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Aimerie is the creative alias of bass music DJ, producer, and educator, Kaite Watson. Given her lifelong fascination with the deep sea underworld, Aimerie's touch for crafting dark, lurking soundscapes makes sense. Her otherworldly interpretation of sound system music is inspired by seminal artists like Biome and Portishead, as well as by friends and co-creators in the bass music community. Aimerie is an Ableton Certified Trainer located in Denver, CO where she teaches music production and DJing at The Black Box Studio. Known to deliver cutting-edge curation on the decks, Aimerie's passion for pushing grassroots sounds has landed her on prolific lineups at events like Sub.mission's Bass Invasion in Denver, Infrasound Music Festival, and Outlook Festival, alongside artists including The Widdler, Truth, DJ Youngsta, Khiva, and many more.

From his debut album 'Minimality' in 2010 to now, Au5 has been consistent in quality and authenticity with a repertoire of nearly 200 released songs - many with multiple millions of plays. He's collaborated with legends BT, Tritonal, Slander, Mr. Bill, toured with acts such as Infected Mushroom, Liquid Stranger, Seven Lions, and has music released on numerous labels like Monstercat, Armada, Owsla, Enhanced, and Wakaan to name a few.

For the last 20 years, Andrew has been struggling to write drum and bass. While waiting to figure that out, he's written music and gathered millions of streams as Nostalgia, then Ternion Sound with Jack and Aric, and now as Speedtek. Already in highschool, he wrote a double album as Nostalgia, which as an artist project later went on to tour several countries and hit his first million streams. One of his tracks "The Hero" was listed in Beatport's top ten dubstep tracks of the last ten years alongside Skrillex, Flux Pavilion, and Doctor P.

Collin “Kyral” Burdick is a Denver-based producer, DJ, and electronic artist best known as one half of Kyral x Banko, a nationally touring bass music duo known for blending trap, hip-hop, experimental bass, and playful live energy. Through Kyral x Banko, Collin has released music on WAKAAN, Quality Goods Records, Jadu Dala, and Morflo Records, collaborated with artists including Mersiv, Mport, SoDown, Spades, and Homemade Spaceship, and earned support from names such as A-Trak, NGHTMRE, HeRobust, Cut Chemist, Buku, and DJ Craze. He is now launching his new solo project, Big Nut Chuck, carrying forward his bass music roots, offbeat humor, and high-energy production style into a fresh creative chapter.

Brotha Nature! (aka Eli Dyer) is a multi-faceted beatbox, emcee and instrument looper from the Pacific Northwest. Fresh off performing at Red Rocks with Opiuo and touring as part of the Thought Process Live Band. With influences from all over the spectrum of genres, this artist brings an new take on hip hop and EDM, throwing some soul, funk, jazz, and meditative aspects into the mix.

Entangled Mind is the alias of Marissa Barbato, a Boston-based producer and lifelong musician. Balancing organic instrumentation with skillful electronic production, they traverse effortlessly through a multitude of genres from psybass to downtempo to world fusion, using sound to inspire connection. With intuitive phrasing, complex layering, and thoughtful arrangements, they weave together their own recordings and carefully crafted sounds into meaningful commands of tension and release. Their live performances take on a narrative force, captivating audiences in a unique journey, invoking cathartic embodiment on the dancefloor and feelings of being wrapped in a warm hug from the universe.

Gar Den Boi is the artist project of Tyler Manning, a producer, event creator, and nonprofit founder blending ambient bass, playful electronic music, and community-centered music experiences. His musical work includes collaborations with David Satori, Honeycomb, Kevin Saunderson, and Sound Medicine Collective, including a sold-out tour around a 7-track ambient bass bath album. Tyler has helped produce 16 weekend camping festivals, 14 adult retreats, 87 club nights, 8 weeks of music production summer camps, and 620+ music production learning experiences, while booking over 1,000 artists. He is the co-founder of MorFlo Records, a Denver-based electronic label with three sold-out Red Rocks takeovers, and co-founder/Executive Director of Boredomfighters, a nonprofit that has empowered 18,000+ youth to create their own beats, songs, and creative identities.

Jared Oppenheim is the founder and owner of The Gradient Perspective, an independent record label, talent agency, music collective, and boutique management company supporting forward-thinking electronic music. As an artist manager, talent buyer, and label founder, Jared has helped build The Gradient Perspective into a platform for releases, shows, festival takeovers, and artist development across North America. The label and roster have supported artists including Bass Temple, Choppy Oppy, Josh Teed, Mantra Sounds, McWavy, Phyphr, Sketchy Pete, Sol Good, Michal Menert, Homemade Spaceship, Wax Future, Shwilly, and Dysphemic, creating a community-centered home for bass music, electro-soul, broken beat, and experimental electronic artists.

kLL sMTH is the Denver-based project of producer and DJ Kris Edland, known for fusing hip-hop, turntablism, glitch-hop, drum & bass, dubstep, halftime, and experimental bass into a playful, heavy, and constantly evolving sound. A key figure in Colorado bass music, he is part of collaborative projects including Ultrasloth with Duffrey and BioLuMigen, kLL Bill with Mr. Bill, gRLL sMTH, and his downtempo alias cHLL sMTH. His music and live sets keep listeners on their toes, moving between gut-punching bass, technical rhythm, weird humor, and deep dancefloor energy.

Lily Fangz, also known as Lileana Krenza, is a Denver-rooted artist, rapper, singer, poet, producer, and creative force whose work blends hip-hop, soul, reggae, electronic music, funk, spoken word, and freestyle performance. Lily's music and live presence center self-expression, storytelling, empowerment, and activating people into deeper creative engagement. She has performed at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, including opening for Nas and Flying Lotus, appeared on freestyle platforms including TeamBackPack and The Cypher Effect, and has been recognized as one of Colorado's standout creative voices. Her collaborations include Mihali and Tropidelic on “Cool Runnin’,” The Grouch on “Let,” LVDY on “Garden of My Mind,” Tnertle on “Dance All Night,” and Ryan Mahrer, Mr. Lif, and Dylan Montayne on “Love's Taken Its Toll.”

Nicole Cacciavillano is the founder of Sub.mission, owner of Denver's The Black Box, and a pioneering force in underground dubstep and bass music. Since launching Sub.mission in 2007 around the mission "moving people through sound, not hype," she has helped shape Denver into a nationally recognized bass music hub through iconic events like Electronic Tuesdays, Colorado's longest-running electronic music weekly. She later founded Sub.mission Agency in 2012 and opened The Black Box in 2016, creating a sound-system-centered home for underground music. Her work has brought influential artists and labels including Deep Medi, Mala, Loefah, Skream, Coki, Benga, Hatcha, Commodo, Goth-Trad, Truth, Silkie, Bukez Finezt, and Om Unit to U.S. and Denver audiences.

Nyquist, the project of Derek Nyquist, is a Boulder, Colorado-based experimental electronic producer crafting immersive soundscapes that blend live instrumentation with detailed, futuristic bass production. Rooted in Colorado's vibrant bass community, his music bridges organic textures, cinematic atmospheres, glitch-focused precision, and modern bass music storytelling. His Lunar Exploration EP on Gravitas Recordings features collaborations with Comisar, EOS, Buzz Junior, and Swomp, using violin, guitar, hand drums, Moog synth, vinyl scratching, foley nature recordings, and bass production to create an expansive, experimental journey.

Philia, the artist project of Dan Giffin, is a Denver-based drummer, producer, DJ, educator, and Ableton Certified Trainer known for blending jazz roots with funky, melodic bass music and live instrumentation. As Philia, Dan has supported major acts including Tiesto, Manic Focus, and Maddy O'Neal, and has performed at festivals including Electric Forest. He has also worked in the studio and on stage with artists including Mac Miller and The Band Perry, trained under Electronic Creatives for major artist playback, and teaches Ableton Live through AbletonPodcast.com and LiveProducersOnline.com. Dan is also the host of the Ableton Music Producer Podcast, where he has interviewed 200+ producers, artists, and Ableton Live users about music creation from studio to stage.

Ross Caravati is a music industry professional with over a decade of experience working in the industry across labels, technology, content and artist relations with some of the industry most leading companies and labels. He currently leads Artist & Label Relations, Creator Engagement and Community Development for Sony's Professional Audio division and business development department and is a co-founder and producer behind the fast-growing Immersive Creator Experience retreat. A core communicator across business, tech and creatives, Ross is driven by his passion for music which has led to an interest in empowering and supporting creatives. Ross strives to support music creators and businesses through creatively innovative business alignment opportunities that drive value across all stakeholders.

Sister Stone is a Metro Detroit-based R&B, hip-hop, and medicine music artist, also known as Shayna Gladstone, whose work blends soulful vocals, rap, prayer, ritual, and earth-centered activism. Her sound has been compared to Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, and Mary J. Blige, weaving soul, pop, and hip-hop into music for healing, reverence, and connection with the natural world. She has headlined Lucidity Festival, PlayThink Festival, It Takes a Village Festival, and Portal Eclipse Festival, opened for Londrelle and Poranguí, been recognized by Digable Planets, and collaborated with Rodrigo Gallardo.

STARFOX is a bass music producer, DJ, songwriter, and live trumpet/sax player known for fusing leftfield bass, glitch hop, dubstep, and live horn improvisation into his self-described styles of Neuro Jazz and Portal Hop. Also known as Kevin Bernard / Kevin Starfox, he has released music through The Gradient Perspective, collaborated with artists including Josh Teed, 5AM, NewGent, Tygris, Alejo, Satiate, and Hullabalo0, and performs as part of The Gradient Perspective Live Band, bringing a rare live-instrument edge to the bass music scene.

Stupid Fried is the creative moniker of Evan Ruby, a Detroit-based musician, producer, and audio engineer known for "making music with flavor." His sound blends funky, glitchy, jazz-infused electronic production across trip-hop, dubstep, drum & bass, downtempo, and sub-heavy bass music. He is the audio engineer for The Dub Emporium, where he supports emerging underground artists, and has released music through The Dub Emporium, Sum R & R, Manic Minds Collective, and BEET RANCH. His catalog includes interconnected projects like Feeds the Soul and Frees the Soul, along with remixes, "Re-Fried" edits, and collaborations with artists including Millerr, King Joe, Babel, Dancemyth, Mayple, and Spaceship Earth. He has appeared at events including Big Fam Music & Arts Festival, Prairie Pothole Music & Arts Festival, ManaFest, and Syndicate Sessions, and contributed to the Heard It Here First Guest Mix Series with Volume 120.

Okay, so check it: Timothy Linetsky is a producer, DJ, pianist and YouTuber based out of San Francisco, CA. He is known for his YouTube channel You Suck at Producing, in which he does music production tutorials centered around Ableton Live. He currently teaches private lessons online and releases music as Underbelly and has been certified by Ableton as an instructor, often featured by Ableton in their educational series. Releases on Quality Goods Records (UZ) and collaborations with San Holo, Mr. Bill and more.