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TO WEATHER THE RAIN: Dusty Dispatches From KRUDER & DORFMEISTER’s 30th Anniversary U.S. Tour – Black Rock City To The Bay [Review]

September 26, 2023September 28, 2023 B.Getz bass music, black rock city, burning man, Burning Man 2023, Burning Man Playa, Burningman, chillout, Distrikt, Distrikt Burning Man, downtempo, drum and bass, EDM, electronic dance music, electronic music, ETP Agency, jungle, kruder and dorfmeister, kruder dorfmeister, Midway SF, Opulent Temple, peter anderson, peter kruder, playa-tech, richard dorfmeister, Rob Garza, Sonic Soul Tribe, the midway sf, Thievery Corporation

A quarter-century of extreme fandom comes full circle as Kruder & Dorfmeister’s 30th Anniversary US Tour finally delivers them to the Black Rock desert, then back to the city by the Bay. B.Getz’s diary of a mad Stan welcomes the dynamic duo back to the States. Give Thanks 4 K&D!

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"After many moons spent prioritizing other projects, in late 2020 Kruder & Dorfmeister leapt back into the global electronic music zeitgeist with glorious return to the golden days, a full length LP '1995', sourced entirely from various dusty DAT tapes and smoked-out samples thought lost to the cutting room floor.The duo planned a US tour behind this comeback release - before the pandemic hit the whole world for a long, forgettable stretch and lucid dreams of debauched dancefloors were put on ice for a few years.To close out a confounding summer 2023 here in the States, Austria’s classiest export Kruder & Dorfmeister would finally come back to the shores and cities of America; better yet, they’d kick things off with three throwdowns in the desert, no less. As such, the stage was set for a monumental return to a country where K&D remain beloved kings – by those seasoned (old?) enough to remember.What had happened was…"Upful Life ... See MoreSee Less

Dispatches From KRUDER & DORFMEISTER's 30th Anniversary U.S. Tour - Black Rock City To The Bay

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