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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">ATMOSPHERE SET TO HEADLINE 7<sup>TH</sup> ANNUAL SOUNDSET FESTIVAL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Taking Place on Sunday, May 25<sup>th</sup> at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, MN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><img width="467" height="309" id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CF387F.7C36C540" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01CF387F.7C36C540"></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Photo Credit: Dan Monick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Minneapolis’ own<b> Atmosphere</b> - featuring Sean Daley (aka Slug) and producer Anthony Davis (aka Ant) - who will be releasing their 8<sup>th</sup> studio album
<b><i>Southsiders</i></b> on May 6 via Rhymesayers, have announced that they will be headlining at the 7<sup>th</sup> annual
<b>Soundset Festival</b>. </span><a href="http://pitchfork.com/news/54160-atmosphere-announce-new-album-southsiders-share-bitter/"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">PRESS HERE</span></b></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
to listen to <b>“Bitter,”</b> the first single off of <i>Southsiders</i>, which premiered on
<i>Pitchfork</i>! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The festival, which is brought to you by Rhymesayers and Rose Presents, will be taking place on
<b>Sunday, May 25<sup>th</sup></b> at <b>Canterbury Park</b> in <b>Shakopee, MN</b> and is the official Midwest kick-off to summer, with nine hours of the best hip-hop music all in one day. Soundset 2014 will also feature performances by Wiz Khalifa, NAS (20<sup>th</sup>
Anniversary of Illmatic), 2 Chainz, Cypress Hill and more! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">You can
</span><a href="http://bit.ly/South_iTunes"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">PRESS HERE</span></b></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"> to pre-order <i>Southsiders</i> now
via <b>iTunes</b> or via the official Rhymesayers Store, <b>Fifth Element</b>, </span><a href="http://bit.ly/Southsiders" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">HERE</span></b></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">.<b><u>
<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Tour Dates:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">March 15 Tempe, AZ @ Tempe Beach Park<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">May 25 Shakopee, MN @ Soundset Festival
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">July 4 Quincy, WA @ Sasquatch Festival<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">August 10<span class="apple-tab-span">
</span>Squamish, BC @ Squamish Festival <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img border="0" width="320" height="494" id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CF387F.7C36C540" alt="Atmosphere Poster"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Watch this space for more on Atmosphere:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://goog_1984233409" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">https://www.facebook.com/Atmosphere</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://goog_1984233409" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">https://twitter.com/atmosphere</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue"><br>
</span></a><a href="http://goog_1984233409" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">http://instagram.com/atmosphere</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue"><br>
</span></a><a href="http://rhymesayers.com/atmosphere/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">http://rhymesayers.com/atmosphere/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">#southsiders<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">#bitter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">For more information on Atmosphere, please contact PRESS HERE:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Carleen Donovan / Joey Primero – 212.246.2640<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="mailto:carleen@pressherepublicity.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">carleen@pressherepublicity.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">
/ </span><a href="mailto:joey@pressherepublicity.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">joey@pressherepublicity.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Joey Primero</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#C00000">PRESS HERE </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">(New York)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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