Is it challenging for an artist who has found a degree of success to consciously decide to switch up their style? If one earns recognition doing things a certain way, how will they fare once they begin doing things differently? The experimental producer Sixis has some insight on these questions. He made his name with a handful of EPs and singles marked by ambiance, attention to detail, slow progression, and tropes of transcendence. Now the producer is pursuing a “fierce new direction”.
Read MoreCoalesce to Write New Chapter in History of Bay Area Bass
Recently, factors from gentrification and legalization to disuse and disaster have seen the psychedelic electronic music scene decline in the Bay Area that was once its mecca. However, as was the case half a century earlier, creators, vibrators, musicians, oddballs, artists and visionaries will coalesce along the Bay’s misty shores to partake in a new medium of communication and entertainment, this time at Coalesce with Cosmic Synergy
Read MoreCoalesce Invites You To "Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride"
“Buy the ticket, take the ride,” writes Cosmic Synergy, quoting the late psychedelic journeyman and journalist Hunter S. Thompson to describe their event Coalesce, taking place December 29, 30, and 31 on the San Francisco Bay. These words gesture towards a spirit of faith on which DIY shows and communities thrive.
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