Strange Creek Campout 2012, Max Creek, Strangefolk, Carbon Leaf
Event on 2012-05-25 13:00:00
Supporting Acts: Dopapod
Strange Creek Campout 2012
Camp KeeWanee Camp KeeWanee is located in Greenfield, MA, and is an inclusive summer day camp with an emphasis on the arts and the fostering of self-esteem. The camp has trails, Pavilions and Music Cabins. A portion of StrangeCreek Campout ticket proceeds go to benefit Camp KeeWanee, and the Wormtown Crew always gives back to help make the camp better and more beautiful every year. Festival Features * 3 nights of Wooded Camping * Gates Open at 9am Friday, Campgrounds close at 1pm on Monday * Community Bonfire * Cabin Jams * Vernville * River Worm Cafe * Roaming Entertainers * Family Camping & Kids Entertainment * Craft & Food Vendors * Strangers Helping Strangers Food Drive Basic Rules (that we ask you to follow) No Glass Bottles… Coolers are okay. Please No Open Fires… Community Bonfires will be there again this year. So bring lots of drums!!!! No Car Camping Absolutely No Dogs will be allowed at the camp! We try not forget this place is a Kids Camp for Music and The Arts. We are trying to protect and improve the land for the kids that will be attending the camp this summer. So, we'll leave nothing but our footprints…
Max Creek
Purveyors of a Genre and a Way of Life, Max Creek Celebrates Their Fortieth They Made It Through the Seventies, and They're Still Going. Max Creek is a living, breathing historical study in a hugely significant yet too-oft overlooked American subculture: the jam band. Later this month, Max Creek celebrates their fortieth anniversary with a small East Coast tour, hitting intimate venues in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New York City. Creek guesses they've performed nearly 3,000 times over their forty years together. They have set lists for 1,851 shows covering the 80s and 90s but there are more shows, both known and unknown, than set lists still exist for. As with most jam bands and their fans, the majority of the 70s are gone. (What does this mean?) Their first concert as a band was in May 1971 at the Maple View Ballroom (later Woody's) in Washington, MA, a venue at that time owned by Arlo Guthrie. The next three decades were characterized by endless bouts of touring, especially the late 70s and 80s. At their peak in 1982, Creek played 241 live shows. A true jam band, Max Creek and its fans know that the truest experience is the live show. During their long history, they've played some out of this world shows in some out of this world venues, including the Elmcrest Psychiatric Institute in Portland, CT in 1978. In the early years, Creek toured almost exclusively in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New York. Their first ventures into northern New England (New Hampshire and Maine) took place in 1981, and in 1983 they hit the road and took to Philadelphia then back up north to Vermont. Throughout the 80s, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine became regular tour stops along with the old mid-Atlantic standbys. In 1989, they tapped the Mason Dixon line, venturing south to Virginia, North Carolina, Washington, D.C., Maryland, and back to Pennsylvania, adding the Keystone State to their regular tour stops. In 1991 they took a lengthy "ski" trip, playing in mountain towns across Colorado, including Steamboat Springs, Aspen, and Telluride. Later during the 90's they went several times to "the Promised Land" – California, where they played at classic venues such as the Great American Music Hall and Maritime Hall. Perhaps as a result of many year of traveling, they stuck around the East Coast for the rest of the 90s, had families, and played shows pockmarked by occasional westward excursions including to Ohio, and back to Colorado and California. After this many years, they might have showed some signs of slowing down, but not by much. Earlier in 2011, they produced and participated in January's Jungle Jam in Costa Rica with the Grateful Dead's Bill Kreutzmann. Seemingly unknown outside their home circuit of Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York, with smaller followings throughout New England (though their annual Camp Creek summer festival is a big crowd-pleaser), Max Creek has fans that have, over the years, spread out and settled in far-flung regions of the country. They have brought tapes, CD's and other recordings to spread the gospel of the band that had become so large a part of their lives. Also, the band has been pivotally influential on an entire generation of jam bands, and their sound has defined much of the genre as we know it today. Interestingly, Phish did a live cover of the Max Creek song: Back Porch Boogie. About Phish's cover, Max Creek's Scott Murawski says, "Mike Gordon wanted to do the song which is an instrumental bluegrass song but he knew Trey wouldn't want to cover a Max Creek song so he told the band he wrote it and they performed it." Whether or not Phish will admit the relationship, when you listen to Phish, you can definitely hear the Max Creek influence. In real life, the band members are a church musical director (Mark Mercier – keyboards), video and event company employee (John Rider – bass), a TV and audio technician (Scott Allshouse – drums), an ADP account manager (Greg Vasso – drums), and a computer programmer (Scott Murawski – guitar). But as playing together for forty years proves, at heart, they are all musicians, and an integral part of a thriving, if under-the-radar, subculture. More than a band, Max Creek has become a major part of the lives of many of its followers over the years, and, like some in the jam band scene, a social phenomenon as much as a musical entity. Many members of its long-time audience liken coming to Max Creek concerts after an absence to "coming back home for Thanksgiving". In the eyes of both the band and their fans, the existence of the band runs much deeper than the music. Max Creek has never played without a rubber duck somewhere on stage, usually on the bass amp. Glide Magazine writer Shane Handler got it right when he issued high praise for Max Creek saying "Bands like Phish, moe., Blues Traveler, the Disco Biscuits and others are the trees in Max Creek's seeds of a thriving Northeast music scene that encourages live risk taking on stage and playing according to the feel of the present moment."
Strangefolk
At the heart of Strangefolk's songwriting is a seamless blend of narrative lyrical content and inventive melody. In fact, the band's name refers to the layering of unusual guitar sounds, time sequences and melodies over a singer-songwriter styled lyrical foundation. Rock, folk, blues and bluegrass influences converge to create an instantly recognizable sound which keeps Strangefolk's listeners moving from start to finish. When punctuated with Strangefolk's trademark three-part harmonies and soaring lead guitar, the band's unique songwriting ability develops a natural avenue for the band to extend themselves in a live setting. The result is one of the more gratifying live music experiences around.
Carbon Leaf
Some bands insist on dragging listeners into their world, but Carbon Leaf works towards a more admirable and considerably more difficult goal – that of letting perfect strangers feel that the band understands their world. The band succeeds in doing just that — and in creating a soundtrack suitable for multiple worlds — on its third Vanguard release, Nothing Rhymes With Woman. "For me, this is an album that's focused on growth and maturity, but it's not deadly serious," says front man Barry Privett. "I wanted to examine my life and the lives of my family and friends and do it with a little bit of a wink. The last thing I wanted to do was get all dark and overwrought." Privett and his bandmates dodge that pitfall with aplomb on Nothing Rhymes With Woman, the much-anticipated follow-up to the acclaimed 2006 offering Love, Loss, Hope, Repeat. As ever, the quintet — recently joined by drummer Jason Neal, a veteran of the southeast's club circuit, and Seattle bassist Jon Markel — challenge themselves and listeners by steadfastly refusing to retrace old steps, bringing in like-minded collaborators (like Toby Lightman, who brings a burnished tone to her vocal parts on the gritty "Meltdown") and taking off in plenty of new directions of their own accord. That sense of freshness, to hear Privett tell the tale, has a lot to do with the relaxed nature of the disc's recording, which took place in their Richmond, Virginia backyard. "This time, we did something we hadn't done in a long time, and that was to just throw away the timeline altogether," says the singer. "We waited until everyone believed in every single song without any doubt or questions. It was a return to the days of doing music for the sheer joy of just doing it."
at Camp Kee-Wanee
Glenbrook Drive
Greenfield, United States
Mt Eden Dubstep
Event on 2012-05-26 20:00:00
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Saturday, May 26, 2012
Hy-Tekk Productions presents: MT EDEN
Ages 17+ // Limited early bid tix for .00
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Featuring live sets from…..
>> MT EDEN [Dubstep // Auckland, New Zealand]
http://mtedenofficial.com/
http://soundcloud.com/mtedenofficial
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mt-Eden-Dubstep/280178943909
As dubstep production duo Mt Eden (formerly Mt Eden Dubstep), Jesse Hooper and Harley Rayner are truly putting New Zealand – and dubstep as a genre – on the map. You could write that off as industry hyperbole, but in this case a little braggadocio is entirely apt: to date the New Zealand based act can claim over 98 million collective plays of their tracks on YouTube – more than any other New Zealand act, ever.
What started as a hobby in their early teens (they were 13 and 14 when they started mixing together on their computers), has morphed into international success for the pair, who only started posting their music online after a friend created a YouTube channel for them in early 2010. Within months their total hit count was in the millions and rising – all of a sudden the bedroom producers and amateur DJs were staring down the barrel of international renown, and feeling appropriately blown away.
Having first made their mark with the epic ‘Sierra Leone’, Mt Eden have since remixed tracks by Ruby Frost, Six60 and legendary producer DJ Fresh, as well as many other incredible local and international artists – simultaneously building a large enough collection of their own material to warrant the recent release of their EP MEDS. Says Rayner, “It felt like the weight was shifted when we put out MEDS, because we finally had a body of original work we could be proud of and that was well received.”
Having put MEDS to the people Mt Eden are already at work on their debut album, which will feature collaborations and remixes with a number of other respected producers and artists from around the world. Claiming they only started making dubstep because of genre godfathers Benga and Skream, locally the duo’s influences also include Concord Dawn, Shapeshifter, Bulletproof, Trei, State of Mind and Tiki Taane. Other acts they’re currently into include Baths, Doctor P, Ben Sage, Hudson Mohawke, Skrillex, James Blake and Tokyo Prose.
Live, Mt Eden’s shows are built around moments – extended build-ups, drum solos, double and triple drops – the focus always being to generate momentum and keep the crowd in the right frame of mind. Featuring a lot of unreleased material – including their own unreleased bootlegs, unheard edits of their own tunes and unreleased tracks from other artists – every Mt Eden set is a unique journey. “We have always played a good mixture of light and dark, so it can be an uplifting and gut-wrenching journey all at the same time,” elaborates Cooper.
Following a Kiwi summer that saw them play a number of well received gigs, including at the Rhythm & Vines and La De Da festivals, Mt Eden look ahead to a touring schedule that has taken on a life of its own. Fielding multiple requests daily from promoters around the world.
Reflecting on the events of the past year Rayner says, “We didn't expect any of this to happen, and we are still overwhelmed by it.” They better get their heads around it soon, because this rollercoaster ride is already well underway.
>> JAY FAY [Moombahton // St. Louis, MO]
http://soundcloud.com/jayfay
http://twitter.com/jayfayx
http://youtube.com/jayfaymusik
Though only a teenager with the prospect of extraordinary success to come, the future is now for St. Louis, Missouri's Jay Fay. Rarely can someone under the age of 21 say that they've spent half of their life in music, and even rarer than that, have shared stages with the likes of Drake, Steve Aoki, Rusko, Mount Kimbie, Big K.R.I.T, Wale, and Big Sean. A humble creator, Jay Fay's expansive imagination propels his whimsical takes on the sonic universe. He represents the sound of the present and in many circles is considered THE rising face of the future. A drummer since the age of nine, the producer/DJ has experience as a mash-up wizard and an interest in bass heavy underground styles of the moment including indie hip-hop, dancehall and African kuduro makes him a prime candidate for moombahtonista stardom. Approval has been fast and furious from fellow rising global superstars, Dillon Francis, BBC Radio 1 presenter Toddla T and moombahton inventor Dave Nada amongst a growing list of those in full support.
>> JOHNNY HAMMERSTIX [Electro House, Trash // Kansas City, MO]
http://hy-tekk.com/artists/johnny-hammerstix/
http://soundcloud.com/johnny-hammerstix
http://www.facebook.com/JohnnyHammerstix
http://twitter.com/#!/Hammerstix
2 dudes, monster tunes, bad ideas and no regrets.
Brian is the fortunate son of the man that invented the flavor, "purple" & Johnny is homeless and hates hard shell tacos.
Together… they are morons that enjoy bringing together the sounds of hard electro, fidget, trash and moombah. Johnny Hammerstix started in 2009 and along the way has had the pleasure of playing shows with Steve Aoki, Kids at the Bar, Mr. Skeleton, Benny Benassi, Skrillex, Datsik, Minnesota, Cyberoptics, Savoy, Defunct!, MLE, Gareth Emery, Zedd, Porter Robinson, Spankalicious, Liquid Stranger, Antiserum, The Car Thief, Eprom, Bassphreak, Crizzly, Billy Blacklight, Bassthoven, Sick Nifty, The Evil Bastards and more. Johnny Hammerstix loves to play the songs they love because they know you will love them too.
**** MORE OPENERS TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON! ****
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| DISCOUNTED TICKETS |
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We are going to try something new this will be the first show featuring:
>> Hy-Tekk Early Bird Specials
We're offering a limited number of advance tickets for .00 so get yours NOW & save 50% on your ticket to Mt Eden!
Advance tickets go on-sale next Wednesday, April 11th via Ticketmaster or by stopping into "It's A Dream" located at 3942 Broadway, Kansas City, Missouri 64111.
>> Early Bird – Tier 1 :: .00
>> Early Bird – Tier 2 :: .00
>> Day-of-Show Price :: .00
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| PRODUCTION / ENVIRONMENT |
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Alright check it out ragers! We're bringing in extra production for this event featuring several layers of lighting, custom mapped projections, lasers, fog and our new DJ booth. This is not an event to be missed as we are bringing it with an over-the-top production value The Valentine Room has never seen!
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| PROFESSIONAL LIGHTING |
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>> ROCKSTAR LIGHTING [Kansas City, MO]
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rockstar-Lighting/115915088485012
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| HD VISUAL PROJECTIONS |
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>> VJ NEXUS [Kansas City, MO]
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vj-NeXus/165344893511
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| PROMOTIONAL SUPPORT BY |
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>> MAMMOTH
http://www.facebook.com/itsmammoth
>> CICADA RHYTHM
http://www.facebook.com/CicadaRhythm
>> THE UNTZ
http://www.facebook.com/theuntz
http://theuntz.com/
>> MOAR DUBSTEP
http://www.facebook.com/moardubstep
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| RIDE SHARING / CARPOOLING BECAUSE WE CARE |
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>> RIDE FROG
http://ridefrog.com/events/71994/v/o-Eden
at Uptown Theater
3700 Broadway
Kansas City, United States
