Man vs Machine pitted the amazing beatbox talents of Kid Beyond against Salt Lake City's best scratch turntablists, Steez and Diggabeatz. Steez and Digga warmed up the crowd, finishing out their set with an improvised jam made from layered elements using four turntables and Serato Scratch.

When they were done, they went head to head with Kid Beyond, who had a beatbox answer for every scratch, breakbeat, backspin, and drum and bass loop they could throw at him. After a while, the turntablists bowed out and let Kid play his set... but there was no clear winner.

Well, I suppose there was... The audience! It was the best show I've seen all year. I was blown away, and looking around, there was no shortage of jaw dropping in the audience. What a show!

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Labels: concert, dj, electronic music, electronica, kid beyond, nightlife, turntablism, turntablist

Get Freaky was a massive Halloween party featuring Rabbit in the Moon live. Brought to you by Utah's biggest and best electronic music production crew, V2!

I've shot a few events for V2 before, and I always have a blast. They always impress me with the caliber of talent they bring out, including some of my favorites, like DJ Craze, and DJ Monk. When I heard they were bringing out Rabbit in the Moon for a live performance -- I knew it would make for a lot of fun photographs!

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Enough talk! Here are the pics!

Labels: band, concert, costume, costumes, dj, get freaky, nightlife, party