on April 22, the room was buzzing with energy. Even before the musicians played a note, the duo's vision had created that precursory excitement.
While Shae District concerts up to that point had been front-facing,"for this one, we wanted to be a little different and go for more of a classic warehouse rave," Das adds."We leaned into that as best we could. ... There was a four-point sound system around the room, so that way you don't have to face in any one direction — you could experience it from everywhere. The underlying thing that we were going toward was this idea of keeping it as immersive as possible.
But, he continues,"as we moved through college, our tastes evolved over time, and we started deejaying some of the bars. We organically evolved one step at a time." That journey of self-discovery brought Shae District from a"pure production project," as Das puts it, to now including Das's vocals and piano while Parpart handles synth and sequencing. The duo's headlining show at Larimer Lounge last summer saw a more"live-instrument-oriented" iteration, Das says, which put the artists on the path to being more comfortable as engaging performers.