Completely different metropolis, similar Meow Wolf.
Teeming rain in Denver could not cease the model’s flagship music competition, Vortex, from making a press release in 2022. Shifting the fest from New Mexico to the Mile Excessive Metropolis for the primary time, Meow Wolf proved their status is immutable.
Vortex made a splash over the weekend at The Junkyard, a brand new open-air venue promising immersive stay music experiences in Denver. Attendees of the occasion discovered themselves in an grownup playground the place—at any flip—Alice in Wonderland syndrome may’ve set in.
Revered for conceptualizing experiential activations that distort actuality, Meow Wolf enthralled and titillated at The Junkyard. You would be hard-pressed to discover a extra vibrant group.
Attendees of Meow Wolf’s Vortex competition pose for a photograph in Denver.
Jess Bernstein, Courtesy of Meow Wolf
Vortex kicked off on Friday, August fifth. The competition’s first day was highlighted by units on its illusory Arā stage, the place Pabllo Vittar and Toro y Moi delivered sometimes gorgeous performances.
Nevertheless it was famend hip-house artist Channel Tres who stole the present. He was the cynosure of all eyes, performing a sultry, soul-stirring set that palpably aligned with Meow Wolf’s whimsical ethos.
Channel Tres performs at Meow Wolf’s Vortex competition in Denver on Friday, August fifth, 2022.
Jess Bernstein, Courtesy of Meow Wolf
In the meantime, surging Manchester trio Mason Collective threw down a breezy DJ set on the Atriā stage earlier than an explosive headlining efficiency by Grammy-nominated home music luminary Duke Dumont, who cycled by means of his cavernous discography of dance hits like “I Received U” and “The Giver.”
Right here, followers had been in a position to get acquainted with—and marvel at—Meow Wolf’s fantastical method to stage manufacturing.
Mason Collective carry out at Meow Wolf’s Vortex competition in Denver on Friday, August fifth, 2022.
Jess Bernstein, Courtesy of Meow Wolf
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And Meow Wolf’s lovable forged of fantasy-like characters frolicked round, inviting us into the model’s surrealist sphere of affect.
Employees of Meow Wolf’s Vortex competition pose for a photograph in Denver on Friday, August fifth, 2022.
Jess Bernstein, Courtesy of Meow Wolf
On Saturday, fast-rising amapiano stars Main League DJz introduced their distinctive type of dance music from South Africa to the empyrean Atriā stage, which additionally featured a riveting efficiency by legendary techno pioneer Kevin Saunderson.
If the balmy rain at Atriā did not provide you with goosebumps, Dixon did. The German home music producer’s hypnotic headlining set coaxed ravers out of the Vortex’s numerous canopies to rave beneath the night time sky’s cloudburst.
Over at Arā, the stage supplied a multi-sensory romp soundtracked by kinetic indietronica beats. Right here, emerald lasers pierced by means of the rain like a sizzling knife by means of butter.
The Arā stage at Meow Wolf’s Vortex competition in Denver on Saturday, August sixth, 2022.
Jess Bernstein, Courtesy of Meow Wolf
Sunday introduced extra rain, but it surely was apparent that the Vortex trustworthy had been resolute in bringing the weekend dwelling.
On a day with stellar performances by Maya Jane Coles, India Jordan and extra, it was Bob Moses who rose above the pack. The duo carried out a panoramic set at Arā, the place they executed flawless stay renditions of music from their celebrated third studio album, The Silence In Between.
Bob Moses carry out at Meow Wolf’s Vortex competition in Denver on Sunday, August seventh, 2022.
Jess Bernstein, Courtesy of Meow Wolf
You’ll be able to maintain a pulse on Vortex and join updates on the 2023 competition here.
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