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Shambhala 2020 – Free Live-Stream

July 14, 2020 By Michael Morahan

SHAMBHALA MUSIC FESTIVAL DROPS LINEUP FOR SHAMBHALA AT HOME: A VIRTUAL STREAMING EVENT

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SHAMBHALA MUSIC FESTIVAL DROPS SHAMBHALA AT HOME: A VIRTUAL STREAMING EVENT

Shambhala Music Festival, Canada’s longest-running electronic music festival, is proud to present Shambhala at Home, a virtual festival featuring over 40 DJs, performers, workshops, and more. The digital festival will stream on Mixcloud and is free of charge. Running from July 23-25, 2020, the digital festival will run over the same weekend that the 23rd Annual Shambhala Music Festival was to take place and comes just months after the festival announced it’s postponement.

The lineup for the event was released on July 8 and features a stacked roster of talent from across the globe, as well as workshops, yoga, and more. From up-and-comers, through to world-renowned DJs, the lineup reflects a heavy push from event organizers towards booking an inclusive and culturally diverse lineup. Featuring the likes of Claptone, Clozee, Craze, DJ Jazzy Jeff and so much more, the lineup is slated to be a fan favorite with the Shambhala Family.

“We were beyond devastated to postpone the festival this year after running consecutively for 22 years, so we are delighted to put this online event together and have a way to reconnect with our guests who, after many years, are family to us.

I know our ‘Farmily’ are warriors of the heart. Together, through this event, I want us all to set the intention for next years' festival to move beyond our fear and to be a place where we can love the strangers that we meet on the dance floor.” - Jimmy Bundschuh, Festival Founder & Owner.

Shambhala began in 1998 as a grassroots gathering of 500 people on founder Jimmy Bundschuh’s family farm in Salmo British Columbia. Today, Shambhala Music Festival is still Canada’s longest-running electronic dance music festival. The independently-run music festival takes place annually on a breathtaking family-run farm in Salmo, British Columbia.  Each year festival-goers have the chance to experience the best of what nature has to offer throughout four blissful days while witnessing hundreds of world-class artists across six unique stages, each curated and run by their own stage directors.

RSVP to the Facebook Event for all the details. A full event schedule will be released closer to the event dates.

Links

 Mixcloud | Facebook Event

Stay Connected: 

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Filed Under: Canada, EARTH, Festival, North America, Shambhala Tagged With: Event, Festival, Free, freio, Freio Music, Live, Music, Music Festival, online, Remote, Shambhala, Stream

A New Path Forward

May 6, 2020 By Michael

A New Path Forward for the Music Industry

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Unique Times - Early 2020 

Festivals all over the world are being canceled, postponed, or reimagined due to the Covid-19 outbreak.  Since the dawn of the internet, there have never been such far-ranging closures, travel restrictions, gathering prohibitions, government-mandated lockdowns, and stay at home orders.  Seemingly overnight, the world has changed. The world has adapted. Many people are 'working from home' as a result.

Two of the most startling visual representations of the drastic change experienced across the world include:

  1.  The Decrease of Pollution in China as Seen from Space
  2.  The Decrease in Percentage of People Traveling Within Cities Across the Globe

The drastic changes in society have caused many artists to rethink their approach, dust off their online marketing skills, and rekindle those email lists.  Gone are the golden days of the recording industry when artists could make money from physical sales of CDs, Tapes, and Records.  Are the golden days of touring gone too? Many artists have turned online for answers.  

New Opportunities

It seems as though this is just the beginning.  The door has been opened for a while but people are catching on to the possibilities afforded by high-speed internet and the creations of talented computer software engineers who make the whole process happen seamlessly.  While earning money online is not novel, it is becoming more widespread and mainstream.  Festivals are popping up online.  Artists are streaming from their homes, and people are finally tuning in to be apart of the live events happening left and right. Bands are playing to in-person crowds of zero while streaming their sets to thousands.  Large organizations are amplifying the movement even further and some are even raising money for charities on top of that.

A New Frontiers - Online Festivals

Let's take a deep dive into a recent online festival. Beatport hosted an online festival, ReConnect.

The festival featured 33 hours of uninterrupted music, featured artists from around the world streaming from their homes, and raised over $180,000 in the process.  Get this, the cost of a ticket was $0!

Not even Live Nation's greedy little hands could tack on a $10+ digital 'convenience' charge. According to Beatport's' website, all of the money raised was donated to the WHO’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund as well as the AFEM (Association for Electronic Music) Members’ COVID-19 Hardship Fund. Although, on a different page there is the "Bridges for Music" organization that is cited as a recipient of donations. Regardless, the money was definitely donated to several charitable organizations.

How did they do it you might ask? They corraled a top-notch list of acts and leveraged the artist's networks to promote the event.  Sure Beatport has its own reach but by collaborating with artists, who promoted the event and their set times, amplified the awareness for the event and leveraged geographically diverse 'influencers'.  The event was an Electronic Music Event and According to Alive 365,

ReConnect reached over 8.5 million people!

Hey Boomers, only 400,000 people attended Woodstock, for reference. That is over 21x the size of Woodstock!  The nature of the event is completely different than traditional concerts with artists live-streaming their sets from their homes. It was an intimate party.  Families, friends and strangers alike tuned in on their preferred platform.  Twitch, a gamer-centric live-streaming company helped provide the servers and tech so that millions could take part in the event.  People tuned in on YouTube as well.  All the while, live chats and donations streamed in. It is an incredible feat for technology and artists alike that people were able to come together on short notice and "ReConnect" the world through music. It is perhaps the largest music festival ever to have occurred.  A list of the largest concerts top out at 3.5 million people and the largest festival tops out at 3.1 Million attendees.

The Initial LineUp from ReConnect featured electronic musicians and DJs from around the world and included:  A-Trak, Agoria, ANNA, Axel Boman, BLOND:ISH, Bonobo (DJ set), Carl Cox, Chris Liebing, Destructo, Duke Dumont, Eats Everything, GRiZ, La Fleur, Nastia, Nicole Moudaber, Nina Kraviz, Nora En Pure, RÜFÜS DU SOL (DJ set), Sébastien Léger, Themba, Todd Terry, TOKiMONSTA, UMEK, Wax Motif, Waze & Odyssey, Gorgon City

** More artists played.  The initial 24-hour lineup above.

What does the future hold?

So back to the questions... 1. Is this the start of a major shift in the music industry?  2. Will live-streaming events continue to reshape the music scene? 3. How long before VR (Virtual Reality) / AR (Augmented Reality) live-streamed events become commonplace?  4. Will music and musicians benefit from such shifts in 'attendance'?  5. Will new forms of art emerge from the remote presence?  6. Can I still dance with people at a show? 7. Will Music Creation Change? 8. Will Music Die?

I will attempt to answer the following questions and provide my predictions for the future.  I know the only thing I know about the future is that I don't know it... Yet.  I will take the questions in stride and embrace the uncertainty.  My predictions to the above questions are addressed in order.

1. I believe this is the start of a new shift in the music industry.  No longer are we going to movie theaters to enjoy the entertainment but we now stream it from our phones, TVs, and tablets. Concerts, especially the largest artists and acts, will have a majority attendance from a remote location.  Currently, most artists have an 'in-person' audience of 0, so you could argue that it has already happened. However, I would like to believe that live in-person events will come back as strong as they were in 2019.  Another major shift in the music experience is already underway, moving from in-person to a remote live experience.  

2. Live-Streaming Events will continue and will complement the live in-person experience for years to come.  By the year 2030 there will begin to be a noticeable absence of in-person attendees at events.  To compensate for this, events will begin offering 'digital perks' at live in-person events to slow the shift. This could mean AR (Augmented Reality) art installments at live events only available for in-person attendees.  In short, there will be in-person perks offered only to those who attend physically, in an attempt to motivate people to get up off their couch and dance.  

3. This answer hinges on the word "commonplace".  I must start by referencing a great quote.  "The future is already here, it is just not evenly distributed"- William Gibson.  This is a question of human behavior not a question of technology.  According to recent stats (from early 2020) the world has a human population of 7.8 Billion people and 3.8 Billion people are not yet 'online'.  So is the internet commonplace now?  Some might argue yes.  So perhaps commonplace, for the purpose of this article, represents a ~50% market share.  To get back to the question, it is already possible to have a VR conference. Here is an article about a virtual reality conference that the writer attended in 2018. So in short, yes.  VR and AR music events are coming. It is just a matter of time before the equipment evolves and the price point is lowered so that many people can enjoy and attend the digital experience.  Live stream events in the regular 'flat' format will take over first before VR / AR live events.  When the technology finally arrives and is standardized with common formats, like mp4 videos, and can be played on a myriad of devices (Magic Leap, Google Cardboard, Oculus VR, Apple VR, Android VR, etc) live-streaming on a 2D 'flat' screen will be old fashioned, like watching a movie on a Black & White TV.  VR has been like a mirage, with interest peaking in 2016 (according to Google Trends as of the writing of this article).  My estimated time frame for a majority of content creators to start making the switch from 'flat' videos to 'VR' content is 2030.  I predict that a key technology will be the 'flattening' of the content from 'VR' to the current standard formats so the older executives can justify the switch because the content will be 'backward compatible' to run on legacy technology like your brand new smart TV.

4. I certainly hope that musicians benefit from the evolving technology but expect the future to be similar to the past.  When the record labels suffered, from the transition from physical to digital sales, so did musicians.  I think that derivative works will be sorted out using technology and therefore musicians will earn more money from future recreations and remixes of their work. I suspect that the future transition will be another difficult transition for many artists but ultimately, I believe that artists will end up leveraging their global audience and benefit from doing so.

5. I believe that artists will work together to create immersive experiences.  Android Jones, a renowned digital artist has collaborated with top tier electronic musicians, to create 3D visual experiences accompanied by octatonic sound. One of his signature pieces is called Samsakra. I suspect that in the future visual artists will become as important as the audio arts.  Creating a unification of experience will be the result.  Humans are visual creatures and visuals will become more intertwined with music as 3d spaces are created and enjoyed. To take this one step further, there should be a term invented to represent a group of cross-disciplinary artists who perform together.  I imagine a DJ and a visual artist will create works together with one working with pressure waves and the other working with light waves in a harmonic duo.  There is no need to limit to two people and groups of the visual form are just as likely to form. These artists could sell tickets to their virtual experiences so, in theory, they are opening up their presentation to the minds and homes of anyone in the world.

6. As clothes become smart, filled with sensors and our digital worlds begin to merge through VR and AR, I do think that you could dance 'with' someone from the other side of the globe.  5G is purported to bring latency down to under 12 milliseconds.  Some even speculate that that number could be as low as 1 millisecond. With a virtual avatar in a VR / AR environment, is seems feasible as though you could truly dance together without noticing a time delay between your movements.  One critical difference is, you won't "step on anyone toes" or bump into someone, for in the virtual space mass does not actually collide.  However, you may get a haptic response, like a rumble pack on Nintendo 64.

7. Music is already created, recorded and modified digitally.  While analog techniques are likely to be used for an effect, a majority of music is already digitally altered.  This trend will continue and I predict many new digital instruments will be created.  One innovative example created by a small team here in Boulder, Colorado is Specdrums, which enables you to drum on different colors and create different audio frequencies based on your digital program.  Musicians and DAWs (digital audio workstations) will begin to support and create quadraphonic and octatonic sound. What is 16 called? How many angles can sound come from and still be distinct? The bitrates of audio files will likely increase but sample rates will not likely increase much (as the Nyquist sampling rate and Nyquist Frequency dictate) as a higher sample rate is only applicable to frequencies beyond human hearing.

8. No.

It would surprise me if virtual events leveraging VR and AR do not start popping up this decade. With 5G just around the corner, faster connectivity speeds are here to stay.  New Software Languages and Platforms will emerge as tools for artists and businesses to leverage.  When Apple's rumored AR / VR Glasses come out and Googles "Glass" project comes out of hibernation, more devices will hit the market incentivizing business, developers, and content creators to leverage the platform. Consider the fact that a mobile app was not created until the iPhone.  The AR/VR devices are in their infancy (think Motorola's Razor, cool at the time but not that functional compared to modern smartphones) and many different twists and turns are coming. Eventually, when things get standardized, I suspect entertainment and music to be one of the first broadly utilized applications for these new platforms.

Stay Tuned ~

Back to the music!

Some of my favorite sets from ReConnect included:

Griz

Nora En Pure

Rufus Du Sol

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Sonic Bloom Photo Recap 2018

September 2, 2018 By Michael Morahan Leave a Comment

Sonic Bloom 2018 Photo Recap

This year at Sonic Bloom the music was on fire as usual.  Three main stages running until 2am and one stage running until sun-rise with music until 6am.  The workshops begin at 8 am so there is really only two hours of 'off-time' per day all four days of the festival.  The music and grooves transitioned seamlessly as different artists plugged in while others finished out their set.  The main stage has a 'tween' stage, which if you are not familiar with the term is a small stage right next to the main stage and features short usually under 30min performances while the main stage undergoes a set change.  This is the optimal way to transition on a large stage while maintaining the audience's attention and attendance.

With thee stages going simultaneously for 8 hours (with three stages that is actually 24 hours of live performances compressed in time and space within walking distance), which provides an opportunity for more musicians to be heard and benefit from the cross-pollination of musical audiences.   The river ran dry but the music and shaded hammocks at the hummingbird stage provided a welcome mid day napping location.  There is no shortage of amazing talent and the careful curation of musical acts that preform ensure a high threshold and a healthy diversity while still being true to the festivals electronic roots.

Photos will never capture sound so seek out good listen to new music.  Click here to listen to live tracks from Sonic Bloom 2018.

Some more music the official Sonic Bloom Playlist on Spotify:

Filed Under: Colorado, Dubstep, EARTH, EDM, Electronic, Electronica, English (US), Festival, Glitch, House, Hummingbird Ranch, Language, Lo-Fi, Sonic Bloom, Sonic Bloom 2018, Trip Hop, USA, West Tagged With: 2018, Bloom, Colorado, Concert, electronic, Festival, Festival Photography, freio, Live, Music, Photography, Photos, review, Sonic, sonicbloom

Suwannee Hulaween Festival Lineup

August 15, 2018 By FreioMusic Leave a Comment

Suwanee Hulaween Festival in Live Oak, Florida 

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Florida Throws Down!

Hulaween has one of the best lineups of the summer featuring an array of talent.

The festival in Live Oak, Florida will be featuring a ridiculous lineup featuring 3 nights of The String Cheese Incident, Odesza, Jamiroquai, Janelle Monae, Tipper, STS9, Stephen Marley, Vulfpeck, and Gramatik just to name a few. The festival has such depth of talent that you will almost certainly discover a new act that blows you away.

Jamiroquai, a 90's jazz-funk band returns to the US this year for the first time in 13 years.  Enjoy the music video below of "Virtual Insanity".

Hulaween will surely bring out the finest costumes and characters over the Halloween weekend. Slightly smaller acts that you may not have heard of and should absolutely not miss include: Turkuaz, a eccentrically colorful, funk powerhouse band full of  horns and singers; Jade Cicada, an infectious, bass heavy-hitter that always leaves you wanting more; Sunsquabi a Boulder-local funky jamtronica band who is growing exponentially in front of our eyes; and Fisher from Claude VonStroke's Dirtybird label who will be bringing the dance party with the house vibes!

See you there!

 

 

Filed Under: EARTH, Festival, Hulaween Tagged With: festival. freio music, freio, FreioMusic, Hulaween, Line, lineup, Live, Music, oak, Suwannee, Up

World’s Finest

March 1, 2017 By Michael

The Domino Room-February 17th, 2017


Last Friday at the Domino Room in downtown Bend, Oregon, we were able to catch Leftover Salmon’s opener, World’s Finest. Featuring an electric banjo, saxophone, and vintage guitar, they had a rustic and organic vibe. Blending elements of ska, bluegrass and reggae, they were able to touch on several familiar sounds while adding their own character and a bit of a twist.

Juggling genres and different styles, it was obvious the group drew inspiration from assorted backgrounds. There were many moments of feel-good-bluegrass easily associated with Portland and The Pacific Northwest. Both upbeat and rock influenced it reminded me of groups like Fruition. Other times they would tone things down and switch over to reggae and ska. Some highlights included “Rub-a-dub” reggae and well timed breakdowns to group acapellas. With flexible musicianship, they were able to showcase a few covers as well.  My favorite was their funky-bluegrass cover of “Pick Up the Pieces” by Average White Band.  The nostalgia of the song, accompanied with their provocative saxophone, was a great way to close out the set.

Full of fun energy and a feel good vibe, World’s Finest had very personable crowd interaction and seemed to thoroughly enjoy their time on the stage.

Check out the links below for music and more on the World’s Finest!

Website

Facebook

 

Filed Under: Banjo, Bluegrass, Concert Reports, Drums Set (acoustic), EARTH, English (US), Experimental, Folk, Funk, Guitar, Instrumental, Instrumentation, Jamgrass, Live Music, New Music, NewGrass, North America, Oregon, Portland, Reggae, Rock, Singer-Songwriter, USA, Vocals Tagged With: Artist, Band, banjo, bluegrass, drum, Featured, freio, fresh, Live, Music, North America, Oregon, Portland, Reggae, sax, saxophone, ska, USA, Vocals, World's Finest

LIB 2016 sold out

May 20, 2016 By Michael

11th Annual Lightning in a Bottle

Tickets are  SOLD OUT – Thank You!

 

Lightning in a Bottle – Bradley, CA – A week out from the West Coast’s premiere camping, arts, music and yoga festival, Lightning in a Bottle is thrilled to announce that tickets for the 11th annual gathering are officially SOLD OUT! Growing consciously since the festival’s first year in 2005, LIB is proud to have hit full capacity just ahead of its largest festival to date at 20,000 tickets sold.

While both the 2-Day and 4-Day festival passes are now sold out, several 4-Day passes can still be obtained with the purchase of a Boutique Camping package. Additionally, current pass holders can also upgrade to Boutique camping packages as well as purchase Lightning Bus tickets and/or an Early Arrival Pass, which will allow them to enter the festival a day early on Wednesday May 25.  

LIB production house Do LaB, and its vast array of magic-makers, would like to thank everyone for their amazing support for Lightning in a Bottle 2016!  Celebrating in the office, Jesse Shannon, aka Y2, Director of Marketing says, “This day is 11 years in the making. From 2005 when we first sold tickets to 2016, this is the first time Lightning in a Bottle has sold out before gates open. I’m so proud of the team and it’s a testament to all the hard work that everyone does to create such an incredible festival.” These sentiments are echoed in the laborious efforts put forth by Do LaB in the days leading up to the festival, with most of the team already on site creating, constructing and injecting love into every aspect of LIB.

 

Watch the teaser video here and feel the excitement:

 

 

Taking strides to ensure LIB 2016 is the biggest and best to date – Do LaB is pulling out all the stops curating a genre-bending, stellar lineup, cultivating wondrous immersive environments, and expanding into new adventures in Bradley, CA.

Hitting the three glorious main stages at LIB (The Lightning, The Thunder and The Woogie) are the most progressive up-and-coming artists alongside an acclaimed selection of powerhouse acts, forming the most dynamic lineup Do LaB has unveiled to date!  Headliners performing over this Memorial Day Weekend are Chet Faker, Grimes, Moderat, Big Gigantic, Cashmere Cat, The Polish Ambassador, and Four Tet. Joining the headliners is a roster of the best talent in house and bass including Tokimonsta, Mija, Mr. Carmack, Autograf, Guy Gerber, &ME, Lane 8, Sacha Robotti, Eprom, Minnesota b2b G Jones, and Bleep Bloop.

What makes Lightning in a Bottle truly magical, are the trove of stunning stages, art installations, wondrous immersive environments, classes, and workshops to explore. Trailblazers who wander off the beaten festival path may find themselves transported into the many weird and wonderful realms nestled on the grounds of LIB, each micro-environment ripe with exciting expansions, new offerings, and scintillating music for 2016. With over 300 classes and experiences to be had and shared, be sure to check out The Village,The Temple of Consciousness, The Grand Artique, Amori’s Casino & Burlesque, the Visionary Art gallery, and many other micro-environments during your stay at LIB!

Do LaB is excited to welcome those who purchased the Early Arrival Pass on May 25th to help kick off LIB weekend with a multitude of activities before the music begins! A cacao ceremony, Village Permaculture Action Day hosted by LIB 2016 artist Polish Ambassador and access to the newly-established High Grounds camp are among new initiatives in 2016. Purchase your Early Arrival Pass here.

 

Go GREEN! In addition to the Action Day, Do LaB has several other leading initiatives in place to ensure the grounds stay beautiful for years to come! Recycling, compost and landfill receptacles will be found on the festival grounds, and as always, LIB 2016 will be a “pack-it-in, pack-it-out event,” meaning that Do LaB asks that all guests take everything they brought into the festival out with them after the festival ends — campground trash included. A friendly reminder that plastic water bottles are not sold at LIB, so don’t forget to bring your own reusable container!

Familiarize yourself with Lightning in a Bottle and the grounds ahead of the festival. Look over Do LaB’s Thrive Guide for a refresh on festivaling with intention and mindfulness, Camp like a champ and find your way to San Antonio Recreational Area.  And don’t forget to plan your dance party for the weekend — the set times for 2016’s lineup are out now.

 

Lightning in a Bottle – So hot right now! See you all soon.

 

STAY CONNECTED:

Lightning in a Bottle: Website | Facebook | Event Page | Twitter | Instagram

Do LaB: Website | Facebook | Instagram | Soundcloud |Twitter

 

 

 

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Beats Antique – Live Album

September 18, 2015 By FreioMusic

  Beats Antique’s new live album: “Creature Carnival Live – Denver CO and Asheville NC”

Its official! Beats Antique is releasing a live album September 22nd 2015

Beats Antique is finally releasing a live album that will surely please fans and create new ones!  As everyone who has seen Beats Antique knows, they throw down high energy musical gypsy gems. Now they are sharing their performances with you, on September 22nd, so you can enjoy their life’s work from your couch, bus, or on the go.  My highest regards are rarely given but these musical geniuses, who have also cracked the code to creating an amazing performance, deserve it.  Beats Antique’s “Creature Carnival Live – Denver CO and Asheville NC”  is a collaborative album. Creature Carnival Live brings together musicians, instruments and energies with the spontaneity of live recording, separating this album from all of their other works.  Take a listen to a three track preview below. For those of you who find this article after Sep 22nd, you will be able to listen to the entire album below.  Enjoy!

The album drops September 22nd, 2015. Take a listen to three sneak peak tracks they have released for free streaming courtesy of BandCamp.

 

Musical Credits:
Album Release Date:  22 September 2015

David Satori – Electric Saz, Banjo, Guitar, Viola, Drums, Trumpet and Electronics

Sidecar Tommy – Drums, Electronic Drums, Toy Piano

Zoe Jakes – Drums

Sylvain Carton – Baritone Sax and Clarinet

Special Guests

Lafa Taylor – Vox

Empire Strikes Brass on Horns for tracks 10 – 13

*Recorded at 1st Bank Center – Denver Colorado and Asheville Civic Center North Carolina (fall 2014)

Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Brian Bash of Sonidos Studios

You can buy the album here

 

Are you Jones’n for some free Beats Antique music? We got you!

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SnowBallin’ 2014

March 21, 2014 By FreioMusic Leave a Comment

Interested in hearing about what is becoming one of the freshest and most unique festivals in the music industry taking place in the spring snow out in beautiful Colorado?

SnowBall, taking place April 4th-6th in Denver, CO, is definitely a music festival that is truly something different. The festival is being held at an exciting new venue this year, Sports Authority Field in Mile High Stadium. The new venue will provide a wide open space for attendees to interact, explore, dance, and of course, get weird. The SnowBall Stage, which is the main stage, will be outdoors and may provide the opportunity for attendees to put their dance moves on display on a snow covered dance floor. So if you plan on attending, please be safe and be prepared for the cold. The SnowBall Stage will also have a Big Air area beside it where extreme athletes will be performing tricks to tantalize your eyes while your ears are being entertained by bumping beats. Some of the most well known artists will grace the SnowBall stage with their presence. On Friday, be sure to catch the melodies of Jimkata, the funky beats of The Floozies, and then let Knife Party shake you with some heavy bass to close out the first night. On Saturday, the highlights include local 3-piece electronic hydro-funk sensations SunSquabi, funky fresh four piece livetronic group STRFKR, and the one and only Derek Vincent Smith, better known as Pretty Lights, playing his soulful tunes right where his original roots began. Then on Sunday, Chali2Na from Jurassic 5 brings some fresh hip-hop to the stage along with House of Vibe, Busta Rhymes brings an original rap set that you could only get from Busta himself, all before Griz closes out the festival with a funk filled set of jazzy electronic beats that will have you grooving with all of the energy that’s left in the tank.

The other three stages are all in heated tents around the stadium and will each provide their own distinct atmospheres once you are inside. The Groove Tent will feature a variety of music throughout the weekend with the highlights being the grimy electronic beats of Mimosa, the all original tunes of Wave Racer, some funky fresh trap from Lunice, a high energy electro house combined with drumstep set from Kill The Noise, and PLM Party, the not to miss set of the weekend featuring Pretty Lights, Michal Menert, Paul Basic, Supervision, Eliot Lipp, and many more artists from the Pretty Lights Music record label. I personally cannot wait to see what all of these amazing producers co-create up on stage together; the possibilities are endless.

The Ballroom Stage will feature artists who make their craft through either their skills on an instrument or through the sounds of their voice. This stage will provide very different sounds than the others so be sure to make it over there if you are into artists who have their own specific individual sound. Eminence Ensemble will trance you into their one of a kind flow as they rift it on their instruments. Afroman will bring you back in time with his old school style and with jams like “Palmdale”, “When I Got High”, and other 90’s classics. Or be entertained with original electronic acts like Flash/Lights, Trippy Turtle, Twin Shadow, Chrome Sparks, or Rufus Du Sol. No matter who you catch at the Ballroom Stage, you will be sure to be entertained.

The Heat Hut will be where you want to go if you are looking to get down and dirty to some electro house and deep house. This tent will be bumping the beats that will keep your feet moving all weekend long. The highlighting artists whom are playing at the Heat Hut are: Bixel Boys, Option4 and JustinJay on Friday; Graff, J.Phlip, and MK on Saturday; and then Need & Necessity, Maxxi Soundsytem, and Andhim to close out the stage on Sunday. So be sure to groove in the Heat Hut if you’re wanting some non-stop electro house beats.

SnowBall will also feature live ice sculptures by trained artists, free water refill stations, a Vendor Village filled with tons of goodies from artisans, a Merchandise Booth to pick up SnowBall gear, food options from local restaurants to food trucks, drink options from sodas and juices to beers and cocktails, and also late night after parties to keep you going and entertained throughout the weekend. Check out the full lineup breakdown and daily schedules. Get your SnowBall tickets now because prices will go up! Advance 3-day GA and VIP tickets are still available for SnowBall here ; advance single day SnowBall tickets here.

Tantalize your ears with a taste of the music to come this year at SnowBall…

FreioMusic SnowBall 2014 Soundcloud Mix

Article and soundcloud mix created by:
David ‘Dino’ Durkin

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Opiuo @ Dux Live – Christchurch, NZ

April 14, 2013 By Sober_Raver Leave a Comment

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So stoked to see Opiuo in New Zealand, I took an eight hour bus to catch his show in Christchurch this past weekend. Ready to get super sober raved out, I came in my concert apparel per usual – an eclectic mix of costume box findings , but Opiuo has quite the classy NZ crowd- little black dresses and high heels, ladies. The sold out show at the Dux Live got off to a sweet groove with Tom Cosm before Opiuo took the stage and brought the bass fed funk. Sweaty hands high fived as jams like ‘Don’t Hold Back’ and ‘Good Thymes’ rocked the bar. Smiling faces were everywhere as the head banging wild crowd bumped along with Opiuo’s explosive and captivating stage presence. You can’t help but bounce to the crunchy, glitch vibe of this NZ artist, and when the beat drops…shoot, you better watch out for the girls getting really rowdy on the dance floor. Incorporating sounds that span genres like jazz, reggae, funk, and rock, Opiuo’s music continues to evolve in a fresh and dance-tastic direction. The native Kiwi did his homeland some justice with his addictive beats and high energy vibe. With his international reputation, you Colorado kids can catch Opiuo headlining at Sonic Bloom this year in Georgetown, CO. And if you’re looking for a bumpin’ party to kick off summer, I suggest you don’t miss  it.  

 

 

Filed Under: Break Beat, Colorado, Dub, Dubstep, Electronic, Electronica, Funk, Genre, Glitch, Islands, Jamtronic, New Music, New Zealand, Oceania Tagged With: christchurch, Concert, Dub, dux live, electronic, freio, Freio Music, FreioMusic, Live, New Zealand, opiuo, spotlight

He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister

October 17, 2012 By Michael Leave a Comment

He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister

 

Freio Music Presents He's My Brother She's My Sister
(LEFT TO RIGHT) AARON ROBINSON, ROBERT KOLAR, LAUREN BROWN, RACHEL
KOLAR AND OLIVER NEWELL. *PHOTO COURTESY OF COURTNEY ELLIS.

 

A rocking band traveling the West-coast & Mid-west USA.

He’s my Brother She’s my Sister, aka HMBSMS, is a band with flare, touch, tap, and style. A unique approach to music and crowd participation. In fact they invited some of the wildest and bravest crowd members to sing with them on stage. HMBSMS has a very heavy tour schedule, and is constantly on the move. After seeing He is my brother she is my sister in Eugene, Oregon, I had to talk with them. The band members were kind enough to agree to a phone interview (click here). The night was clear, the flow of beer, and the music was here at Sam Bond’s Garage.  The sibling vocal harmonies were noticeable in the incredibly cohesive sound despite the Rob having the flue, and sweating profusely during the entire show.  The percussionist Lauren, standing on a kick drum tap-dancing, danced with enthusiasm and a purpose.  Rachel’s beautiful vocals and occasional tambourine shakes kept the flare alive.   With walking bass lines and sliding lap-steal guitar, the sound was keyed in.  HMBSMS opened up the microphone up to other members of the audience, who gratefully grabbed the mic to scat and howl the night away.  With a taste of Eugene, this band wanted a little more, entertaining an encore to the fans delight.  To read more about the show & hear from three members of the band in an interview found only hear on FreioMusic

With an extremely heavy tour schedule, the band will likely be within a couple hours away (if you are in the USA) from your home town.  Check out their tour schedule here:


 

 

To read the full interview with HMBSMS click here

 

For more info & music please visit:

hesmybrothershesmysister.com

hesmybrothershesmysister.bandcamp.com

HMBSMS-Interview-with-FreioMusic.pdf 

Want to purchase some music?

http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/hes-my-brother-shes-my-sister/

 

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