TYNAN Time Tour Hits Box Elder
On Saturday, July 11, TYNAN brings the TYNAN TIME Tour to the Box Elder Event Center for an all-ages night of heavy bass music, immersive production, and a lineup that organizers say could become one of the biggest dubstep shows the region has hosted. Joining TYNAN are Black Hole Era, Nizzbeats, OVRPWRD, and Flo Slo. Doors open at 7 p.m. with music beginning at 8 p.m.
For Black Hills Bass founders Reed Lindbloom, Michael Liberatore and Aric Buhler, landing TYNAN was THE artist they had been hoping to bring to western South Dakota.
“We were connected with The Box to organize a collaborative EDM show,” Lindbloom said. “Shortly after the first meeting, TYNAN released his TYNAN TIME album with an album release tour on the horizon. Being fans for so long, Michael and I knew this was the time to bring him to the Black Hills.”
The Oklahoma City producer has spent the past decade building a reputation as one of bass music’s most creative performers, blending dubstep, trap, and experimental sound design into live sets that are as playful as they are unpredictable. Releases on labels including Monstercat, Bassrush, Wakaan, Cyclops Recordings, and Disciple, along with performances beside artists such as DJ Diesel, Barely Alive, Riot Ten, Ray Volpe, and Levity, have helped establish him as one of the genre’s standout names. His debut album, TYNAN TIME, released earlier this year, launched the tour now making a stop in Box Elder.
Liberatore believes it’s a milestone for the local scene.
“TYNAN is set up to be one of, if not the biggest dubstep act the Black Hills music market has ever seen to date,” he said. “We’re excited to bring him to such an incredible venue with very accommodating amenities like The Box has to offer.”
While TYNAN may be the headliner, Lindbloom hopes to introduces new people to a music community that has been growing in the Black Hills.
“Honestly, the most common surprise is that it even exists in the first place,” he said. “It seems like every event, we meet someone that is pleasantly surprised to see such music here. It is such a wonderful community that grows day by day.”
That community has become one of the things Black Hills Bass is proudest of.
“Every venue we have had the pleasure of working with has voiced a common takeaway: ‘This crowd was respectful of our staff and our space,’” Lindbloom said. “It really helps us keep loving this music scene when it contains such wonderful people.”
Although the idea began while Lindbloom was in college in Spearfish, he and Liberatore officially founded Black Hills Bass in 2023 after reconnecting through mutual friends at Stupid Happy Collective. Joined by co-owner Aric Buhler, they’re working to bring nationally touring electronic artists to western South Dakota instead of asking local fans to travel hundreds of miles for the experience.
“It’s worth it largely because we know the struggle,” Lindbloom said. “Wanting to go to a show to see a touring act usually means taking several days off work just to travel and attend the event, and not to mention the usually hundreds of dollars you’d spend on gas, airfare, rideshare, and lodging.”
Instead, he says, they’re trying to bring that experience home.
“This way, instead of turning the big concert in the big city into an expensive vacation, we’re essentially bringing the big concert to you.”
For anyone attending their first bass music show, Lindbloom says to expect something much larger than many people imagine.
“I would liken the experience to an arena-style concert, but with more subwoofers,” he said. “Think of it as a sensory encapsulating experience, with the combination of music you can not only hear but feel, as well as a light and laser show to rival that of a big city production, right here in our own backyard.”
He also has one piece of advice for newcomers.
“Don’t be afraid to dance. There’s no right way to do it, and nobody is judging the way you express how the music makes you feel. A stranger in life is a neighbor on the dancefloor.”
Long before the first bass drop, months of planning have already gone into transforming the Box Elder Event Center into a full-scale electronic music production.
“10000%,” Lindbloom said when asked if people underestimate what goes into a show like this. “The planning, labor, and technical knowledge that go into the shows is insane. We are fortunate enough to have many friends that pour into this community like we do, and can help provide the skilled needs and assets to make an event of this magnitude occur.”
He credits Stupid Happy Collective owners Lucian Bedard, Austin Settje, and Owen Mechling, along with Katie Griffin and the Box Elder Event Center team, for helping make the show possible.
Black Hills Bass has already brought artists including RUVLO and Myrias to the region, but Lindbloom sees TYNAN as another step toward proving nationally touring electronic acts can find an audience here.
“This is just the beginning,” he said. “We kicked off Black Hills Bass shows by bringing out RUVLO. Next came Myrias. Now TYNAN. More is on the horizon. We can feel it.”
TYNAN takes the stage Saturday, July 11, at the Box Elder Event Center. Doors open at 7 p.m., music begins at 8 p.m., at the time of publication, VIP Meet and Greet tickets are currently sold out with limited GA and VIP remaining Guests staying next door at the Courtyard by Marriott can also purchase a special event package that includes two general admission tickets and breakfast for two.
