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Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad with Funktional Flow Close Out Another Great Weekend

Music filled the air again at Willow Creek Winery this past weekend; two days filled with music to keep everyone happy. One of the greatest things about Willow Creek is that you get the festival experience in a smaller setting. If you combine the great location with Buffalive Productions, you’re getting the entire experience at a great value with Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad and Funktional Flow.

Buffalive, who just recently was founded, is doing things in their first year that many promotors take years to accomplish, putting great music out there for the fan to truly enjoy. Friday and Saturday was no different with the crowd being treated to a stellar show by Badfish-A Tribute To Sublime, bringing everyone the music of Sublime that they love, but most were not fortunate to see since the bands demise in the 90’s.Saturday brought music with reggae influence and started in the afternoon, going until well after midnight.

Preach Freedom, Mosaic Foundation, Tropidelic and The B-Side Dubs all playing early on before the main event. Funktional Flow and Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad played 2 sets each flip-flopping after each set. Funktional Flow started it off with the side stage and GPGDS took over on the main stage. Flow has been playing the winery all summer and seemed to have quite the following since Buffalove Music Festival. Giant Panda was great and as the night wore on with darkness casting overhead and their lighting show, all made for a terrific night of music. Chad from Mosaic Foundation joined them on stage to boost the great reggae infused jam to the next level.

Speaking with Chad as he came off stage he was happy as can be and he even said how it was a dream to be able to be on stage with Giant Panda, he had been huge fans of them since the beginning. Saturday night capped off another great weekend at Willow Creek and with one more event to go who knows what Buffalive has in for store for next summer, it will be tough to beat their inaugural season. But First, up next will be The Grapeful Getdown on Aug 9, featuring a bunch of the area’s top Grateful Dead Tribute Bands with a day full of Dead songs.

You can get more information about The Grapeful Getdown here and stay tuned for our preview of the upcoming show.

July 31, 2014
Conspirator Lit Up the Sky at Willow Creek Winery on July 11

Conspirator Lit Up the Sky at Willow Creek Winery on July 11. Funktional Flow set the night off in the opening slot, and as the sun went down, the Buffalo foursome threw down a perfect introduction to a night full of music. The guys continue to perform at a very high level, with funk and jam filled solo’s evolving into songs that could match up with the powerhouses in the music scene. Highlighted by songs “Edge of Time” and “Mulligans”, the band is becoming a nice regular at this spectacular venue. They have a show coming up on July 26 with Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad at the Winery, so clear your schedule and prepare to get funktified.

As good as Funktional Flow played, sometimes all you need is one guy and a vision to light up the night. Ryan Sinatra, aka Notixx, is an electronic artist who takes tunes, bass thumps the heck out of them, and creates an overall good time. He takes the party to the next level and keeps it there. Notixx was perfectly slotted between the two acts, giving the fans no choice but to stay and continue to get down.

There haven’t been many times that our area has seen The Disco Biscuits, but when the opportunity arose to catch two key members from the band, Buffalo jumped at it. Conspirator, a side project of Aron Magner (keys) and Marc Brownstein (bass) from The Disco Biscuits, brought their improvisational, tech-laced funk to the Willow Creek Winery. The super group also includes RAQ’s Chris Michetti and drummer TORCH, which completed the foursome that raged through the night. Along with the music, the band brings a superb lighting show that made you want them to return to our side of the state sooner than later.

July 24, 2014
Willow Creek Winery Hosts an 18-Hour Dance Machine with The Electric Odyssey

You want to have a day of fun? Take a fabulous venue, combine great friends and dance filled music and you’ve got yourself one heck of a good time. The Electric Odyssey took place on July 12 at Willow Creek Winery in Silver Creek, NY. The event started earlier Saturday and continued till Sunday’s sunrise, it was a great day of people coming together and creating something special. A lot of the crowd had enjoyed a great night the night before with Conspirator and decided to stay for the weekend, which is a great option at this venue, creating a go-to concert destination.

Mister F continues to bring their game to western NY and it’s no wonder Blue Stream Productions just picked them up to join Aqueous and Ocupanther, they are truly stepping out as a premier band in New York. The Manhattan Project started the evening out with a stellar set, with the two-man band creating great vibes and a thunderous bass thump that got people moving.

While two of Disco Biscuits players played the previous night, drummer Allen Aucoin manned the stage solo with his side project, Dr Fameus. You see something special, when watching Allen on stage, Armed with a drum kit, and a few toys, Aucoin played for an hour and a half nonstop. You have to be in some great shape to pull what he did, in that amount of time, and there is a reason he has the success he does. He brought everyone out of the woods and primed for the evening’s music.

Notixx donned the stage for a second night, he was good the night before but he seemed to have kicked it up a notch. He had the crowd thumping to his beats. The energy was great and at one point had a couple of fans up on stage dancing to the music. Notixx was perfect for the night and kept everyone out late from scurrying to the woods, keeping everyone raging.

Mister F played another set in the side stage and is starting to become a nice late night band. They just love to play any chance they get whether its 3PM in the blaring sun or 3AM, they’re up to the challenge of getting people going.

The Electric Odyssey was an incredible event and with its success look for it to be an annual event in Western New York. It seems that it will be around for years to come.

July 24, 2014