Electronic Music Director

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This summer in SoCal, HARD Summer is near

Ice Cube, Flosstradamus, Porter Robinson, Anderson .Paak, Major Lazer, Dillon Francis, Zeds Dead, Boys Noize and more this July 30th and 31st HARD Summer in the Auto Club Speedway in Southern California will feature Ice Cube and Major Lazer this July 30th and…

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Looking Forward to Enchanted Forested in NorCal

Shpongle, PANTyRAiD, The Polish Ambassador, Ayla Nereo and Hamsa Lila Among Headliners for Enchanted Forest Gathering 2016 KZSC, Santa Cruz is excited to be part of the sixth annual installment of Enchanted Forest Gathering. The Gathering celebrates music, yoga, flow-arts and…

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Minnesota Interview

This Memorial Day weekend marked Lightning in a Bottle's third year at the San Antonio Recreation Area. Closing off LIB's Thunder Stage Saturday night were locally based producers Minnesota and G Jones. We got a chance to catch the Santa…

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Lightning in a Bottle 2016 My Experience

Words cannot describe how magical this year’s Lightning in a Bottle experience was, you truly had to be there, but I will try my best in the words that follow… We drove down from our perch at the radio station…

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RPM Charts – Beginning of May

Top 10: 1. LAPALUX - Lustmore / Brainfeeder 2. SHLOHMO - Dark Red True / Panther Sounds/WeDidIt 3. KODAK TO GRAPH - ISA / Family 4. HOT SUGAR - God's Hand / Break World 5. MURA MASA - Someday Somewhere…

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RPM Charts – End of April

Top 10: 1. LAPALUX - Lustmore / Brainfeeder 2. SHLOHMO - Dark Red / True Panther Sounds / WeDidIt 3. DORIAN CONCEPT - Joined Ends Remix [EP] / Ninja Tune 4. HOT SUGAR - God's Hand / Break World 5…

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RPM Charts – End of March

Top 10: 1. PURITY RING - Another Eternity / 4AD 2. HOT SUGAR - God's Hand / Break World 3. LES SINS - Michael / Company 4. SAM GELLAITRY - Short Stories [EP] / Soulection 5. HOODBOI - Palm Reader…

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RPM Charts – Mid-March

Top 10: 1. GREAT DANE - Great Dane / Alpha Pup 2. HOT SUGAR - God's Hand / Break World 3. LES SINS - Michael / Company 4. FUTURE BROWN - Future Brown / Warp 5. KODAK TO GRAPH -…

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RPM Charts – End of February

Top 10: 1. HOT SUGAR - God's Hand / Break World 2. LES SINS - Michael / Company 3. SAM GELLAITRY - Short Stories [EP] / Soulection 4. S-TYPE - SV8 [EP] / LuckyMe 5. DORIAN CONCEPT - Joined Ends…

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RPM Charts – Mid-February

Top 10: 1. SAM GELLAITRY - Short Stories [EP] / Soulection 2. LES SINS - Michael / Company 3. APHEX TWIN - Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments, Pt 2 [EP] / Warp 4. JAGA JAZZIST - '94-'14 / Ninja Tune 5…

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RPM Charts – January

Top 10: 1. BONOBO - Flashlight [EP] / Ninja Tune 2. DORIAN CONCEPT - Joined Ends / Ninja Tune 3. LES SINS - Michael / Company 4. JAGA JAZZIST - '94-'14 / Ninja Tune 5. TEKLIFE - Next Life /…

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RPM Charts – Mid-November

Top 10: 1. BAAUER - Beta / LuckyMe 2. LES SINS - Michael / Company 3. ARCA - Xen / Mute 4. DORIAN CONCEPT - Joined Ends / Ninja Tune 5. CARIBOU - Our Love / Merge 6. APHEX TWIN…

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RPM Charts – End of October

Top 10: 1. CARIBOU - Our Love / Merge 2. HUDSON MOHAWKE - Chimes [EP] / Warp 3. SBTRKT - Wonder Where We Land / Young Turks 4. TOKIMONSTA - Desiderium / Young Art 5. RUSTIE - Green Language /…

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RPM Charts – Mid-October

Top 10: 1. HUDSON MOHAWKE - Chimes [EP] / Warp 2. CARIBOU - Our Love / Merge 3. GARDEN CITY MOVEMENT - Entertainment/Bengali Cinema / BLDG5 4. SBTRKT - Wonder Where We Land / Young Turks 5. RUSTIE - Green…

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