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Stream Posts 1-3-2016

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Koncept & J57 "When I Get There" feat Co$$, Tenacity, Johaz (Dag Savage), Blame One, El Prez, Realm Reality, Mike Maven.
http://www.audiomack.com/song/koncept-j57/when-i-get-there-feat-co-tenacity-johaz-blame-one-el-prez-realm-reality-mike-maven

Koncept & J57 - When I Get There f Co$$, Tenacity, Johaz, Blame One,El Prez,Realm Reality,Mike Maven

DJ Rhettmatic "Louis Vuitton Wallets" feat J57, Koncept

Koncept - Getting Off The Ground

Shelflife presents the debut EP from Los Angeles based The Turns, a band who looks and sounds like the product of Creation Records 1989, but apply their own twist and turns to make their music uniquely modern. This EP was originally planned for a mid-2015 release, but we are releasing it early in digital-only format in cooperation with Lollipop Records who are making the EP available on limited edition cassette. 

The Turns are Michael Eng (Lead Vox/Guitar), Danny Winebarger (Vox/Guitar), Marco Cortes (Bass) and Johnny Toomey (Drums). They have been playing live relentlessly in Southern California and were invited to play the official 2014 Austin Psych Fest party at the request of the "Committee to Keep Music Evil". 

For fans of: The House of Love, Spacemen 3, Jesus & Mary Chain, Loop, Ride 

http://shelflife.com/catalogue/LIFE120.html

The Turns - Gone

From the ashes of my recently resurrected hard drive.

Kick
I see it all before me
This time had to come
You knew there would be no warning
That’s why I shot the gun
That’s why I had to run.

If only you could know me
And see what I have done
In life there is no glory
If all you did was wrong
You now lie before me
Your heart has gone for good
Your heart has stopped for good

If only you could know me
And see what I have done
The secret kept inside me 
Has brought me undone.

Kick kick kicking
I’m taking no more
I’m just breaking the door
Kick kick kicking a hole
I’m out of my mind
I’m losing control
Kicking away
I’m ticking away
Na na na na nanow
I’m breaking away


Kick

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Glass Animals "Gooey" Koncept Remix

Koncept & J57 feat. Neveah "Crazy Is Beautiful"
Produced by: J57, Extra Keys by: Matt Stamm
Background vocals: Mike Two & Nichelle
Chorus written by: Mike Two

Mixed & Mastered by: James Musshorn at Red Bull Studios LA
Koncept & Nevaeh's vocals recorded at Kon's Taco Booth (Portland, OR)
Mike Two & Nichelle's vocals recorded at Gio's Room (Brooklyn, NY) by Optiks.

Twitter: @Koncept, @J57

Written by: K. Whitehead, M. Peterson, J. Heinz, M. Stamm

Buy on iTunes

Crazy Is Beautiful feat. Nevaeh

chatham rise "hollows" recorded at the cave studio in los angeles for kxlu part time punks session.  special guest jeff levitz joins chatham rise for the session on sitar and drones.  watch for early 2016 EP release

hollows kxlu (w/jeff levitz)

The final track to our newly released EP.

Believe Me

Apple Music: http://apple.co/2cRAtsh
Google Play: http://bit.ly/2ddKs76
Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2dIKl4e

Produced by Optiks & Seandammit

Engineered by Optiks
Mixed & Mastered by Optiks at Gio's Room, Brooklyn

Koncept & Mike Two - Fuego

Apple Music: http://apple.co/2einDBQ
Google Play: bit.ly/2ddKs76
Spotify: spoti.fi/2dIKl4e

Produced by Optiks

Engineered by Optiks
Mixed & Mastered by Optiks at Gio's Room, Brooklyn

Koncept & Mike Two feat Leen - No Days Off

Buy "14 Hours Ahead" here: http://bit.ly/14hoursahead
Google Play: bit.ly/2ddKs76
Spotify: spoti.fi/2dIKl4e


"Hurricane"
Featuring Mike Two, Leen
Produced by Optiks


Engineered by Optiks
Mixed & Mastered by Optiks at Gio's Room, Brooklyn

14 Hours Ahead

Hurricane

Hurricane feat Mike Two, Leen

Buy "14 Hours Ahead" here: http://bit.ly/14hoursahead
Google Play: http://bit.ly/2el9UfI
Spotify: http://bit.ly/2fz0HO1


"Never Again"
Featuring Mike Two
Produced by Optiks

Recorded in Los Angeles by Tenacity at The Labrynth, 
Warwick, NY by Koncept at Kon's Taco Booth.
Mixed by Optiks at Gio's Room, Brooklyn
Mastered by X144

Never Again

Never Again feat Mike Two

Buy "14 Hours Ahead" here: http://bit.ly/14hoursahead

Koncept "Hug Someone" Music Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huxAHbWQgHo

Produced by Optiks

Hug Someone

Koncept & J57 create earnest Big Apple stadium bangers that carry a deep emotional resonance while still keeping the party rockin'. They were weaned on crate digging and local deep cuts, but have always kept one foot in the mainstream. It was this deep immersion into NYC's hip-hop scene that brought the two together. Lyrically, Koncept delivers intimately biographical rhymes that explore where he's at now by dissecting his past. His friend and cohort J57 adds his A-game production to the mix in a sweeping tapestry of boom-bap revival, orchestral synths & clever hooks. Now, as an ambitious producer/emcee team, the young veterans are ready to take their epic, relentless sound to the masses.


Koncept & J57 met in 2008 while working at Fat Beats, the West Village record store that was the launchpad for so many underground rap artists while it was open from 1993-2010. Later, along with four Fat Beats co-workers, they formed Brown Bag AllStars, a rap collective that impressed with its tough-guy lyricism, eventually turning heads while opening for Ghostface Killah at Atlanta hip-hop festival and proving ground A3C.


In the wake of this incendiary performance, Red Bull Music chose Koncept as part of its artist development and discovery program. With this platform in mind, Koncept & J57 refocused their energies on music that would resonate with a wider audience. The result is their new EP The Fuel—a riveting underdog tale told as if the duo is looking back on its legacy a la ESPN's SportsCentury. Fired up, Koncept details his hip-hop hustle over J57's big-statement music, the whole affair filled with ecstatic anticipation for the real-life successes on the horizon.



The Fuel challenges listeners to decipher exactly what motivates our two heroes, while Koncept grapples with the very same question. On opening track “Porcelain”—featuring Hollis of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis “White Walls” fame—Koncept remembers fallen icons Tupac, the Notorious B.I.G. and Robin Williams as he reminds himself to breathe (“Inhale it to breathe now, I'm always exhausted / My fam thinks I've lost it, and you think I'm awesome, which really is it?”), but as he clarifies from the jump, he’s after more than just fame. The title track, featuring Brown Bag AllStars collaborator Akie Bermiss, lands closer to an answer, hinging on an anecdotal lyric inspired by Koncept's own single-parent family: “A woman feeds her kid full meals, having no job / and she did it with her clothes on.”



As Koncept details his inspirations in rap and life, each of The Fuel's eight songs feels like a revelation, thanks in no small part to the vibrant sonic canvasses of J57. While still employed at Fat Beats, J57 started creating beats that sounded bigger than anything he’d conjured before—and several appear now on The Fuel. These aren't the dusty, soul-sample-driven tracks driving your typical '90s-rap-channeling throwback artists; they are sonic cathedrals, complete with ceremonial organs and soulful backing vocals. And they're fit for the arms-outstretched choruses of The Fuel, hooks provided by guest vocalists like Dice Raw (The Roots), Andrew Thomas Reid, Nevaeh (an 11-year-old prodigy), Denitia, and The Grand Concourse, as well as the aforementioned Hollis and Bermiss. “It feels like you just won the league championships for your softball team,” J57 says of the EP’s pumped-up title track. “Everybody's going crazy, and you just got Gatorade dumped on you.”



With The Fuel, these rising artists build on their underground hip-hop success, proving that in addition to being technically proficient (as they’d already displayed with Brown Bag AllStars), they're also capable of adding a strong emotional core to their music. It’s a gift they know can take them far. “Somebody who's a fan of backpacker hip-hop would love Koncept just as much as somebody who's a fan of Miley Cyrus and only knows rappers from the radio,” J57 says.

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Crazy Is Beautiful feat. Nevaeh

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