Showing posts with label union of sacred monsters. Show all posts
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Union of Sacred Monsters
Download two new tracks from the Union of Sacred Monsters, a collaborative effort from members of the Dope Sandwich crew. "Rat" is a crazy house party rocking, breakdancers' anthem. "Put it all together" is a laidback tune offering up a free lesson on how to make true school hip hop.
They will be unveiling the LP during the Savannah Urban Arts Festival [see the next post].
01-12-10 RJD2, The Constellations, Dope Sandwich @ Livewire
Wow. Tuesday's are usually reserved for hard chilling, or maybe the occasional foray down to Hip Hop Night at the Jinx. But last night was something special. RJD2, The Constellations (ATL), Dope Sandwich (SAV), and Happy Chichester (who I actually didn't see because I got there late, and I think his set time got bumped up at the last minute).
As I approached, I could hear the "Beautiful Mine" aka that RJ Beat used for the Mad Men theme. His live set was off the chain. It combined turntables, a beat machine, sampler and live instruments. The end result was powerful - all the awesomeness of RJD2 without the constraints of simple sequencer patterns or a DJ set.
Here's his rendition of "Ghostwriter" off Deadringer.
After he finished his set, by which time Livewire was packed to the gills and everybody was feeling good, the action shifted upstairs, where local hip hop group The Union of Sacred Monsters killed a fast and furious set mixing a couple new tracks with some old favorites. They also handed out 5 track sampler CDs with a few new joints off their upcoming album. Nice.
Like a couple of true gentlemen, USM wrapped just in time for The Constellations, an Atlanta-based group that I was unfamiliar with until last night, but who were impressive. (Their video is coming soon. I didn't have time to edit it yet.) They were a 6 or 7 piece band that was so deep they even had girls in mini-skirts singing back up and shaking tambourines. Their sound was a mix between 70s jam session super groups and early 90s grunge. Definitely keep an eye out for them in the future. They seemed to have a good time, and I think they'll be back once they finish the tour with RJ.
If you missed the video last week for RJ's new video "Let There Be Horns" - you should check it out.
As I approached, I could hear the "Beautiful Mine" aka that RJ Beat used for the Mad Men theme. His live set was off the chain. It combined turntables, a beat machine, sampler and live instruments. The end result was powerful - all the awesomeness of RJD2 without the constraints of simple sequencer patterns or a DJ set.
Here's his rendition of "Ghostwriter" off Deadringer.
After he finished his set, by which time Livewire was packed to the gills and everybody was feeling good, the action shifted upstairs, where local hip hop group The Union of Sacred Monsters killed a fast and furious set mixing a couple new tracks with some old favorites. They also handed out 5 track sampler CDs with a few new joints off their upcoming album. Nice.
Like a couple of true gentlemen, USM wrapped just in time for The Constellations, an Atlanta-based group that I was unfamiliar with until last night, but who were impressive. (Their video is coming soon. I didn't have time to edit it yet.) They were a 6 or 7 piece band that was so deep they even had girls in mini-skirts singing back up and shaking tambourines. Their sound was a mix between 70s jam session super groups and early 90s grunge. Definitely keep an eye out for them in the future. They seemed to have a good time, and I think they'll be back once they finish the tour with RJ.
If you missed the video last week for RJ's new video "Let There Be Horns" - you should check it out.
Video: Knife "Pariah"
I caught some of The Union of Sacred Monsters' show (Dope Sandwich) at Tantra on Saturday, and talked with Knife for a minute about all the stuff they've got coming up in the near future - including a single out Dec. 1, a couple of videos and an LP in February 2010. Our conversation reminded me how much I love this video, which was off Knife's 2000 Yard Stare back around '07. This could be one of the most hip hop videos that came out in this decade - Graffiti covered vans, breaking, DJs, low-budget visual effects and raw verses.
Union Of Sacred Monsters
The Dope Sandwich crew has formed like Voltron to create the Union of Sacred Monsters, a group featuring Basik Lee, Knife, Zone D, Righteous and Mr. Brown. After years of doing shows all over the place, hosting the longest running active event downtown (the Tuesday night weekly hip hop extravaganza at the Jinx), and dropping numerous mixtapes and solo projects, the crew has finally gotten around to putting out an EP of new material as the Union of Sacred Monsters.
Here is one of my favorite joints off the EP, which you can find on iTunes and other online music merchants.
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