ROOM 777 :: THE MAGIC ROOM presents :::: Johnny Voltik aka the ALPHALOVE

<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/Lichiban-AURALVISIONS-JVOLTIK600.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">I had a chance to collaborate with my good friend </span><a href="http://johnnyvoltik.bandcamp.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Johnny Voltik aka the Alphalove</span></a><span style="font-style: italic;"> on his instrumental </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">beat sampler </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">mixtape </span>The Return To Planet Rock<span style="font-style: italic;">. I had this image made already when he showed me </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">some of the tracks and</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> the concept he had in mind, and from then on it was a wrap...I even got my own joint with my name on it. While Johnny is working on finishing his new debut project THE RED ALBUM (which will have a different vibe with killer vocals & more of a psychedelic rock/ hip-hop feel), I'll be working on the cover for it. </span><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br />JOHNNY VOLTIK aka The AlphaLove 'The Return To Planet Rock' </span><br /><br />In the first of his series of instrumental installments, The Return To Planet Rock, <span style="font-weight: bold;">JOHNNY VOLTIK aka The AlphaLove</span> takes listeners on a space and time penetrating sonic journey through the cosmos to a seemingly forgotten planet called Rock. First discovered by Afrika Bambaataa and The SoulSonic Force, Planet Rock is the ancient homeland of the treasured tree that birthed the seed of hip-hop and electro and a whole cultural movement that have spread its branches all across Planet Earth. On his Return To Planet Rock, Johnny Voltik sets out to explore hitherto uncharted territories fusing experimental hip-hop, house, electrofunk, breakbeat, trip-hop, afrobeat, and poly-rythmic psychedelica to present listeners with a taste of an entire new blend of sonic frequencies.<br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="100" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=1346985822/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><param name="allowNetworking" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><embed src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=1346985822/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="always" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" height="100" width="400"></embed><noembed>&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://johnnyvoltik.bandcamp.com/track/johnny-voltik-theme"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Johnny Voltik Theme by Johnny Voltik&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;g</noembed></object><br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/JohnnyVoltik-MagicRoom-lichiban1-80.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 427px;" /><br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/JohnnyVoltik-MagicRoom-lichiban2-80.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 455px;" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Johnny Voltik joined forces with close comrade, visual artist Lichiban who provided the quintessential vision of Planet Rock's magic landscape. This 30-track sound odyssey was actually created during the course of several astral travels to the planet and it includes a snippet of Voltik's highly-anticipated The Red Album set to drop in April 2010.<br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="100" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=366816708/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><param name="allowNetworking" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><embed src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=366816708/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="always" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" height="100" width="400"></embed><noembed>&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://johnnyvoltik.bandcamp.com/track/lichiban"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Lichiban by Johnny Voltik&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</noembed></object><br />Voltik explains, “The planet itself is a materialized mass made of pure ether...being there inspires total P.E.A.C.E. (Positive Energy Activating Constant Elevation, The RZA). The whole time I was there, I was high just off of breathing in the atmosphere...it was amazing.” Voltik describes the music as “the purest form of my sound, no holds barred, not quantized, whatever came to me while I zoned out during my meditations. The Red Album will be more focused and harnessed with lyrics. This one doesn’t have my lyrics and it is more of an experimental journey through different shades and moods of sound vibrations, so listeners can feel me on many different levels. If you like this just wait for The Red Album which promises to take you to a whole other level of music.”<br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="100" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=1077032616/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><param name="allowNetworking" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><embed src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=1077032616/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="always" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" height="100" width="400"></embed><noembed>&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://johnnyvoltik.bandcamp.com/track/mega-tronius"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Mega-Tronius by Johnny Voltik&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</noembed></object><br />The Return To Planet Rock is a blend of cinematic interplanetary sound journey and straight dance vibes, grooves, feels and it is available as a FREE DOWNLOAD on <a href="http://johnnyvoltik.bandcamp.com/">johnnyvoltik.bandcamp.com</a>. The Return To Planet is part of Lichiban presents :: Aural Visions [a free art & music collabo series] which can be found on <a href="http://blog.lichiban.net/">blog.lichiban.net</a>.<br />ROCK IT DON’T STOP IT!<br /><a href="http://johnnyvoltik.bandcamp.com/">DOWNLOAD for FREE</a><br /><a href="http://myspace.com/johnnyvoltik">// myspace.com/johnnyvoltik</a> // <a href="http://twitter.com/JohnnyVoltik">twitter.com/JohnnyVoltik</a> <a href="http://reverbnation.com/johnnyvoltik">reverbnation.com/johnnyvoltik</a><br />Stay tuned for the first single 'HIGHER' from Voltik's upcoming debut release, 'THE RED ALBUM.'<br /><object height="392" width="580"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7215648&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=fce114&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7215648&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=fce114&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="392" width="580"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/7215648">JOHNNY VOLTIK "Higher" live</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/lichiban">Lichiban EV [Electric Vision]</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p></div></div><br />Catch him live on January 26, 2010 8 pm, $10<br />PUBLIC ASSEMBLY, Back Room 70 North 6th St, Brooklyn, NY<br />YUME presents: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Johnny Voltik</span><br />along with TR & Nicky V & YM LIVE!

ROOM 777 :: THE MAGIC ROOM presents :::: Johnny Voltik aka the ALPHALOVE

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super-surpise

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The incredible world of SHUSEI NAGAOKA

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="p://www.shusei-nagaoka.com/english/products/index.html"></a><span style="font-style: italic;">"Conceive"</span><br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/s_nagaoka_7_large.jpg" /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This man's artistic vision shaped so much of the visual imagination of the 70s and 80s. Born in 1936 in a mountain village in the vicinity of Nagasaki, <span style="font-weight: bold;">SHUSEI NAGAOKA's </span>family had to evacuate their home when the atomic bomb hit the city in 1945. He entered <span class="css3" style="font-size:100%;">Tokyo Musashino Art University at the age of 19, but decided to quit three years later, as he was already operating a successful business as an illustrator. </span>Nagaoka illustrated several iconic record covers ranging from Earth Wind & Fire to Deep Purple, Munich Machine, Calderon and several others as well as graced the covers of sci-fi books, movie & car ads. Huge inspiration! Check out <a href="p://www.shusei-nagaoka.com/english/products/index.html">his website</a><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;">"Helios"<br />Earth Wind & Fire "All 'n All" (album cover)</span><br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/shuseinagaoka-EWF.jpg" style="width: 563px; height: 143px;" /><br /><em>Sun: “Destination Sun” (album cover), 1977</em><br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/s_nagaoka_16_large.jpg" style="width: 558px; height: 566px;" /><br /><em>Munich Machine (album cover), 1977</em><br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/s_nagaoka_2_large-lichiban.jpg" style="width: 559px; height: 559px;" /><br /></div>

The incredible world of SHUSEI NAGAOKA

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AURAL VISIONS :: lichiban presents #3:: CHESCA :: taste the difference mixtape

<a href="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/Chesca-TasteTheDiffr-LichibanRGB.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/Chesca-TasteTheDiffr-LichibanRGB.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 419px; height: 417px;" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I'm pleased to present # 3 of my AURAL VISIONS art & music collabo with my girl, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/cescamusica">CHESCA</a>, one of the dopest women I know. Hailing from Italy, Chesca is keeping the female wing of the future boogie-funk scene alive in Londontown. If you love Dam-Funk, and the kind of vibrations his mixes and his productions carry, then you'll probably love Chesca's <span style="font-style: italic;">Taste The Difference</span> mix featuring some rare boogie, electro funk & deep house gems. It's hard <span style="font-style: italic;">not</span> to dance to this.<br /><br />This is one sexy ass mix and I'm proud to get my design skills involved with it. (there is more where it came from...)<br /><br />Check out some of the boogie-funk-Detroit tech inspired tracks she produced that I recently posted on <a href="http://lichiban.blogspot.com/2009/08/im-feelingchesca-you-like-it-raw.html">my earlier post</a>.<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">DOWNLOAD IT </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SC4Z5BZB">HERE</a> FOR </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">FREE!</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">[photo is detail of Ryan Michael Kerry's amazing photo]</span>

AURAL VISIONS :: lichiban presents #3:: CHESCA :: taste the difference mixtape

I'm pleased to present # 3 of my AURAL VISIONS art & music collabo with my girl, CHESCA , one of the dopest women I know. Hailing f...

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NEW WORK :: My new ad in the second issue of BOYS & CLOTHES!

<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">I am very excited about this full page ad (p.98) promoting my <a href="http://www.lichiban.net/">new website</a>, fine art & illustration services in the new issue of <a href="http://www.boysandclothes.blogspot.com/">Boys & Clothes Magazine</a>, courtesy of Sofia of B & C, to whom I owe a big thank you for this one. The new issue features a number of dope women such as Raye 6, Nikki NTU, DJ Jasmine Solano and Nikki of Heavy among others who are making it happen in the city.<br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/lichibanboysclothes500.jpg" /><br />While i was designing the ad, I found all these old drawings of mine from a few years ago, when I used to draw in the style of 15th-century engravings in preparation to study etching (which I didn't ended up doing).<br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/lichibandesk600.jpg" style="width: 596px; height: 447px;" /><br /><object style="width: 600px; height: 450px;"><param name="movie" value="http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v1/IssuuViewer.swf?mode=embed&documentId=090601040524-fe57e5faf2394f20bbb59f12811cdf22&documentUsername=boysandclothes&documentName=rockstarbosschickedition&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v1/IssuuViewer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" style="width: 600px; height: 450px;" flashvars="mode=embed&documentId=090601040524-fe57e5faf2394f20bbb59f12811cdf22&documentUsername=boysandclothes&documentName=rockstarbosschickedition&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml"></embed></object><br /></div></div>

NEW WORK :: My new ad in the second issue of BOYS & CLOTHES!

I am very excited about this full page ad (p.98) promoting my new website , fine art & illustration services in the new issue of Boys ...

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Interview with me on NEVERLEAVEBROOKLYN.com

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykIS56jZdp7oIZNWEGIuxBT_zcRwFWdiALvr-f8u6vf46Yq2U-Dzsu5v390DhkLrqt4oxZ-cEpQxqk_U-OUhZQC08LCPxEF16umOXdWnTBSRmg0-qKMyEwmuA1cig3WNv0FgdJyysPf8/s1600-h/logo.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338516011984415714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykIS56jZdp7oIZNWEGIuxBT_zcRwFWdiALvr-f8u6vf46Yq2U-Dzsu5v390DhkLrqt4oxZ-cEpQxqk_U-OUhZQC08LCPxEF16umOXdWnTBSRmg0-qKMyEwmuA1cig3WNv0FgdJyysPf8/s400/logo.gif" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 100px;" /></a>Many thanks to Chuck of Never Leave Brooklyn for the interview opportunity!!! Coincidentally, this just came out now that I <span style="font-style: italic;">am</span> leaving Brooklyn (well, not for long though)... NeverLeaveBrooklyn.com is my favorite blog when it comes to finding out what's good in King's County, so I'm pretty psyched about getting this feature. Thank you! Here is the <a href="http://neverleavebrooklyn.com/?p=3358"><span style="font-style: italic;">link to the interview</span></a> and follow <a href="http://twitter.com/nlbklyn">NLBKLYN on twitter</a>. Oh and yes, <a href="http://www.lichiban.net">my new website</a> is on it's way!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.lichiban.net"><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/lichibankittystylewebsitepromo.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 520px;" /></a></div>

Interview with me on NEVERLEAVEBROOKLYN.com

Many thanks to Chuck of Never Leave Brooklyn for the interview opportunity!!! Coincidentally, this just came out now that I am leaving Broo...

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NEW WORK: Mirrors & Fur

<div style="text-align: center;">some new illustrations I've been working on. I'll post some of the paintings and more feline characters I've finished soon.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">:: 241</span> ::<br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/lichibanMIRRORSFURturq500.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">:: protection ::</span><br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/lichibanMIRRORSFURlion500.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">:: seek</span> ::<br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/lichibanMIRRORSFUReyesbelow500.jpg" /><br /></div>

NEW WORK: Mirrors & Fur

some new illustrations I've been working on. I'll post some of the paintings and more feline characters I've finished soon. :: 2...

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