DYNOHUNTER: Electrifying Live House Music and Techno

At Suwannee Hulaween, I limped into the fourth and final night having caught 50+ performances, highlighted by Garaj Mahal and Jamiroquai (your mileage may vary). I almost forgot that DYNOHUNTER had a late-evening set on the Campground stage, sprinting there (OK, perhaps NOT a sprint), just in time for the set to begin. And my notes claimed:

[Another confession: I was tired enough that I did NOT appreciate the trio’s Fred Flintstone outfits or the fact that a woman with them was dressed as Wilma. DUH.]One last time I made it to the Campground for one of my favorites, DYNOHUNTER. Let me be clear: my favorite set of the weekend (along with Jamiroquai). It also allowed me to examine a conundrum that’s been swirling around in my brain for some time: when bands play in conjunction with recorded material — either their own or someone else’s.

I have often scoffed at such efforts, wishing bands I love such as The Malah and Zoogma wouldn’t incorporate that so much, except that those songs were great. DYNOHUNTER blasted the most jaw-dropping non-stop dance party and stretched their hour set out by another 20 minutes (well, it seemed like it at the time). I happened to be by Vlad the Inhaler (the curator of the Silent Disco experience), who was there not as a park ambassador but as a fan. Every time they dropped the beat he and I just looked at each other in amazement. Clark Smith is the most exciting tenor saxophone player I’ve seen in ages. He and his mates were perpetual motion machines! Brilliant live house music. That left two closing sets, although I confess my brain was now officially DYNO-toast.

[Another confession: I was tired enough that I did NOT appreciate the trio’s Fred Flintstone outfits or the fact that a woman with them was dressed as Wilma. DUH.]

Listen to the new EP Bomb Cyclone and the Hulaween set on the Soundcloud link below.

DYNOHUNTER refer to their genre as “rainforest tech.” Their incorporation of techno, deep house music, and acid jazz in their live performance is electrifying. If those are of interest to you, then these boys are squarely in your wheelhouse. Their upcoming ten-week Spring Tour ’19 finds them criss-crossing the country for 25 dates in 17 states.

Boulder, Colorado, trio DYNOHUNTER are: Clark Smith, tenor sax, keyboards, DJ, percussion; Nic Thornsberry, drums, SPD-SX; and Fred Reisen, bass, synth.

DYNOHUNTER SPRING TOUR ’19

03/12  Re: Turn Tuesdays at Hodi’s Half Note | Fort Collins CO  w/ LER
03/13  Re: Search Wednesdays Cervantes Other Side | Denver CO  w/ LYFTD & Aaron Bordas
03/20  Future Funk Lounge at Deep Ellum Art Company | Dallas TX
03/21  Blackbird on Pearl | Tulsa OK
03/22  Last Concert Cafe | Houston TX  w/ Henry + The Invisibles
03/23  Mohawk Austin | Austin TX  w/ Henry + The Invisibles
03/29  1904 Music Hall | Jacksonville FL
03/30  Signal | Gainesville FL
03/31  Dunedin Brewery | Dunedin FL
04/04  The Drifter Hotel | New Orleans LA
04/05  TBA | Birmingham AL
04/06  The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall | Asheville NC
04/12  King’s Rook Club | Erie PA
04/13  Nietzsche’s | Buffalo NY
04/16  Silk City Diner Bar & Lounge | Philadelphia PA  w/ Horizon Wireless
04/17  Wonder Bar | Boston MA Wonder Bar
04/18  Pacific Standard Tavern | New Haven CT
04/19  The 8×10 | Baltimore MD
04/20  Mercury Lounge | New York NY  w/ Horizon Wireless & Teddy Midnight
04/24  Woodlands Tavern | Columbus OH
04/27  Bourbon on Division | Chicago IL
05/10  Crystal Bay Club Casino | Crystal Bay NV
05/11  DNA Lounge | San Francisco CA
05/17  Joshua Tree Music Festival | Joshua Tree CA Joshua Tree Music Festival
05/19  Shady Park Tempe | Tempe AZ

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