Coast Contra: Apt. 505 Tour – All Ages- presented by Mike Thrasher – w/ Girll Codee
PLEASE NOTE: For the safety of our customers, we will be requiring proof of full COVID vaccination (or negative COVID test) to enter the venue until further notice. More details at holocene.org/vaccineTwin brothers Ras and Taj Austin, sons of West Coast rap legend Ras Kass and Soul songstress Teedra Moses, met Colombian-born Rio Loz in high school to assemble Coast Contra. After releasing their first mixtape, the trio found its fourth member Eric Jamal, a bubbling rapper out of North Philadelphia, PA. Coast Contra’s first official single “Queen & Slim” is the title track from the blockbuster movie with the same name. The group’s debut album, “Apt. 505” was just released in the spring of 2022. *Coast Contra (noun): a universe where anything is possible, and limitations are non-existent.with support from Girll Codee!
Opal Underground presents: HAWT! An Absolutely Fabulous Summer Queer Techno Party ft. Shannon F (of Light Asylum) – 21+
PLEASE NOTE: For the safety of our customers, we will be requiring proof of full COVID vaccination to enter the venue (or negative rapid COVID test) until further notice. More details at holocene.org/vaccine DJs : Shannon F (of Light Asylum) DJ ScS Leeonn othrwrld Performances by: Alexis Campbell Starr Violet Hex 🎤Host & MC : Atlas 📸Photographer: Mykl Fstr ☀️Summer Heat: It’s been a HAWT Season and we invite you to feel the joy of the A/C of Holocene while heating up the dancefloor and being treated to amazing performances by some of Portland’s best Drag Performers. THE VIBE: Let’s bring our HAWT Queer Summer looks and vibes and turn it out this night of Opal Underground. THE SOUND: Techno & Club music will be on the menu. We promise, you’ll get your fill. THE CROWD: This is a queer-run event that centers the safety and needs of Portland’s LGBTQ+ communities. Supportive and respectful allies are welcome. Consent: Anything other than yes means no. Consent is never coerced or forced. Incoherent people can not give consent. Consent is negotiated through each interaction. If you experience any hate or harassment, please report it immediately to Holocene’s security staff. For LGBTQ+ community members experiencing economic hardship, a dedicated tier of discounted tickets is available. Please send an email to info@opalunderground.gay for more information.
Camp Crush (music video release), New Body Electric (single release), DMN – 21+
PLEASE NOTE: For the safety of our customers, we will be requiring proof of full COVID vaccination (or negative rapid COVID test), to enter the venue until further notice. More details at holocene.org/vaccine Portland Mercury writes about Camp Crush “Heavy on silky synths, skyscraper melodies, and a grand sense of drama… an impressive throwback to lush ’80s pop.”New Body Electric: Singer/Songwriter/Producer Aaron Peterson (vocals/guitar/synths/trumpet) has linked up with fellow Portland rocker Evan Smoker (guitar/bass/drums), The result is funky bass lines and dance rhythms abound. Inspired by musical acts like The Strokes, Foster the People & Phoenix.DMN (Default Mode Network): Synth Pop from PDX
Charlie Burg – ALL AGES – w/ Genevieve Stokes
Where were you the first time you heard Charlie Burg’s Infinitely Tall? Or, rather — where will you be? What does that place mean to you? Hopefully it’s somewhere special. Infinitely Tall is about spaces — the ones that make, break, shape, and uplift us. The debut album marks a shift for the Metro Detroit, Michigan-born singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Across this album’s 15 songs, Charlie augments his bedrock of lo-fi soul and lush indie-pop with exciting new textures: the forward motion of driving post-punk, sparkling electronic abrasion, and the melodic grip of romantic 90s indie-rock. Burg, who plays nearly every instrument on the record, marries the golden-era perfectionism of his early music with an enticing new fondness for chaos. In the touring world, Charlie created a foundation for himself through supporting artists like Ashe, Moonchild, and Jeremy Zucker in 2019 across the US and Europe. He even traveled as far as Indonesia to play Jakarta’s renowned Java Jazz Festival. These strong beginnings led to sold out headline dates playing 500+ capacity major market rooms in Spring of 2022.Infinitely Tall is Charlie’s first music since 2020, and first body of work since 2019. Built from the ground up, it’s an ode to home that, hopefully, feels like a home for you — wherever you may be. On the heels of this new record, Charlie is gearing up for his first proper headline tour of the U.S. and Europe, followed shortly by major festival appearances coming in 2023. with support from Genevieve Stokes!VIP Meet and Greet Package tickets available! These tickets include the below: – One (1) GA ticket to the show- One (1) meet and greet with Charlie Burg- Early Entry to the venue – Early access to merch table
ella jane – the marginalia tour – Early show! – All Ages – w/ Alix Page
MEET AND GREET PACKAGE AVAILABLE! THIS INCLUDES:(1) GA Ticket (1) Signed Copy Of Exclusive marginalia Zine (1) Early Entry into the venue for an exclusive acoustic performance (1) 10 Minute Q&A Session (1) Meet & Greet For as long as she can remember, Ella Jane has been writing in the margins. Growing up, annotation was a way of understanding and processing the culture that surrounded her, a means of collecting words and stories that would become foundational to the songs she would write. Conversely, songwriting became a way of marking up the experiences in her own life, a process she’d often document and share in real-time with an ever-expanding online community.Having amassed a legion of fans and followers ahead of her freshman year at Tufts University, Ella entered one of the most exciting periods of her life confined to her dorm room as a result of the ongoing COVID pandemic. With an excess of time at her disposal, she spent much of the year fine-tuning a batch of songs that she had brought with her from high school, which would eventually become her debut project, THIS IS NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.The EP arrived the following summer via FADER Label, catching the ears of fans such as Elton John, who praised follow-up single “Calling Card,” saying “if there’s any justice in the world, it will be a big hit for Ella Jane… I really love it.” Sold-out shows in New York and Los Angeles soon followed, as did a cross-country tour with Peter McPoland and an appearance on Netflix’s Heartstopper soundtrack.Spurred by the momentum, she dropped out of college and moved to Brooklyn to give the music all of her time. The songs she wrote during this period radiate with the coming-of-age urgency of that moment, and all the identity-affirming head rushes that came with it. Teaming up with producer Mike Irish, they aimed to keep the pop sensibilities of her earlier work as well as steer them toward a grittier place more akin to the sound of her alt-rock heroes. They landed at Marginalia; a concise offering of her most propulsive and assertive material to date that establishes Ella Jane as a formidable storyteller all while nodding to the process that got her there.
Spend the Night Presents: NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL GARAGE Vol. II: Jason Burns, Silversound, Chixy Guap, Leeonn, Ben Tactic – 21+
PLEASE NOTE: For the safety of our customers, we will be requiring proof of full COVID vaccination to enter the venue, until further notice. More details at holocene.org/vaccine Now Thats What I Call Garage: A night dedicated to all things UK GarageFeaturing DJs: Silversound https://soundcloud.com/silversoundinthemix Jason Burns https://soundcloud.com/jasonburns Chixy Guap https://soundcloud.com/chixyguap Leeonn https://soundcloud.com/lindsay_bailey Ben Tactic https://www.mixcloud.com/bentactic UK garage, abbreviated as UKG, is a genre of electronic dance music which originated in England in the early to mid-1990s. The genre was most clearly inspired by garage house, but also incorporates elements from R&B, jungle and dance-pop. It is defined by percussive, shuffled rhythms with syncopated hi-hats, cymbals and snares, and may include either 4/4 house kick patterns or more irregular “2-step” rhythms. Garage tracks also commonly feature ‘chopped up’ and time-stretched or pitch-shifted vocal samples complementing the underlying rhythmic structure at a tempo usually around 130 BPM. UK garage encompassed subgenres such as speed garage and 2-step, and was then largely subsumed into other styles of music and production in the mid-2000s, including bassline, grime and dubstep.
LET’S GET PHYSICAL!: A Celebration of Olivia Newton-John ft, DJ Gregarious, VJ Disorder and DJ Rescue – 21+
PLEASE NOTE: For the safety of our customers, we will be requiring proof of full COVID vaccination to enter the venue (or negative rapid COVID test) until further notice. More details at holocene.org/vaccine It’s only fitting that Let’s Get Physical celebrate the life and music of Olivia Newton-John. Join us for a night on the dancefloor full of Olivia Newton-John songs, edits and remixes, and related artists and styles, all selected by the team of DJ’s Gregarious & Rescue with VJ Disorder playing ONJ videos and related footage on the projectors. Come early for an aerobics INSPIRED dance night… Dress up in your best (worst?) over-the-top workout gear. (Think ugly sweater party in obnoxious spandex).DJ Rescue PUMPS you up while DJ Gregarious brings the Hi-NRG 80s/90s Jamz & VJ Disorder plays inspirational and hilarious retro workout videos. Emphasis on the 3 fundamentals: DANCING, PARTYING, and OUTFIT First up,LET’S GET PHYSICAL7-9:30pmGet your retro party workout in! Then on to the,Olivia Newton-John Celebration9:30pm-MidnightA 70’s/ 80s / 90s ONJ inspired dance party.(One ticket/cover change gets you in to the whole night of fun)
Tourist – w/ Nathan Detroit & Ben Tactic – 21+
ALL TICKETS PURCHASED FOR LAST YEAR’S POSTPONED SHOW WILL BE HONORED FOR THIS NEW DATE.In 2015, William Phillips won a Grammy Award for Song of the Year, as a co-writer for Sam Smith’s ‘Stay With Me.’ “It’s an absurd compliment,” he says, “but my intention has only been to write music and work with great musicians.” Since then, Phillips has released three albums as Tourist — 2016’s ‘U’ and 2019’s ‘Wild’ and ‘Everyday’ — and several solo EPs. He’s also remixed Christine and the Queens, Churches, Deftones, Wolf Alice, Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd and Sofia Kourtesis. In May 2022, his fourth album, ‘Inside Out,’ will be released on Monday Records. Growing up, Phillips fell in love with dance music: Goldie, Daft Punk and MJ Cole were favourites. In 1999, he started making beats on production software Reason; later, he taught himself piano by listening to his fathers pop records. It’s a process he put to the test in the Covid-19 pandemic. After hearing the devastating news that a friend had passed away, locked down with his phone, laptop and a keyboard, Phillips started writing ‘Inside Out.’ Though it came from grief, ‘Inside Out’ is tender and uplifting, with kaleidoscopic fragments of garage grooves and French filter house. After playing Coachella and Glastonbury, opening for Bonobo on tour and selling out two nights at Village Underground, Tourist is preparing a new live show that will make his dreams come true: to feel everything, with everyone, through dance music.
Holocene and Megalith present: Hotel Neon, Patricia Wolf, Benoit Pioulard, VIUL – Early show! – 21+
PLEASE NOTE: For the safety of our customers, we will be requiring proof of full COVID vaccination (or negative rapid COVID test), to enter the venue until further notice. More details at holocene.org/vaccine Hotel Neon is the Philadelphia-based trio of Michael Tasselmyer, Andrew Tasselmyer, and Steven Kemner. Together they create music to get lost in: cavernous, reverberating guitars and synthesizers, matched with visual projections in an immersive audio/visual experience. Since forming in early 2013, the group has released 9 full-length studio albums and several EPs. Hotel Neon has toured and collaborated with the likes of Benoit Pîoulard, The Sight Below, Simon Scott, and Marcus Fischer, filling everything from living rooms to cathedrals with their densely layered walls of sound.Patricia Wolf is a musician, sound designer, and DJ residing in Portland, Oregon. Wolf uses electronics, voice, and field recordings to produce non-linear compositions that draw listeners to a hypnotic inner world. Her use of melody and repetition manipulate the listeners’ perception of time, conjuring vivid textures, and atmospheres. Her debut album, I’ll Look For You In Others was released in February 2022 on Past Inside The Present and was quickly followed up by her 2nd LP See-Through which was released in May 2022 on the Spanish label, Balmat. Benoît Pioulard is the primary audiovisual project of Michigan-born, Brooklyn-based Thomas Meluch. With six LPs on the renowned kranky imprint, as well as a catalog of works for Universal (UK), Morr Music (DE) and others, he has constructed a unique aesthetic steeped in the textures of analog decay and pop song structure using chiefly guitar, piano and tape processing. He has also built an extensive archive of Polaroid photographs (many of which grace his album covers), the first official collection of which is the hardcover book “Sylva”, released in 2019. For live performances Meluch constructs towering loops, seamlessly weaving in gentle guitar-and-voice songs for hypnotic, unbroken sets typically backdropped by film work from like-minded visual artists.Viul is a Brooklyn, NY-based composer and ambient musician. His latest release is Konec (A Strangely Isolated Place, 2022), a collaboration with Benoît Pioulard written and recorded in the earliest days of the pandemic and imbued with the concurrent dread, stillness and strange beauty of an abruptly-halted world. Viul’s previous releases include Bright Decline (Disques d’Honoré, 2019) and Outside the Dream World (Past Inside the Present, 2019).
BLK ODYSSY: The BLK REVOLUTION TOUR with support from Eimaral Sol & Zeu$ B – 21+
PLEASE NOTE: For the safety of our customers, we will be requiring proof of full COVID vaccination (or a negative COVID test), to enter the venue until further notice. More details at holocene.org/vaccine Juwan Elcock’s BLK ODYSSY project is pushed by liberation. On his first album under this new moniker, titled BLK VINTAGE, -born and raised in Plainfield, NJ, based in Austin, TX- dives into his personal history as a Black musician and the world he’s grown up around. It’s an album deeply informed by individual experiences but applied to the plight of Black Americans everywhere. Neo-soul artists like D’Angelo and socially conscious MCs like Kendrick Lamar are clear touchstones, but Elcock’s BLK ODYSSY also takes cues from the celebratory funk of Parliament who also came from Plainfield, on tracks like “Funkentology.” “All the musicians that I grew up with are relatives of Parliament members. We grew up in that culture, it inspires who we are,” explains Elcock. This potent combination of politically-charged street anthems, party-ready funk jams, and top-down, head-nodding beats makes BLK VINTAGE a sterling debut and one of the most powerful and timely releases of the year. Elcock speaks to his predecessors, but the new concoction is all his own. It’s a triumphant testament to Black power, a message to the kids that look like him that there’s someone in their corner. “The Black youth has been poisoned numb because of the shit we have to deal with,” Elcock explains. “I want to speak to our experiences and let people know it’s okay to shed that layer and really, truly feel.” BLK VINTAGE: THE REPRISE is a broadened perspective of themes & stories discussed in BLK ODYSSY’S debut BLK VINTAGE, a concept album that tells a story of tragedy & triumph within the black community. The additional 6 songs dive into more specific stories that inspired these songs. Benny’s Got a Gun speaks on the deadly cycle of retaliation accompanied by Complex of Killing a Man which tells that same exact story from the victim’s perspective. Suicide Doors details the concept of success for African Americans from 3 different perspectives blanketed in what seems to be a celebratory bop about getting paid that. Appearances on this deluxe include George Clinton, Benny the Butcher, Mereba and Baby Rose.