Architextual Design is finally here!

My good people. Two things.

1. This Tuesday, November 30th, my album 'Architextual Design' is coming out from Tru Ruts. This is my best foot forward as a solo artist. My first real, full length album. A concept album. An album about pyramids, family structure and the social, artistic and spritual foundations on which we stand. It's epic, it's funky, it's clever, it's bouncy, it's somber, it's introspective and it's party music. It's Architextual Design.

I produced and recorded the whole thing my self with help from friends and family. There's guest rappers, singers, beat makers and poets. I did the album design and I took the photos in Mexico.

Show love and download it. Share it with your friends and spread the word. This is the cultivation of my work as a human being to date.

2. Friday December 3rd, I'm celebrating it's release at Hell's Kitchen in Downtown Minneapolis. I have a killer line up, a bad ass dj, some video in the works and maybe I'll even have cd's for sale. Cross your fingers.

If you only come to one of my shows this year, this should be it.

$5. 18+. Parking ramp next door (cheap).

Mayda
Guante
Fresh Squeeze
Heidi Barton Stink
See More Perspective

Tables turned by The Rube.

It wont be the same without you.

Hey folks, I wanted to share a few links with you and perhaps catch you up on some free music that I am immensely proud of. Take a listen and feel free to download this hard work (for free), and of course, share with anyone you think may dig it.

Here's the 3rd and latest track from my Boombox Emporium, a free monthly music series. Check out the two tracks from September and October, too. These are thoughtful, playful and carefully crafted tracks, not something thrown out to meet a quota of new material. Lot's more collabs and other goodies to come.

http://truruts.bandcamp.com/track/pyramids-ganzobean-remix-see-more-perspective

Next is my latest halloween music adventure. This is my first collaboration with Dameun strange as we unite to form "Strange Perspective". This is more Dia de los Muertos than Halloween and it jumps off of a Jazz Funeral concept. It's playful, smart and efficient.

http://truruts.bandcamp.com/album/strange-perspective-the-lost-souls-boys-choir-in-jazz-funeral

check out our city pages interview here: http://www.citypages.com/2010-10-27/music/strange-perspective-united-by-ghostly-tales/

In addition, and in closing, the 'Architextual Design' campaign is on and poppin'. My full length solo debut is revving at the gates for a 11.30.10 release and a wonderful show 12.03.10. featuring MAYDA, GUANTE, FRESH SQUEEZE, HEIDI BARTON STINK and THE RUBE. I can't tell you how great this will be, because it truly is something you'll need to experience yourself. I t just won't be the same without you.

Thanks and Love,

SEE

Pyramids remix!

"November’s installment of ‘See More Perspective’s Boombox Emporium’, an eclectic, monthly free music series, presents a spectacular remix of a Chicago underground classic. ‘Pyramids’ interweaves loose cultural allegories of See More’s Mexican heritage and its relationship to African history while drawing parallels to ancient civilizations and modern day hip hop. The inspired, electro-funky remix, featuring an upgraded chorus and a new verse, delves deeper into these multicultural undertones and brings out the idea of how hip hop and its practitioners are building cultural monuments for the ages. Just the kind of casual, big picture yet party appropriate philosophy you can expect from SEE MORE PERSPECTIVE. Ganzobean has been busy producing tracks for local legend Musab, touring with the likes of Abstract Rude and just released a free EP dedicated to Jack White."

Strange Perspective and The Lost Souls Boys Choir in Jazz Funeral

The album came out:





and it's still out. Get it here:
http://truruts.bandcamp.com/album/strange-perspective-the-lost-souls-boys-choir-in-jazz-funeral

it was reviewed and loved by City Pages:
http://www.citypages.com/2010-10-27/music/strange-perspective-united-by-ghostly-tales/

and we threw a hell of a halloween party with ridiculous, mind-bending performances and the best damned halloween atmosphere you could ever ask for complete with a psychic and sideshow oddities:

Introducing 'Strange Perspective'

As you may have heard, I have a new group with the very talented Dameun Strange as 'Strange Perspective'. We're kicking off our new collaborative effort with a Halloween album in the tradition of 'Return to El Guante's Haunted Studio Apartment; remixed and re-imagined by SEE MORE PERSPECTIVE'. While this new work is not a remix album I think we've successfully remixed and re-imagined ourselves and our music in new and inventive ways for one hell of a Halloween album that is sure to satisfy long after this Halloween has passed. It's called 'Strange Perspective and the Lost Souls Boys Choir in Jazz Funeral'. The album title is almost longer than the album. It's under 20 minutes, but I like to think it goes a lot of different places in that time and begs further listening. The new album will be released for FREE on October 26th, this year.

We have a show scheduled at Hell's Kitchen for October 30th to celebrate the new release and give us a reason to put on a hell of a show with incredible acts and artistry of all kinds. Mark you're calendar, its going to be amazing.



This video was hooked up by Daniel Rangel and Javier Cedillo.

Like my new group with Dameun Strange here:
http://www.facebook.com/strangeperspective

and let us know if you're coming to the Jazz Funeral Halloween Extravaganza here:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=127669530617206

Dameun and I premiered our new collaboration at Ghastof's a couple of weeks ago for their annual 'Spoutstock' cover song contest with guest judges of high esteem including a member 'Babe's in Toyland'. We won! Hopefully a good omen for things to come...

The song we covered that night is available for FREE here:







We also recently did an interview with Mike Walsh for the City Pages, which if all goes well, will come out October 27th.

Sorry to drop all that info into one blog, but it's been crazy busy and I had to take the chance to update on all the fun I'm having with 'Strange Perspective'.

All the best and thanks for reading,

SEE

Introducing BOOMBOX EMPORIUM; a new free download series

ladies, gentlemen and everything in between,

I've been workin' haaard in the studio this year! As you may have seen in my cryptic facebook status updates, there's a lot coming that I'm not advertising quite yet, or that's just starting to leak out.

The first in this series of surprises is a free download series called 'SEE MORE PERSPECTIVE'S Boombox Emporium'. We're kicking off this series as a thank you for the folks who support at shows, buy cd's, download new projects, share my work with their friends or even just check out my different pages from time to time and read my status rhymes and what have you. The first in this new series is a very special collaboration with up and coming Minneapolis producer Julian Fairbanks.

You can listen, download and share here:



The Boombox Emporium will continue as a monthly series of free downloads. October's is gonna be a lot fun, leading into one of my annual Halloween-themed projects. This year, I've collaborated with musician Dameun Strange to create ‘Strange Perspective and The Lost Souls Boys Choir in JAZZ FUNERAL’, which will be released October 26th on Tru Ruts/Speakeasy Records. The release party for ‘JAZZ FUNERAL’ will be on October 30th (10pm), at Hell’s Kitchen with Strange Perspective, plus Mayda, Guante and more!

Artwork for the new free music series:




Artwork for the first track in the series, 'Maintain/Transcend':






This song was inspired by and written for students all over the US, (and the world, really) who struggle with the pressures and trappings of economic, educational and community neglect. I've taught you. I've learned from you. I've been you. The first step is to maintain. Once we get that, we've gotta transcend our environments. Bless.

Thanks and Love,

SEE MORE PERSPECTIVE

trading remixes for liner notes

About a month and a half ago, my old friend and gifted Breakbeat Poet, Playwright and Hip Hop head Idris Goodwin agreed to honor me by writing the liner notes for my upcoming solo full-length debut 'Architextual Design'. I in turn, agreed to remix a song of his from his latest album, 'Break Beat Poems'.

A touch later than we had planned, we've fulfilled our agreements and he has a new and (if I do say so) excellent remix and I have stellar and insightful liner notes.

Idris g is in the process of gathering instrumentals for a new ep of both remixes and new material, which promises to be full of bangers and surprises... stay tuned at idrisgoodwin.blogspot.com for news about this and other fine releases, shows and  goings ons. Make sure you listen to his new album!

Meanwhile, I'm plotting the release of 'Architextual Design' with Tru Ruts/Speakeasy Records for this fall. The music is finalized, the design is nearly complete and we're biding our time to make our move...

More about the building of 'Architextual Design' to come!