Concert moved indoors: Homecoming 2019 Giant Leaps free concert to feature Big Gigantic with MadeinTYO

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Homecoming 2019 Giant Leaps concert will feature Big Gigantic with MadeinTYO at 7:30 p.m. today (Oct 11). Due to inclement weather, the free concert will be moved to Elliott Hall of Music. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

This concert is a part of the Take Giant Leaps campaign finale. The event is presented by the Purdue Student Concert Committee and the Purdue Student Union Board, with support from the Student Fee Advisory Board, the Purdue Sesquicentennial Committee, Purdue Athletics and Office of the Vice Provost for Student Life.

Big Gigantic

The Big Gigantic duo established themselves as pioneers of live electronic music with the band's inception in 2008. Now, over 10 years later, the duo continues to shape the genre by moving it forward with each new release. Colorado-based saxophonist/producer Dominic Lalli and drummer Jeremy Salken are veterans of blending electronic dance music with their live instruments to create Big G's truly unique sound, which is as thoughtful as it is danceable. Big Gigantic mixes musically mature melodies with addictive beats and samples that are familiar to a Kanye West or LCD Soundsystem single, and crosses all styles of music, from jazz to hip-hop, and from funk to dubstep.

The duo has performed at festivals, including Coachella, Lollapalooza, Ultra Music Festival, Hangout, Austin City Limits, Governors Ball, Electric Forest, Outside Lands, and Bonnaroo. Big Gigantic also has appeared internationally at such festivals as Lollapalooza Argentina and Brazil, and Mad Decent Block Party India. In 2014, the duo made their debut at the famed Madison Square Garden in New York City supporting Bassnectar.

Big Gigantic has released five full-length studio albums to date and three recent singles that have taken the duo to new heights, including "Get On Up" (2015), "Good Times Roll" with GRiZ (2016), and "The Little Things" featuring Angela McCluskey (2016). Big Gigantic's most recent album, “Brighter Future,” reflects their commitment to working closely with the community to make the world a better place.

MadeinTYO

Atlanta's latest rising star MadeInTYO (pronounced Made In Tokyo) comes to us by way of his young collective known as The Private Club, of which he is CEO. MadeinTYO, does not have the typical rapper backstory—born Malcolm Davis, son of a naval officer, he moved around frequently until his family landed in Tokyo for his high school years. Influenced by the foreign culture around him and inspired by his brother Rizzy (a successful rapper in his own right) MadeinTYO began to take music seriously. He uploaded a song to his brother's page, and a movement was born.

So far, armed with mostly with a batch of songs scattered across SoundCloud and some online videos to his name, MadeinTYO has managed to carve out a spot for himself among Future, Young Thug, and Migos in the crowded Atlanta hip-hop scene. His bass-heavy production is sonically right in line with the street sensibilities of the south, but his style is more playful and breezy than most of his contemporaries.

His debut single "Uber Everywhere" is quickly gaining momentum, amassing almost 4 million video views so far. And whether it's remixes from Travis Scott or Tory Lanez, Snapchats from Bryson Tiller and Kylie Jenner, or fashion shows by Kanye West, MadeinTYO seems to be getting love from the who's who of pop culture.

Purdue Student Concert Committee: www.purduescc.com 

Purdue Student Union Board: https://union.purdue.edu/psub/index.html

Media contact: Abby Eddy, Purdue Convocations director of marketing, aeeddy@purdue.edu