ALEX B. (of PNUMA) & DJ/ RUPTURE
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20th
@ SOUNDLAB
ALEX B. (of PNUMA)
Those familiar with Alex B already know that he tends to take a layered approach to everything, especially his music. The tracks on “Moments” are intricately crafted with painstaking care and attention to detail — a careful mix of analog and digital sounds elevated by imaginative samples and the insight of a classically trained musician. The result is a blend of timeless warmth and future beats that is as easily adaptable to introspective time with headphones as it is to group mania on a mobbed dance floor… his live shows hit hard and heavy, smashing the clubs every time.
“Moments”, his first full-length, was released not only on 1320 Records, but also his own highly-regarded “Elm&Oak” label (which he’s exploded into a creative hub for graphic design, clothing, graffiti, photography and event promotion). The album release was a huge success, kicking off the tour at LA’s famed “Low End Theory”, the authority on up-and-coming bass music. LA Times did quite an article welcoming him in. Since then, he’s embarked on major tours, hit the festival circuit in a huge way, including Moogfest, done a mix of original tracks for Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder, appeared on BBC Radio 1’s ultra-famous “Mary Ann Hobbs Show”, and collaborated and/or shared the stage with folks like Prefuse 73, Flying Lotus, Break Science,
Lotus, Eliot Lipp, and countless, countless others.
“Whether he is remixing Dilla or creating patchwork masterpieces, his resourcefulness is as prominent as his passion. Be on the lookout for his full-length album.” – URB Magazine
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DJ/ RUPTURE
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As Mary Anne Hobbes said on her BBC 1 show, “You won’t find another musician as agile and reckless as DJ /rupture.” He’s performed in over 30 countries, released records on Soul Jazz & Tigerbeat6, DJ’ed in a band with Norah Jones, done two John Peel Sessions, and was turntable soloist with the 80-member Barcelona Symphony Orchestra. Rupture’s fans include Robert Plant and that hot person you saw on the street yesterday but were afraid to talk to. His recent album, Uproot, was named one of the 10 Best Albums of 2008 by Pitchfork.
What’s Rupture sound like? A border-crossing bass visionary. His dynamic live sets simultaneously partyrock and suggest complex political undertones. Download his highly-influential Gold Teeth Thief mix from 2001. A four-star review in VIBE Magazine praised it as a “stunning, globe-trotting, three-turntable mix” that “captures the spirit of the best bootleg mixes–bumping, brash, and without borders.”
The New York Times calls Rupture “a thoughtful pipeline for music from countless distant and obscure outposts.”
Each Wednesday evening from 7-8pm, Rupture hosts a radio show on NYC-area FM station WFMU, 91.1 fm, featuring lots of international exclusives and live guests. You can listen online & stream the archives. Rupture’s show is re-broadcast weekly on local FM stations in Belgium, Croatia, France.
Rupture has just released an album with guitarist Andy Moor (The Ex), called Patches. This fall the Agriculture Records in NYC will release a follow-up to Uproot, called Solar Life Raft.