Last Friday night was my first experience at The Fillmore Philadelphia, and it was certainly an intense one. After getting out of work a little bit late, I had to drive straight from New York to reach the venue in time to catch Gramatik's set. A producer dabbling in the genres of funk, hip-hop, and dubstep, Gramatik's live performance is a plethora of extremes woven together to create a heart-pounding whirlpool of headbanging and unrelenting bass. Once I'd arrived I took my usual lap around the venue to scope out areas from which to shoot, but the place was packed like a sardine can, and I could barely make my way through the crowd. From the onset I could tell that The Fillmore was a special...
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