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Phutureprimitive and AN-TEN-NAE at The Broadberry on 12/4

John Reinhold | November 25, 2019

Topics: AN-TEN-NAE, dance, EDM, Firespinning, Hooping, Phutureprimitive, The Broadberry, Things to do in Richmond, things to do in RVA

Broadberry Entertainment Group Presents!

Phutureprimitive and AN-TEN-NAE at The Broadberry

Phutureprimitive and an-ten-nae
at The Broadberry
Wednesday, December 4th
$18 ADV, $22 DOS
Doors: 8pm, Show: 9pm

Phutureprimitive
http://phutureprimitivemusic.com

an-ten-nae
http://an-ten-nae.net

Phutureprimitive and An-ten-nae team up to bring you the Altered Frequency Tour. The two California Bay Area acts will be bringing their unique fusion of west-coast bass music across the US on a comprehensive national tour. Tickets on-sale Friday September 6.

Phutureprimitive is the moniker of Bay Area producer and songwriter Rain. Early childhood photos reveal Rain sitting at the piano plinking keys, grinning from ear to ear… a true sign of things to come. Continuing his early fascination with music, Rain was later drawn to electronic music, inspired by its ability to combine the best of organically played instruments and the synthetic pleasures of sounds more exotic to the human ear. After beginning a DJ career in the 90s, Rain began incorporating the music he was making in his home studio into his DJ sets. That was all it took to trigger a full-blown love affair with electronic music and the process of its creation… and Phutureprimitive was born.

Phutureprimitive’s music is singular and unique in its approach. Lush melodies drift across intricate rhythms, groove heavy beats and warm, fuzzy bass lines. Often exploring a dark and dense palette, his music also manages to convey a sense of tranquility and beauty, engaging the listener into hypnotic movement and often escalating into a full-on kinetic experience. Shimmering with cinematic qualities, his music ultimately speaks to the body, mind and soul.

An-ten-nae

An-ten-nae is an instrumental figure on the west coast, from his role as music director, producing legendary events at the iconic 1015 Folsom in San Francisco, to his signature Acid Crunk compilations which helped define an era and help lay the foundation to what is now the Westcoast Bass scene. One thing is always constant, and that is constant evolution. With numerous successful projects like Dimond Saints, The Invisible People, DnA, An-ten-nae always manages to reinvent himself and push his boundaries. Utilizing his own custom set up, An-ten-nae pushes the envelope with his live remixing abilities and wildly engaging performances.
An-ten-nae has well over 200 releases under his belt and collaborations far and wide including artists like Bassnectar, Beats Antique, Dirtwire, Desert Dwellers. He has charted in the iTunes Top 10, constantly in top charts on Beatport and featured in the Huffington Post, This Song Is Sickand Billboard. With over 60 Million combined streams / Downloads to date, and has played such venues and festivals such as Red Rocks, Electric Forest, Shambhala, Lightning in a Bottle. 2019 promises to be his most prolific one yet with the launch of WHYT RBBT and a constant stream of new music that sees him pushing boundaries into new realms with exciting new collaborations and productions.

Rock Is Dead, Let It Die

RVA Staff | April 22, 2019

Topics: Converge, Doomriders, EDM, hip hop, Old Man Gloom, rock and roll, RVA 36

*This article originally appeared in RVA Mag #36, on the streets now at all your favorite spots. It’s a special contribution from Nate Newton, a member of the bands Converge, Doomriders, and Old Man Gloom.

Rock and roll is dead. Each and every one of you need to hear this: you, the “real” fans of “real” music. Because, let’s be honest — it’s all about you.

You, who cannot believe these kids today and their awful taste in music — music you are not willing to understand. You, who “cannot stand this EDM shit.” You, who can’t stand all of this ineffectual “indie-rock bullshit.” You, who don’t get modern rap and hip-hop. You, who think this year’s lineup at Coachella (or any other festival) is “shit.” You, who constantly wonder where all of today’s rock and roll heroes are living, and where the rock and roll lifestyle migrated (hint: they’re rappers). You, who distinguish yourself in the wild with your natural bluster of, “There’s no good music anymore.”

Rest assured, I was once you.

Envision in our future a vast island of garbage, floating aimlessly in a dead ocean. Not one of trash, waste, and rubbish. No, this island of garbage will be built with vinyl copies of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, made over and over for record store day, year in and year out — because the eight million copies already in circulation throughout America are somehow not enough. This island will stay afloat through remastering, remixing, repackaging, rehashing, and re-releasing every re-forgotten classic of utmost importance to the Baby Boomers and Gen X’ers.

Why? Because for them, there will always be an inherent need to buy the same album, over and over, for the next 50 years. Never exploring, never recognizing that the vast musical frontier is generational, and that every generation makes new music for their time. Instead we cling to a vast Pangea, whose bedrock is made of millions of Beatles anthologies and Led Zeppelin box sets. And on this supercontinent are mountains built by the Best of Chicago, and snow-capped with every useless copy of Whipped Cream and Other Delights by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.

This musical wasteland will always be adrift, like a massive, rudderless ghost-ship set to sea by the rock gods of our elders’ wonder years. Their gods can never be replaced. Should they be, the replacements know that they, too, may very well be replaced. So the mantra of “there’s no good music anymore” marches on, and with it, the generation of music fans who will always know best. The ones who still want you to know that The Who sang “Long Live Rock.” The kids are alright — didn’t you know?

In the end, the younger generation — the ones whose work you hate — are the ones driving creativity in 2019. They don’t care about your rock and roll; they’re worried about an uninhabitable planet, worried about affording a house one day, worried about crowdfunding their medical bills. They are definitely not interested in being told which rock and roll altar they need to kneel to. They’re on to the next thing, and thank fuck for that. They don’t need your old rock gods. It is time for them to make their own, and it’s time for us to make space. Nurture their creativity.

The island needs to be set adrift. Let the birds shit on it. Let the seeds be fertilized and sprout new musical life; a musical life we won’t understand. It’s time we let the island become an unrecognizable paradise.

The kids are alright… they always will be. Let rock and roll finally die.

Do. Not. Fucking. Resuscitate.

Photo by Rama, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia

Music Sponsored By Graduate Richmond

RVA Bamboo Bass Festival preparty

John Reinhold | February 5, 2019

Topics: Bamboo Bass Party, Bass Music, dance, EDM, giveaway, Mr. Jennings, Ninja

Home Bass is excited to team up with Drum Circle Productions to bring the bumpin Bamboo Bass Festival preparty series to Richmond! For those who don’t know, Bamboo Bass is an amazing festival in Costa Rica with some of the finest artists bass music has to offer. Cause who wouldn’t want to experience bass in paradise? More info on the festival at https://www.bamboobassfestival.com/


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Party is 21+ >> $5 before 11pm, $10 after
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We will be raffling off a free ticket to Bamboo Bass Festival as well! Yup, no joke, you could win a free ticket to experience bass in paradise. Given that this party is only a week before the festival, the free ticket will be honored next year if the winner can not attend Bamboo Bass Festival 2019. More info on the raffle coming soon.
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And now, the lineup!

Mr Jennings – RVA – Home Bass / Re:Evolution Booking
https://soundcloud.com/mrjennings
https://www.facebook.com/misterjennings/

Teknacolor Ninja – Philly – Vacation Beach
https://soundcloud.com/teknacolorninja
https://www.facebook.com/teknacolorninja/

be.IN – RVA – Ebisu Sound
https://soundcloud.com/be-inbeats
https://www.facebook.com/beINbeats/

Reinhold – RVA – Party Liberation Front
https://soundcloud.com/jreinhold
https://www.facebook.com/The.Reinhold.RVA/

Yogamuffin – RVA – Drum Circle Productions, Ebisu Sound
https://soundcloud.com/yogamuffinmusic
https://www.facebook.com/yogamuffin/

Live Painting by Davion Birdsong
Instagram @biiirrrdsong

Decemberween 12: PLF Rings in NYE with More Art, Music, & a Fire-Breathing Dragon

John Reinhold | December 14, 2017

Topics: art, Decemberween, Diversity Richmond, EDM, festival, New Years Eve, Party Liberation Foundation, Party Liberation Front, RVA live music, Toxic Moxie

It’s time for another Decemberween and for their twelfth year, Party Liberation Foundation is bringing all the crazy antics, fire, and pyro effects, dancing, music, art and more that you love to send off 2017 with a bang. RVA Mag President John Reinhold recently sat down with the co-founder of PLF Conway Jennings, who will also be playing a set at the event, to get the rundown on this year’s festivities.

Reinhold: What makes this NYE event different than others around Richmond?

Jennings: Well, I think the main difference is that we create a pretty immersive environment. There’s a lot more going on than just some bands or DJs and a bar. There are multiple rooms inside, plus a large outside area, with many art installations placed all over the event. Musically we will feature a variety of DJs and a few bands, offering cutting edge underground dance music as well as some great live music. Oh yeah, we also go late!

Reinhold: The event is hosted by Diversity Richmond, what do you like about this venue?

Photo by Dave Parrish Photography

Jennings: Well, for starters, we feel great about their mission. It’s super important for us to create a safe space for people from all walks of life (including race, gender, sexual orientation, etc.) to be themselves at our events. It’s great to work with Diversity knowing that we share this goal. The venue itself is also perfect for us. Because it’s largely a blank canvas, we are able to bring in art, decorations, projectors, lights, etc. to transform the space differently each time. Fire spinning and fire art are both very important for our community, and use of the parking lot allows us to safely include this element. Ivan Trittipoe and the crew at Diversity are also just super friendly and great to work with.

Reinhold: What’s new for this year?

Photo by TLC Baltimore

Jennings: Well, this is the 12th Decemberween, but the third year at Diversity Richmond, and also the third year above ground. It’s been more of a smaller private party in the past. This year we are completely flipping the layout inside, which is exciting. We’re also adding a third bar in our new speakeasy /cabaret lounge, which will help cut down on waiting in line. We’ve also increased funding for art grants, so there will be even more awesome art both inside and out.

Reinhold: Tell me about your headliners and music plans for guests this year?

Photo by Dave Parrish Photography

Jennings: We’re really excited to have Soohan as our headliner. He’s been making waves at all the West Coast festivals for the past couple summers, so we’re stoked to have his unique blend of global bass and hip hop at Decemberween. We’re also super stoked to have Richmond dance punk favorites Toxic Moxie in the lineup. Bunk Buddha will be joining us from Baltimore, as well as DJ Shakey from New York City. We have a lot of PLF favorites rounding out the rest of the lineup. The music is really gonna be amazing this year.

Reinhold: Sounds like you have more live music this year. Things like the jazz speakeasy lounge, what’s the plan for that room?

Photo by TLC Baltimore

Jennings: Yup! We are turning the smaller room inside into a speakeasy/cabaret lounge this year. We will have a jazz band playing throughout the night, with a variety of dance and burlesque performances in between. As I mentioned before, there will be a bar in there, as well as tables and couches, so you can take a load off and enjoy the show with a nice cocktail. And while we generally lean pretty heavily on electronic music, we’re stoked to have Toxic Moxie’s blend of live dance music to spice things up a bit.

Reinhold: What kind of large-scale art and immersive environments are planned?

Photo by Dave Parrish Photography

Jennings: We’re super excited to have Davina the Dragon for her first PLF event in years. Outside we will have a whole bunch of fire sculptures and flame effects, but there will also be all kinds of other fun stuff. Ziggy Sawdust will be carving wooden portraits of partygoers with a chainsaw, live (yes, really!). Man Camp! crew will be constructing a roving Trojan Mop Bucket because …well, why not? Inside, we will have Illumious Plumes, a giant peacock with an amazing paint job, by Emily Wimbis, Alexa Eliana, and Molly Chopin. Ian Hess and crew will construct a wondrous 8-foot tall glowing pyramid, complete with mysterious glowing obelisks. And this is just less than half of the art grants! There will be all kinds of awesome stuff this year.

Reinhold: Tell me more about the fire-breathing dragon?

Photo by Jeremy Parker

Jennings: Davina is a 30-foot long, 10- foot tall fire-breathing dragon art car. She was built in 2010 by Charlottesville artist Christian Breeden, who also built Josephine the Colossal SkeletalMarionette, an integral part of our past two Decemberweens. Davina has been prowling the playa at Burning Man for the past several years, offering rides to wayward burners and dazzling everyone with her flames. But she has made a triumphant return home to Virginia! This will be her first PLF event in many years, and we couldn’t be more excited to have her back. While there won’t be room for her to move around too much at Decemberween, she will definitely be shooting plenty of fire.

Reinhold: So we know you all love fire, are there going to be fire performers or special performances?

Photo by Aaron Kirn

Jennings: In addition to Davina, we will have a wide variety of flame effects and sculptures, as well as live fire performance throughout the night. Expect a lot of fire at midnight, from humans and dragons alike.

Reinhold: The entire event s a benefit for Party Liberation Foundation correct?

Jennings: Sure is! The Party Liberation Front collective has been around since 2006, but we decided to start a non-profit last year. Our goal is to nurture the arts and the creative community in the Richmond region. Over the past year, we have awarded several thousand dollars of art grants both for our events and for local art openings. We have also launched a series of free workshops on performance art, dance, and more. We’re very new to this, but we are excited to see what the future holds.

Photo by TLC Baltimore

Reinhold: How can people purchase tickets?

Jennings: Diversity has allowed us to increase our ticket cap to 700 this year (up from 650), but we do expect it to sell out, as it has the past two years. Grab your tickets here.

Top Photo Credit: Janpim Wolf Photography

Review: Illenium Drops Explosive Performance On Richmond Fans Monday Night

Malik Hall | December 7, 2017

Topics: EDM, electronic music, Illenium, The National

Denver’s Illenium made Monday night the best day of the week with his explosive performance at The National. 

The producer has been dropping beats and shaking the dance industry since 2013 with his debut album Ashes, and was on tour promoting his most recent release Awake, and fans packed the Richmond venue immerse themselves into Illenium’s captivating sounds and visuals.

He’s a household name to most festivalgoers, with sets at Lollapalooza and Summer Set Music Festival under his belt just to name a few. Racking up almost five million monthly listeners on Spotify alone, and his remix of the Chainsmokers’ “Don’t Let Me Down’”, which has almost 300 million views on the YouTube, has put him in a category all his own.

Illenium stayed behind the mic and his MacBook Pro and was joined by opening acts, Said the Sky — a co-producer of his most recent album, who also put on a hell of a warm-up act, and Dabin — who I unfortunately missed. These openers as well a few others played guitar, keyboard, taiko and snare drums during Illenium’s performance to make up for an immersive masterpiece of a set.

Songs from the Awake album convey more of an emotionally driven vibe as Illenium mentioned during a Billboard interview that he was listening to a lot of Blink-182 and soft rock. To sum up the energy of the crowd that night, listen to “Fractures” on his new album and you’ll understand what I’m talking about.

Just like most EDM performance an array of colorful lasers and fog machines blanketed the crowd and engulfed the venue, getting the crowd hyped up by the second. What set Illenium apart from the rest, was his spiritually-healing tunes combined with the lighting and with his fans loved.

Illenium went all out for his encore, playing his single “Beautiful Creatures” and love — and phones- were in the air, as confetti guns came out shooting colorful paper into the air and falling down on dancing fans. It marked the perfect ending for the night. 

It looks as though Illenium will be touring through the rest of the year, ending with a New Years Eve performance at Decadence SLC in Salt Lake City where he will be joined by Dabin and Porter Robinson. If you happen to be there be sure to check him out because his music and stage presence is one not to miss. 

Photo Credits: Malik Hall 

EDM DJ Rezz Hypnotizes Fans at Friday’s Performance at The National

Malik Hall | November 7, 2017

Topics: DJ, EDM, REZZ, rva music, The National

Canadian DJ Rezz accomplished her mission of bringing peace through music as she blew the crowd away at Friday night’s show at the National. Sporting her signature spiral glasses, Rezz had fans hypnotized with her tunes.

Promoting her Mass Manipulation album, the show featured many songs off the DJ’s debut album. Hearing the single “Premonition” live was an intense experience and it sent the crowd into a frenzy of cheers and applause. Her vibrant nature came out through her music as well as her movements with her swaying and pumping to the heavy beats. Her energy and vibe on stage never wavered and kept the crowd on their feet throughout the show. 

Rezz’s visuals were amazing, rotating through numerous mind-bending fractal patterns that got so vivid, there was a point where I thought I was being sucked into a kaleidoscope. She also added some visuals from her Mass Manipulation comic book, which enhanced the effect of her psychedelic-based tunes.

The DJ gave a shout out to her visuals team, and it the trance-like shapes and colors kept the packed venue invested and fixated on her the entire night. Rezz’ hectic tour schedule has had her playing several music festivals and she will continue to tour into January, but she showed no sign of fatigue during her set Friday night. 

“This was our second time seeing her in the past two months(last time being at lost lands) and she put on a different set, this one was definitely the best,” Rezz fan and Richmond local Tara told RVA Mag at the show.

Before exiting the stage, Rezz gave her fans a treat, an unreleased track which seemed to get everyone stoked and get their energy back up. 

And openers No Mana and K?d, put on an excellent performance and did a great job of hyping up the crowd before the main attraction. Rezz, thanks for coming to Richmond, your radiant presence, and hypnotic tunes will always be welcome.

Photo Credits: Renee Brown

 

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