LOTUS
The 11th annual Camp Bisco Music and Arts Festival (July 12-14) announced their lineup today. With over 100 performers this year, the roster is packed with some of the biggest names in electronic music. In other words, get your tix before they sell out!
Check out this incredible lineup:
The Disco Biscuits; Bassnectar; Skrillex; Amon Tobin ISAM; Crystal Castles; Atmosphere; Big Boi; Shpongle presents The Masquerade; A-Trak; Lotus; Simian Mobile Disco (DJ set); Dada Life; Zeds Dead; Porter Robinson; Portugal. The Man; Big Gigantic; Bonobo (DJ set); Zedd; Mimosa; Daedelus; Holy Fuck; Mord Fustang; Break Science with Chali 2na; Kill the Noise; Rubblebucket; Gramatik; Tycho; Star Slinger; NiT GriT; Brothers Past; Archnemesis; El Ten Eleven; Craze; Alvin Risk; The M Machine; Zoogma; Eliot Lipp Live; 3LAU; Mansions on the Moon; Future Rock; Minnesota; The Knocks; Abakus; Thundercat; Shigeto; Ill-Esha; Killabits; Lance Herbstrong; Mux Mool; Orchard Lounge; Virtual Boy; DrFameus; Nick Catchdubs; Codes; JWLS; Star Eyes; Mindelixir; The Nadis Warriors; Paul Chambers; Inspired Flight; Freekbot; Alpha Data; Kung Fu; Manhattan Project; Rich Aucoin; HOTTUB; Xylos; Spiritual Rez; Bird of Prey; Revolvr and Michett and many more.
As the sun rose over the hills of Mariaville, NY on Thursday, July 7th, 2011, a great thing began to happen... the gates of Camp Bisco X opened. With a back-up of already four and a half hours at the early time of 8a.m. it would still be half a day until many were able to set up camp and tune into the music. Some lived close enough to have a mere 45 minute drive to the Indian Lookout Country Club. Others, ranging from all over the nation, took to the roads for up to days on end just be a part of the action. There was Holly, a yoga instructor who had journeyed from Boulder, Colorado; a Clemson graduate student named Yates drove with his buddy for 16 hours from South Carolina; and Marcus, who had come from further still, taking in the full American landscape all the way from Sacramento, California. But despite how long or short the journey was, , how many thousands of miles you stuck your thumb out, how many hundreds of minutes you sat in the sluggish line (a slew of people ran out of gas or resorted to turning their vehicles off and pushing them in neutral) once inside those gates and through the security checkpoint – another two hour wait – none of it mattered. All that mattered was that it was time to dance.
As the humidity approaches unbearable and the summer days officially press on, we wanted to give you all a chance to chill out with the cooling sounds of a few dance worthy notables. With only ten days until Camp Bisco X, the anticipation and excitement surrounding the tenth annual, 3-day festival is growing at an immense pace. Thousands upon thousands of music lovers of all ages will gather at Indian Lookout Country Club on July 7 – 9 for intensive, 72 hour crash course on dance, jam and electronic music. Tickets and camping passes are still available on the CBX, so grab yours today and don’t miss this legendary event. In the In the meantime, while you're waching the clock tick at work or wherever you are, here’s some of our top draws for the upcoming weekend.
Approaching it's tenth year, Camp Bisco is an intimate electronic music festival catering to roughly 10,000 attendees each year. As the annual numbers steadily grow, the rolling hills - streamlined with tress, grass and dirt - of Indian Lookout Country Club, in Mariaville, New York, seems the perfect fit to house the sea of tents, RV's, and dirty, smiling festival goers. This year, the 3-day, 3-night event will take place on July 7 - 9.
The weekend long event is curated by Philadelphia natives, the Disco Biscuits. Their blended genre of electronic and jam music coined, "Super Jamband", by Biscuits guitarist Jon Gutwillig, attracts a rather specific flavor of persons effectively referred to as 'Wooks'. Wook isn't exactly a friendly term. In fact, no one would out right call themselves a Wook as it tends to exemplify a dirty, grimy hippy - not the muddy kind of dirty, more the scummy sort (or a combination of both) - but that's a part of the vibe and what sets Camp Bisco apart from other festivals. There's a darkness inside of the light that is gut-wrenchingly beautiful.
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On the crossroads of Chelsea and the Meatpacking District, this posh lounge truly fits their motto, “one of a kind.” With spacious interior featuring oak ceilings, ostrich leather walls, a roaring fireplace, mirror walled outdoor smoking area, and mazelike floor patterns with an array of VIP tables patronized by celebrities and top models. 1OAK is the place to see and be seen by New York's hottest celebrities.
The owners, Richie Akiva, Scott Sartiano, and Ronnie Madra birthed one of NYC’s hottest nightclubs through over 40 combined years of success with Butter, Lotus, The Park, and G Spa & Lounge. It’s safe to say, these men know how to throw a good party, if you can get in.
It was on Saturday afternoon, smack in the middle of the three-day moe.down festival and during a feel-good version of moe.’s “New York City,” that the band was joined on stage by a group of grade school children. As the kids paraded around in front of the band, some in costumes and all smiling, singing and dancing, it was easy to see the mirror effect it had on the crowd – the music had tapped into the child in each of us, not a care in the world, just enjoying the music and the weather and that funny feeling one gets when sharing a good time with thousands of other people.
The walk from the subway station to Terminal 5 left me with a feeling of defensive worry as the nearly empty streets brought up memories of warnings laid upon me by my small-town family members about the “dangers” of the big city. As I approached the remodeled factory style venue that would be my temporary occupancy for the evening, shady characters begged me for extra tickets. Ignoring their pleas for an opportunity to resell such a precious entry permittance as a ticket for the night’s show, I hustled through the chilly air knowing there was nothing that would keep me from attending the show for the night. Thoughts of possible muggings left my mind as I envisioned images of a stage occupied by Junior Boys, RJD2, and Lotus.
Lotus
Genre: Rock/Experimental/Instrumental
Website: www.lotusvibes.com
The five members of Lotus have all been making music both separately and together for quite some time. Originally formed in 1999 at Goshen College in Indiana, the group of musically gifted individuals collaborated their collective influences into the reinterpretation of a jam-band, likening themselves to the works of Phish and the Grateful Dead. After recruiting percussionist Chuck Morris in 2001, they shifted their focus from funky, jam-session grooves into an eclectic, instrumental focus that drew upon influences from downtempo electronica groups from the mid-nineties.
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Lou Barlow Goodnight Unknown
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Brandi Carlile Give Up The Ghost
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Vic Chesnutt Skitter On Take Off
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The Clientele Bonfires On The Heath
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