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![Initial Invasion: Phoenix Lights Festival Phase One Playlist [Festival Playlist]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/9f37b4ab-47021744_2878313075775400_5970661881889685504_n.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
The alien minds at Relentless Beats have chosen their initial artist selections for this year’s Phoenix Lights Festival. The Mothership will be returning to The Park at Wild Horse Pass at the Rawhide Event Center in Chandler, AZ. This festival is landing with a stacked arsenal of musical ambassadors. Catch some of the top names in […]
![Inaugural Birdhouse Festival Flies into Chicago [Festival Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/598bb2af-thebirdhousefestivalchicago-instagramsquare-2400x2400-v1.jpg?resize=500%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
On September 8th, Chicago welcomes Claude Von Stroke and his band House Music Marauders back to the Midwest for the inaugural Birdhouse Festival. Riding the success of the East and West Coast campouts, the Dirtybird Boss looks to add to his party portfolio by headlining the first major Dirtybird event in the Midwest mecca since […]
![Top 5 Sets at Elements Lakewood :: A Supersonic Bass Camp [Festival Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Wax-Future-1.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
East Coast
Elements Lakewood just set the bar for the whole summer. Everything about the inaugural fest was on point. The venue, music, stage production, art, games, workshops, fireworks, even the roller disco rink and pirate ship, and still so much more managed to mesh together into a perfect weekend of fun filled vibes from each early […]
![Dirtybird Campout 2016 – “This is NOT a Transformative Festival” [Festival Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/image-1.jpeg?resize=600%2C315&ssl=1)
Electronic
The term “transformative festival” has been used and abused for far too long. “Transformative festival” has basically become a calling card for hippies, crystals, psytrance, etc. Now, I’m a big fan of all of these things – except psytrance – but at the end of the day, for a majority of festival goers a […]
![[Review] Re:Creation with BOOKASHADE, Bird of Prey | San Francisco at 1015 Folsom](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/image51.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
House
If you’ve ever been to a show at the 1015 Folsom in San Fransisco you already know it’s one of the best spots in the Bay to get your fix of Electronic/Bass Music. When Euphonic Conceptions gets down with their monthly RE:Creation parties, the caliber of performers and sonic intensity of the music only amplifies, […]