Thee-O x Mr. Annand live b2b Tropikroma Gathering (L.A.) August 2023

Catch the magic of LA rave icons @Thee-O and @Ben-Annand in an unplanned b2b set at the Tropikroma Campout in Santa Clarita in August 2023! This outdoor event survived a location shift the week of the party and crazy weather brought in by hurricane Hilary that canceled every other event, leaving Tropkroma as the last event standing. The night was an homage to perseverance among the three organizers collaborating on the event - Tropical, Terrakroma, and The Gathering, ChinoSound who provided crystal clear Danley sound, and the 100 or so die-hard dancers that braved the first ever hurricane to hit LA - in August no less - and dance at this magical event in the trees. Because we knew that rains would come in heavily in the late morning we made some shifts in the schedule.  Most notable was to move Thee-O's morning set into a combined nighttime back to back set with Ben Annand. Thee-O is one of the most prolific LA DJs of all time, possibly playing the most total sets of any LA underground DJ from the 90s til now.  Ben also has an impressive DJ resume in addition to being the founder and vision behind Tropical, one of LA's most consistent, well-known and well-loved little underground events :) There is no shortage of history between these two iconic LA underground warriors... At Ben's very first LA DJ gig for an outside promoter in 1996, he opened for Thee-O at Hollywood's infamous Gotham Club. Ben DJed as Mr. Annand back then and is listed as such on the title for sake of nostalgia :) The two have played together frequently since, and Thee-O has been a featured guest at Tropical parties in California, Oregon, and Hawaii. Note how this set flows almost perfectly through a variety of styles between the 2 DJs switching every 4 tracks. Hopefully this unexpected collaboration between Thee-O and Ben Annand will not be the last!   Be sure and follow each of these DJs personal SoundCloud accounts at @thee-O and @ben-annand and get in touch with one of them if you want to make something like this happen again