Artown Closing Night in Wingfield Park, Saturday, July 31 featuring Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe.   Get ready for a funk, R&B and hip-hop merged with jazz and feel-good lyrics.

Week #3 of the Artown After Dark series featuring Lake Tahoe Producer/DJ micah j, Reno’s Coop da Loop and Art By Bazar One. Tonight (7/23/10) at The Waterfall music and art show begin at 1030pm. NO COVER.  Event details on Facebook.

10:30pm – Midnight Coop da Loop

Midnight – 130am micah j

RSVP on Facebook

Reno Passport and The Beach are proud to present Hydration, a music and art event that will take place at 9pm on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 at The Beach at Grand Sierra Resort . Hydration is intended to be a communal staging area and meeting place for those heading out to the playa in 2010. This year, Hydration will feature five local vendor booths that will showcase local artisans, fashion designers and more as well as music from Bay Area icon Smoove along with Jonboy, The Mener and EJ Luera.

Smoove (NewsBreakz)

San Francisco scene builder Smoove emerged out of the 90’s drum ‘n bass scene in S.F. and quickly became a fixture of the underground Breakz circuit in 2001. These days, his signature mix of nu skool breakz, funk and electronic dance music can be heard every weekend all over San Francisco’s night life, from underground warehouse parties to his residencies at The End Up, 1015 and Mighty.  Click here to hear him on Soundcloud.com

Jonboy (Dubalicious/Swag)

San Francisco-based Jonboy will perform at Hydration with a mix of Electro, Techno, House and Breaks. Since his early high school years at Chicago’s legendary Medusa’s nightclub, Jonboy has embraced all elemental sounds of electronic music. After moving to S.F., he has been exposed to the funky overtones of West Coast house that continue to shape his music today.

The Mener (Reno)

The Mener is a Reno-based electronic dance music DJ who brings a mix of electronic house music with an occasional break beat and reggae track to keep the crowd hooked. The Mener performs at electronic dance music events throughout the region.

EJ Luera (Reno)

Based out of Reno, EJ Luera is a DJ who has performed on just about every stage in town. EJ plays a variety of music, ranging from Hip Hop, Electronic Dance Music, House and Indie Rock.

Costumes and playa attire are strongly encouraged at Hydration. Presale tickets are available for $10 in Sparks at Prism Magic and in Reno at The Melting Pot World Emporium and Recycled Records. Tickets will be $15 at the door. For more event details, visit www.renopassport.com or download the Reno Passport iPhone events application.

Please RSVP on Facebook.

RP Tip: Smoove can be heard on Fog City Funk every Wednesday night at 8pm PST on Nu Skool Breaks Radio (nsbradio.co.uk).  Stay at the Grand Sierra Resort before and after burning man 2010.  Arrive to burning man inspired.

Text by Steve White

Photos provided by artists.

Graphics by Kelly Wallis

Thursday July 15, 2010

7pm at The Knitting Factory – This is an All Ages Event

Infected Mushroom at the Knit with Psilogod and Drinking with Clowns

Click HERE to purchase tickets online.

Pre Sale Tickets are still available in Reno at Recycled Records and the Cal Neva Cage.

About Infected Mushroom:

Psy-Trance innovators Infected Mushroom have become one of the biggest electronic bands on the planet. Twice ranked among the world’s 10 best DJs by the bible of the scene, the U.K.’s DJ Magazine, the Israel-bred, L.A. based duo bring a frenetic rock energy to the form. Their explosive show, featuring guitars, live drums, intensely passionate vocals and an ambitious multimedia backdrop, ranks among the genre’s most unpredictably joyous events. And their recordings continually venture where other electronic acts fear to tread.
Amit “Duvdev” Duvedevani and Erez Eisen have been working for nearly two years on an aggressive new album – their first since 2007’s critically acclaimed Vicious Delicious – for dance-music visionary Paul Oakenfold’s Perfecto label. Duvdev describes the as-yet untitled record, recorded at Infected Mushroom Laboratory in L.A. and slated for a June 2009 release, as a return to the pair’s metal roots. Guests include singer Jonathan Davis of Korn, who lends his estimable pipes to the track “Smashing the Opponent.”

Oakenfold has worked closely with the band in an A&R capacity. “Paul’s known as a House DJ, so we weren’t sure how he’d feel about our heaviest material,” Duvdev reveals, “but he loved it. He’s really brought a lot of great energy and advice to the table.”

From the Ultra Fest in Miami to the Virgin Festival in Baltimore, from Mexico’s OMIX to Cali’s Coachella, from Brazil’s Ipanema Beach to Melbourne’s Metro Club, Infected Mushroom has averaged about 120 live performances per year. The band will honor that tradition in 2009, starting with a 17-date U.S. tour slated to kick off in Texas in March.