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Over the years few producers have had the same appeal as Charlie Yin a.k.a. Giraffage. His productions have found the middle ground between the derivative mainstream zeitgeist and fringe-like irrelevance. In the past I have always characterized a Giraffage performance as a bit cheeky. His sets often injected a sense of humor by including songs like “Who Let the Dogs Out” and even a remix of the original iPhone ringtone. Whenever an electronic artist performs a “live” set I always have high expectations. It was abundantly clear that Giraffage bodied his “live” show. His stage set-up included not only a 7-foot high LED wall for visual projections but he surrounded himself with circular neon rings almost to create a spherical lens effect around him akin to a James Bond opening sequence. Overall, the presentation was pristine and immersive. Each of the LED visuals seamlessly reflected the essence of the song selection. There were animals and 8-bit video game characters for his lighter tracks and skulls and flames when the music took a darker turn. Nothing seemed predictable or redundant. The venue (The Fonda Theater) added some great texture to the evening as each bass drop was accompanied by on-beat floor rumbles and the finely tuned acoustics left nothing more to be desired of the intimate atmosphere.

 

The set started out slow and built nicely throughout his almost hour and twenty minute run-time. The kawaii vibes were ratcheted up to 100 as the anime-esque visuals blended perfectly with each hi-hat and cord progression as each note felt very in place. A major high point of the night was when Giraffage dropped “Be With You”. The set seemed to have a very strong love-song driven narrative to it and “Be With You” was the characterizing crescendo among the already stellar track selection he employed. All in all the show was the perfect ending point for the Too Real tour. The crowd was electrified and left wanting more. That performance won’t soon be forgotten and we can’t wait to see what tricks Charlie has up his sleeve in the near future.

 

 

 

 

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For the past few years, Australia’s masked wonder, Golden Features has been leaving a lot of dark-industrial-tech in his wake. Recent EP ‘Wolfie/Funeral’ pushes his paces even further into a realm of deep bass. Control LA at Avalon is bringing him in at the end of the month alongside the trap and bass styles of Hoodboi and Alizzz for a night of heavy sound. Don’t miss out.

 

HOW TO ENTER

Standard procedure. The contest ends at 12PM Friday, December 11th!
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Golden Features – Wolfie / Funeral

Alizzz – Ocean Drive EP

 

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Symbiosis Gathering | Lineup | Tickets

 

Portland based producer EPROM excels in all things underground bass. Where he stands out is in a wide-ranging background in drum and bass, dubstep, beats and trap. Having last seen him live at HARD Summer 2014, we can only expect he’ll put on a show that’s just as wild both visually and sonically. Check him out Thursday at 10:45pm at The Grotto if you’re trying to start your fest off with some really bizarre and forward thinking sensations.

 

Alix Perez & EPROM – Chiron

EPROM – VAMP

EPROM – Beasts of Babylon

Kendrik Lamar – M.A.A.D. City (Eprom Remix)

 

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Low End Theory and Brainfeeder‘s bass and hip-hop death-defying Gaslamp Killer is coming through to WAVS this Friday to hint at what his live “Experience” is like. As a DJ, he’s all over the place in the best way possible – the energy doesn’t stop.

 

Free the Robots and Torosbros will be playing the lead in. Come through for some heavy vibes.

 

HOW TO ENTER

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The Gaslamp Killer – Boiler Room London

 

 

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When I started C+A+D I wanted to prove not only to myself but to everyone that if you started from scratch on anything and worked hard enough for long enough you could live your dream. I’m nowhere near where I want to be but I’m a hell of a lot further and wiser ONLY because I started 5 years ago. This Friday, we’re celebrating your continued support with some good ol’ fashioned booty-bass from Dirtybird‘s own Kill Frenzy. There’s nothing quite like a bit of backside grooving as testament to our growing youth.

 

Come celebrate our birth alongside the homies at Focus, Bones, Burn Unit, and Best Ghost. Trust us, things are going to get real wild.

 

HOW TO ENTER

Standard procedure. The contest ends at 12PM Friday, June 26th!
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Kill Frenzy – No Panties

Kill Frenzy – H.O.U.S.E.

Kill Frenzy – All Night Long

Kill Frenzy x Nick Monaco – Black Girls, White Girls

 

 

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Northern Nights | Lineup | Tickets

 

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Hotel Garuda is Manila Killa and Candle Weather. Together, they have created an all encompassing future-house and bass sound that draws its uniqueness from their own solo works (Moving Castle and Weather Tapes, respectively) to stand out from the masses now chasing the growing “future” genre. It is quite refreshing; hearing their music amidst the Redwoods will be most surreal.

 

SNBRN – Raindrops (Hotel Garuda Remix)

Kanye West – All of the Lights (Prince Fox x Hotel Garuda Cover)

Full Crate x Mar – Nobody Else (Hotel Garuda Remix)

Disclosure x MNEK – White Noise (Manila Killa Remix)

 

 

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Lightning In A Bottle | Lineup | Tickets | Set Times

 

Lightning in a Bottle wouldn’t be Lightning in a Bottle without the heavy tremble of bass music. Our final preview before making the journey to Bradley pays homage to this fact. It also pays homage to G Jones‘s rise through the ranks of bass technicians. His after-hours Drift set last year was so good that he’s become a regular at DoLab events. We’re proud of him.

 

He mixes beats, hip-hop, grime, trap, ethnic and dark bass to create a soundscape that’s hard to replicate. Come dance with us as he tears up the Big Fish Thunder Stage on Saturday at 8pm – prime time hour for things to get a whole lot weirder and a whole lot more fun.

 

G Jones – Krabby Patty Secret Formula

G Jones x Tsuruda – Push

G Jones – Goblin

 

 

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