Dreamscape 2016: Hear Music From Every Act Playing This Year’s Festival

Posted by admin on Apr 4, 2016 in Featured, Latest, Noise | 0 comments

–Words and list by Kevin Madert

You can feel it in the air. The sun’s a little warmer, the days a little longer, blizzpocalypses and snowmageddons all but forgotten. Spring has sprung (officially, if you doubt it) and for us in the musicsphere that means something wonderful: Festival season is upon us.

Our year is shaping up to begin with Dreamscape, the longtime Badass Raves brainchild that began as an indoor all-nighter known as Psychedelic Dreamscape before expanding last year to a two-day fest at secluded Camp Ramblewood in Darlington, MD. This year it’s a full-weekend affair, with three days of 11am-5pm music slated for May 5-8.

In the dual interest of channeling our anticipatory excitement and educating anyone who cares to listen, we’ve compiled a playlist to kick off our coverage of the festival. Organized into loose genre categories, it features every artist slated to perform* and is intended to acclimate readers to the lineup; plenty of in-depth writing on all things Dreamscape will follow.

Dreamscape Festival Day 2 Recap + Photos

Posted by admin on May 18, 2015 in Featured, Latest, Noise, Reads | 0 comments

–Written by Kevin Madert

I awoke to a dull gray sky. The chatter of birds echoed through the trees over my tent. Interspersed were the overlapping conversations of others who’d either just woken up or hadn’t yet gone to bed. I checked my phone, hoping to see four digits. 8:45 – damn. I try for maybe ten more minutes to fall back asleep, fail, sit up, and rub last night from my eyes. Unzipping my tent, I step out into the cool post-dawn mist and into the second day of Dreamscape.

Happenstance has other ideas as a vibration in my pocket informs me of some rather unfortunate news. A friend who’d left the festival for work around when I went to bed (call it crazy, call it dedication) had blown a tire not once but twice on the Baltimore Beltway. My next several hours were spent on a round trip journey to fetch him from the mechanic’s shop, with a stop at Chipotlé wedged in between. All the alone time (my friend slept through most of the drive back) saw me thinking about how the day would unfold. How would the music compare? The crowds? Could it top Friday? Thoughts ran rampant as I eased under the shade of a low-branched tree behind the eerie white house that served as the Dreamscape ops center and put my car in park.

Dreamscape Festival Day 1 Recap + Photos

Posted by admin on May 13, 2015 in Featured, Latest, Noise, Reads, Reviews | 0 comments

–Written by Kevin Madert

Over the weekend, the annual event known as Dreamscape experienced a plethora of firsts in its fourth year of existence. It was the first year Badass Raves chose to expand the event into a two-day festival. As a result, it was also the first time Dreamscape called Camp Ramblewood home, allowing attendees to pitch tents and spend the weekend in rural Darlington, MD. Perhaps most relevant to this write-up is the fact that it was the first time I attended a Dreamscape – after the weekend I had, it certainly won’t be my last.

Ended up parked all the way in the back of Camp Ramblewood. Nice view though.

AltFreq Weekend Planner (5/7/15-5/9/15)

Posted by admin on May 7, 2015 in Featured, Latest, Noise | 0 comments

–Written by Kevin Madert

It’s nearly impossible to keep track of all the events going on in the area, so we’re here to let you know what’s happening in live music over the next few days. Watch out on Sundays for our “Weekly Planner,” where we’ll cover the remaining four days of the week.

Dreamscape Festival Local Spotlight

Posted by admin on May 6, 2015 in Featured, Latest, Noise, Reads | 0 comments

–Written by Kevin Madert

Dreamscape is fast approaching, and we can’t wait to join Badvss Raves and all of you at Camp Ramblewood May 8-10. In the days leading up to the festival, we’re hoping to get you better acquainted with some of the artists playing the festival; if you read about them here on the AltFreq page, you should definitely catch their performances at Dreamscape.

2Rip

The fearless leader of Badass Raves since its inception (sometime in the late Jurassic period), 2Rip is equal parts man, myth, and legend. With over a decade of DJing experience under his belt in myriad genres catching one of his sets a bit like playing Russian roulette, with all six shots replaced by your new favorite songs. Nothing but respect from AltFreq for this scene staple and local legend; that sunrise set in particular shouldn’t be missed. Set times: City Of Dreams, 3:00AM-4:00AM Saturday; Pool Stage, 5:30AM-7:00AM Saturday