Where house music, art and mythology collide **SPARKLE**

The Unicorns offer more than just the ever popular art car at Burning Man, but that’s where this fairy-tale started in the spring of 2011. A group of artists, makers, DJs, and adventurers brought their love of all things funky and magical together to create the Charlie The Unicorn Art Car, an homage to the most infamous Unicorn in the history of popular culture.

Shortly after the launch of the art car, the Los Angeles based team realized they could spread the Unicorn sparkle to thousands more by producing local parties and participating in community festivals. Since then, this blessing of enchanted beings have put on events in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City and San Diego. More art was built including the LED Rainbow and The Unicorn Lair, a unique staging and art area that can feature DJs, musicians, dancers, live painters, projection mapped imagery and whatever your imagination can add to it.   
As of 2018, The Unicorns have hosted stages at or been a part of LA Pride, Boogaloo Art Car & Music Festival, One Love Festival, i3Arts Festival, Los Angeles DeCom, San Francisco DeCom, Venice After-Burn, Untz Festival, YouTopia, Chalice Festival, Emerald Exchange and the San Diego Mardi Gras Parade. The Unicorn DJs and musicians have performed at Coachella, Lightning in a Bottle, and many other internationally known events.

20 years before the emergence of STS9, NASA sent Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 on a mission to the farthest reaches of the solar system and beyond. Each of these probes was equipped with identical Golden Records, special messages attached to what Carl Sagan called “a bottle launched into the cosmic ocean.” They contained numerous images and sounds from throughout the world, pieces of music from various cultures, a map identifying the location of our planet, and other information for whomever, or whatever, might find them.

While the Golden Records included greetings in 59 languages, they made no mention of nations and borders, wars and rivalries, or anything else that divides us. What they did mention was life, love, peace, birth--the things that bind us to one another and to the planet we call home. 

The Universe Inside is a reflection of this message. It is a story about human identity and the magical truth of who we are, where we’re going, and our place in the Universe. It says we are one, made of stardust and the forces of nature that evolved over billions of years. Connected by the sun, moon and stars, we are the living, breathing conscience of the Universe. 

"We are one, made from dust of the stars / down here we bear the weight of the pain and the scars / just want to live with nothing to hide / every one of us a universe inside."

Lotus has crafted a unique musical style outside of simple genre limitations. On a given weekend the band could be the only group with guitars at an all electronic music festival and then the next night crash a traditional rock festival with their dance heavy beats, synths and samples. Equal parts instrumental post-rock and electronic dance, the band's distinguishing feature is the ability to maintain a decidedly unique musical voice and remain current while bucking passing trends.

No matter what the venue, the energetic joy and catharsis of a Lotus show is infectious. The band slowly built a devoted fan base through steady touring and the crowds have grown at an increasing pace. This grassroots growth has made the band in high demand for festivals including Bonnaroo, Outside Lands, Ultra, and Rothbury and earned the band sold out shows at the country's premier theatres and clubs.

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