The Ebony Bed - Lucid City

Thinking about the project that is The Ebony Bed spurs a gamut of emotions in my head as YEARS went into the creation of this album's music and more time is still being spent into fleshing out the concept/story behind it visually.  This album is the brainchild of myself, singer/songwriter Alona & graphic designer Aaron Hill, who have all spent over 3+ years turning an idea that started from my remixing Alona's song "The Missing" into a full-blown creative & very collaborative project.  The process of creating Lucid City was so different than what i was accustomed to- mainly because the two main emcees i work with, Raw Poetic of Panacea/RPM & Random aka Mega Ran, spoil me as they write/record fast!  However, this album's extensive recording really taught me patience, and though i wanted it to come out like two summers ago, i am proud of the end result and very excited about releasing the visual element to Lucid City as well later this summer/fall.  We got CDs, tee shirts and more about the actual story behind The Ebony Bed concept on deck, but tide yourselves over till then by digitally purchasing the 14-track album which also features appearances from my aforementioned partner-in-rhyme (Raw P) & cuts from my favorite DJ- Damu The Fudgemunk.

K

The Ronin

So earlier this year, i was listening through a bunch of songs on my hard drive that i had done which were literally wandering around, trying to find a home on some kind of album or project.  These songs were dope but being as though i love conceptualizing everything, i decided to make a concept out of the lack of not having one and hence the reference to the masterless samurai of feudal Japan aka the Ronin.  The tracks that make up this 7 song EP were recorded over the last 3 years and each feature a unique emcee and sound- much like the rag-tag but formidable group of Ronin samurai of one of my favorite stories- Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, which was adapted a few years ago into one of my fave anime series...

Its no wander this EP has such a samurai motif as i felt like the legendary sword-maker Hattori Hanzo meticulously mixing & mastering this EP the same way he'd scrupulously craft a blade!  And thus i'm happy to present my latest solo project, The Ronin, which is out now on Bandcamp digitally, and will be available shortly on iTunes, Amazon, etc.  Also, i got CD copies on deck featuring exclusive artwork by artist Rodrigo Pradel as well as the album's instrumentals ;)

K

K-Os - "The Aviator" (Neosonic Remix)

So this is the first free remix in my "1,000 Likes" campaign i'm doing to try and garner more attention for Neosonic Productions (aka my record label/music services company); Basically, for every 100 "Likes"/Fans we get over on the NEW Facebook Fan Page, i'll release a free exclusive remix i did that i've never made available (for free before).  The goal I'm trying to get to is 1,000 Likes by years end which means 10 FREE REMIXES ;) Fair enough? Cool!


Anyhow, down to business about this gem which i made for a remix contest i entered 2 & 1/2 years ago. The winner was to appear on the official remix project for K-Os' Yes! album, and though i received mad props from fellow entrants, i was ultimately disqualified from winning because i had used a 2 sec snippet from the Transformers theme though we were asked to use NO samples... and that did me in  :( Shouts to my bro Damu The Fudgemunk for the ill cuts.  Hopefully i'll get to work with K-Os on something original in the future, he's a cool ass cat and one of my favorite progressive hip-hop artists of this generation!

K