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LEE!
In an industry increasingly more focused on packing clubs rather than providing good vibes, Lee Burridge has kept his music soulful and purely satisfying, for the audiophile searching for house music with a purpose. Lee’s All Day I Dream events maintain the beautiful and transcendental qualities that dreamy, melodic house music can provide, while shared in intimate environments with close friends and likeminded souls. Read on to see what Lee thinks about the important things in life (like the sun and the moon, of course!) and don’t miss his set at the Woogie stage!
FEATURED ARTIST
What ingredients make up a perfect party? Great sound. And a musically open-minded crowd. Lots of smiles. Great weather if it’s outdoors and not too many crazy flashing lights, lasers and smoke machines READ MORE AT ELECTRIFYMAG.COM if it’s inside. A darker room is a place I feel the music can speak to people and allows them to be transported Where did the concept for your All Day I somewhere else. Dream events come from? The music. There was a switch for me around How important is the interaction between the DJ and five or six years ago and I started finding a the crowd? thread between certain tracks. I decided to It's vital for me that the crowd is right there. I need to feel start seeking out and collecting these and it the energy of the party and see people's faces and for grew from there. them to have a similar experience with me. I’ve
never been a fan of the DJ booth in the sky at clubs. It separates two things that should be connected; the DJ and the crowd.
What is special about the Lightning In A Bottle festival? Its attitude and its lessons. The structures they build and the details and love everyone who goes puts into it. It’s a cross section of ages, which is always super nice. Everyone smiles and says hello in the morning when you’re walking around. The vegan food is great too. Describe a moment in your career that still gives you goosebumps every time you think about it? The sunrise sets on the Robot Heart Bus at Burning Man. Nothing compares to it.
Sun or Moon? Depends what time of the day you ask me. I really love moonrise and moon sets. It’s been sort of a favorite experience for me since my girlfriend and I watched an amazing one out at Burning Man last year. Favorite smell? White out and sharpies What are you excited about for in 2013? Everything!
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ARTIST TO WATCH
ATISH
One might know Atish from his vibe inducing sets drifting from the Robot Heart bus on The Playa, or his residency with San Francisco party throwing savants, Listed Productions. And if by chance you haven’t heard Atish’s thoughtfully drafted mixes of deep, intellectual house music, it’s time you get familiar! Read on to learn more about this months inspiring “Artist To Watch”
Life changing DJ set: Lee Burridge’s underground party at this place called The Compound in San Francisco. It was such a great vibe that it made me want to become a part of it, and rather than just be a consumer, become a FOR MORE creator as well. INFORMATION, The crowd and the DJ: I think the relationship between the DJ and the dance floor is the core of the art form. It’s reading and feeling a room, and playing music to respond to what the crowd is doing. It’s hard for me if the DJ booth is removed from the dance floor, because I just the energy in my face. I like it when people are in the booth and having fun with me.
VISIT ATISH’S SOUNDCLOUD AT https://soundcloud. com/atish
playa from the DJ booth, with some of my best friends literally rocking the floor behind me is something i’ll never forget.
Learning experience: The biggest thing that I’ve taken away from Burning Man and Robot Heart is to Playing on top of that bus: be confident and just have fun with what My overall goals were just to have you’re doing. I try to apply both those ideas fun with the whole thing, and in my approach to DJing, and I’m really embrace the chaos. Seeing the fortunate for the way things have turned thousands of lit up people on the out as a result.
THE BREAKDOWN
JUICING REVEALED MORE HEALTH TIPS AT WWW.ELECTRIFYMAG.COM
We’ve all heard the various benefits of switching to a liquid diet, but with so much new information constantly flooding the market, its hard to know what’s actually good for us, and what’s just good for trending on Twitter. Electrify spoke with Jake Mabanta, founder of Brooklyn-based juicing company Love Grace, to really “digest” what all the hype is actually about.
Juicing vs. Smoothies? Love Grace cold-presses fruits and vegetables, yielding up to 5x the nutrients of the average juicer, separating every drop of juice from the pulp and fiber. Smoothies are blended fruits, veggies, and whatever else you want. We use whole superfoods, like chia seeds, hemp seeds, and goji berries, to add unique flavors and health properties to our smoothies. What is a Juice Fast? A juice fast is a diet of just juices for an extended period of time. It gives the body the chance to safely detox, heal, and revitalize. Being that the body is getting tons of nutrients (often missing from a normal diet) most people have no hunger cravings.
Benefits of Juicing in the summer? Juice is great for cleansing, weight loss, and an instant nutrient boost. I find the body loves light, refreshing, slightly sweet foods in the summer. When we drink juice in the summer we get those detoxing properties while drenching the cells in nutrients. I just like having the energy to go outside and do what I love. How often? Cleanse time will vary from person to person. Our customers often cleanse from 3-5 days to start about once-a-season to once-a-month depending on their goals. Most people report weight loss, mental clarity, and abundant energy. Visit lovegracefoods.com for more information
THIRSTY FOR MORE? Try Jake’s easy summer recipes
Perfect Peach Smoothie We came up with this to highlight and complement the peaches while adding in the healthy fats from the tropical macadamia nut.
Summer-Aid A fun easy recipe for a hot summer day 3-6 mint leaves muddled in a glass squeeze 1/2 grapefruit squeeze 1/2 lime blend 8oz water with honey (or agave) and a pinch of salt Combine everything in a tall glass with ice.
4 Ripe Peaches (pitted) 1/4 Cup macadamia 1/4 whole vanilla bean or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract pinch Himalayan sea salt Blend until smooth consistency
TALENT LOCAL LOCAL TALENT Here at Electrify, we like to focus on industry innovators, and this month’s talent comes from the West Coast: an LA based designer, tarot reader, and devotee to the spirit, who sparked our interest with her high-quality, handmade pieces that beautifully reflect the love put into creating them. Her designs really speak for themselves, but here’s a few facts we learned about the equally beautiful and interesting designer, in her own words. READ ON AT WWW.ELECTRIFYMAG.COM
NATALIA BENSON
From N.OM to Natalia Benson With the name change, I feel like my work has become more streamlined, and refined. It’s more than launching something new: it’s a reemergence of something that’s always been there. All these things are reflective of my own journey, and its very personal in a sense. Describe a Natalia Benson customer I would call them unicorns! I love people being inspired by that which is beautiful, so the wearers of my work are beings who enjoy expressing and inspiring with beauty. And I just think unicorns are beautiful. Describe your new collection It is a lot about the balance of opposites, such as the light and the dark, and the feminine and masculine. Current inspirations Lately, I’ve been inspired by the relationship between the sun and the moon. The energy of the planets have always inspired my play with metals like silver and gold. Future goals for the brand All my work has deep meaning that allows for a connectivity of the self to others, so I want to expand it in such a way that a lot of people are able to feel touched by my work. http://www.nataliabenson.com/
LYNN’S CORNER
CRYSTAL BASICS Lynn Pax, Electrify’s resident mystic and crystal bible, has always been deeply interested in spirituality. She’s a teacher of the Divine Feminine, an accredited priestess, and has worked with stones for over 30 years. This month, Lynn provided us with a basic “How-To” guide of the stones and their everyday use.
8 STONES FOR EVERYDAY USE Fluorite
Quartz
This stone is becoming really popular now people are having great difficulties with ordinary things in life, such as finances. Fluorite is called the genius stone, because it helps us come up with ingenious solutions to problems.
This stone will support any other stone and any intention you put into it. It’s probably the most programmable stone. Quartz is used in electronics because it’s so good at channeling energy.
Lapis
Rose Quartz
Called the “Warrior Stone”, it connects us to our centers, so we are able to be true to ourselves in the moment.
This stone is really good when your issue is love. Not only to attract love, but also to open oneself up to love, as well as healing past family problems.
Aventurine
Amethyst
It’s a great stone for students, artists, gamblers, and lovers, because it gives you luck in games of chance and love.
I like to keep an amethyst between my computer and I, because it protects from radiation.
Tourmaline
Rhodochrosite
One of the most protective stones. Also very grounding
I like this stone for love… but when you don’t need the attachment of a relationship.
DON’T FORGET
TO PROGRAM YOUR STONE
You begin by envisioning your intention with as much detail as possible. You hear yourself telling a friend about your end result, and you allow yourself to really be in that intention, and when you have internalized that feeling, you blow sage into the stone. And that’s a programmed stone! AMETHYST