This post will not just be a review of the stellar show I witnessed this past Tuesday, April 6th at Headliners Music Hall in Louisville, KY but will also serve as a plug for an amazing new company that I consider to be one the best damn things to happen to the Louisville music scene in quite some time! The Beat Cartel is a fresh new promotion company created and managed by Matt Westbrook and Derrik Mulcahy. Their focus is to bring quality electronic music, in all it’s various forms, back to Louisville, KY! They truly are trying to create a party with each event they have booked and trust me they are not messing around. Most companies would take baby steps and build up to bigger events, not these guys. Their first concert brought two of the biggest Livetronica acts together for one glorious night of dance music! They are also not wasting any time to book more fantastic shows. This coming Saturday April 17th, which is Thunder Over Louisville, will have a late night extravaganza of phenomenal DJ’s including the super dirty Eliot Lipp! Louisville you must come out and support The Beat Cartel, don’t procrastinate! These guys are doing something that no one else has the balls or passion to do and without your support the parties they keep bringing to town will stop coming, so get out and boogie your ass down now!
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The performance this past Tuesday in Louisville with The Pnuma Trio and Big Gigantic was nothing short of killer! The Pnuma Trio is a major staple on the jam scene and they create some of the best damn livetronica music around! For only being three guys their sound is massive and their performance is even bigger! I have said it before, Pnuma Trio have one of my favorite light shows for a touring act right now! Simply put for the club sized act they currently are, it is pretty hard to find any artist who can match the level of production these guys are putting on night after night! It is not just a concert but an over all sensory experience! The guys put on a non stop alien dance party for a solid two hours and then partied it up till the wee hours at the official Beat Cartel after party at my favorite Hideaway Saloon! If you still have not checked these guys out, you are really missing out. Also Alex B (Bass player) just released a new DJ album called “Moments” which became available the same day as the Headliners show. Check them and the new album out now!
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Big Gigantic was also phenomenal! This electronic duo was supposed to be the side project for The Motet saxophone player, Dominic Lalli (who is pretty much the golden child to anyone from Colorado), when he formed the group about a year ago. That is not the case anymore. Big Gigantic is not only his main project, with The Motet taking a side bar, but it has become a huge power house dance machine touring act! Together with Jeremy Salken on drums, Dominic is creating some of the dirtiest beats around. Big Gigantic is just so much fun to see live. They bring one of the funkiest party atmospheres when they hit the stage and rip it up like they did here in Louisville. Seriously it is just so refreshing to watch a group that creates such a unique style and plays with as much genuine passion that these guys do. They also are the nicest guys around and truly love/appreciate their fans, so much so I would honestly consider them friends now. I absolutely love these guys and if you have not heard them, it will only be a matter of time before you get your ear drums pounded by their rowdy take on EDM! Check them out now, because they tour all over and it will be one of the best damn nights you could ask for.
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It was a great night and was honestly a super special one for me to have the Colorado crew roll through my new neck of the woods. A real treat to see two of the sickest touring acts around on the same stage for one epic night of music! I truly want to give a big thank you to The Beat Cartel family. Louisville needs you!
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John “The Grizz” Grisanti