Hippie Sabotage

Kevin and Jeff Saurer grew up in Sacramento, California.{{cite web |last1=Laddin |first1=Stephen |title=Subverting The System With Hippie Sabotage |url=https://hightimes.com/culture/music/subverting-system-hippie-sabotage/ |website=High Times |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=1 February 2021}} As avid skateboarders, the brothers began working on music at age 12, when they first began creating beats to accompany their skate videos.{{cite web |last1=Jaimes |first1=Janet |title=Get High with Hippie Sabotage in Our Exclusive Smoke Sesh Interview |url=https://edm.com/interviews/get-high-with-hippie-sabotage-in-our-exclusive-smoke-sesh-interview |website=EDM.com |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=21 September 2018}} Jeff attended music school at UCSD, where he submitted the duo's first EP for his final project, marking the first time Hippie Sabotage incorporated Jeff's vocals into their music.{{cite web |last1=Kausin |first1=Jordan |title=Hippie Sabotage: New Aged Hippies |url=https://festivalsquad.com/2018/04/interview-with-hippie-sabotage/ |website=Festival Squad |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=12 April 2018}} The brothers lived out of a car for six months and slept on their former music professor Mike Gao's couch, who would eventually become their career mentor.{{cite web |author1=Shirju |title=Hella Juiced: Hippie Sabotage |url=https://fomoblog.com/2018/10/12/hella-juiced-hippie-sabotage/ |website=FOMOBLOG |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=12 October 2018}} In their early career Hippie Sabotage collaborated with local artists like Yukmouth, as well as Chicago artists like Alex Wiley, and Kembe X.{{cite web |last1=Coe-McNamara |first1=Juliana |title=Hippie Sabotage had The Observatory in Santa Ana going crazy on October 7th |url=https://www.lavistamchs.com/?p=40353 |website=La Vista |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=27 October 2017}}{{cite web |last1=CK |first1=Sean |title=TBT: Hippie Sabotage Interview with Sean CK 11.30.12 |url=https://thestandardcc-blog.tumblr.com/post/63008357171/tbt-hippie-sabotage-interview-with-sean-ck-11-30-12 |website=The Standard Bulletin |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=3 October 2013}} The name Hippie Sabotage was inspired by their fathers' initials H.S.{{Cite web|url=https://www.laweekly.com/hippie-sabotage-are-all-about-love-though-not-necessarily-peace/|title=Hippie Sabotage Are All About Love, Though Not Necessarily Peace|last=Callwood|first=Bret|date=February 1, 2018|website=LA Weekly|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}} Hippie Sabotage released their own material in 2013 with their debut EP Vacants followed by The Sunny Album in 2014.

Originally released as a soundtrack for a YouTube video in April 2013, Hippie Sabotage self-released "Stay High", their remix of Tove Lo's "Habits (Stay High)", as a free download in September 2013.{{cite web |last1=Hillard |first1=Chad |title=Hippie Sabotage - "Stay High" (Tove Lo Flip) |url=http://www.hillydilly.com/2013/09/hippie-sabotage-stay-high-tove-lo-flip/ |website=Hilly Dilly |access-date=27 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225033419/http://www.hillydilly.com/2013/09/hippie-sabotage-stay-high-tove-lo-flip/ |archive-date=25 December 2015 |date=18 September 2013}}{{cite AV media |date=11 April 2013 |title=

Stay High dir by Aris Jerome |medium=Motion picture |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5NHCm4IEKM |access-date=27 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112083026/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5NHCm4IEKM |archive-date=12 January 2014 |publisher=YouTube}} Tove Lo later heard the song and reached out to the duo on Twitter, eventually releasing it as a single and on her Truth Serum EP in March 2014.{{cite web |last1=Raymer |first1=Miles |title=Swedish singer-songwriter Tove Lo is an emotional rollercoaster |url=https://ew.com/article/2014/09/02/swedish-singer-songwriter-tove-lo-is-an-emotional-rollercoaster/ |website=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=2 September 2014}}{{cite web |last1=Chebil |first1=Sasha |title=Interview: Tove Lo – ‘Reopening the wound’ |url=https://nbhap.com/stories/in-conversation/tove-lo |website=NBHAP |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=6 September 2014}} Ellie Goulding shared the remix, which vaulted it onto the iTunes charts overnight.{{cite web |last1=Wass |first1=Mike |title=Tove Lo’s "Stay High" (Hippie Sabotage Remix) Explodes On iTunes Thanks To Ellie Goulding |url=https://www.idolator.com/7509209/tove-lo-hippie-sabotage-stay-high-habits-remix |website=Idolator |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=10 March 2024}} The remix hit the top 10 in a number of countries in Europe and Oceania, as well as number one on Billboard{{'}}s Next Big Sound chart, and has been credited for the success of the original song, as well as bringing Tove Lo into the mainstream.{{cite web |last1=Fiedorowicz |first1=Michael |title=Album Review: ‘Tove Lo’ |url=https://thehoya.com/album-review-tove-lo/ |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=10 October 2014}}{{cite magazine|title=Hippie Sabotage|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/5938378/hippie-sabotage/chart?f=1167|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=27 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924060437/http://www.billboard.com/artist/5938378/hippie-sabotage/chart?f=1167#|archive-date=2016-09-24|url-status=dead}}

Hippie Sabotage began touring in 2015, playing their first festival at Splash House in June and opening for Cherub that fall.{{cite web |last1=Blueskye |first1=Brian |title=Review: The June 2015 Splash House |url=https://cvindependent.com/2015/06/review-the-june-2015-splash-house/ |website=Coachella Valley Independent |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=15 June 2016}}{{cite web |last1=Vigil |first1=Dom |title=Cherub Announce "So… You DTF? Tour" |url=https://preludepress.com/news/2015/07/21/cherub-announce-so-you-dtf-tour/ |website=Prelude Press |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=21 July 2015}} In February 2016, they released their third EP Providence, including the single "Devil Eyes", which has since gained virality on TikTok and amassed 700 million streams on Spotify, followed by their first headline tour.{{cite web |last1=Alif |first1=Jordan |title=Album Review: Hippie Sabotage’s "Providence" |url=https://www.edmbangers.com/album-review-hippie-sabotages-providence/ |website=EDM Bangers |access-date=27 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803150502/https://www.edmbangers.com/album-review-hippie-sabotages-providence/ |archive-date=3 August 2020 |date=2019}}{{cite web |title=Hippie Sabotage - Spotify Top Songs |url=https://kworb.net/spotify/artist/4dM6NDYSfLcspt8GLoT5aE_songs.html |website=Kworb |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=19 January 2024}}{{cite web |last1=De Freitas |first1=Jackie |title=Should Cancel Culture Dictate Music Festival Lineups? |url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/hippie-sabotage-and-cancel-culture-at-music-festivals-11576441 |website=Miami New Times |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=28 February 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Clancy |first1=Moira |title=Does Hippie Sabotage Have a Flip Side? |url=https://relentlessbeats.com/2016/06/does-hippie-sabotage-have-a-flip-side/ |website=Relentless Beats |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=13 June 2016}} The duo continued releasing projects and singles, including “Options”, "Drifter", "Running Miles", and "Wrong Time", and performed frequently on headline tours (both US and international) and at festivals.{{cite web |last1=Chalkopoulou |first1=Nancy |title=Hippie Sabotage – Options |url=https://conversationsabouther.net/hippie-sabotage-options-new-music/ |website=Conversations About Her |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=22 June 2016}}{{cite web |last1=Raney |first1=Nicole |title=Talking Tunes, Tours, and Life on the Road with Hippie Sabotage |url=https://www.themanual.com/culture/hippie-sabotage-interview/ |website=The Manual |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=14 November 2017}}{{cite web |title=Hippie Sabotage Deliver Two New Singles ‘Overdrive’ & ‘Wrong Time’ |url=https://ihouseu.com/hippie-sabotage-deliver-two-new-singles-overdrive-wrong-time/ |website=IHOUSEU |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=25 January 2020}}

In 2016, the duo was seen in a physical fight with a security guard in Portland, Oregon, at What The Festival, strangling the guard in a chokehold until event production crew members intervened.{{Cite web|url=https://dancingastronaut.com/2016/0/hippie-sabotage-caught-assaulting-security-festival-video/|title=Hippie Sabotage assault security at What The Festival|date=2016-06-21|website=Dancing Astronaut|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-25}}[https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/hippie-sabotage-fighting-security-what-the-festival-video-dance-7415646/ "Hippie Sabotage Fights Security at What The Festival, Duo Claims Self-Defense"] (June 22, 2016). Billboard Videos of the altercation went viral.{{cite web |url=https://www.youredm.com/2016/06/22/hippie-sabotage-still-havent-learned-lesson/ |title=Hippie Sabotage Still Haven't Learned Their Lesson |date=June 22, 2016 |last=Meadow |first=Matthew |website=YourEDM |access-date=September 19, 2023}} At the time Hippie Sabotage addressed the incident in a statement, commenting that “it was an unfortunate event that placed us in an unsafe situation in the middle of our performance".{{cite web |title=Hippie Sabotage Fights Security at What The Festival, Duo Claims Self-Defense |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/hippie-sabotage-fighting-security-what-the-festival-video-dance-7415646/ |website=Billboard |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=22 June 2016}} EDM concertgoers were reported still angry about the incident three years later, protesting the inclusion of Hippie Sabotage on a festival lineup in 2019.{{cite web |url=https://www.youredm.com/2019/10/14/edm-fans-are-pissed-okeechobee-booked-hippie-sabotage-theyre-blocking-everyone-on-twitter/ |title=EDM Fans Are Pissed Okeechobee Booked Hippie Sabotage & They're Blocking Everyone On Twitter |date=October 14, 2019 |last=Meadow |first=Matthew |website=YourEDM |access-date=September 19, 2023}} Later the duo reflected on the incident in an interview, acknowledging fan disappointment: "...that bums me out. That’s not what we’re about. We try as hard as we possibly can to show that to people. We’re about positivity and joy and respect."{{cite web |last1=Castillo |first1=Ryan |title=On Living Our Most Authentic Selves: Hippie Sabotage address the naysayers at BUKU Music + Arts Project 2018 [Interview] |url=https://dancingastronaut.com/2018/03/hippie-sabotage-interview-buku-music-arts-project-2018/ |website=Dancing Astronaut |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=27 March 2018}}

In September 2020, Hippie Sabotage released Red Moon Rising, their first album after several years of touring which allowed them time to "process a full project that represented [their] creative thoughts."{{cite web |last1=Langdon |first1=Laramie |title=Hippie Sabotage Chats About Cannabis Collaborations, Content, and Music in Exclusive Interview |url=https://www.respectmyregion.com/hippie-sabotage-interview/ |website=Respect My Region |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=26 September 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Soukhathivong |first1=Jaci |title=Exron Exclusive Interview: Hippie Sabotage |url=https://www.exronmusic.com/2020/10/23/exron-exclusive-interview-hippie-sabotage/ |website=Exron Music |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=23 October 2020}} That month the duo also partnered with Flower Records to release their "Devil Eyes OG" cannabis strain. Hippie Sabotage released their albums Floating Palace in December 2021 and Trailblazer in April 2023.

Originally beginning as a hip-hop project, Hippie Sabotage's music has evolved to electronic, described as "soulful" and "melodic" "trap-meets-chillwave", with "strong elements of hip-hop and psych rock".{{cite web |last1=De La Bruyere |first1=Kylie |title=Hippie Sabotage Speaks on Staying True to Yourself in iEDM Exclusive Interview |url=https://iedm.com/blogs/onblast-edm-blog/hippie-sabotage-speaks-on-staying-true-to-yourself-in-iedm-exclusive-interview |website=iEDM |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=25 June 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Fabrick |first1=Mark |title=Hippie Sabotage Talk New Music and Recap Festival Season Ahead of Lost California Tour [Interview] |url=https://www.youredm.com/2018/09/24/hippie-sabotage-talk-new-music-and-recap-festival-season-ahead-of-lost-california-tour-interview/ |website=Your EDM |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=24 September 2018}} Over time their sound has adapted to their live performance, incorporating "extended jams, guitar, and live solos", resulting in "trance-inducing jam music that has set them apart from mainstream EDM DJs".{{cite web |last1=Shipe |first1=O’Hara |title=Hippie Sabotage: Hip-hop-infused EDM duo to play second show Saturday at Williwaw after first show sold out |url=https://www.anchoragepress.com/music/hippie-sabotage-hip-hop-infused-edm-duo-to-play-second-show-saturday-at-williwaw-after/article_3fa92946-0bce-11ea-a7b6-2f19710c44a7.html |website=Anchorage Press |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=20 November 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Roa |first1=Ray |title=EDM duo Hippie Sabotage brings the power of a billion streams to St. Petersburg |url=https://www.cltampa.com/music/edm-duo-hippie-sabotage-brings-the-power-of-a-billion-streams-to-st-petersburg-12242427 |website=Creative Loafing Tampa Bay |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=15 March 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Mann |first1=Paul |title=Hippie Sabotage Delivers Live EDM to Drive-In Concert |url=https://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/hippie-sabotage-delivers-live-edm-drive-concert |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=1 May 2021}}

Hippie Sabotage are known for their "high octane live performances", mixing trip hop, live instrumentation, and vocals.{{cite web |last1=Hilberath |first1=LJ |title=Review: In Ft. Lauderdale, Hippie Sabotage tokes, moshes, and hugs its way into Culture Room's heart |url=https://www.cltampa.com/music/review-in-ft-lauderdale-hippie-sabotage-tokes-moshes-and-hugs-its-way-into-culture-rooms-heart-12311781 |website=Creative Loafing Tampa Bay |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=29 December 2017}} Their shows are often interactive, with Kevin venturing into the crowd during certain songs as well as inviting fans on stage.{{cite web |last1=Cotton |first1=Lelia |title=Review: Hippie Sabotage at Terminal 5 |url=https://www.musicfestnews.com/2019/03/review-hippie-sabotage-at-terminal-5/ |website=Music Fest News |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=11 March 2019}}{{cite web |author1=xerxestzolis |title=Path of Righteousness Tour: Hippie Sabotage- SOLD OUT at the Buckhead Theatre |url=https://www.concerthopper.com/concert-hopper-4/2018/03/13/path-of-righteousness-tour-hippie-sabotage-sold-out-at-the-buckhead-theatre |website=Concert Hopper |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=13 March 2018}} They are also known for their extensive visual setup, featuring multiple screens displaying colorful kaleidoscopic images.{{cite web |last1=Topol |first1=Kateryna |title=We Are All Just Shapes In This Room: Hippie Sabotage Live in Toronto |url=https://quipmag.com/we-are-all-just-shapes-in-this-room-hippie-sabotage-live-in-toronto/ |website=Quipmag |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=12 May 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Gottlieb |first1=Zoe |title=Concert Review: Hippie Sabotage |url=https://kuteradio.org/kuteblog/concert-review-hippie-sabotage/ |website=KUTE Radio |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=28 March 2020}}

• Debut headline tour (February - May 2016){{cite web |last1=Clancy |first1=Moira |title=Does Hippie Sabotage Have a Flip Side? |url=https://relentlessbeats.com/2016/06/does-hippie-sabotage-have-a-flip-side/ |website=Relentless Beats |access-date=28 January 2024 |date=13 June 2016}}
• Force of Nature tour (September - October 2016){{cite web |last1=Wuest |first1=Kendrick |title=Hippie Sabotage: Force of Nature Tour |url=https://www.edmchicago.com/hippie-sabotage-force-of-nature-tour/ |website=EDM Chicago |access-date=28 January 2024 |date=15 September 2016}}
• Chasing the Wild tour (February - April 2017){{cite web |title=Did you get your tickets yet |url=https://www.facebook.com/hipsab/photos/a.643255462376980/1201950589840795/ |website=Facebook - Hippie Sabotage |access-date=28 January 2024 |date=29 December 2016}}
• Path of Righteousness tour (February - March 2018){{cite web |last1=Bhanawat |first1=Akshay |title=Hippie Sabotage announce extensive ‘Path of Righteousness’ tour |url=https://themusicessentials.com/music/hippie-sabotage-announce-extensive-path-righteousness-tour/ |website=The Music Essentials |access-date=28 January 2024 |date=20 January 2018}}
• Lost California tour (September - October 2018)
• Beautiful Beyond tour (February - March 2019){{cite web |last1=Gonzales |first1=Phoenix |title=Hippie Sabotage Announce The Beautiful Beyond 2019 North American Tour |url=https://raverrafting.com/hippie-sabotage-announce-beautiful-beyond-2019-north-american-tour/2018/11/15/ |website=Raver Rafting |access-date=28 January 2024 |date=15 November 2018}}
• Legends of the Fall tour (October - November 2019){{cite web |last1=Perreault |first1=Olivia |title=EDM Duo Hippie Sabotage Announce ‘Legends of Fall Tour’ |url=https://www.ticketnews.com/2019/08/edm-duo-hippie-sabotage-announce-legends-of-fall-tour/ |website=Ticket News |access-date=28 January 2024 |date=August 2019}}
• Direction of Dreams tour (February - May 2020)*{{cite web |title=Hippie Sabotage to Embark on Direction of Dreams Tour |url=https://www.exronmusic.com/2019/11/21/hippie-sabotage-to-embark-on-direction-of-dreams-tour/ |website=Exron Music |access-date=28 January 2024 |date=21 November 2019}}
• Drive-in tour (August 2020){{cite web |title=Hippie Sabotage Shares Dates for their New Drive-In Tour |url=https://outnowmagazine.com/hippie-sabotage-drive-in-tour/ |website=Out Now |access-date=28 January 2024 |date=29 July 2020}}
• Rooms of Hallucination tour (January - March 2022){{cite web |last1=Lugen |first1=Mikala |title=Hippie Sabotage Announce 46-Date 'Rooms Of Hallucination' Tour |url=https://volumeutah.com/news/hippie-sabotage-rooms-of-hallucination-tour/ |website=Volume Utah |access-date=28 January 2024}}
• Trailblazer tour (April - May 2023){{cite web |title=Hippie Sabotage Kicks Off 2023 with Blistering New Single "I Dont Care" |url=https://www.musicis4lovers.com/hippie-sabotage-kicks-off-2023-with-blistering-new-single-i-dont-care/ |website=Music Is 4 Lovers |access-date=28 January 2024 |date=26 January 2023}}
• Enter the Unknown tour (March - May 2024){{Cite tweet |user=HippieSabotage |number=1731736459621851444 |title=ENTER THE UNKNOWN TOUR 2024}}

*Partially canceled due to Covid-19

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• The Sunny Album (2014)
• Providence (2016)
• Vibes (2016)
• Drifter (2017)
• Red Moon Rising (2020)
• Overdrive (2020)
• Floating Palace (2021)
• Trailblazer (2023)

• Vacants (2013)
• Johnny Long Chord (2014)
• Devil Eyes (2016)
• Options (2016)
• ''Hentai (2018) with Azizi Gibson
• No Judgement (2024)

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• [http://www.hippiesabotage.com/ Official website]

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