It’s refreshing to see an event put together more than just “music on multiple stages, yoga, art,” which seems to be what the majority of festivals “sell” these days. When the poster for TBD came out I immediately noticed two things I’ve never seen before in regards to a music festival: DESIGN & IDEAS. It struck me immediately that I could have stumbled onto a unique event. But what exactly does this mean?

Turns out, what TBD has included in their festival is truly next level. We don’t really want to give away the farm here, because in this day and age of instagram, twitter, etc, there just aren’t enough surprises left in events! What we can gather there will be a pop-up gallery by pop-artist David Girabaldi, live art, art gallery, architecture and design concepts by Chad Diep.

On the fashion element, TBD & Tour De Force (TDF) have collaborated under the idea/concept of “Movement” and consists of two elements. According to TBD, “we’ve collected some of the top stylists and brands including Fruition Las Vegas’ Samantha Jo and local designer Hagen Valencia to highlight the cutting edge fusion of streetwear and activewear.” The first element is a three-night fashion show held at the festival’s centerpoint where models will hit the runway in unique form and fashion.  The second element, The Pop-Up Base, will offer festival goers a place to meet the brands and designers and enjoy elements of the active lifestyle. This will be something REALLY awesome to check out. We aren’t divulging all the details here, but it’s REALLY cool.

It’s exciting to know you are walking into an event guaranteed to see, hear and experience things you’ve never encountered at a festival before. It honestly seems like even if someone doesn’t like a lot of performers on the musical line-up, there will be so much non-musical awesomeness at the festival that it’ll still be a stellar experience. Getting more and more excited for this.

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I’m pretty sure I came across Psychemagik for the first time through a mix posted on the Lightning In A Bottle page. Call it “love at first listen,” “a higher calling” or whatever happened, but I’ve been a die-hard ever since. Their music transcends boundaries and hits almost every button in my mind and body that encourages my fanboy-ness. They produce music that explores more genres you can count with a confidence and uniqueness that can only be Psychemagik. It can be classified as funky, ethereal, symphonic, dark, happy, melancholy and even a little corny at times.

Yes, I said corny. A little cheeky goodness reminds us our guilty pleasures are amazing and not to take ourselves too seriously. But for all things holy…this adaptly-named duo’s debut in Tahoe is not one to miss. Just jump into Psychemagik’s soundcloud and you’ll find yourself heading back to your computer to confirm you are still listening to the same band. Honestly they are that diverse: deep & tech house, downtempo, funk, disco, tropical, samba, soul, breaks and nudisco. You can find yourself listening to them all day, constantly being transported between lush landscapes, beautiful outer space nebulas, smokey soul clubs, underground desert parties, tropical islands and 70’s FM radio stations…and that’s only in the first hour. We’ve been trying to bring them to the area since we heard that mix and it’s just never worked out, until now. As if it can’t get any better, we have them playing with our favorite of the funky duos, Fort Knox Five, to revive one of our favorite events: The Libra Party.

The Libra Party started as a way for a self-conscious person to throw a birthday party for all Libras, primarily to avoid throwing themselves a party that no one came to. It has jumped around to different venues in Reno and for the first time ever it comes to Tahoe, with arguably the best line-up to date. It’s been a rocker every time, and with this line-up in Tahoe it’s not going to disappoint, especially with the likes of Zebuel, Chango and Ground$core on the bill and co-producing the show with Rambo Party Productions and Bass Heavy. It turns into part family reunion/collaboration, part birthday party and also a “bucket-list night;” in which for a promoter is to finally able to book one of their favorite musicians on the planet for all their friends and fans to hear. And I’m not the only one nerding out about this…Sean O’Brien aka Chango says “I couldn’t be more excited that one of my favorite producers of recent times is coming to North Lake. This will be a very special night for us. I have been into Psychemagik’s music for a few years. Their edits are so tasteful. They pay homage to the original tracks while providing unique twists on the energy of the original tracks. Their Fleetwood Mac “Dreams” and Talking Heads, “Naive Melodies” edits are absolutely brilliant. I cannot wait to see what these two bring to the table in their live show. In my opinion, this is THE show to not miss in Tahoe this year!

Fort Knox Five, Psychemagik, Chango, Zebuel and Groud$core perform at the Tahoe Biltmore on September 26th for the Libra Party. 21+. $15 adv tickets, $20 at door or anyone who is a LIBRA may pay $15 at the door. Music Starts at 9:30pm.

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