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Whirly 420 - A Giant After-Party Dance Odyssey - RootsCollider, Joe Driscoll, Keets, Bikeboy


  • Photo City Music Hall 543 Atlantic Avenue Rochester, NY, 14609 United States (map)

Whirly Flow Productions proudly presents "The FUNKTRONIC 420"!

We are celebrating our final indoor hoop party of the year in a grand style at our home away from home, the notorious Photo City Music Hall in Rochester, NY.

Doors and music are at 7 PM per the usual. Then after 11:00 PM the "Giant After-Party Dance Odyssey" commences. Bring your hoops. Bring your vibes. Let's get after it, one last time inside, proper AF!

Live music provided by:

RootsCollider
Joe Driscoll
Keets
Bikeboy

18 & Over // $5.00 Over // $10.00 Under

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RootsCollider is an Underground EDM Funktronic Dance Rock Band from Rochester, NY that uses a studio producer's approach to writing original music. The group creates it's art primarily by layering melodies, rhythms, and samples made in Ableton with an anthemic riff rock approach. Think of if Rage Against the Machine & The Beastie Boys went to an illicit warehouse rave and collaborated with all of the DJ's from EDM's golden era of the 1990's.

Sharing the Stage - Bands

Conspirator (Disco Biscuits, Lotus, RAQ, Pendulum) 3x
LouLou Ghelichkhani (Thievery Corporation)
Dub Trio (Matisyahu, Griz Live Band)
DrFameus (Disco Biscuits)
Jimkata 2x
BioDiesel (Johnny Rabb)
Brothers Past
LITZ 3x
Muscle Tough
The Werks
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
RubbleBucket
Aqueous
Sophistafunk 2x
Broccoli Samurai 2x

Sharing the Stage - DJ's

Kill the Noise
Girl Talk
Diesel Boy
12th Planet
DJ Logic

Sharing the Stage - Festivals

Camp Bisco
Disc Jam Music Festival
Night Light's Music Festival
Winter Sizzler

Sharing the Stage - Performers

Mike Ganzter - Guitar - Aqueous
Craig Brodhead - Guitar - Turkuaz (2x)
Michelangelo Carruba - Drums - Turkuaz
Dylan Savage - Guitar - Giant Panda Guerrilla Dub Squad
Jack Brown - Vocals - Sophistafunk

Magazine Features

“Bands on the Rise” - Relix
“Unsigned Bands” - High Times

www.RootsCollider.com
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Joe Driscoll is a one of a kind artist. The music he creates effortlessly fuses a pack of seemingly divergent genres. His sound is located at the crossroads of folk and hip-hop; a singer songwriter solidly rooted in the funk, borrowing elements of Americana, blues, and reggae, utilizing multiple instruments; and pulling it all together with a solid foundation of storytelling.

Not only an innovator for the unique music he creates, but also for the way in which he creates it. One of the originators of the beatbox looping sound, Time Out Magazine referred to him as the 'sonic wonderkid who creates his own 21st century 'folk' live onstage: sample by sample, beat by beat.' Driscoll uses Boss RC-50 live looping technology, to layer up elements of beatbox, guitar, harmonica, didjerido, melodica, percussion, and any other instrument that inspires, to create a collage of sound, live on stage, each night. If you close your eyes, listening to the soundscape of a full band, you'd never imagine the lone character onstage.

Though frequently known as a lone wolf, Driscoll is equally recognized for his collaborative efforts. He was a pivotal member of the artist collective OneTaste, creating improvisational music with artists such as Nicholas Mulvey, Kate Tempest, and Jamie Woon. Following that effort, Driscoll founded his own improvisational collective, The Local Posse, working with artists like Reeps One (Male Beatbox World Champ), Bellatrix (Female Beatbox World Champ), and Dizraeli (UK Slam Poetry Champ). His recent collaborative album with Guinean Kora Virtuoso Sekou Kouyate, 'Monistic Theory' reached #1 on both the iTunes and Amazon World Music Charts.

His revolutionary take on music has seen him in demand all over the globe, playing main stage sets at England's Glastonbury and Womad Festivals, Ireland's Electric Picnic, Kenya's Rift Valley Festival, Russia's Platonov Arts Festival, California's Joshua Tree Festival, France's De Bout Du Monde, Germany's Fusion Festival, Zanzibar's Sauti Za Busara, Holland's Festival Mundial, and Malawi's Lake Of Stars to name just a few.

Winner of the UK Indy Award for Best Solo Artist, featured artist on NPR's 'All Things Considered', televised appearances on NBC's Late Night With Carson Daly and Morrocco's national Korsa Live program. Joe has scored independent films, and his track Ridum was used by Nokia phones for an international ad campaign.
Driscoll's passion for music and life is evident to all he encounters; and is apparent wether he is on stage or on record.

PRESS QUOTES:

"He blasts through stereotypes. Pure style and creation,You need to hear him."- Subba-Cultcha Magazine

"Probably the most energetic performer on the planet"- Revolving Door

"Gangsta got an iron lung"- Cee-Lo Green
"If you are looking for innovation, check this guy out."- Scratch (beatboxer for The Roots)

"Rooted in the American folk tradtion a la Bob Dylan, but joining the dots with that most modern of folk forms, hip-hop, he's guaranteed mythic status for years to come"- DJ Magazine

4 stars- Guardian

Single of The Week- Time Out
U.K. Indy Award- Best Solo Artist.

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