Don’t Miss Lotus at Red Rocks This Weekend

When Lotus returns for its fourteenth show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Saturday, April 23, it could almost be a homecoming. Not only did founding members (and twins) Luke and Jesse Miller grow up in Lakewood, but the scene here has welcomed the jamtronic band with open arms since it debuted in 1999.

What makes Lotus so perfect for this state is its blended sound. “Colorado is kind of known for that intersection where electronic music and jam meet,” explains Luke Miller, who moved back to Denver in 2011. “The jam-band scene has always been really prevalent, but in the past five or six years, I really appreciated how the house-music scene has been growing, and there’s a steady stream of house producers coming through.”

Lotus is known for its technical layering of funk, jam, rock and…