seeks to incorporate sounds from all over the world with popular styles like Dub, Dubstep, Lazer Glitch and House. Co-Editor of the Generation Bass Blog, he has held down residencies at London clubs and put together over 40 free mixtapes, ranging from "Transnational Dubstep" to "Afreaka" beats; check his Soundcloud. Tribal more...
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For Your Head: phidelity – The Man, The Mixes
By Drift Dodgers at July 28, 2011 | 12:57 pm | 0 Comment
The multi-talented Kris Northern out of Portland, OR, is one of the greatest minds in the music industry. Creating as phidelity, the prolific producer tries his hand at every genre out there, from House to Dubstep to Funk, Uptempo dance to Downtempo chill-out. A developing producer of strange, glitchy concoctions, he is a staple of northwest sound, a popular blogger more...
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Phish – SuperBall IX Videos, Photos & Review
By Drift Dodgers at July 19, 2011 | 11:06 am | 6 Comments
Phish SuperBall IX, Watkins Glen, NY July1-3, 2011 Scorching versions of: Bathtub Gin Wolfman's Brother Crosseyed & Painless Reba What's The Use? Grab the rest at LivePhish.com! SuperBall IX marked Phish's triumphant return to the Northeast festival scene. Their first east coast event of this magnitude since the disastrous Coventry in 2004, the more...
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Monday Mix 4: Dov – Chaos Throttle
By Drift Dodgers at July 11, 2011 | 2:24 pm | 0 Comment
Dov is the man behind the Muti Music record label in San Francisco. A selector at heart, he compulsively watches new artists and picks tunes for your dancing / listening pleasure. He produces everything from Dubstep to Breaks, receiving accolades for collaborations with An-ten-nae and ill.Gates. He's known for energetic sets that delve as hard into a tranquil more...
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Raindance Campout 2011 – Videos From The Frontier Of Sound
By Drift Dodgers at July 7, 2011 | 10:52 pm | 1 Comments
The Raindance Campout has intrigued me for a long time - the intimate gathering of west coast bass freaks was calling me home, and when Tipper's surprise set created a national buzz last year it jumped to the top of the list. At a new location in Saratoga Springs, CA, the small festival featured an incredible lineup this year, and after such an amazing time at Lightning more...
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