Map & Compass: Discovering Mount Kimbie
Following their buzz-worthy performances at this year’s South by Southwest, Mount Kimbie makes a quick stop in Denver to play Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom tonight, April 6, before carrying on to the desert for an appearance at Coachella. Trying to tack a label onto the music that Mount Kimbie creates is like trying to describe the...
Snowdown: Z-Trippin’
We Coloradans love the white stuff. While I’m sure the Colombian kind has its share of fans here too, I’m referring to the variety Old Man Winter manufactures on Mother Earth’s face. God’s dandruff, if you’re of the “invisible man in the sky” persuasion. In case you’ve been hiding under a non-Rocky Mountain rock, SIA’s...
mpFree: Pretty Lights’ proteges Break Science & Paper Diamond
Pretty Lights, Fort Collins’ biggest musical export, already excels in the sight and sound departments. Derek Vincent Smith, the man behind the Lights, is now gunning for taste. Taste-making, to be precise. Pretty Lights Music, Smith’s burgeoning record label, saw its second and third releases yesterday, via PrettyLightsMusic.com. Releasing records used to cost imprints a...
MMJ DJ: Mix Master Mike
Mix Master Mike--The Serial Wax Killer--shares the bill with Mickey Avalon, Asher Roth and Denver's own Flobots this weekend at KushCon II, a medical marijuana convention at The Denver Convention Center.
NocturnOwl: Caspa
When it comes to bottom end, Caspa’s on top. Dubstep, a subsonic-obsessed electronica genre that’s popularity is especially high in The Mile High, is his proverbial oyster. Formerly known as Quiet Storm, Caspa first made noise with “Bass Bins”, a track that was touted by BBC 1extra’s J Da Flex way back in 2003. Naming...
NocturnOwl: Dubsteppin’ into the Mainstream
In last week's Music Monday blog, I mentioned Rolling Stone's “Dance Takeover†mini-feature. Black-Eyed Peas producer David Guetta kicks off the section and LCD Soundsystem scores the majority of ink, but half of one page is dedicated to “Fresh Beatsâ€, a chart-like breakdown of popular emerging electronica genres or “Clubland's Latest Soundsâ€....
303′s Master Mix: DJ Mu$a
Mu$a is a master of aural kung fu. Two full decades behind the decks tend to facilitate that kind of skill level. Fittingly, Bruce Lee is one of his biggest influences. Lee once advised “Be like water making its way through cracksâ€; Mu$a follows Lee's counsel to a tee, perpetually filling the...
Aural Pleasure: VibeSquad
Whoever said white men can't crunk? Eerie-based Aaron Holstein is a walking argument to the contrary. Better known as VibeSquad, Holstein has been not-so-quietly churning out crunkadelic, bass-heavy beats in his hole-in-the-wall home studio for over a decade now. The VibeSquad sound is catching on too. Ever since laptop artists like Bassnectar and...
Aural Pleasure: Eprom
Eprom, shorthand for erasable programmable read-only memory, is the moniker of Bay Area-based Sander Dennis, slated to slay Owsley's Golden Road (2151 Lawrence) this Friday, January 22. Picture Super Mario getting his freak on, a la Missy Elliot, and you'll have an inkling of what to expect from his set.
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