Soundproof Live w/ special guest from Tokyo Soulit
@Rockit Room
Sunday September 12, 2010
9pm- | Door $10 | 21+
Featuring:
Soundproof (Hip Hip & Rap / SF)
Soulit (J-Funkadelic / Tokyo)
DJ Killagraham (Hip-Hop / FTC SF)
Live painting by
Noa- (S.I.R. / SF)
About artists:
[Soundproof]
Never, have five individuals fallen together in the same place so perfectly. Each from a different part of the United States, their lives led them all to the same playing field. In August of 2009 Jared DePatto, Johnathan Robbins, Stefen Henderson, Quintin Hawkins, and Ryan Worley met in San Francisco at the Academy of Art University. All playing together on the AAU baseball team, their connection and bond was ignited instantly through their common passion for music. Soon after spending day and night together in their dorms, creating beats and writing verses they decided to call themselves “SoundProof.”
The first self-released mixtape titled “Simplicity Then” hit over 100 digital downloads in the first hour of their release. This fall, SoundProof will kick off the school year with live shows around the bay area, along with the release of their second 20 track mixtape “Simplicity Now” in September 2010.
[Soulit]
You can say SOULIT's music is the only one of its kind in the world. Formed by a female vocalist Achi, the guitarist Atsushi, bassist Hiro and the drummer Tetsuya in 2008, the band has released 3 albums and has been playing shows internationally, rocking jam-packed venues with their groovy, funky and soulful sound. Starting from July 2010, the band is on tour across the globe from Tokyo to Hong Kong, and United States.
[DJ Killagraham]
Art director of FTC Worldwide, a skate shop based in SF, Killagraham have been djing at many local events such as PST with local hero DJ Sake1 at Eve Lounge, SKY with DJ Shortkut, Apollo and Sake1, Champion Sound, FORTHECITY party Tokyo with Zenlarock, and Shing02, KRAZYKIDSRADIO show and their events. Killagraham seamlessly mixes sounds of breaks, Hip Hop, R&B and electronic.
[Noa-]
Noa-, aka Yasushi Matsui, pursues an installation art he calls "live paint" based in San Francisco Bay Area. He aims to leave a cultural footprint for aspiring street artists, the way he says well-known artists like David Ellis and the Barnstormers in New York have done for him. Noa- has been performing live painting at numerous galleries and music events in Japan, San Francisco and Los Angeles, stemming from his monthly livepainting session at Shoe Biz Adidas on Haight, and often collaborates with many contemporary painters and street artists internationally.
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/listentosoundproof
http://soulit.heteml.jp/news_info.html
http://www.mixcrate.com/grahamjames
http://www.followyourline.com/
