DJ Damian Force Plans to Place Denver Under the EDM Dome with New Concert Experience

Denver is about to be placed under the dome. But unlike the alien-looking glass of Stephen King’s sci-fi epic, the upcoming Dome Show 360 is a brand-new, one-of-a-kind audiovisual experience created by DJ Damian Force that is designed to take his sets to levels previously unimaginable. And Denver will be the first city in North America to experience it.

Inspired by the dynamism of Vegas Sphere concerts, the Friday, June 13, show at the Auraria Campus — not exactly a well-known Denver EDM venue — will showcase the “unified narrative” that the veteran EDM producer says he developed over the past seven years, during which the audience and surrounding soundscape become its own instrument within Force’s high-energy performance. Inside the 25-meter dome, projection mapping displaying psyched-out visuals will encapsulate every aspect of the 500-square-meter surface, making it a mix of live music and digital art, according to an announcement of the Denver show.

The project initially launched in Europe with two sold-out shows in Madrid and Limassol back in November. Now it's making its North America debut in the Mile High City on Friday the 13th. Ukrainian techno-club DJ Vanyashiz is providing support.

The 360 Dome Show social media announcement has been met with great enthusiasm, while the accompanying captured content of the inaugural international launch revealed videos and images of Matrix-like parallel universes and bass-and-drum-making robo musicians.

This comes only two months after Denver’s own Mersiv launched his 360-degree sound experience, “Audiosphere,” at Red Rocks. “We are attempting to push the boundaries of live-music experiences, but also push the boundaries of shows that have happened at Red Rocks,” Mersiv, whose real name is Anderson Benoit Gallegos, told Westword at the time. “We have had so much fun putting this show together."

The result was an event unlike any other in the venue's 84-year history; the EDM artist and producer, along with his behind-the-scenes team of audio and visual pros, spent six months sizing up and transforming the iconic venue into what he called the “Audiosphere” — a near-field, 360-degree sound experience — for his sold-out, third-ever headlining performance there on April 4.

In a showstorm.

With that show and now the Dome Show 360 coming to town, Denver is becoming a testing ground for cutting-edge concert tech, which is especially exciting for open-minded EDM heads. Who knows where such visions will take concertgoers next?

For now, many will be able to say they've been trapped under the EDM dome.

Damian Force, with Vanyashiz, 8 p.m. Friday, June 13, Auraria Campus, 801 Curtis Street; tickets are $55.