Tuesday, December 20, 2011
SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT: JAN. 20TH AT THE NECTAR LOUNGE
This is going to be a big one y'all! I am honored to get the opportunity to share the stage with some great Seattle artists; Type, The Bad Tenants & Fictitious as well as the eccentric Minneapolis native, Prof. This show will be held Friday, Jan. 20th at the Nectar Lounge in Seattle. Tickets are available now through ticketweb, you can find the link here. More info on the flyer below!
Thursday, December 8, 2011
A SLANTED ROOM HOLIDAY GIFT
In celebration of a wonderful year filled with tremendous growth, both in our musical and personal lives (shouts out to baby Parker, the first baby of SRC!), I am going to be offering up my latest record, "Hero(in) Music", for free for the remainder of this month. So from now until Jan 1st, 2012, head over to my Bandcamp page to download the album.
This has been quite an amazing year. We have learned many lessons along the way and we are definitely heading into 2012 with a lot of positive momentum, I can't wait to see what the future holds! The support from everybody has been overwhelming and I can't thank you all enough. We've already got some big things lined up to kick off the new year, so stay tuned for some big announcements coming soon. I am very excited about the way things are headed. Thank you all so much for taking this journey with us.
Download link:
www.t11music.bandcamp.com
This has been quite an amazing year. We have learned many lessons along the way and we are definitely heading into 2012 with a lot of positive momentum, I can't wait to see what the future holds! The support from everybody has been overwhelming and I can't thank you all enough. We've already got some big things lined up to kick off the new year, so stay tuned for some big announcements coming soon. I am very excited about the way things are headed. Thank you all so much for taking this journey with us.
Download link:
www.t11music.bandcamp.com
Thursday, October 6, 2011
SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT: NOV. 9TH AT THE RENDEZVOUS!
I am proud to announce that I will be playing November 9th at the Rendezvous - JewelBox Theater in Seattle with the homies Sarx, Third Eye Theory and Atlantis Rizing (San Diego). It shall be a great way to kick off the fall season, hope to see you all there! Check the flyer for details!
HOT NEW MUSIC OF THE MONTH: MJ-12 - THE BEST IN OURSELVES
What up y'all?? It's been entirely too long since I have posted anything so I'm going to hit ya with a few things today. The first (and most exciting) is some new music from the homeboys mj-12. Let me give you a fair warning: this is not rap music. This music is probably not for everybody, but if you are somebody that can enjoy it then you are in for a real treat.
This album has that good problem of being hard to classify. It's not rock/punk, it's not really electronic and it's definitely not hip hop, but it has hints of all of these things. The best I can do is; ambient guitar-driven indy rock with a sprinkle of metal. I've never heard bad music that was hard to classify. To me that usually means that the artist is pulling creative influences from many different places to create a new, wholly unique, sound. That is definitely what is going on here and it is a beautiful thing.
mj-12 describe themselves as "a collaborative music project, initiated for the love of music and for the never ending quest of 'truth'". When I first read this I thought it was kind of funny, but that statement came into focus more and more and I listened through the songs. This album bleeds of truth. You can hear that the artists did not set out to create anything in particular. There is no formula to this album. There are no standards or rules. They simply made the music that they felt like making the way they felt like making it. It's honest music and it feels good, what more could you ask for?
Please enjoy this 7 track ep here.
mj-12 is: Anthony Wendelboe - guitar, noise. Cornell Brantley - drum programming.
the idea by mj-12
This album has that good problem of being hard to classify. It's not rock/punk, it's not really electronic and it's definitely not hip hop, but it has hints of all of these things. The best I can do is; ambient guitar-driven indy rock with a sprinkle of metal. I've never heard bad music that was hard to classify. To me that usually means that the artist is pulling creative influences from many different places to create a new, wholly unique, sound. That is definitely what is going on here and it is a beautiful thing.
mj-12 describe themselves as "a collaborative music project, initiated for the love of music and for the never ending quest of 'truth'". When I first read this I thought it was kind of funny, but that statement came into focus more and more and I listened through the songs. This album bleeds of truth. You can hear that the artists did not set out to create anything in particular. There is no formula to this album. There are no standards or rules. They simply made the music that they felt like making the way they felt like making it. It's honest music and it feels good, what more could you ask for?
Please enjoy this 7 track ep here.
mj-12 is: Anthony Wendelboe - guitar, noise. Cornell Brantley - drum programming.
the idea by mj-12
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
NEW SINGLE - UNIVERSE FEATURING ARALESS + SUMMER UPDATES
What up y'all? I hope all is well out there in the blogosphere. I know it's been a minute since I've posted anything but that doesn't mean that I've been sluffin' on the work. In fact I've been hard at work; recording some new material and preparing for the dopest show happening this summer, AUG. 29TH AT STUDIO SEVEN WITH MAC LETHAL (hit me up for tix, $8 adv!!!). Tickets are gonna go fast so hit me up soon if you wanna come party! These two things have been occupying the majority of my time but there is still a lot of other exciting things going on in our little slice of the world as well..
For one, after a couple months lay off, the homie DJ Corndogg got the infamous Jade Garden shows back up and running. Some concessions had to be made (it's now 21+ and only once a month) but in the end these changes are probably for the better. The next show will be held this Saturday, August 13th! Check the Black Magic Noize website for all the details.
In other news the homies DJ Corndogg and Nocturnal released the summer rendition of their Militia Mixtapes entitled "Little Homies/BMN Perverts". One half of which is a bunch of young up and coming emcees from the area and the other half is the dirty side of Black Magic Noize; including songs about love, thick women and oral sex. If you need some fun Hip Hop that will definitely make you laugh, check it out HERE, I highly recommend it!
As the summer rolls on and the barbeque's continue we are always in search of that one song to become our soundtrack for this special time of year. I think that me and my homie Araless just might have crafted a joint that very well could become your summertime jam.. A song to listen too while you're laying in the grass, staring at the stars next to that special someone. A song that forces you to question the philosophy of life and begs you to answer the question of "why are we really here?" A song about rap, for rappers, made by rappers. Without further ado, I present to you... Universe.
For one, after a couple months lay off, the homie DJ Corndogg got the infamous Jade Garden shows back up and running. Some concessions had to be made (it's now 21+ and only once a month) but in the end these changes are probably for the better. The next show will be held this Saturday, August 13th! Check the Black Magic Noize website for all the details.
In other news the homies DJ Corndogg and Nocturnal released the summer rendition of their Militia Mixtapes entitled "Little Homies/BMN Perverts". One half of which is a bunch of young up and coming emcees from the area and the other half is the dirty side of Black Magic Noize; including songs about love, thick women and oral sex. If you need some fun Hip Hop that will definitely make you laugh, check it out HERE, I highly recommend it!
As the summer rolls on and the barbeque's continue we are always in search of that one song to become our soundtrack for this special time of year. I think that me and my homie Araless just might have crafted a joint that very well could become your summertime jam.. A song to listen too while you're laying in the grass, staring at the stars next to that special someone. A song that forces you to question the philosophy of life and begs you to answer the question of "why are we really here?" A song about rap, for rappers, made by rappers. Without further ado, I present to you... Universe.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
I WILL BE OPENING FOR MAC LETHAL!!
That's right yo, it just got confirmed. When Mac Lethal heads to Seattle in August I will be among the opening acts! Also on the bill will be Seattle artists Sadistik and Sarx. This will be by far the biggest show I've ever done, I am very much looking forward to getting the opportunity to play in front of one of my biggest musical inspirations and getting a chance to rock in front of a bunch of new faces. The show is going to be August 29th at Studio Seven in Seattle. Tickets are on sale now through the Studio Seven website and I will have them personally within a week. Mac Lethal is touring in support of his new mixtape, North Korean BBQ which you can find HERE. I highly recommend checking it out, it is truly some of his deepest most heartfelt work to date. I will post when I've got tickets. They will be $8 straight up, no stupid fees or anything, if you get them from me personally. Hit me up if you have any questions, more info coming soon. In the mean time.. LETS CELEBRATE!!!!
Saturday, July 9, 2011
SHOW RECAP/NEW MUSIC
First off, thank you to everybody who came out to the show last night and helped make it a giant success. The Shipwreck Tavern is a super dope venue in West Seattle and they played a great host to our event. Props to the owner Chip for the welcoming hospitality. What a super cool dude he is. Big ups to the AudioDose Crew for putting it together, it looks like this is becoming a monthly affair so be on the look out next month for a similar event.
It was fun to get away from my familiar stomping grounds of Everett and play a show in front of mostly new faces. The support out there was great and it was good to have some of some of my Black Magic and Slanted Room family in the house. I look forward to getting down south more often and meeting more fans, friends & fellow musicians.
All of the artists killed it, props to the homie Moth1ne for delivering an inspiring performance, Auraswon for being the flyest dressed host in the whole damn city and to the whole AudioDose crew for putting on such an important, amazing event. Our scene needs this, the sense of community at this show was through the roof. Such an amazing night. Thank you to everybody involved!
On a separate note, I have put together a little sampler containing snippets of 3 new songs that I've been working on. They are all rough drafts at this point and will all probably change a lot before I ever put them out for realsies. I just thought I would share with you a little sample of what's to come. Enjoy!
2k11 Sneak Peek by t11
1. All I Know How To Be
2. Purpose Redux w/ Danz Kalbern (on the beat)
3. Keep Fighting w/ Auraswon
It was fun to get away from my familiar stomping grounds of Everett and play a show in front of mostly new faces. The support out there was great and it was good to have some of some of my Black Magic and Slanted Room family in the house. I look forward to getting down south more often and meeting more fans, friends & fellow musicians.
All of the artists killed it, props to the homie Moth1ne for delivering an inspiring performance, Auraswon for being the flyest dressed host in the whole damn city and to the whole AudioDose crew for putting on such an important, amazing event. Our scene needs this, the sense of community at this show was through the roof. Such an amazing night. Thank you to everybody involved!
On a separate note, I have put together a little sampler containing snippets of 3 new songs that I've been working on. They are all rough drafts at this point and will all probably change a lot before I ever put them out for realsies. I just thought I would share with you a little sample of what's to come. Enjoy!
2k11 Sneak Peek by t11
1. All I Know How To Be
2. Purpose Redux w/ Danz Kalbern (on the beat)
3. Keep Fighting w/ Auraswon
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
FRIDAY JULY 8TH
My next show will be this Friday, July 8th, at the Shipwreck Tavern in West Seattle. Joining me on the bill will be my Slanted Room conglomerate, Moth1ne, along with Audio Visual & Mezus on the wheels of steel. This lovely affair is being put on by the AudioDose crew and my homie Auraswon will be hosting! This will be my first show since the release party, as well as my first show of the summer, so expect to hear a lot of new stuff delivered with scads of energy! Shall be a fun night and I hope to see you all there!! I believe the festivities will be kicking off at 9:00. More info on the flyer below.
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Monday, June 27, 2011
TWO DOPE SHOWS
If this last week is any indication of what the summer is going to be like in terms of Hip Hop shows in the Seattle area, then we are in for a long, fruitful journey. I attended two shows this last week and both of them were significant and dope as hell, each for different reasons and in their own ways.
The first show I went to was the Grieves & Budo "Together/Apart" release party at Neumos on 6/20. This was a GIANT event for our local scene seeing as how it's Grieves' Rhymesayers debut. And it lived up to the expectations for a show of that stature. Lots of people (especially for a Monday), dope opening acts (Sapient, Type & Mr. Lif), and a general good buzz in the air. This was an accomplishment for our city and you could feel the warm fuzzy feeling spread throughout Neumos that night.
All of the acts killed it, but the one performance that stuck out to me the most was Mr. Lif's.. This is a dude that I have seen once before, I think during a Perceptionists set, and a dude that I have had lots of respect for in the past, but I've never been a hardcore like I gotta buy all of his records day-one type of fan.. This performance changed me. Music to me is about evolution. I feel like artists that have long, successful careers are the artists that are conscience of evolution. Artists that let themselves evolve. You can't keep putting out the same tracks year after year, eventually we are going to catch on. This was a different Mr. Lif than the Mr. Lif I saw a few years back. His energy level was through the roof and he mixed it up nicely at the end with a couple of jams that featured a live drummer, bassist and a lady that played piano and sang. Those songs were amazing and he said that they were working on a project as that group which gets me excited. I am now a Mr. Lif Super Fan and will probably buy all of his new stuff day one. Great performance!!!
Mr. Lif - Phantom
The next show I went to was the Heart Shaped Beretta Tour featuring Ecid, Carnage & Span Phly at the Lo Fi Performance Gallery on 6/25. This show is of special significance to me because I got to finally meet a long time musical acquaintance of mine, Span Phly, who produced most of "Right Where I Belong" and a good chunk of my latest record "Hero(in) Music". I first talked to him a few years back when MySpace was the hot way to network with other musicians. It was around the time I was just getting serious about doing music. A time when I was new and ignorant to everything and didn't know how to make beats (or where to get them) and didn't have the equipment to record or do anything myself. Span was a pretty dope, established producer whos hard hitting melodic beats caught my ear. We talked a few times via email back and forth and have since established a pretty consistent working relationship. It has been great to work with him over these last couple of years but it was an even greater pleasure to get to meet and talk with him in person this last weekend.
Everyone at the show killed it. On top of being a dope producer Span Phly is also a murderous Emcee who's set blew me away. Carnage provided some nice variety with a beatboxing set that featured tributes to many of raps fallen heroes, with an especially awe-inspiring performance of Star Destroyer, a tribute to Eyedea. Local support was provided by Graves33 who did a nice job performing as well as bringing out the troops to support the touring acts. There was a decent crowd that night at the Lo-Fi and a great time was had by all! Props to Araless for rolling out with me and to my girlfriend Whitney for being the dopest designated driver in our domain!
Span Phly - Save Me
Carnage - Star Destroyer
Sorry about the crappy quality of the Carnage video, it was super dark in there!!
The first show I went to was the Grieves & Budo "Together/Apart" release party at Neumos on 6/20. This was a GIANT event for our local scene seeing as how it's Grieves' Rhymesayers debut. And it lived up to the expectations for a show of that stature. Lots of people (especially for a Monday), dope opening acts (Sapient, Type & Mr. Lif), and a general good buzz in the air. This was an accomplishment for our city and you could feel the warm fuzzy feeling spread throughout Neumos that night.
All of the acts killed it, but the one performance that stuck out to me the most was Mr. Lif's.. This is a dude that I have seen once before, I think during a Perceptionists set, and a dude that I have had lots of respect for in the past, but I've never been a hardcore like I gotta buy all of his records day-one type of fan.. This performance changed me. Music to me is about evolution. I feel like artists that have long, successful careers are the artists that are conscience of evolution. Artists that let themselves evolve. You can't keep putting out the same tracks year after year, eventually we are going to catch on. This was a different Mr. Lif than the Mr. Lif I saw a few years back. His energy level was through the roof and he mixed it up nicely at the end with a couple of jams that featured a live drummer, bassist and a lady that played piano and sang. Those songs were amazing and he said that they were working on a project as that group which gets me excited. I am now a Mr. Lif Super Fan and will probably buy all of his new stuff day one. Great performance!!!
Mr. Lif - Phantom
The next show I went to was the Heart Shaped Beretta Tour featuring Ecid, Carnage & Span Phly at the Lo Fi Performance Gallery on 6/25. This show is of special significance to me because I got to finally meet a long time musical acquaintance of mine, Span Phly, who produced most of "Right Where I Belong" and a good chunk of my latest record "Hero(in) Music". I first talked to him a few years back when MySpace was the hot way to network with other musicians. It was around the time I was just getting serious about doing music. A time when I was new and ignorant to everything and didn't know how to make beats (or where to get them) and didn't have the equipment to record or do anything myself. Span was a pretty dope, established producer whos hard hitting melodic beats caught my ear. We talked a few times via email back and forth and have since established a pretty consistent working relationship. It has been great to work with him over these last couple of years but it was an even greater pleasure to get to meet and talk with him in person this last weekend.
Everyone at the show killed it. On top of being a dope producer Span Phly is also a murderous Emcee who's set blew me away. Carnage provided some nice variety with a beatboxing set that featured tributes to many of raps fallen heroes, with an especially awe-inspiring performance of Star Destroyer, a tribute to Eyedea. Local support was provided by Graves33 who did a nice job performing as well as bringing out the troops to support the touring acts. There was a decent crowd that night at the Lo-Fi and a great time was had by all! Props to Araless for rolling out with me and to my girlfriend Whitney for being the dopest designated driver in our domain!
Span Phly - Save Me
Carnage - Star Destroyer
Sorry about the crappy quality of the Carnage video, it was super dark in there!!
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
HEY THERE BLOG PEOPLE
Since myspace is dead and facebook makes posting music for a young, unestablished, lad like myself a pain in the ass, I'm starting this blog to keep people up to date on what's going on in my world and the world of some of my close friends and companions. It's going to focus mostly on music, but I will also throw in other things related to Hip Hop culture and our beautiful little scene here in the Pacific Northwest.
To kick things off, the release party for my debut LP, Hero(in) Music, was last Friday at the Anchor Pub in Everett, WA.. and it was fucking aweeeesome!! It went 100x's better then I ever would have imagined. Lots of good friends came out to support and all of the artists killed it. I will have pictures up here soon and hopefully a little treat in the form of a live recording sometime in the coming weeks. Big time thank yous to everybody that helped make it possible; to all of the artists, Auraswon, Nocturnal, Moth1ne & DJ Corndogg, to Moshae for holdin down the DJ duties all night, to the homie Ellsnorth for playing drums with me, to the Anchor Pub for supplying the venue, and an extra special enormous thank you hug goes out to my man Madshroom MC for holdin down the hosting duties, performing, and for just generally keeping fools in check and making sure things run smoothly! It couldn't have been as dope as it was without all of you so thanks!
For those of you that couldn't make it to the release party, or didn't have the baller status 5 dollars it cost to buy the record, it is now available on iTunes, CDbaby and at both the Northgate and Seattle Silver Platters locations. I'm working on getting it into Easy Street, but for now you'll have to settle for one of these other fine distribution outlets.
As a little treat in celebration of the new blog and the new record, I'm going to post a free download of the first two songs off the record. "If Jesus was an Addict" and the first single, "Intoxicated". Find them below! Get em while they're hot! Spread the love! Tell your friends! FREE downloads!
If Jesus was an Addict by t11
Intoxicated by t11
If for some reason the download links are not working, holler in the comments and I will fix it.
Thanks for coming through. I'm going to try and post updates at least once a week, maybe more if there is a lot going on. I am very new to this so please be a little patience with me as I iron out a few of the wrinkles. Hopefully this grows to be a good source of news, entertainment and updates for all of the Slanted Room/Black Magic Noize family members/friends & fans out there. That's the plan!
To kick things off, the release party for my debut LP, Hero(in) Music, was last Friday at the Anchor Pub in Everett, WA.. and it was fucking aweeeesome!! It went 100x's better then I ever would have imagined. Lots of good friends came out to support and all of the artists killed it. I will have pictures up here soon and hopefully a little treat in the form of a live recording sometime in the coming weeks. Big time thank yous to everybody that helped make it possible; to all of the artists, Auraswon, Nocturnal, Moth1ne & DJ Corndogg, to Moshae for holdin down the DJ duties all night, to the homie Ellsnorth for playing drums with me, to the Anchor Pub for supplying the venue, and an extra special enormous thank you hug goes out to my man Madshroom MC for holdin down the hosting duties, performing, and for just generally keeping fools in check and making sure things run smoothly! It couldn't have been as dope as it was without all of you so thanks!
For those of you that couldn't make it to the release party, or didn't have the baller status 5 dollars it cost to buy the record, it is now available on iTunes, CDbaby and at both the Northgate and Seattle Silver Platters locations. I'm working on getting it into Easy Street, but for now you'll have to settle for one of these other fine distribution outlets.
As a little treat in celebration of the new blog and the new record, I'm going to post a free download of the first two songs off the record. "If Jesus was an Addict" and the first single, "Intoxicated". Find them below! Get em while they're hot! Spread the love! Tell your friends! FREE downloads!
If Jesus was an Addict by t11
Intoxicated by t11
If for some reason the download links are not working, holler in the comments and I will fix it.
Thanks for coming through. I'm going to try and post updates at least once a week, maybe more if there is a lot going on. I am very new to this so please be a little patience with me as I iron out a few of the wrinkles. Hopefully this grows to be a good source of news, entertainment and updates for all of the Slanted Room/Black Magic Noize family members/friends & fans out there. That's the plan!
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