Synapses Still Sizzling from Symbiosis Conner Smith September 28, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Now that the dirt – like black tar in our lungs – has begun to dissipate, the myriad of experiences at this weekend’s Symbiosis begins to take shape. Immersive visual experiences, live art, world music, l...
Symbiotic Stoke Conner Smith September 10, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Previews Grab your orca inflatables, heart-shaped sunglasses, and decorated parasols because the incredible Symbiosis team is calling us back to Woodward Reservoir for this year’s Family Tree celebration in two s...
Cosmic Convergence: Symbiosis Gathering 2015 Conner Smith September 27, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos 1 Comment The English language does not contain the depth of prose to construct a fitting representation of the four-day spectacle that was the Symbiosis Gathering: stages built within trees sprouting from floating bar...
Symbiosis Gathering reunites with resonance amid transformational spaces Conner Smith September 1, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Previews Bay Area and Nor Cal subscribers, stop what you are doing and clear your calendars for the weekend of September 17-20. Just outside of Oakdale on the Woodard reservoir -- a mere two-hour drive from the bay -- a...
Interview: J. Phlip talks EDM and working weekends, will play Mezzanine Friday John Luan December 14, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Interview, News Jessica Phillippe, AKA J. Phlip, is a house producer who hails from Chicago. Phillippe started DJing as a freshman at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and now works under Claude VonStrokes' Dir...
Homebase barbecue a resounding success for Dirtybird Records Conner Smith September 17, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Laying down eight incessant hours of bass-blasting, soul-grabbing house beats, the boys (and girl, singular) of San Francisco’s own Dirtybird Records provided the plunder for the patrons of this afternoon...
Dirtybird Records to host Sunday cookout on Treasure Island Conner Smith September 9, 2014 News, The Weekend Menu 1 Comment If free barbecue and the juiciest of beats from the likes of Claude Von Stroke and Justin Martin doesn’t make your mouth water and heart beat a little bit faster, you may want to get that checked out at you...