Lumasi brings psychedelic bass to Tribal Roots Warehouse on Dec. 5

The Minneapolis-born producer headlines a four-act Saturday bill with lotusflow, Basura and Stonegood — tickets are $30 to $35.

Wichita's bass crowd has a date to circle. Lumasi, the producer whose remixes and heavy-but-melodic originals have pulled him onto bills alongside some of the genre's biggest names, is headed to Tribal Roots Warehouse next month.

Lumasi plays Tribal Roots Warehouse on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m., with lotusflow, Basura and Stonegood. The show was announced Oct. 20, and tickets are $30 to $35 through The Ticketing Company. Four acts and a 7 p.m. start means this is a full night, not a quick headliner set — plan to get there early if you want to catch the openers.

Lumasi is the project of Luke Blascziek, a Minneapolis native who, according to his Frontstage Festivals artist profile, entered the scene in late 2019. He first drew wider attention with viral remixes of nostalgic tracks before building out a catalog of original productions that mix melodic passages with aggressive sound design. His profile notes comparisons to ILLENIUM and Zeds Dead, which is a fair shorthand for the push and pull in his music: big emotional builds, then drops that hit hard.

The career markers came quickly. The same profile says he caught the attention of Simplify Records in early 2022, and that after a takedown of his original track "Lower," he re-recorded it with ProbCause — a version that came out on Subtronics' Cyclops Recordings. For a producer only a few years in, landing on a label run by one of bass music's best-known headliners was a statement.

More recently, his EP *Sun & Moon* has defined where he's headed. EDM.com's coverage described the five-track project as psychedelic bass and noted that it followed his debut headline tour of the same name. That's the version of Lumasi most likely to show up in Wichita: more hypnotic and textured than straight riddim, but still built for a room that wants to move. You can hear more of his work on his Bandcamp and keep up with him on X.

Tribal Roots is a fitting room for it. The warehouse has been running its own branded nights for local and touring electronic acts — past events listed under the Tribal Roots name include takeovers like "TRUTH" and "DETOX UNIT" — and it's the kind of space where a bass show feels like a gathering rather than a ticketed transaction. A four-act bill topped by a touring producer with label credits and a headline tour behind him is exactly the kind of booking that keeps a scene like this growing.

As for the support: lotusflow, Basura and Stonegood round out the lineup, giving the night a long runway before Lumasi takes over. Whether you're there for the headliner or coming to see who the next names on Wichita flyers might be, the early sets are worth your time.

The practical advice is simple. Tickets are priced in a narrow band, so don't wait for a cheaper tier to appear. Doors-to-close on a four-act electronic bill can run late, so plan your ride home ahead of time. And dress for December — warehouse shows and Kansas winter nights don't always agree on temperature.

Early December is usually when the calendar starts thinning out ahead of the holidays. This one gives the bass crowd a reason to get out one more time before the year ends.

Sources: JamBase: Lumasi at Tribal Roots Warehouse (jambase.com); The Ticketing Company: Lumasi at Tribal Roots (theticketing.co); Frontstage Festivals: Lumasi (frontstagefestivals.com); EDM.com via netFM: Bass breeds hypnotism in Lumasi's new EP "Sun & Moon" (netfm.net); EDM.com: Lumasi tag (edm.com); Lumasi on Bandcamp (lumasi.bandcamp.com); Tribal Roots presents TRUTH: a DDD takeover (trip.com); Tribal Roots presents DETOX UNIT (nz.trip.com)