What The Fuq

Listen to the local sounds of this year's funky, soulful Farm Fest on August 8 in Damascus—just east of Portland. Find out more about the family-friendly festival: http://www.vrtxmag.com/articles/mixtape-monday-farm-fest/

Mixtape Monday: Farm Fest

A variety of hip hop and beat oriented projects I have worked on. 

Hip Hop

Run The Show ft. Randal Wyatt of Speaker Minds and Big Mo

Broken Singer's Blues 2.0 [feat. John Crown, Prod. by Trox]

An instrumental for the Dreamers record, from Demune and Cleen.  Much good times writing and recording the horns for this.

Written by Chris Petrewski and MKR
Performed by MKR
Recorded by Chris Petrewski @ Not Alone Studios
Produced by Chris Petrewski

Miles High Intermission

Track by Basic Shapes for the Cyclops Collective Comp.  I played horns, guitars, and sang.  Whew!

Written by Basic Shapes
Performed by Basic Shapes
Recorded by Christian Martinez @ Dead Broke Studios
Produced by My Brother the Doctor

Storm Chase

Instrumental(almost) that I wrote for the Cyclops Collective Compilation.  I played everything(horns, sang, bass, keys).  Spank Dawg did assist in the writing and performing of the drum programs.

Written by MKR
Performed by MKR
Recorded by Mark Ellsworth @ Blue Curtain Studios
Produced by MKR


Ports

One of my fav tracks from Device Grips recent record that I produced.  Played horns(trumpets and baritones) and did a ton of fun chopping a programing towards the end.

Written by Tyler Jon and Device Grips
Performed by Device Grips
Recorded by Scott Stanely @ Behind the Curtain Studios
Produced by MKR

Dollar Swing

from the upcoming Basic Shapes record.  I played guitar and horn on this.  This mix is still subject to change, but it sounds good so far.

Written by Basic Shapes
Performed by Basic Shapes
Recorded by Christian Martinez @Dead Broke Studios and Behind the Curtain Studios
Produced by My Brother the Doctor

On The Radio

Now available on 7" vinyl!
https://sparkarrester.bandcamp.com/album/slow-burner-series-vol-1-7-vinyl

Contains elements of "25 or 6 to 4" by Chicago and "Back To Life" by Soul II Soul

Funk Guitar: Giorgos Fotiadis (http://basementfreaks.net) 
thanks to Stickybuds (http://stickybuds.com)
Mastering: Warp9 (http://warp9music.com)
Artwork: Beeple (http://beeple-crap.com)

Blog Love:
http://youredm.com/2014/07/16/edm-premiere-spark-arrester-windy-city-soul-free-download/
http://ghettofunk.co.uk/spark-arrester-windy-city-soul-free-download/
http://funkandfilth.com/2014/08/best-of-best-august-2014.html

FREE WAV DL: http://media.virbcdn.com/files/6b/7057866aabd17440-SparkArrester-WindyCitySoulWAV.zip

"Tunes are sounding really good" - Late Night Radio
"Cool Track" - Nick Thayer
"Slow Burner indeed. Cool jam - nicely done! There should be more ghetto funk at this speed!" - Badboe
"Nice one dude!  Perfect for the transition to d&b." - DJ B-Side
"It's a dope track for sure... good stuff" - Ageless
"Sweet tune! Will give it a play this Friday" - Captain Flatcap
"I think it sounds great Dawg!" - Archnemesis

http://boogieburg.com
http://facebook.com/sparkboogie
http://twitter.com/sparkarrest
http://mixcloud.com/sparkarrester
http://hearthis.at/sparkarrester
http://instagram.com/sparkarrester
http://sparkarrester.toneden.io

Spark Arrester - Windy City Soul (feat. on Ghetto Funk) (now on 7" vinyl!)

Gentlemen Vultures - Mixdown Preview 2

Nov 22 Radio Show

Tease Me

Oh Mother

Last beat as a 24 yr old. It was a good year y'all y'all.

From "Green Eyed Monster" Ep - Released May 11th, 2015

Sharlene

Traffic

Psychedelic - funk - rock - Hip Hop

Tyler Jon- Vox, Guitar, 
Briton Fortner- Bass guitar
Kyle Nichols- Drums 
Keefe M Rayfield- Trumpet, Synth, vox

Forged from cast iron, sent to earth on meteorite: Device Grips is a creature birthed  by Aphrodite and Mars {son of Zeus} 
Flashy horns, vintage beats, crunchy funk guitar, power hungry bass lines, Vocals like titans, anthems of the demi-gods.