Yasiin Bey, formerly Mos Def, is returning to Denver on Friday, November 15, to headline another night at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom, but this time with Justin Bua providing a lecture and some live painting. Returning as a part of the Winter Shredded Beats series, Cervantes’ will open both sides of…
Project Aspect has dropped a remix album every year since 2011, and each one shows his diverse taste in music. Remixes Vol.3 is no exception. The producer has honed his glitch-staccato sound, and it’s noticeable on the opening track (his take on Lil Flip’s “Game Over”), but not nearly as…
Propelled by a well-received collaboration with Borgore, Carnage’s stock is steadily rising in the EDM world. He recently headlined the Bass Pod at Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas, and threw some wild parties before and after. In advance of his appearance at Global Dance Festival this weekend, we spoke…
For his latest release, A Color Map of the Sun, Derek Vincent Smith ventured outside the box for a unique project in which he created his own samples using handpicked instrumentalists. Here the Pretty Lights maestro explores the foundations of jazz, funk and soul, offering his own modern take using…
We’ve got some sad news to share with you this morning: Tanner Seebaum, the sixteen-year-old DJ we told you about last month who was battling brain cancer, passed away this past Friday, July 12. As you might remember, a number of Denver dubstep icons stepped up to support the young…
SAVOY @ RED ROCKS, MAIN STAGE | SAT, 7/20/13 Savoy’s laser show is now one of the most acclaimed in the country, and that’s just the visual element. The acts sound, which draw influence from dubstep, trap, house and electro, is equally as compelling, and the group’s live act offers…
GLOBAL DANCE FESTIVAL @ RED ROCKS | FRI-SUN, 7/19-7/21 Going strong for ten years, Global Dance Festival is the premier summer event for EDM fans. Changing things up in the past few years, Triad Dragons has expanded offerings to include acts like Beats Antique, EOTO, Big Gigantic and Empire of…
A Color Map of the Sun, the new Pretty Lights album due out this Tuesday, took Derek Vincent Smith on an adventure through musical eras. We recently spoke with the homegrown Pretty Lights mastermind about the trust he has placed in his fan base, his own self doubts about taking…
Update, 7:30 a.m. 6/28/13: After the Dreams Benefit Show at Cervantes last week, Tanner Seebaum, the sixteen-year-old boy battling brain cancer, received an invite to play during Electric Daisy Carnival at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino’s Rehab pool party in Las Vegas. And now today, Beatport has tapped the…
John Dadzie, the orbital center of Los Angeles’ dubstep galaxy known as SMOG, is the mastermind behind 12th Planet. Transitioning from drum and bass to dubstep seems to be a natural course for producers in the past few years, and Dadzie has been at the forefront of that movement’s progression…
“As my career was having success and I continued to grow, I wanted to invest that success into a more challenging project,” declares Derek Vincent Smith, the mastermind producer behind Pretty Lights, about his new album, A Color Map of the Sun, due out this Tuesday. “And one day it…
Chuck Morris, percussionist for the jam-tronic band Lotus, has started a new project with Anthony Fugate called Nunchuck. Since rejoining Lotus, Morris wanted to find new outlets to experiment with sounds, rhythms and beats, which prompted him to get back behind the drum kit. In advance of Nunchuck’s set at…
Francesco “Phra” Barbaglia, the man behind Crookers, never flew out of his small town in Italy until he started touring the world a decade ago. These days, the Italian producer/DJ leaves the travel planning to somebody else and focuses on keeping everybody dancing until the lights come up. In advance…
With heavy distortion and intergalactic samples, Datsik fuses the heaviest elements of rap and dubstep to create a sound that’s equivalent to standing in the middle of an epic man-versus-machine battlefield. Datsik, known in his native British Columbia as Troy Beetles, followed up on the promise of his first studio…
David Sugalski, a Philadelphia native with a business degree from the University of Colorado, has carved out a respectable career for himself in dance music. Better known in EDM circles as the Polish Ambassador, Sugalski is creating music that reflects his life while constantly evolving as an artist and finding…
David Sugalski, a Philadelphia native with a business degree from the University of Colorado, has carved out a respectable career for himself in dance music. Better known in EDM circles as the Polish Ambassador, Sugalski is creating music that reflects his life while constantly evolving as an artist and finding…
DADA LIFE @ 2013 WESTWORD MUSIC SHOWCASE | SAT, 6/22 The craze surrounding Dada Life is well deserved. The act knows how to throw the wildest party in the EDM game. Banana suits, inflatable champagne bottles, champagne showers and stage diving are just some of craziness that comes with this…
Since first opening its doors in 2008, Beta Nightclub has been at the top of numerous “best of” lists, and it currently holds the top spot for clubs in North America. In commemoration of the club’s fifth anniversary, being celebrated this week, we caught up with the folks behind Beta…
In true Captain James T. Kirk style (or the style of whatever heroic character he’s portraying, for that matter), William Shatner has come through to save the day once again — taking the place of Denver Comic Con’s original guest of honor, Stan Lee. (The ninety-year-old comic icon had to…
With its refreshing take on percussion and production, the music on Dawn Safari’s Mask isn’t what you’d expect during the height of bass’s fame. Rather than building up to massive drops, this chilled-out drum-and-bass relies on samples and loops, with nods to hip-hop — but even those are subtle and…
More than fifteen years after the release of Three Dolla Bill, Y’all, Limp Bizkit is back with a brand new album, Stampede of the Disco Elephants, on the Cash Money imprint. In advance of the band’s return to Denver in support of that album this weekend, we caught up with…
The parking lot is a perfect place to mingle and get your pre-game on before a show, particularly at Red Rocks. But Brandon Chavez is taking tailgaiting to another level. At select EDM shows, you can find Chavez, aka DJ Rufio, and his crew of party people gathered around a…
