Barritz™ always enjoyed the aura of a live show, the energy it brought to the crowd, and how it made him feel inside… so he formed the group The Lacz™.

Being attracted to so many styles of music, and influenced by bands in multiple genres of the musical spectrum, these factors led Barritz™ to form The Lacz™ and to pursue making and recording live music. Barritz™ incorporated live instruments in the production of his debut album “The Cadillac Man,” but his vision grew greater and his yearning to dig back into the music of the past, how it was presented and how authentic it was drove his passion to undertake in this challenging endeavor.

Traditionally, hip-hop music, and rap music particularly, do not delve into deeper concepts of love, society and dialogue as much as they do flamboyancy, wealth and animalistic passions; and with The Lacz™, Barritz™ hopes to be able to approach and attack some of these issues not found too often in the craft these days.

Barritz™ & The Lacz™ have been working on their self-titled debut album to be released in 2014. Alongside it will be Barritz’™ follow-up project, self-titled as well, released as a double-album entitled “Barritz & The Lacz.”

Amal Lad has made a career out of exploring the intersection between art and medicine. His ability to reveal the connection between music and well-being has been recognised by the BBC and TEDxNHS, as well as countless listeners around the globe.  

Amal released his debut EP ‘Complex Simplicities’ in 2012 and was featured by Bobby Friction on BBC Introducing. Praised for his impressive guitar performances, the EP showcased the emotionally compelling style that would come to define Amal’s sound. He followed this up by branching out into composing for film and spoken word, collaborating with award-winning artists from cultures around the world to celebrate a shared humanity.

“Fight or Flight” is an auditory journey through the human heart and a musical interpretation of the effect of adrenaline on the body.  The track was born out of a break between study sessions in medical school when Amal recorded his own heartbeat and tried to use it in his own music productions. Amal was invited to perform the track on the TEDxNHS stage in 2018 as part of his talk “If you have a heart, you’re making beats”.

His music is influenced by legends including Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page as well as Eastern sounds from AR Rahman, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Ravi Shankar.

Currently, Amal is preparing the release of new experimental music, while continuing his work in medicine and exploring music as a tool for therapy.

Barritz is a hip-hop artist from Milpitas, CA and performs throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, Southern California, Nevada and Arizona.

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