JMP Live Presents Emancipator, Harpers Ferry, 3.26.10

Emancipator’s intricate, artful beats have earned him the kind of organic success 99% of artists only dream about. His debut album “Soon It Will Be Cold Enough,” was released only in Japan, but it filtered out into the rest of the world thanks to determined fans who got the music before the label did, ordered the expensive import or donated money in exchange for mp3s. But in September 2009, the album will be released September 8th 2009 in the U.S. on STS9’s own 1320 Records. The re-release is timed with Emancipator’s first North American tour, 10 performances across the country including three stops with Pretty Lights in the southeastern U.S and appearances at Trinumeral Festival in Asheville and Symbiosis Gathering in Yosemite.

“Emancipator’s debut album ‘Soon It Will Be Cold Enough’ beautifully mixes hip hop beats with guitar feedback and a delicate piano melody,” Rolling Stone says. “You can feel his energy when he performs. His face lights up and you can see how much he enjoys the music.” Other reviews call the music “chill but captivating,” “fresh, clean production and sweet melodies,” and “damn cool.” Because it’s impossible to pin Emancipator to a specific genre, his fans struggle to describe the music: “Um, it’s really pretty, but like with SICK beats.”

Getting the evening started will be local hot new act Steady Knock, check out some of their tracks at their myspace.

Also Supporting will be Wobblesauce! Based out of Boston, Wobblesauce brings us an eclectic mix of live electronic funk, rock, and dance music! Combining Mike McCarthy’s sick-nasty synth lines and Derek Stromsta’s soulfully Santana-like licks on the guitar, the newer members Jake Boynton (Bass) and Cody Rountree (Drums) hold it down on the rhythm section. There’s a little bit of everything for everyone on their 14-track EP, so download it FOR FREE at http://wobblesauce.com/

Harpers Ferry, 158 Brighton Avenue, Allston, MA
Doors 8pm, $15, 18+

Vibesquad & Big Gigantic: Crunkadelic Bass Music at Harpers Ferry, 3.12.10

JMP Live Presents:
Vibesquad & Big Gigantic 
Friday March 12th
Harper’s Ferry
18+ Doors 8pm $15

VibeSquaD

In 1989 it was off to college in Massachussetts right as Phish was emerging as the new deal in east coast psy-jam culture. Then it was all about Jazz for a few years. i studied w/ saxophonist/composer Yusef Lateef and played jazz guitar for 8 hourz per day. then i discovered samplers! Joined a band called Boogie Shoes from Chicago and toured for 3 years straight (95-97) playin hiphop/live band flava (like the beasties w/ a funk band) until that wore out. Then i dropped out of music for a couple of years…

Then i Joined Denver’s Future Jazz Project in 2001. I made a kids CD called “Kids Are Funky, Too” in 2002. In 2003 Zilla appeared out of thin air (long story), in 2006 we started Sporque w/ Ooah (Glitch Mob) & Jamie Janover. I played my 1st VibeSquad set at Symbiosis Gathering 2006 (30 minutes long right before the Zilla set), but 2007 wast the year that VibeSquad really got rollin: releasing ep’s “Return of the Pudding People” & “Songs to Accompany Dance Move: The Worm” on NativeSate and Proboscis & playing numerous live sets Colorado, Oregon, California, BC, Texas, & BlackRockCity…. 2008 is starting off with a bang!

I listen to mostly electronic music these days (havent picked up my guitar in quite a while). I love making music with a computer.

i like so many artists that it is silly to make a list. my friends are my biggest musical heroes these days. i listen to lots of idm/downtempo/dubstep/electro/glitchhop/breakbeat/ but these genre names are getting silly already lets just say i LOVE BASS & ill beats in all of their glorious formz.

Big Gigantic 

Boulder, Colorado’s Big Gigantic have been killing the live electronic music scene as of late. In the past few months, Big Gigantic went from playing a few club gigs around Colorado to opening for STS9, playing upcoming shows with Shpongle and Bassnectar, headlining shows through the South East and hitting summer festivals throughout the country. 

Big Gigantic is the Latest project from Dominic Lalli (Motet saxophonist/producer) and drummer Jeremy Salken. The two-man sound-machine of Lalli and Salken showcases an array of gripping composition combining elements of a DJ and a live band setup, mixing thoughtful melodic ideas, with pulsating dance tunes. Big Gigantic flavors the electronic music scene with powerful sax solos and soulful synth lines on top of super hot beats. 

Download Big Gigantic: Fire It Up! Here

JMP Live Presents Four Tet, 2.18.10 (Middle East) & Dub War NYC, 2.20.10

Four Tet is the name used by Kieran Hebden (born 1977 in Putney, London, UK) for his experimental electronic music-oriented solo efforts, to differentiate from his work with post-rock band Fridge.

Hebden’s solo work typically utilises samples lifted from various sources including hip-hop, electronica, techno, jazz, and folk mixed with his own guitar playing. Four Tet shares some stylistic similarities with other musicians, such as Prefuse 73, who use computer editing techniques that give the music a staccato, cut-up feel. Hebden’s music is notable for its rich, organic sounds and harmonious melodies as well as for eschewing the traditional pop-song format in favour of a more abstract approach.

Kieran Hebden began releasing material as Four Tet in 1998 with the 36 minute and 25 second single “Thirtysixtwentyfive” on Trevor Jackson’s Output Recordings label. Later that year, he released a second single, the jazz-influenced “Misnomer”. 1999’s “Dialogue”, again on Output, was Four Tet’s first full-length album release and fused hip-hop drum lines with dissonant jazz samples. This was followed by the double A-side single “Glasshead”/”Calamine”, which was to be Four Tet’s last release on Output.

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Make sure you don’t miss Dub War’s rare Boston appearance! The whole crew will be coming for a night of dirty dub step that will rock Harpers to the ground! Here are the details:

JMP Live Presents
Dub War NYC Featuring Joe Nice, Juakali, & Dave Q
@ Harpers Ferry
Saturday 2/20/10
Doors 8pm 18+ $15

Dub War will be supported by
ELECTRONICAnonymous 
http://www.facebook.com/pages/ELECTRONICAnonymous/34992052292?ref=ts

Blue Boy Productions
http://www.blueboyproductions.net/

Bring your friends and show NYC how we do it in Boston!

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purchase tickets @ http://www.venuevents.net/event/776

Rise/JMP Live Phenway post-Phish afterparty this sunday 5.30.09

You may have heard of this band called "Phish" who happens to be playing at Fenway Park this coming sunday. If you haven't, well, you're probably out of luck when it comes to scoring tickets to see their show if you were intent on discovering them for the first time. And if you have heard of them and have followed them religiously over the past 20 years, well, getting tix probably wasn't any easier for you either. 

But don't fret, JMP Live and Club Rise have come to the rescue, bringing you some great local house and dubstep DJ's for you to check out later on that night after the concert at Fenway ends. I honestly haven't heard of DJ Harry before, but I just checked out his website and looks to be a good choice for Rise. He has a long list of credentials, from a radio show on Sirius, to released music on Pangea Recordings, licensing his music to companies such as ABC and Magic Hat, and multiple write-ups in Urb magazine. Not bad! Pandai'a and Incyde, two people who are no strangers to Boston's ubiquitous dubstep scene are also on the lineup. We also have Mike Swells, who has a great deal of experience at the helm at Rise and has been a resident there for years. Check out his WMC promo mix here! 

This sunday night/monday morning, right after the Phish show. Doors open at 11!

Biodiesel @ Middle East and So Dope Afterhours @ Rise pics uploaded!

Even though my computer is down I did manage to sneak into the Mac store to get these pics uploaded. Mad props to Apple's staff for installing Adobe CS4 suite on these things, actually it's pretty tough to break myself away from the 17" macbook I'm posting this on right now...wish I had a cool $3k to blow on it ;)

Biodiesel at Middle East upstairs (5.14.09)

So Dope Afterhours at Rise featuring Hyphy Crunk (5.15.09) 

JMP Live presents Future Rock (5.3.09) & Biodiesel (5.14.09)

JMP Live is a Boston-based production company involved with hosting electronic bands all around the area. They have been throwing shows for several years in a variety of venues, including the Roxy, Bills Bar, and the Middle East. From the looks of it they put a great deal of work into not only promoting their shows, but also utilizing talented videographers, designers, and photographers to promote their work online. Check their site out at www.jmplive.com for their upcoming schedule. I had a chance to meet Kyle from JMP yesterday and was definitely a cool kid. Definitely recommend checking out their upcoming events.

Their current site has a good amount of information and media downloads (video, audio, etc) from past shows, however they are about to launch their new site so there will be a lot of layout enhancements as well.


Future Rock @ Harpers Ferry
Sunday May 3rd 2009
18+, $15 Tickets
Tickets on sale here

Here's a couple Future Rock vids from their youtube channel:

Shout Out Out Out Out opening!

Biodiesel @ Middle East
Thursday, May 14th
18+, $15 tickets
Tickets will be available soon on jmplive.com

Biodiesel puts on a good show, I saw them the last time they rolled through town at Bills Bar. Very energetic band and they incorporate a lot of tempo changes in their jams to keep things unpredictable. They tend to bring in various styles of popular electronic music and heard everything from dubstep to drum & bass incorporated into the show. Here's a youtube video I found of part of that Boston show:

Here is an MP3 link from Brothers Past (from Biodiesel's) last solo show at the Middle East, from a few weeks ago. Haven't listened to this myself yet, but thanks to Kyle for sending me the link. Taped by Jon Vasil and mastered by Rich Steele.

Brothers Past: Live at the Middle East, 4.9.2009
Tracklist:

01 - Dead Clowns
02 - Big Blue Apples ->
03 - Can You Keep A Secret? ->
04 - Getaway Somehow ->
05 - Lets Start A Gang ->
06 - Catharsis

01 - ...What's On Your Mind jam(1) ->
02 - Everything Must Go ->
03 - Bottlecap -> (2)
04 - Big Blue Apples
05 - banter
06 - Words Like Weapons ->
07 - Squeeze
08 - encore break
09 - Too Late To Call

More info on archive.org