Denm in concert at WOW Hall

On Wednesday, Feb. 26th the Community Center for the Performing Arts, Reggae Rise Up and LNE Presents proudly welcomes Denm to the WOW Hall.

DENM

DENM first made an impactful splash while dropping his?Slum Beach Denny LP- DENM’s sparkling?debut album which hit the scene in 2021. ?Garnering out of the box recognition from coveted playlists?including the cover of Spotify’s “Beach Vibes.”?Today, Slum Beach Denny has?tallied over 25 million streams, and?counting!?The?genre-bending, SoCal?musician, songwriter, and producer blends a unique recipe of?hazy daze optimism and?suburban beach influence?into a modern-day melting pot of hip-hop beats, dubby rhythms, and catchy vocal hooks with a bonafide?street mentality. ? DENM possesses?the edge and wit of an artist aware of?the realities of society, while addressing?his own personal values and tongue?in?cheek commentary on the quest for the American Dream.

Quickly and deservedly, he’s become?a coveted, go-to?producer amongst his core constituents, helming?the Grammy-winning Best Reggae Album of 2022, SOJA’s?Beauty in the Silence, as well as a?co-write and production on HIRIE’s top-scoring single, “Respect,”?plus his high flight collaboration on “Rage,” with Dirty Heads, Travis Barker, and The Interrupters. ?DENM also flexes his production skill set on out of the box Bounce phenom Big Freedia on the song “Strut.”

DENM’s?2nd release?Slum Beach Posse Vol. 1, a seven-song collaborative EP with?special guests Slightly?Stoopid,?Landon McNamara, Jesse James, and Benny Ranks,?dropped in 2023 spawning the unmistakable single “Wild Trip” recorded during a surf and studio bender on Oahu’s North Shore with creative conspirator and big wave surfing legend Landon McNamara.”

DENM’s music has commanded?notable synchs on several hit series, including?Netflix’s?Outer Banks,?and?All-American,?and FOX’s?Rescue: HI-Surf, and?Prime’s?Surf Girls Hawai’i. All of this comes ahead of?a series of?new?singles?preceding his forthcoming?sophomore LP and a?U.S. tour?that has DENM hitting over 30 outdoor amphitheaters with likeminded cohorts, Pepper and?Iration on the ‘Daytrippin in Paradise Summer Tour.’

“It’s?all?becoming more of what I had originally envisioned,” DENM says. ?“Everything is manifesting into?part of this really cool trajectory to take the listener to places that I like to go.”

Denm has been known to create music in unique places, from?Hawaii’s North?Shore paradise of Oahu, hanging with Landon McNamara and friends,?making music?with the Slum Beach Posse?between surf sets, or in the urban low-rider landscape of B-REAL from CYPRESS HILL’s Smoke-box studios in the alleys of Downtown Los Angeles. You may also find him behind the board and microphone?at Rock Mafia?Studios,?with?producers, Tim James and Antonina?Armato,?down the coast?in?Santa Monica, CA?or in the Pacific,?on a fishing boat drinking brews and writing tunes?with Pepper’s?Kaleo?Wassman, such as the new album’s first single “Where I’m Going,” released on July 26, 2024.  Places where days-long, beats-making all-nighters in the studio are routine. ?And where autobiographical references?in his songwriting, reflecting, if not celebrating?the seedier side of life,?are the standard.

“My songs are about healing from past traumas. ?Coming of age. ?Honest songs about struggles with addiction. ?Songs about?tweakers?walking down the street really fast. ?The highs and lows of life, and love, and fatherhood,” DENM says. ?“Also, just being a mouthpiece for?art and my?surroundings, with songs about mental health, and the struggle to keep your vision clear and your head straight. ?It’s a little bit of everything.”

DENM?spent?his youth?as an admittedly troubled teen bouncing from beach town to beach town?in Southern California, teaching himself guitar at 14.??His?itinerant residencies in San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Isla Vista?marked a challenging personal narrative full of life’s harshest lessons. ?They?also?fostered deeply?genuine?and eclectic sources of inspiration for his multifaceted talents.

Whether it’s crafting his own scintillating repertoire, or collaborating with?a host of admiring peers like Slightly?Stoopid, Dirty Heads and SOJA, DENM brings?a?relentless, undeniable?vibe of authenticity to his work.??Just?three?short?years?since?his debut, he?has risen to the upper tier of the SoCal scene, volleying his time between sought-after producer and songwriter, cutting edge recording artist, and magnetic live performer.??Now, he just wants to keep rolling.

“I want to make music that makes the world move and groove,”?says DENM.?“If I just stay in that flow state, it’s only going to get?better and more fun from here.”

For more info, visit www.denmdemndenm.com

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***SUPPORTING ACT***

TUNNEL VISION

Tunnel Vision is quickly becoming Southern California's favorite new Surf, Reggae, Ska band. The band is comprised of four musicians who grew up in the San Clemente, area with instruments in their hands and skateboards and surfboards under their feet.

Growing up in SoCal, the band was heavily influenced by the Punk Rock, Reggae and Ska music of bands like The Descendents, Black Flag, Misfits, Sublime, Slightly Stoopid, The Expendables, NoFX, Rancid, and Reel Big Fish. They've incorporated a bit from all of their influences to create their own original sound that pays homage to the sounds of those that came before them while blazing their own path and style. This new style was on full display with their 2018 LAW Records release, Days Away.

The band has released their 3 song EP, Shipwrecked, which blends all 3 songs to tell the story of hope, loss, and love with an upbeat reggae, ska and punk style that only Tunnel Vision can pull off.

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***OPENING ACT***

CHAD TEPPER

Chad Tepper, a true rockstar with over 4 million social media followers, has made his presence known in the industry through his huge personality and crazy life story of perseverance (homeless for majority of his childhood). Since moving to Los Angeles in 2015, he's been building a lasting legacy in the alternative rock scene and inspiring people along the way. With a grunge voice and an all-or-nothing mindset, Tepper has garnered over 20 million streams this past year alone. His talents have been recognized by industry leaders like Billboard, ALT Press, MTV and more. Chad is a true musical renaissance man blending his biggest inspirations from rock, reggae, hiphop, pop punk and country all the while putting that true Florida boy twist on all he does.

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