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PICK OF THE WEEK: Tipper Featuring Alex Grey – Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Saturday, May 16th

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TIPPER and friends are bringing a caravan of psychedelic offerings for an audio-visual feast never before presented at Red Rocks. Joining Tipper are mystic visionary artists Alex and Allyson Grey, spellbinding performance troupe QUIXOTIC, psychedelic dub wizard OTT, along with other IDM favorites. Artistic Projections with Tipper will be provided by electromineralist Android Jones and live visual mixologist Johnathan Singer.

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Sonic Bloom – June 19th-22nd – American Safari Ranch, South Park

Estimated read time 11 min read

Sonic Bloom was another great success in 2014 in its new venue, the American Safari Ranch located in South Park, Colorado. The festival, which had its first year all the way back in 2005, has moved a few times and has consistently turned out a great experience for attendees, building and growing, making each year a little better. Just a few of this year’s highlights included performances from Tipper, The Polish Ambassador, Pretty Lights Music, and Michal Menert.

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Sonic Bloom Relocates and Boasts Strongest Line-Up To Date

Estimated read time 4 min read

One of the fastest growing festivals in Colorado is Sonic Bloom, which will be holding its 9th annual summer solstice gathering in a brand new location. In the past few years Sonic Bloom has called Shadow’s Ranch in Georgetown home. While it’s still known as a “boutique” festival, due to an increase in attendance and the need for additional space for camping and stages, festival organizers have staked their claim on the American Safari Ranch in South Park for June 19th-22nd.

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Sonic Bloom – June 13th-17th – Shadow’s Ranch – Another Man’s Take

Estimated read time 22 min read

Despite some minor snafus getting in the gates of the festival, Sonic Bloom did a wonderful job of providing all types of different activities to take part in to keep the patrons enlivened and engaged. From sunrise DJ sets, to mindbending acrobatic troupes and from early morning Yoga to interactive art installations there was something for everyone at this “transformational festival” that took place on a beautiful ranch just outside Georgetown.

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Tipper – December 30th – Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom

Estimated read time 6 min read

Dave Tipper is a monolithic name in the EDM scene not only for his enormous range and depth, but also the sheer volume of music he has produced in the last decade. He was at the forefront of the Glitch-Hop scene (some call him the Godfather of Glitch) and has been evolving and responding to the latest trends in music. The crowd at Cervantes’ was unprecedented; the venue was swollen with heads and the energy before Tipper’s set was incredible and tangible.

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Future Simple Project & Love and Light – December 13th – Cervantes’ Ballroom

Estimated read time 4 min read

It seems that Cervantes’ is the Mecca of the Denver EDM scene and while Cervantes’ doesn’t typically offer up a ton in terms of the visuals and stage set-up, last Thursday night was different when Future Simple Project and Love and Light too the stage. Following the recent trend of 3D projection mapped stages, Family Moons (the Promoter) offered up a spectacle of fractal images onto the broad stark white stage that mesmerized the fans as they danced.

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ill.Gates – November 15th – Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom

Estimated read time 4 min read

ill.Gates has consistently been on the forefront of the EDM scene, both producing and educating upstart musicians throughout the last decade and last Thursday night he preached the good word of music to a willing congregation at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom on his Church of Bass Tour. Debuting his new light setup, he managed to run his own audio and visual at the same time, and kept the crowd bouncing for 2 hours of bass infused beauty. He is a man of bold sights, sounds, and ideologies and he did not dissapoint.

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Sonic Bloom – June 21st-24th – Georgetown, CO

Estimated read time 29 min read

Back at the end of June, Shadow’s Ranch up in Georgetown was overtaken by 3,000 electronic music lovers, and yes, we do mean lovers. With a common theme of love and compassion running through the weekend, this year’s Sonic Bloom Festival featured some of the biggest names in the genre. Everyone responsible for making this festival happen are building a family based on the simplest of ideas that we all to often forget: have compassion for one another. It was truly a special experience.

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Sonic Bloom Festival Announces Initial Line-Up

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