WAAJEED x TONE x 101 Apparel [+FREE DOWNLOAD: The Eternal Mixtape RIP Baatin]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucySh-i8kwRrB2lA6aCeeNjr8oxLYC99k0KVcc7LPOXTl3sKeYpWg86iJi7eIn-kt7TjTCnDRwvEiSwJH7a_HEER7UWMHk-HVrnWcAmE0M2iUOYomO1DvFn4YOIDoCsaO1i9q8-WmGc4/s1600/TONE_2010_101_Wajeed_0931.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucySh-i8kwRrB2lA6aCeeNjr8oxLYC99k0KVcc7LPOXTl3sKeYpWg86iJi7eIn-kt7TjTCnDRwvEiSwJH7a_HEER7UWMHk-HVrnWcAmE0M2iUOYomO1DvFn4YOIDoCsaO1i9q8-WmGc4/s640/TONE_2010_101_Wajeed_0931.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>New collabo project from good friend, producer <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/Jeedo47">WAAJEED</a> (PPP, Bling47) & photographer <a href="http://www.photobytone.com/">TONE</a> who teamed up with 101 Apparel (the project is set to come out in the summer). Check out more of TONE's photos <a href="http://www.photobytone.com/2011/01/496-wajeed-2/">here.</a> Plus in the name of Dilla month, here are a couple of goodies from WAAJEED, a Detroit native and close friend of the late Dilla and Baatin of Slum Village.<br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F4248241&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=00fff4"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F4248241&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=00fff4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object>   <a href="http://soundcloud.com/jeedo47/shotgun-waajeeds-plinky-remix">jeedo remix: Shotgun (Waajeeds Plinky Remix)</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/jeedo47">jeedo47</a><br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F651994&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=00fff4"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F651994&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=00fff4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object>   <a href="http://soundcloud.com/jeedo47/the-eternal-mixtape-rip-baatin">jeedo mix: The Eternal Mixtape (RIP Baatin)</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/jeedo47">jeedo47</a>

WAAJEED x TONE x 101 Apparel [+FREE DOWNLOAD: The Eternal Mixtape RIP Baatin]

New collabo project from good friend, producer  WAAJEED (PPP, Bling47) & photographer  TONE who teamed up with 101 Apparel (the projec...

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Yellow Maiden pen and ink plus two more Goddess prints

Just listed some new items in my online shop!<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5423926552/" title="Yellow Maiden ink acrylic painting by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Yellow Maiden ink acrylic painting" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5094/5423926552_060768d9d6.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />Yellow Maiden<br />4" x 12" x 1"<br />ink illustration over acrylic painted canvas, gloss varnished<br />by Chelsea Rose<br />Origianl art peice selling for $30. see the sale listing<strong> </strong><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/67597786/yellow-maiden-ink-and-acrylic-painting?ref=v1_other_1"><strong>here</strong></a>.<br /><br />I also released two more of my limited eiditing Goddess prints:<br /><img height="728" src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_570xN.215081983.jpg" style="WIDTH: 424px; HEIGHT: 683px" width="478" /><br />Goddess In All of Us body art photograph<br />Fetal<br />Blissful Hope<br />By Chelsea Rose<br />4" x 6"<br />First Edition fine art print on photo paper, sealed in a crystal clear archival envelope.<br />signed by the artist, Chelsea Rose<br />selling for $10 <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/67594359/goddess-in-all-of-us-first-edition-art?ref=v1_other_1"><strong>here</strong></a>.<br /><br /><img height="739" src="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_570xN.215079636.jpg" style="WIDTH: 427px; HEIGHT: 689px" width="473" /><br />Goddess In All of Us body art photograph<br />Meditation<br />Love Thy Self<br />By Chelsea Rose<br />4" x 6"<br />First Edition fine art print on photo paper, sealed in a crystal clear archival envelope.<br />signed by the artist, Chelsea Rose<br />selling for $10 <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/67593361/goddess-in-all-of-us-first-edition-art?ref=v1_other_2"><strong>here</strong></a>.<br /><br />Peace n Love!<br />-Chelsea Rose

Yellow Maiden pen and ink plus two more Goddess prints

Just listed some new items in my online shop! Yellow Maiden 4" x 12" x 1" ink illustration over acrylic painted canvas, gloss...

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DILLA FOREVER

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a true genius</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">James Dewitt Yancey (February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHiUk6D-3fk0nSqczIbM_WU6bQCmEawoFxs2z8RH4nhQBFrvICBY11HY-jteLDJg0cCbd2ByvnvSi06H8WCN_Q2ZFocpnG8znhBXd4jhY0tU2GD81CinDrq7lw5bu0rnIKZaWv9aiVjk/s1600/JayDilla-JayDee-lichiban.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHiUk6D-3fk0nSqczIbM_WU6bQCmEawoFxs2z8RH4nhQBFrvICBY11HY-jteLDJg0cCbd2ByvnvSi06H8WCN_Q2ZFocpnG8znhBXd4jhY0tU2GD81CinDrq7lw5bu0rnIKZaWv9aiVjk/s1600/JayDilla-JayDee-lichiban.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee;"><u><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="450" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_ncSt5xC8Uk" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee;"><u><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZLVtAZQixOA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>

DILLA FOREVER

a true genius James Dewitt Yancey (February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006)

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STARGATE TO DEER KINGDOM: INTERVIEW w/ JAY WON = J1

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnJpVWkLDQAw0CRu-VonqNwQ1xsqDQI1bPm1F1KFut1lq7oGrJWPR4Es3LFRrtMSOaMnX8uUZPs5VXk_r7rndNlyeoZ84yIso-ubPLaQPZiHdoh4pQPYQyaAfZiHDlHUpZIIaSuUX304/s1600/l.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnJpVWkLDQAw0CRu-VonqNwQ1xsqDQI1bPm1F1KFut1lq7oGrJWPR4Es3LFRrtMSOaMnX8uUZPs5VXk_r7rndNlyeoZ84yIso-ubPLaQPZiHdoh4pQPYQyaAfZiHDlHUpZIIaSuUX304/s1600/l.jpeg" /></a></div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Originally hailing from Cleveland, Ohio but now based out of L.A., producer / drummer / DJ <a href="http://www.myspace.com/dabeatpimp">J1</a> aka 'The Deer' has being making waves as one-third of the group, Master Blazter, alongside <a href="http://www.myspace.com/damfunk">Dam-Funk</a> and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/computerj">Computer Jay</a>, as well as the drummer for TaRaach & Blu’s C.R.A.C. project, while finding time to work on new solo productions with a group of vocalists, some of which are set to drop in the spring. I first met Jay at the debut Master Blazter gig at the Bowery Ballroom, NY, and as many could attest, they really blasted out with some crazy heart-hitting energy...they definitely turned out the crowd...probably was one of my favorite live shows ever. I've had a chance to build with him a few times, and finally I was able to publish our interview from a few months ago after a hiatus I'd taken to focus on some new projects. It's going to be the first interview of the Year of the Rabbit. Here comes the Deer for inspiration...</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #33ddcc;"> </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">LICHIBAN: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Did you always wanted to be a musician? What was your first music project that you can remember of?</span></span></b><br /><div class="p3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333233;"><b>J1</b>: </span>My first project was a rap group I was in with my cousin and he rhymed and I made the beats...</span></div><div class="p2" style="color: #333233; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="p1" style="color: #333233; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1NRL4e5t_Y5qgtNIa8XoYwLMMmPRzgSK2ozJkUmTRJHcmJTJEkgRWbGGGd2dNLZxfiIA-4dW4pmUZ76qX4rRV3Ar5ogDBqBH_r65fP1LAsrB0p3_tt029M6YWF9qX8eLAYGIRz_hSGI/s1600/photo-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1NRL4e5t_Y5qgtNIa8XoYwLMMmPRzgSK2ozJkUmTRJHcmJTJEkgRWbGGGd2dNLZxfiIA-4dW4pmUZ76qX4rRV3Ar5ogDBqBH_r65fP1LAsrB0p3_tt029M6YWF9qX8eLAYGIRz_hSGI/s320/photo-1.jpeg" width="294" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>L1: What's the story about your name "The Deer"?</b></span></div><div class="p1" style="color: #333233; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b>J1</b>: THE DEER.....is my ANIMAL KINGDOM name....</span></span></div><div class="p2" style="color: #333233; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="p1" style="color: #333233; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>L1: Tell me some of your inspirations to becoming a drummer?</b></span></div><div class="p3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>J1</b>: My initial inspirations were Clyde Stubblefield and Jab Starks...I'm a big James Brown fan and those were the first records I used to study and try to get that heavy style like Clyde and that Gospel Jazz thang that Jabo got... Besides them ?uestlove was a huge influence, just seein somebody from a hip-hop angle really rock live on the kit. Also John Bohnam is a big influence on me...But there's too many to name...</span></div><div class="p4" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="p3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">L1:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333233; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You were born in Cleveland, OH and moved to LA a few years ago, right? What drew you to LA? </span></span></b></div><div class="p1" style="color: #333233; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b>J1:</b> My first move I came to Cali, I moved to SF and lived there for about two years, played in a couple of projects and I was lucky enuff to get the chance to come down to LA a couple times and feel out the vibe, connect with some good people, so I just decided to make the move...</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"></span></span><br /><div class="p1" style="color: #333233; font-family: Times; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333233;">L1: What’s the spirit of the music scene in LA like, it looks like some of the dopest new music is actually coming out of LA these days?</span></b></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="p3" style="font-family: Times; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">J1: The scene is so crazy that was a definite reason for the move I mean all the homies are serious creators and they aint afraid to take it out there. So when you see that it helps you become more fearless with your art and the bar is set so high you already know that you gotta come with some real shit... Its also hella supportive you always see everyone out at each others gig it is a family vibe down here 4sho.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="p1" style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333233; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbdgxu3XwEPBVZRfr0mekYQO0cdjtvu-cUys9XII-WzR56nP9uaentDC8ZU9w-kaoX6HIhhwJdlLCuRPyAUjeL9BL3mFW4SL4gIfw4z3PHMjka-lo2_T09DvzQ6BQL9DFX8xDOa0iDMkI/s1600/photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbdgxu3XwEPBVZRfr0mekYQO0cdjtvu-cUys9XII-WzR56nP9uaentDC8ZU9w-kaoX6HIhhwJdlLCuRPyAUjeL9BL3mFW4SL4gIfw4z3PHMjka-lo2_T09DvzQ6BQL9DFX8xDOa0iDMkI/s640/photo.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="p2" style="color: #333233; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="p1" style="color: #333233; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>L1: You are 1/3rd of a group called Master Blazter with Dâm Funk & keyboardist Computer Jay, also have your solo projects going on. How did you guys link up</b>?</span></div><div class="p3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">J1: The Master Blazter connection was at first just a jam session set up at HVW8 Gallery out here in LA by the homie TyG.. he asked us all to get together we did it got recorded and the response from it was crazy so it just made sense to make the project work, and we were lucky enuff where Dam-Funk already had a release so it gave us a chance to come together, learn his tunes, play together and just build on our vibe as a group while bein out live in front of the people hittin em with that FUNK....</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="450" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tJRyZVqWhKw" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span><br /><div class="p1" style="color: #333233; font-family: Times; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>L1: You've been touring extensively with Dâm Funk as the drummer on board. Do you like to tour? What were some of your favorite moments on the tour?</b> </span></span></div></div><div class="p3" style="font-family: Times; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>J1:</b> I love tourin fa real...I just love flyin off top.. I think thats cool..and I love gettin the chance to experience new things and hopefully get better from all the things. My favorite moments on tour were the crowds I met so many dope people in all the countries and they showed us so much love it was crazy... Besides that seein Roy Ayers live and The Cinematic Orchestra were big time highlights... Also SUPER HIGHLIGHT was djin on a boat Jay Dam myself...and the homies from Manchester the HOYAY HOYA crew...that was a brilliant gig...</span></span></div></div></div><div class="p2" style="color: #333233; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXKBRpBgXaY4TFUp0ldVY3BC2WfB-32guWBCIuoXzoFi7yhcGDI8M3n6IMcaHuWWl_Ibik46vIem3VUFZOseO2a7nEPefh48wJHMKaOBTITOovLrPWlq_TJdZKuOBXgAeGL86TLnPuiYQ/s1600/photo-2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXKBRpBgXaY4TFUp0ldVY3BC2WfB-32guWBCIuoXzoFi7yhcGDI8M3n6IMcaHuWWl_Ibik46vIem3VUFZOseO2a7nEPefh48wJHMKaOBTITOovLrPWlq_TJdZKuOBXgAeGL86TLnPuiYQ/s1600/photo-2.jpeg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="p2" style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333233;"><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F4693285&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=00fff4"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F4693285&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=00fff4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object>   <a href="http://soundcloud.com/the-deer/master-blazter-blazt-off-mix">Master Blazter-Blazt Off Mix!!</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/the-deer">THE DEER</a></span> </span></div><div class="p1" style="color: #333233; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>L1: Talking about Master Blazter, you guys are about to start recording your new album, right? The free MB release Blazt Off that came out on HVW8 wasn't really a joint album per se but more of a collection of tracks from the members. This one is going to be more of a collective effort, right? </b></span></div><div class="p3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>J1:</b> Yeah Master Blazter is hittin the studio real soon comin with a full length project...It will be a group effort with it bein a more live tracked out vibe with all three of us makin the tracks. We are all excited to hit the studio bein on the road so tuff. It really gave us the chance to gel and really learn how to talk to each other thru the music...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The mixtape was just to give people a chance to see what kinds of style where exactly coming together because some people might have heard our music on a solo vibe but we felt like it would be cool for you to get a shot to hear our solo works all together on one piece.</span></div><div class="p2" style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333233;"><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F7891581&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=00fff4"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F7891581&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=00fff4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object>   <a href="http://soundcloud.com/the-deer/lift-off">LIFT-OFF..</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/the-deer">THE DEER</a></span> </span></div><div class="p1" style="color: #333233; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>L1: It looks like you've been busy working on a number of new music projects! I heard that you've got a 45 release comin out on Recordbreakin Records that you've produced with guest vocalists.</b></span></div><div class="p3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>J1:</b> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333233; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Yeah got a solo release comin..it will be on a 45 thru Recordbreakin Records out of Philadelphia.... Its production by me with one of the joints is co-produced by the homie Devonwho... Also it features guest vocalist Coultrain...Ragen Fykes...&...Jimetta Rose...and that will be out in the spring....STAY TUNED!!!!</span> </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTqR_fRrDrPPbqZmO6Khz9sEfi-ZKJFAwMlKWp_npOjgsnQjV1wq9yyX1cmveyv4n07dI9CaXH9VjyuDqMS0N0Y6Ksci5MMTZkcsvC-A62wCNi60ASGfXob2aHhSCSZkUVw0RqNaDREM/s1600/photo-5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTqR_fRrDrPPbqZmO6Khz9sEfi-ZKJFAwMlKWp_npOjgsnQjV1wq9yyX1cmveyv4n07dI9CaXH9VjyuDqMS0N0Y6Ksci5MMTZkcsvC-A62wCNi60ASGfXob2aHhSCSZkUVw0RqNaDREM/s640/photo-5.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1" style="color: #333233; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande';"><br /></span></span></div><div class="p2" style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333233;"><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F2015405&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=00fff4"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F2015405&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=00fff4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object>   <a href="http://soundcloud.com/the-deer/j1-introness">J1 INTRONESS</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/the-deer">THE DEER</a></span> </span></div><div class="p1" style="color: #333233; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>L1: And then there is the second year edition of your compilation STARSHIP 27 that I first saw on the homie, Kenny Fresh's site <a href="http://www.freshselects.net/">FRESHSELECTS</a> last year. The first one featured all new/exclusives tracks from the likes of Black Spade, Proh Mic, Dam-Funk, Computer Jay, devonwho, Ras_G, Dibia$e, Snowman Jack, House Shoes and more...can you give us a teaser about the new one?</b></span></div><div class="p3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUhzNIbpIV4i_aKZPet_YyuKZ8bcGDcvAvRjKiLKZ9k3HKkTKlqTJ5DG8bc0ZxHEOX_3n9SZnMqjCdKlEJaEjTFXJWQempTPVeyEp5RjGLBat64EkKpH_MIgj2N0jvkUsZwdGLcE-2i9Q/s1600/starship+27.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUhzNIbpIV4i_aKZPet_YyuKZ8bcGDcvAvRjKiLKZ9k3HKkTKlqTJ5DG8bc0ZxHEOX_3n9SZnMqjCdKlEJaEjTFXJWQempTPVeyEp5RjGLBat64EkKpH_MIgj2N0jvkUsZwdGLcE-2i9Q/s320/starship+27.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>J1: </b>Also we got the 2nd edition of Starship 27 comin this spring too. Thats the compilation featuring alot of the homies such as Ras G, Houseshoes, Jordan Rockswell, Dibia$e, J.Bizness, Dam-Funk myself it's pretty much the same cast as last year but this round I'm proud to announce that we were lucky to get a joint from Eric Lau out of Londontown and we got a joint from the BIG homie Flame Brown reppin (BLING47) so please be on the lookout for that this year. It will not only be a digital release but we're comin with it on vinyl... Shoutout 2 (in)sect records out of Austin TX.</span></b></span></div><div class="p2" style="color: #333233; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="p1" style="color: #333233; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>L1: Tell me one thing that people normally don't know about you</b>. </span></div><div class="p3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>J1: </b>One thing that people dont know about me is that I'm a neat freak hella much something I picked up from my moms but im not mad at it ladies dig it...</span> </b></span></div><div class="p2" style="color: #333233; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="p1" style="color: #333233; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>L1: You are also DJ...where can people find you in LA?</b></span></div><div class="p3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>J1: I'</b>m pretty much everywhere on the dj angle too. I love records so rockin parties is just a part of the whole vibe that we get down with... No residencies as of right now but we got some things in the work so just stay up with us for details...Please believe we got something comin for the people real soon!!!!!!</span></div><div class="p3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333233;"><b>L1:: What would be your bucket list of 2010?</b></span></span></div><div class="p3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>J1: </b>Pretty much everything that cracked off in 2010 was on my bucket list, we got to see the planet met good people got projects set for release and got to swim in the Adriatic Sea, so I'm good with this year. For me without a doubt it was the best one yet.....2011 GET READY!!!!!!!!!!!!</span></div><div class="p2" style="color: #333233; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="p1" style="color: #333233; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>L1: What would you say to others who are considering becoming professional musicians?</b></span></div><div class="p3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>J1:</b> For anybody wanting to get in this game the advice I have for you is to stay focused and never get caught up in your own hype. The people are what can make you or break you so don't ever lose focus on what's important. Not what the crtics think but the way you make the people feel... That's my advice...</span></div><div class="p2" style="color: #333233; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="p1" style="color: #333233; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>L1: Shoutouts?</b></span></div><div class="p3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>J1:</b> Shoutout 2 Licsi....My moms my brotha my father....My brothers Dâm Funk and Computer Jay...Shoutout 2 the ANIMAL KINGDOM.....and biggup all the people all over the world who support that good music....LETS KEEP BANGIN..</span></div><br /><a href="http://beatsncrates.com/">BEATSNCRATES.COM</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/THEDEER">Twitter.com/THEDEER</a><br /><a href="http://soundcloud.com/THE-DEER">Soundcloud</a><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">FREE DOWNLOAD:</span></b> J1 – <a href="http://www.zshare.net/download/57666432fad3e09c/">Attack Of The Deer</a>

STARGATE TO DEER KINGDOM: INTERVIEW w/ JAY WON = J1

Originally hailing from Cleveland, Ohio but now based out of L.A., producer / drummer / DJ  J1  aka 'The Deer' has being making wave...

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Portland Love Show 2011

The 6th annual <a href="http://portlandloveshow.com/">Portland Love show</a> is poppin up now that we are into February.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/lucidopticlab">Danny</a> and I are excited to participate, this will be our 2nd year in the show.<br /><br />"The show was initially a response to the annual deluge of heterosexist, consumerist, romance-centric advertising that Americans experience each year leading up to Valentine’s Day, but over the course of the last 5 years, it has evolved into a diverse and complicated multimedia art happening in the hands of the participating artists." ( taken from <a href="http://portlandloveshow.com/">portlandloveshow.com</a> )<br /><br />This year we put in a collaboration piece under Lucid Optic Lab:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4745233821/" title="Queen Omega by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Queen Omega" height="377" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/4745233821_6eb3e50e98.jpg" style="WIDTH: 456px; HEIGHT: 336px" width="500" /></a><br />This piece was a labor of love for both Danny and I. I painted and photographed the model. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/lucidopticlab">Danny</a> directed the model in her arm poses and then created this magnificent many armed photo comp.<br />Piece titled " The Goddess In All Of Us"<br />she is a 24"x24" fine art laminated print on 1" thick gaterboard.<br />We feel the piece fits well into the theme of "love", since its a visual respresenation of Divine cosmic energy- the voice of the universe which many philosophers have referred to as the Love vibration.<br />Look for the Goddess in the Love show!<br /><br />The piece I am putting in under my name is this one:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4984952861/" title="Mermaid Dreams by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Mermaid Dreams" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/4984952861_e8c0eacbe4.jpg" style="WIDTH: 384px; HEIGHT: 463px" width="419" /></a><br />(acrylic painting by Chelsea Rose)<br />for the love show i titled it " This Lucid Dream"<br />24"x24" original acrylic painting on canvas<br />I have always loved mermaids..since i was a wee lil sprout. I have been drawing bare chested mermaids since age 5 so i guess i found my artistic style pretty earlie on :P Mermaids and their folklore have always been heavily steeped in love, passion, allure and lust so in a sense i feel they are an iconic symbol of love. Here my mermaid hugs herself, an innocent expression or self love or perhaps a gesture of rapt longing.<br />Be on the lookout for this merlady, she will be at the show floating somewhere amidst the horde.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/lucidopticlab">Danny's</a> piece for the love show is awesome:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/5406942218/" title="Ganesh Ebru by Lucid Optic Lab, on Flickr"><img alt="Ganesh Ebru" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5211/5406942218_611397f02a.jpg" width="392" /></a><br />original handmade two layer acrylic ebru(turkish paper marbling) mono-print with Ganesh screen print on kozo paper.<br />19" x 24"<br /><br />I filmed <a href="http://www.flickr.com/lucidopticlab">Danny</a> doing the 2nd layer of ebru for this piece.<br />Check it out:<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" height="267" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400"><br /> <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=5e33a32d70&photo_id=5406334203" height="267" width="400"></embed></object><br /><br />The Ebru creation process is pretty neat huh?<br /><br />So yes, come check out The Portland Love show! This year there are over 300 participating artists. Opening Saturday, February 12th, 2011<br />7pm-12am<br />Free! All-Ages!!<br /><br /><br />Much love and light,<br />-Chelsea Rose

Portland Love Show 2011

The 6th annual Portland Love show is poppin up now that we are into February. Danny and I are excited to participate, this will be our 2nd...

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BILAL 'LEVELS' directed by Flying Lotus

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0jkbDtFapyY" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #565656; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"></span></div><div style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 1em; text-align: left;">Check out the third clip from <b><a href="http://twitter.com/bilal_oliver">Bila</a></b>l’s 2010 album, <em><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/airtights-revenge-bonus-track/id386037023">Airtight’s Revenge</a></em>, for the song “Levels” ft. <a href="http://www.urb.com/tag/erykah-badu/" style="color: #04c0e3; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;">Erykah Badu</a>, Thundercat, and <a href="http://www.urb.com/tags/Shafiq%20Husayn/" style="color: #04c0e3; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;">Shafiq Husayn</a> (who produced the track). The video was directed by none other than Steve Ellison (aka <a href="http://www.urb.com/tags/flying-lotus/" style="color: #04c0e3; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;">Flying Lotus</a>). This song is one of my favorites of the album and it couldn't have gotten a better treatment.<br /><br />FlyLo expanded on the visual theme of the video for his own track <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uCyv05SG1g">mmhmm</a>, also created by Special Problems.  “I originally wanted to keep visual themes with another video from my last LP called ‘mmhmm’ off of my last album,” says Ellison. “It featured Thundercat as an intergalactic bass player in a super strange world created by ‘Special Problems’. Since Thundercat was part of this song, I thought it could be fun to continue the visual style and feel of this space opera. In the end you have this crazy video made of so much mixed media, geek dreams and lots of love.”<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">in case, you haven't seen this interview, this is my fav I've seen of</div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="281" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/14745919" width="500"></iframe></div><a href="http://vimeo.com/14745919">Bilal - Culture King Interview</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/cultureking">Culture King</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div>

BILAL 'LEVELS' directed by Flying Lotus

Check out the third clip from Bila l’s 2010 album,  Airtight’s Revenge , for the song “Levels” ft.  Erykah Badu , Thundercat, and  Shafiq Hu...

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LABEL TO WATCH: CITINITE

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLB87OreQ00PiGbqsoskfhyns5uHLzLsZn8vaxWC5QoWgy97G2GIcKg7x1ZFfo7YzXcsp8Ru5FQVmptXpqEfEKw7IIVJ6s3Yc6eCBvh2Z0yBbicfYz11iR5sZRfiR0cE5_d7AksBWBRBo/s1600/tumblr_lfhqo0N20A1qenp6wo1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLB87OreQ00PiGbqsoskfhyns5uHLzLsZn8vaxWC5QoWgy97G2GIcKg7x1ZFfo7YzXcsp8Ru5FQVmptXpqEfEKw7IIVJ6s3Yc6eCBvh2Z0yBbicfYz11iR5sZRfiR0cE5_d7AksBWBRBo/s640/tumblr_lfhqo0N20A1qenp6wo1_500.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the independent labels I've been following is the UK based <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><b>Citinite, </b>a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_label" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Record label">record label</a> launched in 2006 which specializes in <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funktronic" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Funktronic">electrofunk</a>. Its artist roster is a mix of new artists, such as Jimmy Edgar's alterego <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Her_Bad_Habit&action=edit&redlink=1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #cc2200; text-decoration: none;" title="Her Bad Habit (page does not exist)">Her Bad Habit</a>, Miami's <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gosub&action=edit&redlink=1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #cc2200; text-decoration: none;" title="Gosub (page does not exist)">Gosub</a> and <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sweat.X&action=edit&redlink=1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #cc2200; text-decoration: none;" title="Sweat.X (page does not exist)">Sweat.X</a>, as well as older artists who helped pioneer the electrofunk genre, such as John Davis and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Lover" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Egyptian Lover">Egyptian Lover</a>.</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">My latest favorite on the label is </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Give It To Me Hot</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, a four track EP covering some of </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">the 80s funk group </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sexual Harrassment's </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;">timeless spacefunk hits such as </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;">‘I Need A Freak’ and ‘If I Gave You A Party’. The remix project features</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><strong style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dâm-Funk</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><strong style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lil’ Kenny</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><strong style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sweat.X</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;">,</span><strong style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Jimmy Edgar</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><strong style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">G.rizo</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><strong style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Robert O’Dell</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Funk is hands down still one the sexiest genres of music, and these re-electrofied joints didn't disappoint...say yes to 'I Need A Freak'!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> S E X U A L   H A R R A S S M E N T   'Give It To Me Hot' [citinite]</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F9484656&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=00ffe3"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F9484656&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=00ffe3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object></span> </span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/citinite/give-it-to-me-hot-ep-preview" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: small; white-space: pre-wrap;">Give It To Me Hot EP preview</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by </span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/citinite" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: small; white-space: pre-wrap;">citinite</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Check out some of the other artists on the roster</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wsIHw2uj-zf__qon1ieCK4rsHyPiy3U9e3t6Y2TOZFTnN_tRvUqi_guyoTm4b8DQWjQkRsk9heDebmyUNzT0Br0xMSjrtkQofq6Jzn0lOBopVz5jwuOJ_BbGI2ywuG7t0zGAH3Z_LmI/s1600/tumblr_lffun7Wziy1qenp6wo1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wsIHw2uj-zf__qon1ieCK4rsHyPiy3U9e3t6Y2TOZFTnN_tRvUqi_guyoTm4b8DQWjQkRsk9heDebmyUNzT0Br0xMSjrtkQofq6Jzn0lOBopVz5jwuOJ_BbGI2ywuG7t0zGAH3Z_LmI/s640/tumblr_lffun7Wziy1qenp6wo1_500.jpg" width="640" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://gosub.bandcamp.com/"><b>GOSUB</b></a> <b><i>Watchers from the Black Universe</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Miami's grandmaster of techno & electrofunk, GOSUB's got some killer joints on his latest Citinite release (originally released in 2007). Hailed as "the best electro album this year", </span><i style="font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;">Watchers from the Black Univers</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">e would be one of my choices for a soundtrack to astral traveling.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>“Brilliant. This is crystalline Drexciyan space-funk that’s so elegantly retro in places that you wonder how the genre is supposed to advance... Gosub’s slique disco number, ‘Strange City’, breaks the mould beautifully.” Vice</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small; line-height: 17px; white-space: normal;"><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" data="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=180010608/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=db14b4//" height="100" type="text/html" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=180010608/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=db14b4//"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="allowNetworking" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><object data="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=180010608/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=db14b4//" height="100" type="text/html" width="400"></object></object></span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/dezdickerson"></a></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/dezdickerson">DEZ DICKERSON</a> <i>Modernaire</i> (w/ Remixes) </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> <i>“A new release from the hottest label out there at the moment, Citinite. Produced for the soundtrack to the Prince film ‘Purple Rain’ in the ’80s, somehow the track was never released, until last week, when Citinite released it as a limited edition pressing of 777 copies on red vinyl. With an all-star cast on the writing and remix credits, this is</i><i> an instant classic.” Future Tone</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" data="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=3091388452/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=e02498//" height="100" type="text/html" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=3091388452/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=e02498//"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="allowNetworking" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><object data="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=3091388452/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=e02498//" height="100" type="text/html" width="400"></object></object> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://herbadhabit.bandcamp.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>HER BAD HABIT</b></span> </a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I Don’t Know (What You’re Doing To Me)</span></i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>“Citinite’s latest release finds wiz kid Jimmy Edgar skating intrepid down the neon avenues of the synth boogie metropolis. An orange meltdown of funky synth basslines illuminating a geodesic dome under which chromed-up androids jack riotously. 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LABEL TO WATCH: CITINITE

One of the independent labels I've been following is the UK based Citinite,  a  record label  launched in 2006 which specializes in  ele...

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