Father of Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos.
Ohio is my country.
My strength will not be dissipated.

You may know me from my work:

This Moment in Black History
RA Washington & The Family Dollar
Crave
The Lusty Moors
Vernacular
Big Black Africa
National Suicide Day
The Collinwood Soul Group
The Audacity of Dope
Lives of the Saints
The System of Mister's Hell
AAAO
No Ways Tired
The Fourth Wall
Every Nigga is a Star
A Toast to the People
DJ@TheCLUB
DJ Racecard
Larry Dan the Uncleman
DJ Black Dad in the Hour of Chaos
Soul Music & Other Music for the Soul
BUMPIN': A Dance Party!

On the radio in Northeast Ohio since 1994.

BABYLON SYSTEM , the California based dubstep outfit, consists of the killer combo of veteran dj/producers: ROOMMATE and NO THING. Since 2006 the two have been setting the world on fire with their aggressive, gangster and reggae infused dancefloor sound. Their releases are all anxiously awaited and their dubs are spun by every big dj in the scene. Tunes like “Examination of Time”, “Loaded”, “Get on up”, and “Hyphy” were instant anthems, selling out from all world wide record shops, with heavy support from giants like; N-type, Plastician, Bassnectar, Noah D, Emalkay, and Skream. Live, they get the party rowdy with quick mixes, diverse track selection, top shelf dubs, and their contagious positive energy. Not only are their legendary sets leaving a huge impression on every major North American city but they’ve turned heads all over Europe, and an Australia/New Zealand tour is their next target. Expect more anthem releases and smashed up dance floors. Watch out, their thick, gangster sound will knock you out!!!

And when you feel like you're an idiot, the idiot is what you are.

After four years of silence, instrumental metal standard bearers Pelican have come thundering back, with Forever Becoming, an eight-song album destined to be considered one of the most punishingly rewarding albums of the year. 

Before their hiatus, the group had laid a sizeable chunk of the groundwork for the instrumental metal scene that’s come into its own in the 13 years since they started playing together. After 2009 the band found itself slightly adrift, and found the day to day struggle of being full-time underground musicians colliding with new families and non-musical careers. Wisely, they didn’t make any rash decisions, and as suits a band known for making dense, meditative sounds they simply patiently figured out how to move past their obstacles.

This reborn Pelican is purer, more focused, and far more assured. Recorded at Electrical Audio in Chicago with engineer Chris Common, and featuring The Swan King guitarist Dallas Thomas (replacing the amicably departed Laurent Schroeder-Lebec) Forever Becoming is an immense, speaker-rattling meditation on the infinite cycle of death and life. It takes a lot of experience and a lot of confidence to attempt a head-on ascent of the biggest, most monolithic theme in art, but Forever Becoming is proof that Pelican has plenty of both, and knows how to wield them.


Booking: 
US: ehancock@teamwass.com 
EUR: joe@blowuplive.com
MGMT: tanners@bloodcompany.net, ril@firstoneup.com

New solo material & unreleased oddities from the past & present.

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