Elena Loper is a songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist in Seattle, WA. Originally from Los Angeles, CA, Elena performs in a folk and alt-rock inspired duo with Cooper Stoulil. Their influences include American and Irish folk revival sounds, along with contemporary innovators, including Big Thief, Iron and Wine, and Alexi Murdoch. Their debut EP will be released summer of 2018.

4 Friends, Scattered By The Wind Of Life meet up for A Jam - And Recorded It.

Over 50 Original Tracks Written & Recorded in Less Than 8 Hours - 'On The Fly'  One Take!

We enjoyed the session so much we did it again and recorded even more of them !

Well over a hundred tracks in only a day.

Totally Original and Alive!

This Is Jammin' In It's Purest Form 
Brutally Honest with No Overdubs 
Embarrassing in Places but Shockingly Good in Others.

This Collection Of Tracks Is the result of a Reunion & Jam Session (Not a Pro Recording Session) In Our Home Town of Macclesfield. 

I'ts sad how life can make you drift away from your roots.
This happened to us, George lives in London, Nick in Bristol, Paul in Cambridge & Jools in Manchester, 
A reunion was hinted at then a reunion jam planned in 2010.
Although we were all friends we had never been in a band together & we hadn't played together in this line-up so thought it would be fun to all meet up and have couple of beers and a Jam, 
So we Did - at a brewery... 
Although the PA got taken away halfway through the session, everyone enjoyed it so much we decided to have another jam at our historic place of making music, the 'Mens Den Barber Shop' (Paul's dads shop) and record it, 
So we did! 
Paul took the recordings home, trimmed off the chit chat and very roughly mixed them.
This is the result 

Unfortunately due to some idiot visiting us and making the place stink to high heaven while we were jamming , we were banned from the Den, Kindly Jake Evans let us use his place for the 2013 Jam, nice one Jake.
The Jams continued back at the Barber Shop in 2014 thanks to Roberts kind understanding.
These haven't been trimmed yet due to a technical malfunction, but yet again, dozens of great ideas flowed.

There seems to be a unique inspirational chemistry between these guys and this has proven to be consistent. 

Here are just a few tracks from their collection as Sound Cloud won't allow any more than these 27:

Jams 2 & 3 - recorded at  The Men's Den 2011 /2012 (Thanks Robert for letting us use your salon) Jams 
Jam 4 - recorded at  The Big Red 2013 (Thanks Jake for letting us use your studio) 
Jam 5 - recorded at The Men's Den 2014 (Thanks Robert for letting us use your salon again (Sorry for the smell)) 

GRAPHINE aka Glass Rockstarr:
We thought a name would be fun for the pretend band, Jools always wanted a band called Glass,  so we tried that, Unfortunately there are loads of bands with that name already so we tried Glasss, then Glasss Rockstarr.
Graphene seemed a little less awkward and as it is clear, strong & flexible seemed very apt.
 
In The Spirit Of "1,2,3,4 - Let's See What Happens, Don't Stop Just Keep Playing and bounce off each other...."

Each Track as written 'On The Fly' With No Preconceptions or Working Out Beforehand. 

This Is Jammin' In It's Purest Form With No Overdubs 
(apart from the thunder on Feel the Thunder & applause on Why Why Why live camera mic, sorry thats not on here)

Totally Original. 

Embarrassing in Places but Shockingly Good in Others.

What do you think?

Graphine (aka Glasss Rockstarr) are:
      George Phillips - Dr~umsss
            Nick Dawson - B~asss
                   Julian Phillips - Guit~arrr
                            Paul Neale - Sin~gerrr

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Arts strategist. Booking & Tour manager. Creative producer. Media creator. Artist relations whisperer. Music biz aficionado. Nightclub veteran. Vinyl rescuer, concert DJ & party rocker. Former Recording Academy governor, Philadelphia chapter (2023-2025). Creator/host of VIAJANDO radio show. 

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My works have been seen & heard on various platforms including NPR, Telemundo, Univision, NBC Latino, VEVO, Latido Music, and more.

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Lastly, but not least, I am a lifelong DJ, sharing stages & lineups with iconic bands & artists.


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De La Soul is back—but did they ever really leave? After delivering their seminal debut 3 Feet High and Rising in 1989 with the production genius of Prince Paul, the New York City-bred trio of Posdnuos (Pos), Dave and Maseo went on to further impact Hip Hop culture with five more groundbreaking albums: De La Soul Is Dead (1991), Buhloone Mindstate (1993), Stakes Is High (1996), Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump (2000) and AOI: Bionix (2001). But once the digital age exploded in the late ‘90s, De La Soul’s celebrated catalog was unavailable to stream. As the decades passed, the tight-knit group forged ahead anyway—touring the world, connecting with their adoring fanbase and making music on their own terms. Following 2004’s The Grind Date, De La Soul took a hiatus from making albums, but joined The Gorillaz on the track “Feel Good Inc” which won them a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Collaboration.  In 2015, the group raised over $600,000 on Kickstarter from fans to independently release their album and the Anonymous Nobody, which was their first #1 on the Rap Albums chart, and was also nominated for a Best Rap Album Grammy.   

However, the demand for unreleased De La Soul music was palpable and the cry for access to the first six albums grew louder. Unfortunately, De La Soul was stuck riding a roller coaster of stalled negotiations, dashed hopes and dead-end conversations with their old label, and the group nearly gave up. 

"We have lived without the music up for long, these six albums haven’t been up—ever,” Pos says. “We got used to knowing they weren’t up.” In June of 2021, Tommy Boy Music was acquired by Reservoir, giving De La Soul’s catalog a new home.  In March of 2023, the six missing albums were finally available to stream.  But sadly, right before the catalog release, Dave, the beloved member of De La Soul, passed away. Though bittersweet, De La Soul preserves his legacy and the ongoing impact of their music. 

As iconic songs such as “The Magic Number”, found new life in the film Spiderman: No Way Home in 2021, De La Soul continues to resonate with a diverse population of people. 

As Pos notes, “We’ve noticed over the past several years of tour like, ‘Wow, there’s a father here with his child who also is here with their child. ‘We’re generational. To me, there’s nothing more gratifying than that. That means something. That’s telling about a group. What we were doing wasn’t just stuck to that time.”

“We really naturally been that group for everyone,” Pos says. “It was never about we’re just here for this community, that community, this set of people or these certain fans of Hip Hop culture. We see music as music. We’ve been very resilient, even being a group that didn’t have our music up [on streaming platforms]. We still had these beautiful opportunities through young people finding out about us through a commercial or Spider-Man. Now that it can all be there for people to gravitate to, I’m really happy about that.” 

De La Soul's impact on the musical landscape is immeasurable, with 3 Feet High and Rising widely regarded as one of the most influential albums of its era. Pioneering inventive sampling, playful lyrics, and eclectic beats, the album broke new ground and set a standard for creativity in the genre. Recognizing its cultural significance, the album was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress.

RnB / Rock en Español sibling duo 
EP Now Available!

Huastech 3000 Release Date: July 14, 2016!!! 

Post-punk(y), socially conscious ethereal rrrock performed with traditional Mexican@ instruments and b-b-beats! 


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Gingee is a producer, DJ and vocalist from Los Angeles. Her eclectic dance music blends sounds from across the globe, with percussion and vocals. Her live set incorporates diverse elements, from Philippine kulintang gongs, to finger drumming. She has released several EPs and an LP including 2018's "Solstice/Equinox," a four part project corresponding to each season and peppered with collaborations from her travels. She's played the Sahara stage at Coachella, South by Southwest official, Grand Performances, and Levitt Pavilion as well as toured in Europe and Asia. She's been a featured artist on Globalization Sessions (Sirius XM), Red Bull Radio and Arte TV's "Music on the Road" series. She is also the founder of Magic Garage, a community art collective which brings together creatives across cultures, mediums and genres.


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HipHop • Jazz • Space • Soul • Funk // Sounds Beautiful Like The Truth

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