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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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Resonate Suwannee 2023: These Are A Few Of Our Favorite Things [B.Getz on L4LM]

April 10, 2023April 15, 2023 B.Getz chuck morris, desert dwellers, dirtwire, EDM, funk, future joy, guavatron, hive mind, jamtronica, lespecial, lettuce, lotus, mark farina, ott., Resonate Suwannee, sosmp, spirit of suwannee music park, sts9, tamayo, the polish ambassador, vlad the inhaler

Hosted by STS9, Resonate Suwannee returned to the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, FL on March 30 through April 1. The event’s third iteration provided a phenomenal three-day experience, delivering high art and even higher vibes at one of the premiere festival venues in the U.S.

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International Bass Wizards: Ott. & Goopsteppa Make Long-Awaited Return To The Bay Area [B.Getz on L4LM]

January 6, 2023January 9, 2023 B.Getz bass music, Bay Area, burning man, dubstep, EDM, goopsteppa, legion of bloom music, ott., psychedelic bass, womp

Bay Area psychedelic bass fans turned out in throaty throngs to welcome back the pair of international womp wizards for a cosmic convergence at Public Works on Friday, December 30th.

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PREMIERE: Listen to SEEDS? Inspired New Single “Love Will Lead the Way”

November 11, 2021November 17, 2021 B.Getz 808s, AL, bass music, EDM, electro-bass, electro-funk, electronic dance music, funk, funk jams, hip hop, Huntsville, jam, Love Will Lead the Way, new release, new single, old-school hip-hop, Seeds?, southern rap, trap, trunk funk

Alabama’s intergalactic funk-hop squad SEEDS? are back in action with an inspiring new single “Love Will Lead the Way”, released November 11th, 2021.

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Family Affair: NorCal Hip-Hop Crew Ultimate Fantastic Drops Sophomore Stunner ‘Gadzooks’ [B.Getz on L4LM]

October 14, 2021October 23, 2021 B.Getz bass music, burning man, ca, EDM, edm hip-hop, electronic music, future bass, hiphop, nevada city, norcal, pharroh, ultimate fantastic, ultimate fantastic gadzooks

Ultimate Fantastic is not yet a household name, but they should be, and in short order. Boasting a colossal brand of electro bass-infused rap tunes, the idiosyncratic NorCal hip-hop collective defies genre, sets fire to preconceived notions, breaks rules, and blends soundscapes with an intoxicating spirit—a mojo that sets them light years apart from many contemporaries.

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Super Smash: Flamingosis Raises The Bar On Blazing New LP ‘Daymaker’ [B.Getz on L4LM]

July 30, 2021 B.Getz ableton, bass music, daymaker, EDM, electro-funk, electronic music, flamingosis, flamingosis daymaker, flamingosis new album, soundcloud producer

On his latest full-length LP Daymaker, the white-hot wunderkind drafted some of the more accomplished and eclectic players in the livetronic scene to help bring his innovative visions to kaleidoscopic fruition.

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Gone Gone Beyond ‘2030’: A Conversation With The Human Experience, David Block [B.Getz on L4LM]

July 19, 2021March 21, 2023 B.Getz bass music, burning man, david block, EDM, electronic music, future folk, gone gone beyond, musician interview, musicology, rising appalachia, soul visions, the human experience, west coast festivals

Block’s international future-folk quartet Gone Gone Beyond recently released its stunning third full-length LP, 2030, to rave reviews from rabid fans and a chorus of critical acclaim.

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Ryan Herr & Jesse Hendricks’ ‘Cusp (The Remixes)’ Features Random Rab, Moontricks, Scott Nice, More [B.Getz on L4LM]

April 11, 2021April 22, 2021 B.Getz cusp, EDM, electronic music, folktronica, jesse hendricks, moontricks, organic electronic, random rab, ryan herr, scott nice, slow house

an elegant quilt of organic musicality, a medicinal archetype that blends inspired instrumentation and poignant songcraft into a space of serenity.

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FOOD OF THE GODS: Decoding the New lespecial LP ‘Ancient Homies’ [B.Getz on L4LM]

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 B.Getz ancient homies, drum & bass, drum and bass, EDM, electronic rock, heavy metal, idm, lespecial, lespecial ancient homies, metal, post-metal, post-rock, ropeadope records, sludge metal, thrash metal

originally appeared on Live For Live Music Jon Grusauskas of lespecial slid into the DMs unsolicited, and rather unassumingly. He had

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GOLDEN WOLF: Adam Deitch On The Philosophy & Methodology Behind ‘Age of Imperfection’ [B.Getz on L4LM]

August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 B.Getz adam deitch, age of imperfection, bass music, break science, EDM, electronic music, golden wolf records, hip hop, lettuce, lo-fi hip-hop, new adam deitch album

Adam Deitch is a master of emotional instrumental collages across myriad musical projects. The erstwhile veteran is back from the lab with a phenomenal nine-track EP, Age of Imperfection. His latest offering is a solo production, released August 19, 2020 on Golden Wolf Records.

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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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