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The Great Bass Robbery: The Theft of a Beloved Denver Sound System and the Quest for its Return

by Miguel Otárola

Oct 06, 2024
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On the last day of May, a crowd huddled in the basement of a strip mall on Denver’s west side. In front of them was the Dem Deya Sound System, arrayed against the back wall of the basement’s innermost room and split by a flickering DJ console. The speakers were quiet as the clock neared midnight. 

Still, the sound system drew the buzzed and buzzy in from…

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