Your Secret Trip-Hop Speakeasy Awaits in Santa Monica, CA

Jan. 19, 2011 - PRLog -- We've got nothing against the modern-day speakeasy.

We're more than happy to go along with waistcoats, mustaches and intricate cocktails spiked with blackened mint bark bitters and absinthe foam.

But sometimes we just want to steal away to a hidden, dark, basement bar, listen to a little Trip-Hop and drink from your favorite bottle until the sun comes up.

Welcome to Tripnotic Lounge at The Room, a speakeasy opening its doors in the heart of Santa Monica on Thursday for your late-night enjoyment.

To find The Room, you'll be looking for a rather large, rather discerning bouncer standing in a parking lot at the top or next to a small staircase. Barring any unforeseen setbacks with this gentleman, you'll find yourself in what feels like a secret bar, complete with a strong drinks and great sound.

There's a curvy bar along one side, but you'll want to settle in one of the semi-private booths, order up some specialty drinks or that bottle.

Tripnotic Lounge is a Trip-Hop and Downtempo excursion at 'The Room' in Santa Monica every Thursday. It is a unique place to chill and listen to music from the likes of Portishead, Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation and many others. Finally, Trip-Hop and Downtempo all night long in an amazing location! Join us for an experience unlike anything you will find in Santa Monica.

Note: 'The Room' is a speakeasy style bar with no discernible signs in the front. In fact, you could drive by it 50 times and not know it's there. So I made a visual aid (www.tiny.cc/theroom). Entrance is through the parking lot behind the building.

Every Thursday at: The Room SM
1323 Santa Monica Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90404

What you may hear at Tripnotic Lounge: 4 Hero, Alpha, Amon Tobin, Automator, Beanfield, Blue States, Boards Of Canada, Bonobo, Boom Bip, Cinematic Orchestra, Depeche Mode, Detroit Escalator, DJ Food, DJ Krush, DJ Shadow, DJ Vadim, Dr. Octagon, Everything but the Girl, Funki Porcini, Heights of Abraham, Herbaliser, Howie B, Jamiroquai, Jazzanova, Kid Loco, Knowtoryous, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Laurnea, Leftfield, Lovage, LTJ Bukem, Massive Attack, Michael Franti And Spearhead, Mike 'mu-zic' Paradinas, Monk & Canatella, Mono, Morcheeba, Nitin Sawhney, Omid, Oomiaq, Placebo, Poets Of Thought, Portishead, Purple Penguin, Rainer Trubi, Red, Richard Dorfmeister, Roni Size, Royksopp, Shantel, Sidestepper, Skylab, Sly And Robbie, Sneaker Pimps, Sofa Surfers, Stereolab, The Herbaliser, Thievery Corporation, Tosca, Towa Tei, Tricky, Wagon Christ, Zero 7 and many, many more.

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Established in 2010, Tripnotic Downtempo Lounge is a company dedicated to events that promote music and artists in the genres of Trip Hop and Downtempo. More information and a Podcast can be found at www.tripnotic.fm