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Sonic Bloom Lineup Release

March 19, 2015 By Molly Buckiewicz Leave a Comment

 

“SONIC BLOOM is Colorado’s best electronic music festival”

 

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In case you have missed the last 9 years, this festival has had time to brew and its mix of flavorous sounds seem to be just right this year.  Drum roll… The lineup for the 10th annual Sonic Bloom festival….. headliners STS9 (2 sets), Shpongle (Simon Posford DJ set), Emancipator, The Trancident, Talib Kweli, Random Rab, Phutureprimitive and many more.

 

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On stage will be a legendary collaboration session called the SONIC BLOOM SuperJam featuring Dave Watts, Garrett Sayers, Joey Porter, Jans Ingber, Ryan Jalbert, Gabriel Mervine, Matt Pitts, Jason Hann (& more TBA). Additional acts include: Caspa, Manic Focus, Rob Garza (Thievery Corporation), ill-esha, Yamn, Nominus, LYNX, The Malah, saQi and Adham Shaikh, to name a few. The 10th annual festival SONIC BLOOM will be held during the Summer Solstice the weekend of June 18-21, 2015, at a gorgeous new location: Hummingbird Ranch in Rye, Colorado.

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Dates for The Road to SONIC BLOOM have been announced. This is the second year of The Road to SONIC BLOOM tour, which will send a roving lineup of present, past and future SONIC BLOOM, Sonic Blossom and The Unified Field performers across the country to spread the BLOOM vibe. A combination of wildly varied lineup of DJs, producers, live electronic acts, with painters, dancers and performance artists will criss-cross the country this spring as we approach the summer festival. See a full list of dates and cities below.

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SONIC BLOOM has also announced The Unified Field, the official SONIC BLOOM pre-party, a 2-night dual-venue indoor mini-fest that will happen in Denver, CO, on April 24 & 25 at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom & The Other Side. This year’s artists include Thriftworks, Dirtwire ft. David Satori from Beats Antique, Andreilien, That 1 Guy, Fort Knox Five and more. Limited advance early-bloomer pre-sales for The Unified Field are now on sale for only $30 (while they last).

 

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4-Day General Passes include entry into the festival on Thursday, free on-site camping and free drinking water all weekend. VIP 4-Day Passes, parking passes, limited car camping passes and RV passes are also now on sale.

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For more information on SONIC BLOOM, please visit the official website: www.sonicbloomfestival.com.

Some music to get you ready for the best four days of your life!

 

Road to SONIC BLOOM Dates:

 

3.20 – Chicago, IL – Copernicus Center

4.11 – Seattle, WA – Columbia City Theater

4.15 – Santa Cruz, CA – Motiv Nightclub

4.25 – Denver, CO – Cervantes Ballroom

5.2 – Wappinger Falls, NY – Chapel of Sacred Mirrors

5.7 – Newark, NJ – Seed Gallery

5.8 – Boston, MA – The Middle East

5.9 – New York, NY – Slake

5.20 – Asheville, NC – Asheville Music Hall

Filed Under: Abstract, Colorado, Denver, Drum-&-Bass, Dub, Dubstep, EARTH, Electronic, Electronica, Experimental, Glitch, Gypsy, Jamtronic, New Music, North America, USA Tagged With: #NOMINUS, #SAQI, #THE MALAH, #YAMN, 2015, Adham Shaikh, Andreilien, Beats Antique, Bloom, Caspa, Cervantes, Colorado, Dave Watts, Denver, Festival, freio, fresh, Gabriel Mervine, Garrett Sayers, ill-esha, Jans Ingber, Jason Hann, Joey Porter, lineup, LYNX, Manic Focus, Matt Pitts, Music, Phuture Primitive, Pre-party, Rob Garza, Ryan Jalbert, Sonic, Sonic Bloom, Sound Tribe Sector 9, sts9, Thievery Corporation, Thriftworks, Unified Field

Top 5 Moments of Unexpected Sonic Perfection at Sonic Bloom ’14

July 8, 2014 By Hari Khalsa 1 Comment

Sonic Bloom 2014-American Safari Ranch

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My favorite part about music festivals is discovering new artists to incorporate into my daily repertoire of jams. While I was beyond stoked for some of my highly anticipated favorites like Opiuo, the reigning king of future funk, Kalya Scintilla’s sweaty tribal inspired bass, or Tipper’s careful dissection and rearrangement of the contents of my brain with the scratching mastery of a surgeon, these were all very predictable (and immensely enjoyed) highlights of my weekend. My most authentic musical experiences of Sonic Bloom came from the unexpected sets and unfamiliar artists that I have not had the chance to fully explore and appreciate. Whether the artists were newer cats on the scene or seasoned veterans to which I simply hadn’t yet been exposed, I came back from Bloom with an inspired and expanded understanding of some of the dopest jams to ever rattle my eardrums.

1. Mr. Bill

Okay, Mr. Bill is certainly no newcomer on the scene. Prior to Bloom I was familiar with Mr. Bill’s status as a veteran of the rich Australian glitch movement. My expectations were absolutely blown out of the water after, what was easily, my favorite set of the weekend. Late Sunday night in the middle of the dusty and heavy vibin’ coDome audience, I found myself wondering how something so unconventionally melodic can get a crowd moving so hard. Mr. Bill’s heavy bass lines, break beat switches and a cornucopia of strange tunes and tones meld together into an unpredictably perfect stew of glitch perfection.

Mr. Bill will be holding down the Souls Rising EDM stage at Arise Music Festival August 8-10th this year in Loveland, CO for what will surely be another set not to miss.

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2. The Librarian

I took a leap of faith on Friday night as we left Tipper’s downtempo set in search of something to get my booty shaking a bit more. We encountered what I quickly realized to be one of the baddest bitches of bass, Andrea Graham, throwing down a super sexy low-end set that had me floating on a cloud of sweet, sweet ghetto booty bass. The Librarian’s nuanced, sexy bass stood out from the overtly raw and in your face bass that tends to dominate the scene. Her riddim inspired jams and seriously hard drops that got the crowd moving for one of the greatest booty bass grooves of the weekend.

The Librarian is also a founding organizer of Bass Coast and will be playing this August 1-4th in Merritt, British Columbia.

 

3. Sixis

If you know me, you know that I am a serious sucker for smooth psychedelic dubby sounds that seem more likely to be alien transmissions than creations from the human kind. When I cruised over to Sixis’s midday Friday set, I didn’t know much about his music and was just looking for a solid warm-up for the stacked schedule with the future glitch goodness of kLL sMTH, Fort Knox Five and then onto the highly anticipated psychedelic trance-inspired Aussie master Whitebear. But when I got to the dusty coDome, I was totally blown away by Sixis’s melodic, spacious and layered sounds. In an increasingly saturated psy-bass scene, Sixis stood out with his consciously more minimal, understated approach to interplanetary auditory travel. Sixis created intricate, imaginative soundscapes that resonated in my ears for the rest of the weekend.

Up next, Sixis will be playing at Stilldream Festival in Belden, California July 31st- August 4th.

4. Defunk

If you don’t know of Defunk yet, you better educate yourself! Canada native Defunk dropped one of the funkiest sets of the weekend for a serious dance party in the coDome late Saturday afternoon. Addicting hooks, glitchy breaks, and inspired retro influences drive his music in a future forward way. Collaborations with soulful female vocalists and looping guitarist Sam Klass gives Defunk’s glitchy tunes a sense of soulful authenticity.

Catch Defunk at the Valhalla Sound Circus this Thursday, July 3rd in Quebec.

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5. The Malah

Live electronic artists The Malah brought their A-game to wrap up the first evening of Bloom in a most epic fashion. Intricate, precise guitar licks and organic high-energy rhythms create a driven sound that got the coDome moving and grooving along properly. I thought their jam-inspired approach was a refreshing addition to Bloom’s bass heavy lineup, and by the infectious buzz from the crowd on Thursday night I’m certain they all agreed.

The Malah doesn’t have any immediate shows coming up but the Denver-local band is surely not one to miss when they come through your town.

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Filed Under: AfroBeat, Break Beat, Colorado, Concert Reports, Denver, Drum-&-Bass, Dubstep, EARTH, EDM, Electronic, English (US), Experimental, Festival, Glitch, Glitch-hop, Gypsy, House, Instrumental, Instrumentation, Jamtronic, Live Music, Lo-Fi, New Music, North America, Sonic Bloom, Sonic Bloom 2014, Trance, Tribal, Trip Hop, USA, World Tagged With: #CRUNK, #DEFUNK, #MR.BILL, #THE LIBRARIAN, #THE MALAH, #TIPPER, 2014, Bloom, Bloom 14, EDM, freio, FreioMusic, Sixis, Sonic, Sonic Bloom 2014, Souls Rising, Top 5, Unexpected Crunk

SONIC BLOOM MUSIC FESTIVAL 2014

April 14, 2014 By Molly Buckiewicz Leave a Comment

Counting down the days until Colorado’s best summer festival, Sonic Bloom 2014

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Sixty five days and counting down to the best festival in Colorado this summer! The lineup is stacked and another headliner is yet to be announced! The venue is new this year, taking place at the spacious American Safari Ranch in South Park, CO. The early bloomer and tier one tickers have quickly sold out and tier two is now on sale for $195. Get ’em quick before these too sell out and the price rises yet again! Included in your festival ticket is camping and if you feel like spending a bit more, you can purchase car camping or lodging available on site. Check out the lineup (below) and get your tickets, this is truly a festival you do NOT want to miss!

Get tickets and more information here!

If you do not know the line up well, its ok we’ve got you. Listen to our sneak peak playlist on SoundCloud: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/29961486″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]

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Filed Under: Abstract, Ambient, Break Beat, Colorado, Drum-&-Bass, Dub, Dubstep, EARTH, Easy Listening, Electronic, Electronica, English (US), Experimental, Festival, Funk, Genre, Glitch, Hip Hop, Instrumental, Jamtronic, Jamtronica, Live Music, New Music, North America, Techno, Trance, Tribal, Trip Hop, USA Tagged With: # DUBVIRUS, # WALA, #ACORN PROJECT, #AKASHA, #AMANI, #AMERICAN SAFARI RANCH, #AYLA NEREO, #BENJI VAUGHAN, #BIOLUMIGEN, #BREAK SCIENCE, #CAT'S PAJAMAS, #CRUNK, #CUALLI, #D.V.S., #DEFUNK, #DJ DAKINI, #DJ DRAGONFLY, #DJ SYNERGY, #DJEDI, #DJUNYA, #DOPAPOD, #DUB KIRTAN, #ELECTRIC DANDELION, #EOTO, #FORT KNOX FIVE, #GOODTIMES, #JANOVER & RESUNATOR, #KLL SMTH, #KYRSTYN PIXTON, #LATE NIGHT RADIO, #LIVING LIGHT, #LOTUS DROPS, #LUX MODERNA, #MERKABA, #MICHAEL TRAVIS, #MICHAL MENERT BIG BAND, #MIKEY THUNDER, #MIRAJA, #MOUR, #MOUSTERIOUS, #MR.BILL, #MUMUKSHU, #NOMINUS, #O-NEB, #OMEGA. #SOULACYBIN, #PROPHET MASSIVE, #PUSH/PILL, #QUANTA, #QUANTIC, #QUIXOTIC, #SAQI, #SEIED, #SEREPHINE, #SHWEX, #SIGNAL PATH, #SKYTREE, #SNUG HARBOR, #SONICBLOOM2014, #SOUTH PARK, #TEMPLO, #THE LIBRARIAN, #THE MALAH, #THE POLISH AMBASSADOR, #TIPPER, #TREAVOR MOONTRIBE, #UNLIMITED ASPECT, #WHITEBEAR, #WILDLIGHT, #YAMN, #YUYU, #ZILLA, #ZOOGMA, Bird of Prey, Birds of Paradise, Colorado, Desert Dwellers, Dirtwire, freio, FreioMusic, Kalya Scintilla, Kaminanda, Music Festival, opiuo, Ott, Paul Basic, Plantrae, Pumpkin, Random Rab, Supervision, The Human Experience, Vibesquad, zion i

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