Red Rocks has hosted just about everything – from orchestras to dubstep blowouts – but last Thursday, it witnessed something historic, its first ever official drum and bass show. The WORSHIP collective – Sub Focus, Dimension, Culture Shock, and 1991 – took the stage as one unit, a four part organism pulsing under the same banner.
From the moment the lights cut and that first drop hit, it was clear they all came to show Colorado what they could do. Flames shot skyward, LED walls surged with movement, and every bassline hit like a ton of bricks.
The production was next level, fire blasts timed to the beat that turned the whole amphitheater into a living waveform, and visuals that moved in sync with the drops like a heartbeat made of light. Each member of WORSHIP traded off seamlessly, weaving tracks into one continuous ritual of rhythm and release.
And then there was the crowd, thousands deep, hands raised, dancing in the cold night air. You could feel the weight of it. Drum and bass had finally carved its name into the rock.
For a genre that’s lived in the shadows of other electronic giants, at least in the U.S., this night was a milestone and a victory lap decades in the making. The rocks don’t lie, drum and bass belongs here.
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