RED BULL SOUND SELECT PRESENTS: DENVER ANNOUNCES NEXT SHOW OF 2017 TO BE HEADLINED BY DAN DEACON ON MARCH 9th

On Thursday, March 9th, Dan Deacon will headline the The Marquis Theater (2009 Larimer St., Denver, CO 80205) with Red Bull Sound Select acts Flaural and Oyster Kids performing in support. The show is only $5 with RSVP, $15 without. The RSVP link can be found here: http://win.gs/MarDenver

Dan Deacon is an inimitable electronic composer and DJ known for his signature live shows which are typically accompanied by a healthy dose of raucous audience participation. Famous for his frenetic and expansive electronic soundscapes, the Baltimore-based artist is coming off the release of his critically- acclaimed 2015 offering, Gliss Riffer, his seventh studio album. More recently, Deacon collaborated with the New York City Ballet to produce a score inspired by music from America, his 2012 symphonic ode to the U.S. The ballet production, entitled The Times Are Racing, premiered in January.

Known for their infectious blend of psych-pop and new wave, Denver quartet Flaural will support. Having shared the stage with the likes of Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Built to Spill, the band is heading into 2017 strong with new music in the works and national festival and club dates ahead. Fresh off a west coast tour, breezy indie pop duo Oyster Kids from Los Angeles round out the bill. Having amassed a sizable following thanks in part to the viral success of their singles, this is a duo you don’t want to miss. Take a listen to these artist’s music below:

Flaural: https://www.redbullsoundselect.com/artists/flaural
Oyster Kids: https://www.redbullsoundselect.com/artists/OysterKids 

Music | SHOW ALERT: RBSS Presents: The Internet, Povi, and Turner Jackson curated by Souls In Action

The hits keep coming. As always our homies over at Red Bull Sound Select are bringing the heat on October 20th with a stellar lineup. Headlining will be The Internet who have been scorching the airwaves with their hit "Special Affair". Also on the bill our two of our favorites, the beautiful Povi, who recently just wrapped a Red Bull Tour Bus with SZA and Lizzo across the midwest. Also on the bill is the always animated and talented Turner Jackson who if you remember blew up the spot at our 3rd Anniversary party last year. This will be sure to sell out and as is the case we highly encourage you to RSVP. As an incentive they are offering free drinks to the firs 100 people as well as some rad giveaways and activities. We have a special prize package coming your way so stay tuned. The lineup is curated by our good friends over at Souls in Action. RSVP

Red Bull Sound Select Presents: Denver

Date: Tues 10/20/15

Venue: The 1 Up - Colfax

Curated by: Souls In Action

Featuring: The Internet, Povi, Turner Jackson

Povi (Photo Credit: Robert Castro)

Turner Jackson (Photo Credit: Robert Castro)

Music | SHOW ALERT: This Weekends Best Shows | Our Top Picks (August 20-22),

Music | Red Bull Sound Selects Denver Presents: Dam Funk, Fast4ward, Oren L (Killing Kings) | Lost Lake | June 25

We’re four months into the Red Bull Sound Select Presents: Denver showcases and they’re only getting better. This month, expert curator DJ Low Key will be bringing Stones Throw Records own Dam Funk to town on June 25th at Lost Lake. The show is 18+ and tickets are only $3 with an RSVP to RedBullSoundSelect.com.

We have an exclusive prize pack for you courtesy of DJ Low Key and Ultra5280. Go to our Instagram to enter. Remember you and whoever you choose must RSVP to be entered.

-2 pairs of extra limited Red Bull Sound Select Sunglasses
-The Red Bull Music Academy - For The Record Hardcover
-2  VIP Tickets to the show to skip the main line
-$25 Bar Tab at Lost Lake

Getting to know Dam Funk:

Damon “Dam-Funk” Riddick is the epitome of funk. Ever since debuting with Stones Throw in 2008, Dam-Funk has become one of the genres most passionate proselytizers, out to save it from devilish depictions of cartoonish caricature. To Dam, funk is a way of living, “a feeling of struggle and staying cool through it all.” In 2013, he released his celebrated partnership with hip- hop’s Snoop Dogg titled 7 Days of Funk. Fresh for ’15, Dam returns with a solo project nearly six years in the making: Invite the Light. 

Dam-Funk grew up in the Los Angeles city/suburb of Pasadena. A ‘70s baby, he came of age in the era of the Uncle Jamm’s Army parties, of electro-pharaoh Egyptian Lover, of Prince’s purple reign. His parents nurtured his musical talents as a child and by his teens, he mastered the drums, then the drum machine. A chance encounter led to an apprenticeship under funk songwriter/producer Leon Sylvers III (SOLAR Records) and by the mid-90s G-Funk era in hip- hop, Dam found his musical skills in high demand by rappers such as Mack 10 and MC Eiht. “Everybody was trying to do the live instrumentation thing, so then you got cats like me playing on records,” Dam explains.

Sideman status wasn’t enough though. Dam remembers “watching gold plaques hitting the wall” for everyone but him and he decided to go “full-funk” and make a do-or-die try to become an artist on his own terms. In 2006, Dam-Funk and a few friends launched the popular Funkmosphere party in L.A., bringing the boogie back. It’s around then that Dam drew the attention of Stones Throw and both label and artist related to Dam’s insistence that “funk is not just a Jheri Curl. There was more than that.” 

Dam’s partnership with Stones Throw has now included everything from his 2009 LP Toeachizown, to an anthology of early productions, Adolescent Funk (2010), to 2013’s Higher and 7 Days of Funk. Invite the Light isn’t just Dam’s first solo full-length since ’09, he thinks of it as his first fully-realized effort – a “concise, beginning-to-end vision – that’s resulted in a loosely autobiographical concept album inspired by the trials and tribulations of his personal and professional life of the last six years. As always, Dam flexes his multi-instrumentalist talents by handling all the production but still makes time for guests including rapper Q-Tip, the father-son duo of Leon Sylvers III & IV, and funk giant Junie Morrison of the Ohio Players, who opens and closes the album with dire warnings of what could happen in a world without funk. Rest assured, Dam is here to make sure that never comes to pass. As he puts it, “funk is the underdog, the black sheep of black music,” and if that’s true, Dam-Funk is its shepherd. 

Red Bull Sound Select artists Oren L (Killing Kings) and Fast4Ward will open in support. They’re both up and coming local acts that we think should be on your radar. Check their music out below:

Oren L (Killing Kings):
http://win.gs/1ALD1hY
Fast4Ward:
http://win.gs/1tdvPoZ

TW/IG: @redbullCO @RBSoundSelect | #soundselect

GOLDLINK REPLACES ELLIPHANT DENVER DECEMBER 11TH WITH RED BULL SOUND SELECT ARTISTS HUSTLE AND DRONE, LILY FANGZ AND POVI TAMU

WHAT:  Red Bull Sound Select, an ongoing program to support local music scenes and the people who push them forward, announces a line-up change for it’s last Denver show of 2014 with curator Souls in Action. Headliner Elliphant had to cancel due to scheduling conflicts - GoldLink has been added to the bill performing from his new album 'The God Complex'.  Red Bull Sound Select Artists Hustle and Drone, Lily Fangz and Povi Tamu will perform in support. Tickets will be sold at the door for $5 for non-RSVPs and is open to all fans 21+. Fans can reserve their ticket here.

Every month, “Red Bull Sound Select Presents” showcases are curated by local music influencers and feature two to three new Sound Select artists and one to two headliners, this month is curated by Souls in Action.

:: GoldLink ::

To call GoldLink an aspiring rapper would not do him justice. The DMV-bred emcee accrued over three million plays on his Soundcloud and captured the attention of an entire industry with the first project he ever released. GoldLink’s sound doesn’t throw it all the way back to the boom-bap, New York style, nor is it entirely a product of digital production. Instead, the music mixes the buttery grooves of 90’s R&B with classic hip-hop breaks to give it an essence of nostalgia, and then turns on its head with bouncy, forward-thinking production style led by the likes of Ta-Ku and Kaytranda. Add that to GoldLink’s ability to fill every pocket of the dynamic instrumentals he tackles with a roller-coaster delivery, and suddenly your head is bobbing to the self-proclaimed “future-bounce” genre.*

https://soundcloud.com/goldlink

:: Hustle and Drone::

Hustle and Drone formed in early 2012 when keyboardist Ryan Neighbors parted ways with his former band (Portugal. The Man) and began collaborating with long-time friend Kirk Ohnstad (Hello Electric). The band released their debut EP in the summer of 2012 which blends electronic beats with 80's synthesizers, driving bass, and vocal pop melodies. Hustle and Drone has completed their debut full-length "HOLYLAND", to be released 9/2/14

https://www.redbullsoundselect.com/artists/hustleanddrone

:: Lily Fangz ::

Lily Fangz is a passionate performer based in Denver, CO blending hip-hop, R&B, soul, electronic, funk, and island music with layers of conscious content, and witty wordplay. Bless Up. Chomp Down..

https://www.redbullsoundselect.com/artists/lilyfangz

:: Povi Tamu ::

Povi Tamu is a songstress for our times.A philomath of music.Balancing her upbringing in Soul, R&B and HipHop, with a hunger for dance driven breaks and BPMs. Merging the two, bringing you future RnB...

https://www.redbullsoundselect.com/artists/povitamu

EVENT DETAILS

December @RBSoundSelect Presents: @redbullDEN Curated by @SoulsInAction -

RSVP FOR FREE TICKETS ($5/door): http://win.gs/1FaRstS

WHEN: 12/11/14 at 9pm

WHERE: @The1upColfax

FACEBOOK EVENT: http://win.gs/11Dbzlk