Invoking peace through the median of music

STS9 (otherwise known as Sound Tribe) drew a unique audience to the House of Blues in the Gaslamp District, last Thursday. Their music sent the human beings lucky enough to inhabit the building into musical nirvana. Their genre defining rhythms coaxed everyone’s limbs into movement. The audience became an ocean of energy subservient to the melodic and distinct sounds pulsating from the speakers.  
Gravitating to the sound, I gently made my way to the front with the classic refrain, “I’m so sorry to pass by you, but I’m meeting up with my friends.” In reality, I had no idea where my friends were, but I subtly shouted out names anyways so as to at least keep up the act. It being a Sound Tribe concert, the stars aligned perfectly for me as friends I hadn’t anticipated sharing this experience with turned around and shouted “Liz.” After receiving hugs from each of them I realized that we were all stationed at the front.  
In hindsight, the whole evening seems more like a lucid dream rather than something that actually took place in real time and space. If you’ve never had the pleasure of enjoying a Sound Tribe concert, I can imagine it would be rather difficult to empathize with what I am trying so desperately to convey, but bear with me for a few more sentences.  
The atmosphere was filled with sound waves that immediately induced an intoxicating feeling of euphoria that quickly spread throughout the body of the listener. The whole experience was phenomenal in every sense of the word.
The energy from the stage channeled a sensation of ecstasy continuously as they would flow from one song to the next. It was impossible to stop dancing; the thought never entered my head. The music lacked lyrics, but that void was easily filled with shouts from the crowd. On either side of the stage were two artists absorbing the music and painting it onto a canvas before them.
By the end of the concert, both pieces of art stood on either side of the stage, each a wonderful reminder of the emotions that had so pleasantly dwelt within us all for such a fleeting moment that we all wished would last forever. I happened upon some of the folks from USD that attended the performance at the Wiltern in Los Angeles Friday evening. As soon as I inquired about their time spent in the rapture of STS9, their faces swelled with happiness. Apparently, an after party broke out atop the parking structure adjacent to the Wiltern, as, clearly the energy transmitted from STS9 would not subside after the lights and music no longer held the listeners captive.  
Sound Tribe supports the efforts of those that try to manifest for themselves and those around them a more peaceful existence. Their music most definitely invokes harmony amongst those that attend their concerts. I strongly urge those fortunate enough to have witnessed their creative expression to go forth and embody the music in their day-to-day lives, as I’m sure most STS9 fans already do.