Hindsight: Amon Tobin @ The Ogden
In modern electronica circles, it’s all about keeping up with the Joneses’ light show. Daft Punk’s pyramid is considered the godfather of modern shows by most. Deadmau5 hired part of Daft Punk’s team to fabricate his cube. And now Amon Tobin is the toast of the interwebz with his new V Squared Labs-designed toy. Tobin...
Dance Floorgasm: The Unified Field w/ Eskmo, Alex Grey & more
Dubstep is practically mainstream these days, but, if what’s left of my memory serves me correctly, the first time I remember hearing nearly an entire set of it was when a Colorado festival called Sonic Bloom went down in Winter Park circa 2008. Bassnectar was at the helm, and I was used to the “omnitempo...
Snow Ballin’: Lights, Lips & Bassnectar
I would happily endure freezing temperatures to witness The Flaming Lips. I don’t have the hots for any weather girls–thus haven’t the foggiest how cold it’ll be in Vail this Sunday–but I do know Wayne Cone and company are touching down for day three of the first ever Snowball Music Festival. Snowball’s premise is simple:...
Beat Diet: Eskmo
Beatmakers with competent pipes are tough to come by. Bjork, Jamie Lidell and Denver’s Joman are a few examples of individuals that can both program a mean drum pattern and rock a mic. San Fransisco’s Eskmo is another. Deriving his almost-indigenous alias from a 1979 Residents record, Brendan Angelides first connected a Miracle keyboard, a...
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