Hippie Sabotage Explained

Hippie Sabotage
Origin:Sacramento, California, United States
Genre:Electronic
Years Active:2005–present
Label:iHipHop Distribution
Associated Acts:
Current Members:Kevin Saurer
Jeff Saurer

Hippie Sabotage are an electronic and hip-hop duo from Sacramento, California, consisting of brothers Kevin and Jeff Saurer.[1] Often classified as chillwave, their music features elements from a variety of genres including trap, psych rock, and indie rock.[2] They are well known for their remix of "Habits (Stay High)" by Tove Lo, which has accumulated over 1 billion views on YouTube and 1.6 billion streams on Spotify since release, as well as "Devil Eyes" with over 700 million Spotify streams.[3] Hippie Sabotage have toured frequently since 2015, including a number of headline tours with two shows at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, festival performances at Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Firefly, and Hangout among others, and sets supporting Zedd, Gramatik, and Big Gigantic.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Career

Early career

Kevin and Jeff Saurer grew up in Sacramento, California.[12] As avid skateboarders, the brothers began working on music at age 12, when they first began creating beats to accompany their skate videos.[13] Jeff attended music school at UCSD, where he submitted the duo's first EP for his final project, marking the first time Hippie Sabotage incorporated Jeff's vocals into their music.[14] The brothers lived out of a car for six months and slept on their former music professor Mike Gao's couch, who would eventually become their career mentor.[15] In their early career Hippie Sabotage collaborated with local artists like Yukmouth, as well as Chicago artists like Alex Wiley, and Kembe X.[16] [17] The name Hippie Sabotage was inspired by their fathers' initials H.S.[18] Hippie Sabotage released their own material in 2013 with their debut EP Vacants followed by The Sunny Album in 2014.

"Stay High"

Originally released as a soundtrack for a YouTube video in April 2013, Hippie Sabotage self-released "Stay High", their remix of Tove Lo's "Habits (Stay High)", as a free download in September 2013.[19] [20] Tove Lo later heard the song and reached out to the duo on Twitter, eventually releasing it as a single and on her Truth Serum EP in March 2014.[21] [22] Ellie Goulding shared the remix, which vaulted it onto the iTunes charts overnight.[23] The remix hit the top 10 in a number of countries in Europe and Oceania, as well as number one on Billboards Next Big Sound chart, and has been credited for the success of the original song, as well as bringing Tove Lo into the mainstream.[24] [25]

Touring and album releases

Hippie Sabotage began touring in 2015, playing their first festival at Splash House in June and opening for Cherub that fall.[26] [27] In February 2016, they released their third EP Providence, including the single "Devil Eyes", which has since gained virality on TikTok and amassed 700 million streams on Spotify, followed by their first headline tour.[28] [29] [30] [31] The duo continued releasing projects and singles, including “Options”, "Drifter", "Running Miles", and "Wrong Time", and performed frequently on headline tours (both US and international) and at festivals.[32] [33] [34]

In 2016, the duo was seen in a physical fight with a security guard in Portland, Oregon, at What The Festival, strangling the guard in a chokehold until event production crew members intervened.[35] [36] Videos of the altercation went viral.[37] At the time Hippie Sabotage addressed the incident in a statement, commenting that “it was an unfortunate event that placed us in an unsafe situation in the middle of our performance".[38] EDM concertgoers were reported still angry about the incident three years later, protesting the inclusion of Hippie Sabotage on a festival lineup in 2019.[39] Later the duo reflected on the incident in an interview, acknowledging fan disappointment: "...that bums me out. That’s not what we’re about. We try as hard as we possibly can to show that to people. We’re about positivity and joy and respect."[40]

In September 2020, Hippie Sabotage released Red Moon Rising, their first album after several years of touring which allowed them time to "process a full project that represented [their] creative thoughts."[41] [42] That month the duo also partnered with Flower Records to release their "Devil Eyes OG" cannabis strain. Hippie Sabotage released their albums Floating Palace in December 2021 and Trailblazer in April 2023.

Musical style

Originally beginning as a hip-hop project, Hippie Sabotage's music has evolved to electronic, described as "soulful" and "melodic" "trap-meets-chillwave", with "strong elements of hip-hop and psych rock".[43] [44] Over time their sound has adapted to their live performance, incorporating "extended jams, guitar, and live solos", resulting in "trance-inducing jam music that has set them apart from mainstream EDM DJs".[45] [46] [47]

Live performance

Hippie Sabotage are known for their "high octane live performances", mixing trip hop, live instrumentation, and vocals.[48] Their shows are often interactive, with Kevin venturing into the crowd during certain songs as well as inviting fans on stage.[49] [50] They are also known for their extensive visual setup, featuring multiple screens displaying colorful kaleidoscopic images.[51] [52]

Touring

Headline tours

*Partially canceled due to Covid-19

Festival performances

YearFestivals[64]
2015Splash House
SnowGlobe Music Festival
2016Hangout Music Festival
Spring Awakening Music Festival
Firefly Music Festival
What The Festival
Electric Forest
Pemberton Music Festival
Day N Night Fest
Billboard Hot 100 Festival
Breakaway Music Festival
Backwoods Music Festival
Bumbershoot
Freaky Deaky Music Festival
2017Something Wonderful Festival
Summer Camp Music Festival
Moonrise
North Coast Music Festival
Imagine Music Festival
Oaktopia
Gold Rush
2018BUKU Music + Art Project
Euphoria Festival
Bonnaroo
Firefly Music Festival
Bonanza Campout Music Festival
Forecastle Festival
Sloss Music & Arts Festival
Global Dance Festival
Lollapalooza
HARD Summer
Electric Zoo
Voodoo Music + Arts Experience
2019Lollapalooza Chile
Hangout Music Festival
Zedd on the Rocks
Electric Forest
Splash House
Moonrise
Bumbershoot
Made in America Festival
Austin City Limits Music Festival
Santa Cruz Music Festival
Day N Vegas
Corona Capital
2020Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival
2021Firefly Music Festival
2022Float Fest
Wonderfront Festival
2023Hangout Music Festival
Breakaway Music Festival
Same Same But Different Festival

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Singles

YearTitle
2014"Broken over You"
"Waiting Too Long"
2015"Fast Car"[65]
2017"Fire the Blunt"
"Fuck It"
"Holy Mind"
"Mirror"
"Righetous"
"Running Miles"
"Save Me"
"The Path"
"Watching"
2018"I Found You"
"The Mist"
"Temptation"
"Real Things"
2019"Carpe Diem"[66]
"Caught Up"
"Coffee"
"Distance"
"Enemy"
"Fading into Fog"[67]
"Flash"
"Patience"
"Find Me"[68]
"Trust Nobody"
2020"Overdrive"
"Wrong Time"
2023"I Don't Care"[69]
"All At Once"
"Trailblazer"
"Pole Vaulting" [70]
"Boy Problems"
"Rolling Stoned"

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Murphy. Tom. The Sun Doesn't Set on EDM: Hippie Sabotage's Selfie Extravaganza and Gramatik's Expansion of the Genre. Westword. 27 July 2016.
  2. Web site: Lugen . Mikala . Hippie Sabotage Surprise Drop Sophomore Album 'Floating Palace' . 27 January 2024 . 2021.
  3. Web site: Wilkes . Emma . Tove Lo’s ‘Habits (Stay High)’ Hippie Sabotage remix passes 1billion YouTube views . NME . 27 January 2024.
  4. Web site: Paulson . Dave . Bonnaroo 2018 lineup: Eminem, The Killers, Sturgill Simpson, Muse & more . The Tennessean . 27 January 2024 . 9 January 2018.
  5. Web site: Sacher . Andrew . Lollapalooza 2018 lineup (Jack White, Arctic Monkeys, The National, Vampire Weekend, St Vincent, more) . Brooklyn Vegan . 27 January 2024 . 21 March 2018.
  6. Web site: Griffin . Kaitlin . Austin City Limits 2019 Lineup Revealed . 5 NBCDFW . 27 January 2024 . 11 June 2019.
  7. Web site: Amis . Matt . Firefly Music Festival 2021: An Inside Look at the Delaware Concert . Delaware Today . 27 January 2024 . 24 September 2021.
  8. Web site: Hangout Music Festival 2023 . Consequence . 27 January 2024.
  9. Web site: Voss . Auguste . Hippie Sabotage Brings "Rooms of Hallucination" Tour to a Sold-Out Red Rocks . Prelude Press . 27 January 2024 . 9 May 2022.
  10. Web site: Kirk . Alexander . 17 new shows added to Red Rocks schedule . 9NEWS . 27 January 2024 . 21 March 2023.
  11. Web site: Kirk . Alexander . Zedd announces Red Rocks concert in June . 9NEWS . 27 January 2024 . 25 February 2019.
  12. Web site: Laddin . Stephen . Subverting The System With Hippie Sabotage . High Times . 27 January 2024 . 1 February 2021.
  13. Web site: Jaimes . Janet . Get High with Hippie Sabotage in Our Exclusive Smoke Sesh Interview . EDM.com . 27 January 2024 . 21 September 2018.
  14. Web site: Kausin . Jordan . Hippie Sabotage: New Aged Hippies . Festival Squad . 27 January 2024 . 12 April 2018.
  15. Web site: Shirju . Hella Juiced: Hippie Sabotage . FOMOBLOG . 27 January 2024 . 12 October 2018.
  16. Web site: Coe-McNamara . Juliana . Hippie Sabotage had The Observatory in Santa Ana going crazy on October 7th . La Vista . 27 January 2024 . 27 October 2017.
  17. Web site: CK . Sean . TBT: Hippie Sabotage Interview with Sean CK 11.30.12 . The Standard Bulletin . 27 January 2024 . 3 October 2013.
  18. Web site: Hippie Sabotage Are All About Love, Though Not Necessarily Peace. Callwood. Bret. February 1, 2018. LA Weekly.
  19. Web site: Hillard . Chad . Hippie Sabotage - "Stay High" (Tove Lo Flip) . Hilly Dilly . 27 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151225033419/http://www.hillydilly.com/2013/09/hippie-sabotage-stay-high-tove-lo-flip/ . 25 December 2015 . 18 September 2013.
  20. 11 April 2013 . Stay High dir by Aris Jerome . Motion picture . 27 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140112083026/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5NHCm4IEKM . 12 January 2014 . YouTube.
  21. Web site: Raymer . Miles . Swedish singer-songwriter Tove Lo is an emotional rollercoaster . Entertainment Weekly . 27 January 2024 . 2 September 2014.
  22. Web site: Chebil . Sasha . Interview: Tove Lo – ‘Reopening the wound’ . NBHAP . 27 January 2024 . 6 September 2014.
  23. Web site: Wass . Mike . Tove Lo’s "Stay High" (Hippie Sabotage Remix) Explodes On iTunes Thanks To Ellie Goulding . Idolator . 27 January 2024 . 10 March 2024.
  24. Web site: Fiedorowicz . Michael . Album Review: ‘Tove Lo’ . 27 January 2024 . 10 October 2014.
  25. Hippie Sabotage. Billboard. 27 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160924060437/http://www.billboard.com/artist/5938378/hippie-sabotage/chart?f=1167#. 2016-09-24. dead.
  26. Web site: Blueskye . Brian . Review: The June 2015 Splash House . Coachella Valley Independent . 27 January 2024 . 15 June 2016.
  27. Web site: Vigil . Dom . Cherub Announce "So… You DTF? Tour" . Prelude Press . 27 January 2024 . 21 July 2015.
  28. Web site: Alif . Jordan . Album Review: Hippie Sabotage’s "Providence" . EDM Bangers . 27 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200803150502/https://www.edmbangers.com/album-review-hippie-sabotages-providence/ . 3 August 2020 . 2019.
  29. Web site: Hippie Sabotage - Spotify Top Songs . Kworb . 27 January 2024 . 19 January 2024.
  30. Web site: De Freitas . Jackie . Should Cancel Culture Dictate Music Festival Lineups? . Miami New Times . 27 January 2024 . 28 February 2020.
  31. Web site: Clancy . Moira . Does Hippie Sabotage Have a Flip Side? . Relentless Beats . 27 January 2024 . 13 June 2016.
  32. Web site: Chalkopoulou . Nancy . Hippie Sabotage – Options . Conversations About Her . 27 January 2024 . 22 June 2016.
  33. Web site: Raney . Nicole . Talking Tunes, Tours, and Life on the Road with Hippie Sabotage . The Manual . 27 January 2024 . 14 November 2017.
  34. Web site: Hippie Sabotage Deliver Two New Singles ‘Overdrive’ & ‘Wrong Time’ . IHOUSEU . 27 January 2024 . 25 January 2020.
  35. Web site: Hippie Sabotage assault security at What The Festival. 2016-06-21. Dancing Astronaut. en-US. 2019-08-25.
  36. https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/hippie-sabotage-fighting-security-what-the-festival-video-dance-7415646/ "Hippie Sabotage Fights Security at What The Festival, Duo Claims Self-Defense"
  37. Web site: Hippie Sabotage Still Haven't Learned Their Lesson . June 22, 2016 . Meadow . Matthew . YourEDM . September 19, 2023.
  38. Web site: Hippie Sabotage Fights Security at What The Festival, Duo Claims Self-Defense . Billboard . 27 January 2024 . 22 June 2016.
  39. Web site: EDM Fans Are Pissed Okeechobee Booked Hippie Sabotage & They're Blocking Everyone On Twitter . October 14, 2019 . Meadow . Matthew . YourEDM . September 19, 2023.
  40. Web site: Castillo . Ryan . On Living Our Most Authentic Selves: Hippie Sabotage address the naysayers at BUKU Music + Arts Project 2018 [Interview] ]. Dancing Astronaut . 27 January 2024 . 27 March 2018.
  41. Web site: Langdon . Laramie . Hippie Sabotage Chats About Cannabis Collaborations, Content, and Music in Exclusive Interview . Respect My Region . 27 January 2024 . 26 September 2020.
  42. Web site: Soukhathivong . Jaci . Exron Exclusive Interview: Hippie Sabotage . Exron Music . 27 January 2024 . 23 October 2020.
  43. Web site: De La Bruyere . Kylie . Hippie Sabotage Speaks on Staying True to Yourself in iEDM Exclusive Interview . iEDM . 27 January 2024 . 25 June 2018.
  44. Web site: Fabrick . Mark . Hippie Sabotage Talk New Music and Recap Festival Season Ahead of Lost California Tour [Interview] ]. Your EDM . 27 January 2024 . 24 September 2018.
  45. Web site: Shipe . O’Hara . Hippie Sabotage: Hip-hop-infused EDM duo to play second show Saturday at Williwaw after first show sold out . Anchorage Press . 27 January 2024 . 20 November 2019.
  46. Web site: Roa . Ray . EDM duo Hippie Sabotage brings the power of a billion streams to St. Petersburg . Creative Loafing Tampa Bay . 27 January 2024 . 15 March 2019.
  47. Web site: Mann . Paul . Hippie Sabotage Delivers Live EDM to Drive-In Concert . 27 January 2024 . 1 May 2021.
  48. Web site: Hilberath . LJ . Review: In Ft. Lauderdale, Hippie Sabotage tokes, moshes, and hugs its way into Culture Room's heart . Creative Loafing Tampa Bay . 27 January 2024 . 29 December 2017.
  49. Web site: Cotton . Lelia . Review: Hippie Sabotage at Terminal 5 . Music Fest News . 27 January 2024 . 11 March 2019.
  50. Web site: xerxestzolis . Path of Righteousness Tour: Hippie Sabotage- SOLD OUT at the Buckhead Theatre . Concert Hopper . 27 January 2024 . 13 March 2018.
  51. Web site: Topol . Kateryna . We Are All Just Shapes In This Room: Hippie Sabotage Live in Toronto . Quipmag . 27 January 2024 . 12 May 2023.
  52. Web site: Gottlieb . Zoe . Concert Review: Hippie Sabotage . KUTE Radio . 27 January 2024 . 28 March 2020.
  53. Web site: Clancy . Moira . Does Hippie Sabotage Have a Flip Side? . Relentless Beats . 28 January 2024 . 13 June 2016.
  54. Web site: Wuest . Kendrick . Hippie Sabotage: Force of Nature Tour . EDM Chicago . 28 January 2024 . 15 September 2016.
  55. Web site: Did you get your tickets yet . Facebook - Hippie Sabotage . 28 January 2024 . 29 December 2016.
  56. Web site: Bhanawat . Akshay . Hippie Sabotage announce extensive ‘Path of Righteousness’ tour . The Music Essentials . 28 January 2024 . 20 January 2018.
  57. Web site: Gonzales . Phoenix . Hippie Sabotage Announce The Beautiful Beyond 2019 North American Tour . Raver Rafting . 28 January 2024 . 15 November 2018.
  58. Web site: Perreault . Olivia . EDM Duo Hippie Sabotage Announce ‘Legends of Fall Tour’ . Ticket News . 28 January 2024 . August 2019.
  59. Web site: Hippie Sabotage to Embark on Direction of Dreams Tour . Exron Music . 28 January 2024 . 21 November 2019.
  60. Web site: Hippie Sabotage Shares Dates for their New Drive-In Tour . Out Now . 28 January 2024 . 29 July 2020.
  61. Web site: Lugen . Mikala . Hippie Sabotage Announce 46-Date 'Rooms Of Hallucination' Tour . Volume Utah . 28 January 2024.
  62. Web site: Hippie Sabotage Kicks Off 2023 with Blistering New Single "I Dont Care" . Music Is 4 Lovers . 28 January 2024 . 26 January 2023.
  63. HippieSabotage . 1731736459621851444 . ENTER THE UNKNOWN TOUR 2024.
  64. Web site: Hippie Sabotage Concert History . Concert Archives . 28 January 2024.
  65. Web site: Montes . Patrick . Hippie Sabotage Flip Pleasures' "First Love" Into "Fast Car" . Hypebeast . 28 January 2024 . 27 April 2015.
  66. Web site: Infante . Victor . Go with the flow . Telegram & Gazette . 28 January 2024 . 7 March 2019.
  67. Web site: Jaimes . Janet . Powerhouse Duo Hippie Sabotage Release "Fading Into Fog" Along with Fall Tour News . EDM.com . 28 January 2024 . 6 July 2018.
  68. Web site: Dünser . Thomas . Trust Nobody . Eargasm . 28 January 2024 . 12 July 2019.
  69. Web site: Chavez . Conny . Hippie Sabotage At The Wiltern On April 20th . Mxdwn . 28 January 2024 . 24 January 2023.
  70. Web site: Fisher . Caroline . Kembe X Joins Forces With Isaiah Rashad & Hippie Sabotage On "Rolling Stoned" . Hot New Hip Hop . 28 January 2024 . 18 November 2023.

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