The tale of Hippie Trap has its origins at Camp Bisco in 2013, where Guitarist/Producer Ryan Muldoon was sent into a trance induced by a portal that appeared in a magical blanket laid out during a Biscuits Saturday night set.  He traveled to a place that he could only describe as "far out, man" when asked about it. 

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The entire festival experience had such a profound affect on him he was called to begin Hippie Trap to follow his dreams of playing all the music festivals-hoping to one day give back the beauty, love, joy, freedom and connection he experienced. 

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In 2014 while living in Nashville, he went to work crafting his sound and learning about how to use Ableton.  Being a devoted guitarist since he was 10 -  writing music and playing in bands through high school and college gave him a solid base of knowledge, but the world of electronic music was a completely new territory, despite having an audio production degree from MTSU under his belt.  Later that year he would put out "Feed the Light" a 3 song EP of what would become his signature chunky riffs, thick bass, and dance rhythms. 

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After a short stint in Los Angeles in 2015, Hippie Trap returned to his roots in New Jersey to reconnect with himself, his soul, and his purpose - raising the world up higher with good vibrations.  After some more years of building his unique sound, Hippie Trap put out his first self-released full album in February 2019 "The Psychedelic Happenin'" - a story of a young man's first psychedelic experience on the surface, but on a deeper level, a man's journey to discover his soul.  The album impressed and he landed a slot at the legendary Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ.

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Now in the summer 2020, coming off a string of successful live streams in the spring, Hippie Trap released  volume 1 of 3 in a series called "The Late Night Edition".  Each volume will feature a couple songs ranging from funky to heavy but always tied together with six strings of love.

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