Monday, May 23, 2011

NEW Kickstarter Campaign/Own MY MPC!

So myself & Random have once again launched a Kickstarter campaign, this time with the goal to raise funds to go perform at the UK's biggest anime convention- The London Anime Con. We soft-launched the campaign last Friday and when i woke up Saturday morning after a show with Ran, to my surprise/delight, we had, via the graciousness of a backer named "Beaker" who copped our ULTIMATE FAN PACKAGE, reached our goal!  However, the plan is to take an entourage of fellow artists, namely producers of Random, to the UK and thus I'm here to tell you all about one of the really cool levels of backing available which involves 1 lucky fan receiving my very own Akai MPC 2000XL!

Yes indeed,  i'm giving away my beloved MPC (pictured above) which i essentially used to produce ALL the Panacea albums as well as the Forever Famicom album! I'm gonna put a protective, customized & signed Neosonic Productions skin on the sampler too and ship it out to the lucky recipient who snags the pricey $2,000 package! Don't worry about my productivity taking a hit either as i have a couple MPCs i have amassed over the last 10 years PLUS i actually use Native Instruments amazing Maschine to produce these days ;) So for those super-fans who wanna help a good cause & get some cool memorabilia in the process, this is your opportunity...


If you really wanna get your ears on my next solo project, this is the way to do it, as pretty much all levels of backing get you an advance download and/or CD of my forthcoming EP- The Ronin. Any support is appreciated! See you in London!!

K

Monday, May 9, 2011

12 Step Program (Instrumentals)

Due to fan demand, we recently made the instrumentals for Panacea's 12 Step Program available for purchase. I am honored that so many people requested the instros as my approach to this album, like most other Panacea albums, was definitely to create soundscapes through my arrangements and the album is pretty fun to listen to stripped down to just the music, but couldn't have been the album it was without my partner-in-rhyme Raw Poetic's vocal contriubtions.  Shouts to Rodrigo Pradel for the ill artwork; Enjoy & stay tuned for the next Panacean adventure in 2012!

K

Sunday, May 8, 2011

A Song for Moms

Was trying to find a cool song to post to show my love & appreciation to all the mothers out there today, and then it donned on me that 10 years ago i helped my homie Wes Felton pay homage to his mom (Cynthia) with the following song "Mother".  So consider this my tribute to ALL the mom's out there, especially my own mom, Karen, who has been my greatest inspiration and ALWAYS encouraged me to chase my dreams... and thats why i love her!  Thanx mom ;)

K

Thursday, May 5, 2011

"Thank YOU For Listening!" (Music Video)

It only took me 2 months to edit all the footage myself & Random accrued while on the road earlier this year, but i managed to put together a cool little music video for our song "Thank You For Listening".  This marks my video directorial debut, lol, and overall i'm happy with the product and actually amped to collect more footage so i can do another one soon!  I'd be remiss not to shout out the following people: Storyville aka the short dude with the headphones who is a dope producer/emcee/engineer in his own right; Larry aka "The Count" for handling the camera work and being an awesome tour manager; And of course all the people we met and kicked it with in Austin @ SxSW & Chicago @ C2E2... as well as all our fans around the world... thank YOU for listening.  Enjoy!

K