THE SCRAPE - ISSUE 1

Dinosaur Dance Party - By Inian Bordine

 OPUS MELANGE (DINOSAUR DANCE PARTY) IS AN EDM ARTIST, BUT HE CAN'T BE DEFINED BY HIS MUSIC ALONE. INSPIRED BY ARTISTS LIKE PRETTY LIGHTS, OPUS CENTERS HIS ART AROUND SYNTHESIZERS, DRUM MACHINES, PROJECTIONS, AND OF COURSE, PSYCHEDELIC DINOSAURS. 

HIS CULTIVATION STARTED YOUNG, WITH SUPPORTIVE ART TEACHERS AND MUSIC OPPORTUNITIES ALL THROUGHOUT SCHOOL. IN HIGH SCHOOL, HE STARTED PLAYING GUITAR & BASS, AND SOON FELL INTO ROCK AND METAL. PRIMARILY A BASSIST AND VOCALIST, MELANGE PLAYED IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT BANDS. BUT NONE WITH SUCH A FANTASTIC NAME AS DINOSAUR DANCE PARTY. 

OPUS SLOWLY TRANSITIONED OUT OF METAL AND INTO EDM AND THEN A FEW YEARS AGO, HE FOUND THE COUNTERPART TO HIS EDM MUSIC- A VISUAL ARTIST WHO TAKES THE WORDS "PSYCHEDELIC DINOSAURS" AND TURNS THEM INTO PROJECTION ART THAT YOU CAN HARDLY IMAGINE. AND AFTER OPUS DISCOVERED SYNTHESIZERS, DINOSAUR DANCE PARTY WAS BORN.

FIVE YEARS IN, DINOSAUR DANCE PARTY IS OPUS MELANGE'S PASSION PROJECT. OPUS CONSIDERED GOING INTO MUSIC AS A CAREER, BUT INSTEAD DECIDED THAT HE DIDN'T WANT TO RISK LOSING CREATIVITY IN THE NEED TO PAY RENT WITH MUSIC. THE MEANDERING PATH OF MUSIC AS A PASSION PROVIDES SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT TO AN ARTIST THAN MUSIC AS A CAREER DOES. "I JUST WANNA CONNECT WITH PEOPLE, AND MAKE VIBES AND HAVE PEOPLE VIBE ON THEM. AND TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF THE DINOSAURS."