Blowedout Chrome

8Bit+Bassquiat a alter production alias of Orko Eloheim paints sound with light on his sophomore instrumental beat release ART CHAKRA on 777Beats Mark Of The Beats records. Bassquiat pronounced Bass+Key+Aat a name flip in honor Jean Mechelle Basquiat curates high frequency audio art directly from the heart chakra. In pursuit of opening the heart chakra Bassquiat produced sonic creations of the collective consciousness powered by what he dubbed the ART CHAKRA. A infinite vortex of creative expression and self mastery within every man,woman and child on Earth.
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Programed, Written, Arranged & Composed by W. Bullard 777Beats Mark Of The Beats (ascap). Produced, Mixed & Recorded by Orko Eloheim for Drumwarz Media Productions at Starsystem Blacktica Studios

17. Art Chakra

16. Metu Physical

15. A Staircase To Infinity

14. Audio Math

13. United Snakes Of Captivity

12. Painting Sounds With Light

11. Cosmic Plague

10. Kunta Kente's Revenge

9. Jamacian Techno III

8. The Art Of Love

7. SAMO Lives

6. Time Stretch Conciousness (Brain Yoga)

5. African HardStep

2. Astronautix

1. Deception Of Self Thorugh Sound

On September 11, 2001, two planes crashed into two tall buildings and collapsed the psychological security of an entire nation. The government faltered, uninvolved civilians perished in the blink of a collective eye, and by lunchtime the world looked distinctly different in the new light of up-close terrorism.

Bigg Jus, founder (with El-P and Mr. Len) of indie-rap mainstay Company Flow, is not the type of intellectual to flee New York City in the aftermath for a rural life of simple fear. Rather, Jus is the type of intellectual to flee the city, withdraw with fellow underground rapper Orko Elohiem to the relative seclusion of a Georgia cotton mill, and emerge, a little under two years later, with the incendiary, blistering punch-to-the-Republican-gut that was NMS's debut album.

The sharply-named Woe to Thee O Land Whose King Is a Child, released on Big Dada back in 2003, was exactly what underground hip-hop is supposed to be all about: fiercely individual, just a little rough around the edges, wickedly smart and not afraid to take risks. If at points it faltered, losing focus when trying to compress three different themes (sci-fi futuristic raps, abstract raps, and political raps) into one politically-charged, futuristic, often abstract vision, at least it was a better alternative – too many ideas to fully develop is far preferable to too few – to the lingering malaise of shiny gangsta-gangsta and polished, manufactured commercialism. Now that NMS has re-emerged with a sophomore disc, Imperial Letters of Protection, it's worth a look to see just what has changed: the war is still dragging on, Bush is still in the White House, and Bigg Jus and Orko are still, for the most part, angry. And where Woe to Thee... asked questions, Imperial Letters promises to provide answers, begging the question: is it fair to be dissatisfied with a lack of answers when the questions are this hard?

The concept behind NMS (short for Nephilim Modulation Systems, if that helps at all) is that Bigg Justoleum and Orko Elohiem are space aliens, descended upon the earth "like fallen angels" to spread the truth. And at first listen, they do sound dauntingly like super-intelligent aliens: the rhymes scatter almost impossibly fast, making it easy to believe that these rappers are be beyond human comprehension. After a few play-throughs, though, it becomes easier (if still not easy) to understand more of the words, and these themselves aren't half bad. If a lot of reviewers have quoted the brilliant couplet "So every nuclear winter the Bin Laden and George exchange Christmas cards / Why do you think Saddam most trusted warrin' regiment's called the Republican guard?", it's because it merits the repeated quoting.

These are not the wild-eyed preachers that grab you by the wrist on street corners to shout their frenzied gospel; these are the aliens that grab you by the throat and press their megaphone right up against your temple, forcing you into submission.
The strong production provided by Orko Elohiem (777Beats/Drumwarz) carries it through. Imperial Letters of Protection may not be an easy listen, but that's because it doesn't want to be: this isn't an easy world, and what better for the angry gospel of world change than to wrap itself in equally urgent, often chaotic beats? "Strike Back" sounds like exactly the kind of dark prophecy NMS thrives on, the ominous, grandiose orchestral beat swooping darkly behind the rapid-fire, stuttery lyrics like a future gone dystopian. "Beast Vision", with its dramatic electric guitar, droning machinery and disturbing monster noises, sounds like...well, the end of the world, and I mean that in a good way.

07 Get Him Signed

8-Bit Bassquiat paints 12 pieces of audio art with sound, color & light waves astral projecting into your inner consciousness on this debut album produced in 2006 released in 2007 on 777Beats/Drumwarz  

Programed, Written, Arranged & Composed by W. Bullard 777Beats Mark Of The Beats (ascap). Produced, Mixed & Recorded by Orko Eloheim for Drumwarz Media Productions at Starsystem Blacktica Studios

12 A Musem Exhibit Z Metaphors Of A Slaveship Made Of Art And Blood 3 5 A God

08 Tekyon Black Noise

07 Jamacian Techno Riddim

06 Downtown 1981+ Hate [x] Life = Grey

05 Babylon+2012

04 Brotha From The Mother Planet

03 March Of The Dead Space Children Pt.1

02 Dark Matter Black Hole Collapse

01 80,000 Ethiopians

Interactive audiophile installation space is held for listeners to give impromptu freestyle spoken word in the tradition of urban youth culture.
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Jon Stewart, America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide To Democracy Inaction. 2004. 
[…] and you will still only begin to get a sense of the constitutionally mandated clusterfuck that is the modern presidency. 

The early 1990s gave birth to the nascent yet thriving underground San Diego hip hop scene. Emcees, Graffiti, Tablist and B-boy/B-girl were alive and nurtured by the vibrant youth culture whose roots seemed to spring from South East San Diego. Coming from a thriving underground scene of South East San Diego Underground Improv and South Central Los Angeles Project Blowed Kaos networks, Orko Elolheim, back then Orko the Sycotik Alien, was widely acknowledged as a master of the genre. Orko’s stars continues to burn bright and he has collaborated with everyone from LA, emcee Aceyalone to poet Saul Williams and his Nephlim Modulation Systems (NMS) crew member Bigg Jus. Musical descendant of Sun Ra, Parliament and Jimi Hendrix, Orko remains relevant and continues to touch the people with his message. This latest 2020 creative collaboration of Drumwarz and Solaceloquent is no exception. 
Like the seers before him, George Orwell. Aldous Huxley, Octavia Butler . “Clusterfuct” is a warning. Clusterfuct is a wake-up call to humanity, an alarm before it’s too late. 
Creating a collage of oreo paints, news images, molotov cocktails and drum machines, Orko Eloheim - D.W.R.E.H Bullard and his creative partner have managed to encapsulate on a visceral level the flurry of events that shaped the most momentous year of our lives. A resident of the Twin Cities, Orko experienced first hand the immediate aftermath of the murder of George Floyd. Clusterfuct is the score, a soundtrack testimony to what we felt and witnessed together. Don’t sleep , Pay close attention to all that has happened this year and Stay Dangerous. 

Aletha Dale 
Honomu , Hawai’i 
DEcember 15, 2020

Clusterfuct

Orko Eloheim is one of music's most influential and prolific hip-hop artists.  Orko is an avant-garde rapper and proudcer hailing from the Southern California underground, now residing in Minneapolis. His sound and style is a blend of psychedelia, afrofuturisim, urban dread and a virtuous knowledge of hip-hop culture. During his career he has worked with artists and labels such as Bigg Jus of Company Flow (as Nephlim Modulation Systems), Ninja Tune/Big Dada, Ras G, Aceyalone, Saul Williams, Gonjasufi, Adult Swim, and even Rick Rubin. His ahead of the game live show pioneered a decade ago, what has become common place today (live-programmed beat shows, hip-hop infused with electronic genres, and drum-driven production.

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