Flamingosis Daymaker Tour 2021 - Dallas

Schedule

Fri Dec 03 2021 at 08:00 pm

Location

Trees Dallas | Dallas, TX

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FLAMINGOSIS
The Daymaker Tour
w/Ian Ewing
Live at Trees Dallas
Friday December 3, 2021
Doors 8pm
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From behind the grooves, light peeks out. Flamingosis splices together old school soul, wild funk, and D.I.Y. electronic with a radiant message meant for any moment. After generating 100 million streams, attracting 100K cumulative social media followers, and receiving acclaim from Pitchfork, MTV, ThisSongIsSick, and many more, the New Jersey-raised and Brooklyn-based artist and producer embeds an important affirmation within the framework of his first full-length album in four years, Daymaker.
“It’s a continuation of what I’ve been doing with my music for a while,” he explains.
“I try to make each album uplifting. If you’re not feeling the best in the moment, the goal is to get you to a better place. Like a light at the end of the tunnel, the album reminds you things are going to be alright no matter how hard they seem. Hopefully, it puts you into an elevated state of mind.”
Born Aaron Velasquez, he identified this state of mind as a kid combing through mom and dad’s extensive record collection. He listened to everything from Earth, Wind & Fire, Bell Biv DeVoe, Joni Mitchell, and MC Hammer to N*SYNC and Britney Spears. His father moonlighted as a wedding and party DJ. However, pops spent most of his time playing professional frisbee alongside his brother. Flamingosis watched in awe as dad pulled off the move that inspired his moniker.
“It’s a reverse spinning catch on one leg,” he describes. “When you complete the catch, you’re on one leg like a flamingo. The ‘osis’ stands for the fact you catch it in reverse. What my dad and uncle did was amazing. The name honors them in a way. They were in their prime in the late seventies and early eighties. Most of the music I sample is from the same era of their biggest frisbee accomplishments. It goes hand-in-hand.”
During Sophomore year of high school, he began messing around with loops on GarageBand before graduating to Ableton in college. He scoured the internet for samples and dug in the crates to electronically create a funkified futurist translation of soul picked and pitched to perfection. Since 2012, he carved out a niche of his own in addition to collaborating in the studio and on stage with Big Gigantic, GRiZ, Madeon, Tokimonsta, and Matoma, among others. Not to mention, he graced the bills of festivals such as Austin City Limits, Electric Forest, Okeechobee, Holy Ship!, and Voodoo Music + Arts, to name a few. Critical acclaim followed with Pitchfork describing “Believe In Me” as “a new summer anthem.” Regarding 2016’s Bright Moments, MTV wrote, “The producer’s new album weaves smooth 1970s and 1980s samples into perfect grooves.”
In 2019, he began to widen the sonic palette. For the first time, he hit the studio with collaborators to architect what would become Daymaker. He worked closely with an all-star cast of musicians, including keyboardist Borahm Lee [Pretty Lights], Jeff Franca [Thievery Corporation], Hunter Roberts, hip-hop funk duo Recess, Mike Tallman [Euforquestra], and more. Eddie Roberts [The New Mastersounds] served as studio engineer at Color Red Studios alongside Tallman, while Loren Dorland led the charge at Mighty Fine Studios.
“It’s the first time I’ve made original compositions in a studio session with musicians,” he elaborates. “I was initially scared, but so much great material came out of the sessions. We weren’t just passing files back and forth online. It was hands-on. You never know if it’s a full band or an electronic hip-hop beat. It was so cool to make music in a new way.”
Speaking of new, he progresses once more on the lead single “Wild Summer.” He incorporates a sample of Brazilian phenomenon Tim Maia into a laid-back groove punctuated by a charge of island percussion, sun-soaked horns, and a lyrical guitar solo.
“When I listen to it, I’m in a tropical paradise,” he says. “It’s really got a summer feeling and vibe. I wanted to make you feel like you were kicking back in the sun.”
Showing off his chemistry with Lee, spacey synths flutter across the iridescent instrumental intro “First Light.” It conceptually threads the album together as “the sound of the sun coming up in the beginning of the morning.”
Representing a powerful midpoint, “Breakdown” integrates live guitar, bass, and drums flipped like a sample by Flamingosis to mark “an intense climax.” He threaded the album together by incorporating interview clips with his dad and uncle from their frisbee heyday. One such conversation with his father kicks off the title track “Daymaker.” The energy floats through a flute passage, orchestral brass, and a vintage beat.
“You’re going through the whole day within one track,” he adds. “It’s a roller coaster.” “Cosmic Feeling” closes out the trip. Based around a sample of a vocal by Night Flight, it marks a “special moment” upheld by yet another intergalactic groove. In the end, Flamingosis might just make your day a little brighter.
“I literally want to make your day when you listen to the album,” he leaves off. “I’m giving you bits and pieces of where I came from and all of the influences that have inspired me throughout my whole life. It pays homage to my dad, my uncle, and all the music I loved as a kid. I took a risk and tried something different. I can’t wait for everyone to hear it.”
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Trees Dallas, 2709 Elm St, Dallas, United States

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