Weathering Well

The electronic atmospheric music wizard ‘Tycho’, aka Scott Hanson has launched himself into unknown territory with his fifth album, “Weather”. The new album is a dramatic step forward as it features vocals from ‘Saint Sinner’; this is uncharted waters for Scott as he has only previously released instrumental bodies of work. However, it seems that the change of direction has proven a big step forward for the artist; both fans and critics have fully supported the artist as the sound has grown along with the venue sizes.  I believe this could be the tipping point for Scott to become the next global phenomenon DJ if he would so choose to continue this trajectory. 

Naturally, the show must travel just like the “Weather”. Luckily for me one of the shows of the world tour landed in my city, Madison, Wi. The support act ‘Poolside’ excited the crowd enough before ‘Tycho’ and his live band step forward from the shadows. Starting off with a classic song of “Awake” energized the crowd into ‘Tycho’s’ mantra. Although there was little communication from the artist to fans they were rolling through the ‘Tycho’ discography with ease. It truly was an visual and audio pleasures to witness the music come alive in this perfect atmosphere.

 

Felicidades Los Dells

 Congratulations Los Dells for another fantastic and ever expanding festival.

Now into its third year this ever expanding festival features music from across the Latin music spectrum and beyond. This year’s headline acts, playing across Saturday and Sunday were global touring musicians, ‘Logic’ and ‘Ozuna’.  Both acts delivered on their headlining position, closing out the festival with a bang.

Elsewhere across the festival the fiesta continued across four stages with giveaways, art displays and food all promoting Latino and South American culture. Hidden away in an idyllic little town of Mauston did not stop guests travelling from across the Midwest and beyond to taken in ‘Los Dells’. Many of the other artists played to their hearts delight receiving with all artists receiving a warm welcome on stage. Highlights for me came from ‘Fuego’ who rapped his way through a great set and ‘Ximena Sarinana’ who lead the party with her hits. It was also a pleasure to be invited to two bonus sets on Friday night pre festival to see a neat warm up show.

Overall, the festival is very much still in its infancy with a light attendance record and few art/food places to actually check out it left some people feeling empty, especially when the charge for a two day ticket is roughly $159. With that being said it is a relaxed and holistic festival that showcases the best Latino acts worldwide, festivals are very costly to set up these days so the cost reflects that. Personally I would absolutely recommend this festival as one to experience; hopefully as it grows it will be the staple to end the summer time fun in the Wisconsin Dells. 

Now enjoy a short picture gallery of the weekend...