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CONTEST: Win Tickets To EVERY Curated Music x War Torn Movement Party (‘Trail To Electric Forest’, ‘Trapped In The D’, ‘Saturday Night Fever’, ‘Made In Glitch’)

contestrreIt’s almost officially Detroit Techno Week and that can only mean one thing: Movement Electronic Music Festival. To add on to all of the festivities, we here at Curated Music have teamed up with our friends at War Torn Entertainment to bring three nights of bumping parties to Detroit on the river. Join us Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights as we celebrate Movement, Detroit, and Summer. All of the events are located at Sindbad’s at 100 St Clair St  Detroit, MI 48214.

Friday night’s event is dubbed ‘Trapped in the D” and is an official ‘Trail to Electric Forest’ event. The night features artists Willy Joy, BUKU, Regulators, Great Dane, as well as a heavy group of local support. ENTER BELOW TO WIN TICKETS:

Saturday night’s event, aka “Saturday Night Fever” will feature the talented DJ Swamp and west coast’s WALA as well as a great group of local support. ENTER BELOW TO WIN TICKETS:

Sunday night’s even, aka “Made In Glitch” will feature K Theory, Bass Science, TYR, and a slew of amazing local support. ENTER BELOW TO WIN TICKETS:

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CONTEST: PANTyRAiD Is Coming To Columbus To Destroy Ear Drums And Steal Girlfriends (WIN FREE TICKETS)

WinPantyWhen we heard that our favorite side project duo EVER, aka PANTyRAiD, aka Ooah (of The Glitch Mob) and MartyParty, were coming to play a special performance through our friends at My Best Friends Party in Columbus Ohio, we knew we could not miss out on the action. So we are going to head down to visit out neighbors to the South on such a joyous occasion that is a PANTyRAiD performance. The show is at The Bluestone and will feature support from Attak & Carma as well as Eric Evasion and many others. Tickets are still available online (and while they last at doors) but you can test your luck by entering our contest to WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS to see PANTyRAiD in their first ever Ohio appearance.

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CONTEST: East Lansing’s First Outdoor Electronic Music Festival Brings KASKADE To AG Expo Field On April 19th (WIN FREE TICKETS)

53736_483486088367226_1928500702_oNext week, East Lansing, Michigan will become one big party. It isn’t March Madness and it isn’t Spring Break, but it’s much larger than that: it’s global electronic dance music sensation Kaskade, and he is ready to take the Michigan State University town and own it. It is about time that the beautifully progressive electronic listening community of East Lansing got an event of this caliber. The event, produced by RECESS, will feature local support from Project K and will showcase way more than just dank music with “a progressive speaker series featuring leading entrepreneurs discussing a variety of topics including innovation, startups, personal branding, and career obstacles.” There will also be a career fair running in line with the speaker series all put together by Intern Sushi. Tickets are still available online. We hope to see you there!

We are very excited for this event and to share our anticipation, we would like to GIVEAWAY A FREE PAIR OF TICKETS to one lucky winner! To enter the contest, check out the box below:

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CONTEST: Layer Cake Presents Two Fresh In Kalamazoo On April 13th With Nunca Duerma, Sango, & Gami [WIN FREE TICKETS]

549354_262255557242334_1052085443_nOur homeys over in Kalamazoo at Layer Cake Presents are putting on another hot show for the Mitten to enjoy and they hooked us up with a pair of tickets to giveaway! THIS SATURDAY, the tenaciously trill twin duo of Two Fresh will be returning to Michigan for a special performance in KZoo at Shakespeare’s Lower Level. The evening will begin with sounds from Michigan natives and beat heads Nunca Duerma and Sango. The entire lineup promises for a great night full of beats that will get you boppin. On top of all the music, our friends at Third Eye Pinecone will be vending and the booming Motor City Art Machine will be in full effect! The show is 21+ and tickets are available through the Layer Cake ticketing site or you can test your luck and enter our contest to win a FREE PAIR OF TICKETS!

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FESTY NEWS & ARTIST FEATURE: Snowball Music Festival – Curated Music Talks All Things SB13 With K Theory and Robotic Pirate Monkey (Interviews)

582253_585422001474994_623107366_nThere are so many things to love about Colorado: the mountains, the music, the sunshine, (just to name a few). Put all three of those things together and what do you get? Snowball Music Festival! With only a few short days until Snowball 2013 we prepare for what is sure to be an outstanding three days of music amongst the beauty of the rocky mountains!

This year marks the 3rd Annual Snowball Music Festival. With its first kick off in 2011, Snowball Music Festival was held in Vail Valley Colorado and brought in huge headliners (Pretty Lights, Bassnectar, The Flaming Lips, Lotus) and a slew of other amazing talent that made the festival a success. Creating a massive following, Snowball returned in 2012 with another face melting lineup (Rusko, Major Lazer, Bassnectar, Mimosa) that left the crowds begging for more.
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Back by popular demand is Snowball Music Festival 2013! This years Snowball will be held March 8-10th in a new location, Winter Park, Co. Although the lay of the land may be different, the Snowball experience will be just as accommodating as previous years. The grounds will include three stages: the Main Stage, The Groove Tent, and The Ballroom. Friday and Saturday music will go until 2am and Sunday until 1am. On site there will be a heat lounge and bar, silent disco, artist vendors & merch, big air ramp and food trucks. And to keep your travels safe, there will be a shuttle service going in and out of the festival grounds.

But lets talk about what really important… this year’s lineup! With so much amazing talent on the bill, Snowball 2013 is looking like it will be the best yet! A few headliners include: Pretty Lights, STS9, Big Gigantic, Kendrick Lamer, Porter Robinson, Grizmatik, Flying Lotus and SO MUCH MORE! To keep you kids on your toes and get you even more excited for the weekend ahead, we took some time to catch up with some of the artists on this year’s lineup, K Theory and Robotic Pirate Monkey, to see what they’ve got in store for us!

196260_434323279974258_54205949_nK Theory, based out of San Francisco, consists of two musical maestros constructing melodic electronic productions with shattering bass lines, and a broken beat technique that has stamped their original sound. K Theory has been highly acclaimed through Beatport, Hype Machine, ThisSongIsSick, and Earmilk. It is impossible to ignore this duo as their momentum heaves them into the music community spotlight. K Theory has been spending endless time in the studio preparing for the busy months ahead. “We will be playing 23 shows before June”. Making their way to Snowball for the first time this year, K Theory plans to roll through in style, “We have a Nintendo 3DS with Zelda in it, a giant bag of gummy bears and 16 bottles of Martinellis.” Dylan of K Theory explains what is in the essential K Theory camping pack. “Oh and an inhaler of Albuterol and Benedryl”. Not only will they be enjoying their RV lifestyle but also soaking up the culture surrounding the festival scene “you see the unique crowds you who draw different angles” says Dylan, “Snowball brings in all kinds of people like indie, rocks bands and rappers. It’s a multi-genre festival” With such a unique musical collaboration we are sure to be wowed by what they have in store, “We may be bringing a special guest with us. I cant say who it is”. So whats next for K THEORY? “We are taking over the world.” Be sure you catch K Theory at Snowball this Sunday in the Groove Tent from 1:15pm – 2:15pm.

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205845_528373943862477_1552574919_nAnother artist not to be missed at this years Snowball is home-turf producers Robotic Pirate Monkey. The group consists of Andrew Hathaway, Matt Berryhill, and Matt Flesher. Their unique fusion of ruthless electronic beats and manipulating samples has given this trio a highly reputable name. Their music has placed RPM in a spotlight among some of the greats in the Colorado music scene, and we are sure to be surprised by what they have in store for us this weekend, “We have committed a new way of making music”, Matt explains, “We are really excited to come out with new stuff, but we are anxious because it is more complex, so more can go wrong when we play it.” Spending most of their days in the studios, RPM is ready to come out this Snowball and bring the heat, “We have totally redesigned the new set, and our new EP will also be released for download on Saturday, so it’s a big weekend for us.” How does RPM plan on staying warm for the weekend? “Lots of beer”. So what’s next for RPM? “First national tour”, producing a hip-hop mixtape, and creating a bunch of RPM products and apparel. Make sure you check out Robotic Pirate Monkey this Friday in the Groove Tent from 3:15- 4:15pm.

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So get excited, round up your warm gear, and prepare for an epic weekend of Colorado Raging! See ya there Snowballers!

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CONTEST & SHOW PREVIEW: Unlimited Gravity Making Detroit Debut This Saturday (WIN FREE PAIR OF TICKETS)

487786_575815222448078_1850738661_n (2)Our buddies at War Torn Entertainment have put together a great taste of West Coast bass for the City of Detroit. Kicking off their new event series named Sub Rosa, the young Detroit promotions company is bringing in our good friend Unlimited Gravity to crush The Works on 1846 Michigan Ave  Detroit, MI 48216. It has been a minute since we have had the honor of catching Colorado’s Unlimited Gravity live and our anticipation is at an all time high. If you are an Unlimited Gravity virgin, get ready for all original music packed full of the glitchiest music to hit the streets of Detroit since Freddy Todd moved out earlier this year. With support from The Low Down, Calico, and others, The Works will be popping off this Saturday. Tickets are available at the door OR you can enter our contest for a FREE PAIR OF TICKETS:

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CONTEST & SHOW PREVIEW: Tiesto’s Club Life College Invasion Tour – Feb. 22 – EMU Convocation Center (WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS)

4ace9dd287124187bab8b11a582512f7We are less than a week away from Tiesto taking over Ypsilanti Michigan. Bringing his friends Tommy Trash and Quintino, Tiesto is pulling his Club Life College Invasion tour through Michigan. The show promises to be as epic as you could imagine. Tiesto is hard at work on tour and has put his heart and soul into his College Invasion stops of tour. We are excited to see what the festivities have in store for the night and we hope to see you there! Tickets are still available for purchase or you can test your luck and enter to WIN a pair of tickets with Curated Music. Good Luck!!!

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CONTEST: Win A Ticket To See Tiesto, Tommy Trash, & Qunitno At EMU Convocation Center On 2/27 (Club Life College Invasion Tour)

tiestoTaking over arenas all over the country, Tiesto‘s Club Life College Invasion tour is making it’s way to University of Michigan & Eastern Michigan University on February, 27th at the EMU Convocation Center in Ypsilanti for an enormous spectacle. Bringing along his friends Tommy Trash and Quintino, the tour stop is shaping up to be one giant party! We are excited to announce that we will be teaming up with Prime Social Group to offer fans a chance to win tickets to the Club Life College Invasion tour. Our first contest (below) is for one ticket to event. Good Luck!

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ARTIST FEATURE: Big Gigantic – Exclusive Q&A, Ticket Giveaway, Winter Tour, New Album Plans, & More

BIGGCMWhen we think of live music these days, its hard to not rank Big Gigantic as one of the growing greats.”We’re always just trying to learn from where we were at, from what we’ve done, and really try to push the envelope” expounds Big Gigantic producer and saxophonist Dominic Lalli, “Getting better, getting bigger, we’re definitely in that business.” Performing on a level that rivals any touring group in music today, Big Gigantic has gotten in the habit of doing things huge. On the front-end of their Winter Tour 2013, Dominic and drummer, Jeremy Salken are prepping for the biggest Big Gigantic tour yet. We had a minute to catch up with Dom yesterday and posted our phone Q&A below.

The Big Gigantic Winter Tour 2013 kicked off last week with a handful of dates in the south with support from trill twins Two Fresh. The tour features a brand new stage design that is bigger, badder, and better than anything you have seen from Big Gigantic before. With thirty stops on the tour, there is so much to look forward to. “We’re playing some awesome venues that we’ve never gotten to headline”, Dom excitedly explains, “We’re going to lots of places we really love to go too. It’s cool to be back in a lot of these cities”. The tour continues with support from Kill Paris, Manic Focus, and HeRobust on select dates.

We are also excited to hear that Big Gigantic is planning on releasing a new album come Fall. Dom tells us about keeping his production levels high on the road, “I’m always trying to figure out how to become more efficient. All I’m doing is working on music the whole time on this tour.” he explains. We are thankful for that and can’t wait to hear what the dynamic duo have in store for their fifth album. For now we can be sure to sneak some previews of the new tunes on this tour.

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You can catch Big Gigantic on any of the Winter Tour 2013 stops. Big G rolls into Michigan this Friday, February 8th for a sold out performance at The Orbit Room in Grand Rapids followed by a huge show on Saturday, February 9th at Royal Oak Music Theater in Royal Oak. Get your tickets now because you definitely do not want to be left out. “This tour is turning out to be the best tour ever,” Dom proudly boasts and we look forward to being able to attest to that!

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CONTEST: Big Gigantic Comes To Michigan For Two Special Nights (WIN TICKETS)

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On the front end of their Winter Tour, Big Gigantic has huge plans to bring their all on the 30 stop adventure. Bringing along friends Two Fresh, Kill Paris, Manic Focus, and HeRobust on select dates, it appears that there will be some crazy shenanigans taking place on that bus (not to mention the potential collaborations!). The Winter Tour will be selling out most of their dates and we expect for sell outs for both Michigan Dates. Big Gigantic will be rolling into Michigan on Feb. 8th in Grand Rapids at the Orbit Room and then playing the next night on Feb. 9th in Royal Oak at the Royal Oak Music Theater. Tickets are on sale for all tour dates now or you can test your luck and try and win tickets to your choice of either of the Michigan dates!

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