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Apex Tour is the DJ-centric Concert Series You Shouldn’t Wear Kandi to

“The art of DJing kind of took a backseat in the recent past.”

Not a day goes by that we don't receive a press release about some groundbreaking artist embarking on some groundbreaking tour, but very rarely does one catch our eye quite like Apex has. A joint venture between Liaison Artists and Embrace, the Apex Tour spreads 16 of the agency's artists across 10 North American cities. Though not all artists in the tour are as prominent as Maya Jane Coles or Maceo Plex, Embrace's Adam Gill insists this is deliberate. "The inspiration for this tour was to build a property that would allow us to showcase cutting-edge artists on a larger medium." The lineup includes Blond:ish, Catz 'n Dogz, Dixon, DJ Tennis, Harvard Bass, James Holden, Joy Orbison, Justin Martin, Kill Frenzy, Maceo Plex, Magda, Maya Jane Coles, Michael Mayer, Tale of Us, and Thugfucker. Two thoughts immediately come to mind:

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1. This tour won't have a big room Las Vegas stop.
2. Thank God this tour doesn't have a Las Vegas stop.

That's because the goal of Apex isn't to red line and blow faces off concertgoers, it's to return the focus of DJ shows back to actual DJing. Liaison CEO Andrew Kelsey explains, "The art of DJing kind of took a backseat in the recent past but it's coming back fast. We consider many of those featured on this tour to be some of the best at their craft and it's our goal to really showcase them." Art Department can go all wax poetic about douchebags "DJing", but keep in mind actions speak louder than words, and Apex says a mouthful.

Dates left in the tour:

May 8 - Seattle – Q (Justin Martin, Danny Daze)

May 9 - Los Angeles - Lot 613 (Tale of Us, Joy Orbison, Blond:ish, Danny Daze, special guest)

May 10 - San Francisco -525 Harrison (Tale of Us, Joy Orbison, Thugfucker, Blond:ish)

May 16 - Miami – Treehouse (Michael Mayer, Danny Daze)

Tickets to the last four stops in the Apex Tour are available via Resident Advisor. For more info, please visit apextour.us.

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