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LOTUS/BIG GIGANTIC REMIX SWAP
Partially in anticipation for joining forces with Big Gigantic on the Southern leg of our tour, we're ready to drop a pair of remixes on ya. Jesse has remixed a track of Big Gigantic, "Thinking Out Loud," off of the album ‘Fire It Up,' while Dominic Lalli of Big Gigantic returns the favor, remixing the Lotus track, "Simian," off ‘Oil on Glass.'
"Dom's compositions always feature strong melodies, so I wanted to keep that element mostly in tact for this remix while using a different tempo and beat than the original," explains Miller. "I spent a day bouncing tracks to an old 4-track tape machine to get some analog grit and manual EQing on the mix, hence the Cassette moniker in the title."
These two exclusive remixes can be streamed online or downloaded at the site below. Downloads can be in MP3 format or other formats - including full quality .wav files - and fans will set their own price for the downloads. All proceeds will be donated to Musicopia (www.musicopia.net. Musicopia is a non-profit organization that brings educational music enrichment programs to schools and communities throughout the Delaware Valley.
http://lotusvibes.bandcamp.com/album/lotus-big-gigantic-remixes
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THE HOOD INTERNET 11/27 + 10/31 RECAP
We're very pleased to announce the opening act for what will surely be a legendary night at Chicago's Vic Theatre on November 27th. Chicago's own The Hood Internet gets things started! If you are unfamiliar with these mash-up monsters, hit ‘em up on the site below right away as you can listen to ALL of their stuff right there!
http://www.thehoodinternet.com
The 2009 Halloween show at Sonar in Baltimore was titled "Protein Pills in the Labyrinth". All the band members dressed as different David Bowies and Bowie's music was worked in throughout the two sets. The Egg and Big in Japan delivered solid opening sets and the rowdy crowd kept the room packed to the gills until 2am. Check the setlist:
Wax
David Bowie*
Hammerstrike->
Under Pressure#%->
Hammerstrike
Tarasque
Flower Sermon ->
Suffragette City** ->
Flower Sermon
Molluskunk
Fame**@ ->
Afraid of Americans%^
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Tip of the Tongue
It's All Clear to Me Now ->
Space Oddity** ->
It's All Clear to Me Now ->
128 ->
Rebel Rebel** ->
128
Blacklight Sunflare
Age of Inexperience->
Let's Dance!**%&->
Age of Inexperience
E: Bellwether
*Phish
** David Bowie!
# David Bowie/Queen
% with Chuck on Vocals
@ with Chuck & Bridget McCallion on vocals
^David Bowie/NIN
& Mario on sax
Kelly Bogan did an amazing job with the costumes including a hand made Ziggy outfit, a hand painted jumpsuit and many other custom sewn items. Luke - Ziggy Stardust, Jesse - Thin White Duke, Mike Rempel - Jareth (from the movie Labyrinth), Mike Greenfield - Dancing in the Streets video trench coat Bowie, Chuck - 80's pastel suit Bowie. The show, along with all of the Fall shows that were able to get good recordings from, are available now on LiveDownloads.
http://www.livedownloads.com/live-music/3,101/Lotus-mp3-flac-downloads.html
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FREE TICKETS ON FACEBOOK
By now we really really hope you've become one of our ever-growing "fans" on facebook [if not hit http://www.facebook.com/lotusvibesasap!]. If you are not aware, we also have "events" pages set up for all of our upcoming shows which you can RSVP to, invite friends, post a msg to, etc. Well, in hopes of encouraging you to do just that we'll be running a little contest for all our Nov and Dec shows on Facebook. Two days prior to each show in Nov & Dec we'll be randomly selecting one person whom has RSVP'ed as "Attending" that show and give them two tickets to that concert. We HIGHLY encourage you to use the "invite friends" option on each page, perhaps with a "Please RSVP so I can use your extra ticket if you win!" message attached. This is a trial run so any questions or comments are more than welcome. Thank you!
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Fresh in the Lotus Merch Store is a T-Shirt featuring the Feather on Wood crow image.
http://www.socialpropaganda.com/lotus/gear.html
Oil On Glass/Feather On Wood have been nominated for album of the year but we need your votes! Take a second a bounce to this and give us a boost!
http://www.homegrownmusic.net/form/vote-for-the-hgmn-2009-album-of-the-year
Stream and purchase downloads of our two new EP's, Feather on Wood and Oil on Glass here:
http://lotusvibes.bandcamp.com
Tickets for virtually all shows are available now via Lotus Ticketing: http://lotusvibes.frontgatetickets.com
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TOUR DATES
11/04/2009 | So. Burlington, VT, Higher Ground - w/ The Egg
11/05/2009 | Boston, MA, Paradise Rock Club - w/ The Egg
11/06/2009 | Boston, MA, Paradise Rock Club - w/ The Egg
11/07/2009 | Troy, NY, Revolution Hall - w/ Tigersapien.
11/10/2009 | Blacksburgh, VA, Attitudes - w/ Big Gigantic
11/11/2009 | Carrboro, NC, Cat's Cradle - w/ Big Gigantic
11/12/2009 | Atlanta, GA, Variety Playhouse - w/ Big Gigantic
11/13/2009 | Live Oak, FL, Bear Creek Music Festival - with Galactic, Karl Denson, Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Perpetual Groove, The Slip, Pnuma Trio, and many more
11/14/2009 | Asheville, NC, Orange Peel - w/ Big Gigantic
11/27/2009 | Chicago, IL, Vic Theatre - w/ The Hood Internet
11/28/2009 | New York, NY, Terminal 5 - w/ RJD2, Junior Boys (DJ Set)
12/29/2009 | Pittsburgh, PA, Mr. Smalls Theatre - w/ Tigersapien., aFugate
11/28/2009 | West Chester, PA, The Note - w/ Tigersapien. - tix only available with NYE ticket package
11/28/2009 | Philadelphia, PA, Electric Factory - co-bill w/ MSTRKRFT, w/ Pex vs Playloop DJs
01/03-08/2010 | The Atlantic Ocean, Jam Cruise 8 - with STS9, The Word, Zappa Plays Zappa, Galactic, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Maceo Parker, Toubab Krewe, John Brown's Body, Break Science ft. Adam Deitch, and many more
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