After a year and half hiatus, Australian producer Flume ignited his 2019 world-wide tour, making a stop at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre last night.

As his only show stop on his summer tour outside of playing festivals like Lollapalooza and Outside Lands, Flume’s first night of Red Rocks led the producer to play around and experiment with his new hip-hop music collaborations with JPEGMAFIA and slowthai.

Colorado producer Collin McKenna opened up Tuesday night’s music at 6:55 p.m., before slowthai and JPEGMAFIA played 30-minute opening sets for some alternative hip-hop.

Flume took the stage at 9:45 p.m., igniting with hard-hitting electronic waves as he whipped out a pink can of spray paint, spelling out “Hi this is Flume” holding it up the screaming crowd. A melodic beat came on, as Flume welcomed collaborator slowthai onstage in his underwear for a electronic-hip hop collaboration off his newest mixtape release, Hi This Is Flume (Mixtape).

Flume kicked started into his popular “Say It” and “Never Be Like You” as female vocalist Vera Blue sang the lyrics in substitute of Kai and Tove Lo from the original recording. An edgy, unstructured electronic beat surged around the mountainous rocks as Flume danced onstage and JPEGMAFIA strode back onstage for another R&B meets electronic collaboration.

Feeling the crowd, Flume played a new song for the crowd, twisting and turning in air and space melody before hitting it with a hard and heavy with a deep electronic beat. Another hip hop remix hit the crowd as psychedelic visuals of weapons and abstracts shapes projected behind Flume welding a sign onstage that read “Red Rocks.”

Flume teased the crowd as he layed with his back down onstage in a white suit to start up “Insane”, a male robotic voice narrating the opening lyrics “our rocks are red and so damn big” and four men in black suits surrounded around him, before jumping up and leading into an upbeat Lorde “Tennis Court” remix.

JPEGMAFIA returned onstage for an intense screaming hip-hop lyrical song, and keeping up with the heavy bass, Flume transitioned into a menacing performance of smashing objects onstage. A devilish monster transformed behind Flume as objects were smashed across the stage and a blood murder scene appeared the crowd from a bird’s eye view before getting swept away.

Picking the crowd back up into a disco house beat, the crowd got back to dancing and Vera Blue made her appearance back onstage for a lyrical light-beat. The crowd clapped along as the two danced, and Flume led into a spacey electronic take as Blue left the stage. Flume took to the piano and sang about people taking advantage of you as another hip-hop collaboration came on.

Teasing the crowd with a short reappearance of “Say It,” Flume went into his ever-most popular Disclosure original “You & Me,” inviting Vera Blue, slowthai, and JPEGMAFIA onstage for a dance party to end the night.

After about six minutes, Flume returned for a three-song encore, including his Chet Faker remix of “Drop The Game” as blooming flower visuals projected on the screen to the sold-out crowd.

Flume returns to Red Rocks Amphitheatre tonight to finish off his two-night, sold-out run and last show in the United States before heading to Hangang Park, South Korea on August 15th and Centerpoint Studio, Sukhumvit 105 in Thailand on August 21st. For a full list of show dates, head to Flume’s website.

Check out more photos from the show.

Renowned visual artist and VJ Jonathan Singer will enter the pioneering NFT space by immortalizing a collection of three selected digital works on the blockchain titled, “The Hypnagogia Collection.”

For over 20 years, Singer has been on the forefront of live event visuals, pushing the boundaries of what it means to be a “VJ”, and helping to elevate the artform and raise awareness of its importance, especially within the psychedelic and jamband scenes. Singer has created content for some of the world’s finest lighting designers and VJs, and has collaborated with and performed alongside visionary stalwarts like the Grateful Dead, Alex and Allyson Grey, Amanda Sage, Tipper, Shpongle, The Allman Brothers, and more.

Set to be released and minted at 6 p.m. EST on April 15th via the NFT art auction platform Foundation, Singer will give collectors a chance to own a piece of history. For the first time ever, collectors will have a chance to own a piece of Singer’s digital artwork--not just a print--but the actual artwork itself, digitally signed by the artist as a single edition, minted on the Ethereum blockchain.

The collection features one still image and two animations, created by Singer and inspired by his experience with “Hypnagogic Travel”, a technique of exploring the states of consciousness that occur between the transitions of wakefulness and sleep.

“I’m truly excited that NFTs have come along to highlight artists in a whole new way. Watching the future become reality is an amazing thing. Over the last three decades I have really tried to develop my own unique style of digital art. I am honored and humbled to bring these works to a whole new audience by minting this collection,” Singer says.

NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are digital collectibles whose ownership is verified by blockchain technology, ensuring authenticity. The value of the digital files, which are purchased using cryptocurrency, lies in their uniqueness of being a sole token and inability to be replicated. Before NFTs, there was no real way for a digital artist to sell a single edition of an artwork without printing a single copy and selling it. Even then, the collector was actually only purchasing a copy of the original artwork.

Now, NFTs have opened up new and exciting possibilities for all artists to connect with their audiences, and have awarded novel opportunities to digital artists. NFT “smart contracts” allow artists to digitally sign artworks without ever bringing them into the physical world, and also provide the added benefit of a 10% artist commission on the secondary market, something the “real” art market has never been able to do.

Singer’s three-part NFT debut “The Hypnagogia Collection” will drop on Thursday, April 15th at 6 p.m. here. For more information, visit Singer’s website and Twitter.

The Green House Band is excited to announce its first full-length album Ocotillo is being released on all major platforms on July 9th, 2021. In addition to their upcoming debut album, the band will be headlining Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom on September 17th for the official album release show.

The 12-track album was mastered at Colorado Sound Studios (The Lumineers, John Mayer, The Black Crowes) and traverses colorful and broad sonic and lyrical spectrums.  Ranging from impassioned indie-rock track, “No Time at All,” to the album’s acoustic finale “Wiser Fool,” driven by powerful and harmonic vocals, and album centerpiece “Raining On Vandeventer,” Ocotillo finds at its core creative and relatable lyrics woven into soulful and energetic instrumentals.

“Taking the time to build our own studio and self-produce this album allowed each of us to play a part in cultivating our own creative sound, while mastering with Tom Capek at Colorado Sound allowed us to craft a beautiful and professional finished album. We can’t wait to continue to reinvent these energetic and passionate songs on stage this summer,” guitarist Michael Nunnick says.

The Green House Band has been featured in Prelude Press and Westword, and Bolder Beat compared TGHB to Tedeschi Trucks Band, citing "a driving rhythm section mixed with smooth vocals" and "layers of instrumentals and harmonies that mix together beautifully.”

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Colorado-based progressive rock sextet Eminence Ensemble will head south to the country’s oldest and highest capital city in Santa Fe, NM for the inaugural Camp Stoney Days. Presented and partnered with local Colorado rockers Flash Mountain Flood, the two-day, two-night experience will take place among the Sangre de Cristo Mountains on July 29th-30th for an intimate weekend of live performances by Southwest-based soulful jam bands. Eminence Ensemble will join the talented roster of artists, including hosts Flash Mountain Flood, Pigment, Last To Know, Squeaky Feet, Mask, and more.

Set among 200+ acres of wilderness at a mountain retreat located 7,400 feet above sea level, attendees will also be able to cool off in the outdoor pool boasting scenic mountain views, relax and unwind with the onsite massage therapist, and hike among the dozens of nearby trails. The festival will also offer a variety of accommodation options, from tent and car camping, as well as limited A-frame cabins for a more glamping experience.

A limited amount of tickets with included on-site camping are still available here.

Colorado’s progressive rock sextet Eminence Ensemble will host the inaugural Elevation Music Festival on August 12th-13th. Taking place at the scenic Alma Town Park in Alma, CO, Elevation Music Festival will be the highest music festival in the world, sitting at over 10,500 feet.

Located just 30 minutes outside of Breckenridge and under two hours from Denver, Elevation Music Festival is poised to be this summer’s best intimate and live music experience. Attendees will enjoy two full days and nights of top-tier Intermountain West jams courtesy of hosts Eminence Ensemble, as well as sets by respected locals Flash Mountain Flood, Dog City Disco, Jack Cloonan Band, Split Window, and more.

Electronic duo Snakes and Stars will also make their debut at the inaugural festival. Comprised of Michael Travis (The String Cheese Incident) and Aaron Johnston (David Byrne Band, Brazilian Girls), Snakes and Stars will feature the two top drummers exploring various idioms of electronic and dance music in a live, improvisational format. Relying on a combined 60 years of live music experience, Travis and Johnston utilize vocals, synthesizers, electronic pads and triggers, drum kits, guitar, bass, and samples to create one of a kind musical experiences, in the moment. The band finds its inspiration in deep electronic roots from minimal, trance, techno and house along with contemporary electronic stylings like trap and dubstep.

In addition to the music, attendees will have direct access to some of the best mountain terrain to explore through hiking, mountain biking, fishing, and more. The festival will also offer on-site camping for the weekend, included in the ticket price.

“This is a unique event in the highest incorporated city in the world. Eminence Ensemble has its roots in Summit County so Alma is the perfect location to bring our fans together for an intimate music weekend experience. The views within the town are breathtaking. We’re capping the event to only 500, so it will be a special immersive mountain music experience.” –Elevation Music Festival founder and EE drummer Tanner Bardin

While some festivals lack the convenience of nearby amenities, Elevation Music Festival hopes to “elevate” attendees’ experience. With its location in the heart of the town, attendees will have easy accessibility to everything they may need for the weekend, including groceries and supplies at the AL-MART General Store as well as local mountain food and drink offerings right across the street at South Park Saloon.

Tickets are now on sale here. Camping is included, with the option to choose your own camping setup within a tent, car, van, or RV.

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