J Flash, an independent artist out of Los Angeles recently released his new album called The Arrival on AOne Records this August. J Flash is an emcee out of South Whittier where he came in contact with the culture initially as a B-Boy in the Mid-90’s. He was also touched by the grace of many graffiti artists, but ultimately, he landed with a microphone in hand after his close friend BBOY Flash passed. As time continued and it slowly swallowed up the scene, J Flash leaned into the influences of artists such as Gangstarr, Rakim, KRS One and A Tribe Called Quest. With that living within, J Flash connected with his friend AOne and brother Abaz149 for productions on an old SP 505 and a Casio keyboard in 2002. By 2005, he was linking up with his old B-Boy friends to form a crew called Sick Lyfe. Opening up to new influences like Termanology, Jadakiss, Black Thought and Vinnie Paz, J Flash continued to hone his rhyme skills until 2010 when he and AOne created The IllStarz. Together they recorded an EP called Merchant of Dreams and hit stages across Los Angeles and Orange County. Still very raw and with a steep learning curve ahead, it was fully produced by AOne on the MPC1000. It contained a song called Love for The Culture, where AOne had a sharp direction and a solid idea on the beat, and Flash covered it with lyrics about his heartfelt passion for everything Hip Hop. Another off the same project is State of Business where J Flash and AOne took the moment to let those in the culture know where they were headed in their representation for the Hip Hop culture. Today in 2023, J Flash and AOne are at it again. A much more polished project where AOne took the back seat and has no production credits at all. Instead, J Flash was given the opportunity to shine over beats by some well-respected producers like, NOTTZ, Stu Bangas, Da Beatminerz, DJ Skizz and Nicholas Craven. His new album also has features from many high caliber emcees like RJ Payne, Mickey Factz, ETO, Flee Lord and one of his contemporary influences Termanology. Make no mistake, no self-respecting Hip Hop project can exist without the blessings of a skillful DJ. On this one, DJ Kut Kaper, from Villainz Krew, out of the South Bay not only laced the cuts, but also produced the intro for the album. J Flash comes out strong on this project with a production punch that should soothe chiseled Hip Hop heads.

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On April 6, 1988 a star was born.  William L. McAllister III better known as FRE$H PRINCE was born and raised in the low income housing projects of Tampa, FL.  Before there was a FRE$H P he went by the rap name Bill B.  He began rapping at a young age when he found himself getting in trouble in elementary school.  Always being on punishment he started to write poems and music to pass the time by.  At this time in his life the industry artist that inspired him were Eminem, Ludacris, Kanye West, and TI.  He loved the way they used music as in escape from the real world to express themselves in many different way; imaginary and realistically.  The name FRE$H P came about after William went away for college in Miami in 2006.  After he did a semester in college away from home he figured it was time to revamp his whole image, move back home, and start taking his musical craft more serious.  After moving back home to finish school and also start his music journey; he earned a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in 2011.  Shortly after that milestone he enrolled in the US Army in 2012.  While in the military he recorded music still and did open mics in Washington DC, Virginia, and Maryland to prefect his craft on the stage.  After leaving the military in 2015 FRE$H made a promise to himself.  That promise was that he would be the reason his family lives a better life.  In 2015 he began to let God take the wheel in his life and let him point him in all the right directions to make his promise come true.  In 2016 FRE$H dropped his 1st video to 1 of his singles called “My City”.  The video began to get him notice amongst his peers in the city; which opened up more doors for him.  He was offered a chance to be on the 1st Tampa Cypher hosted by Big Ray Nuccio; which opened up eyes and people took notice in his lyrical ability.  He began to do shows at Pegasus Lounge and local open mics like Smoken Words.  Soon he was brought on board by 2 different music squads (Marijuana Mafia and ILL2Def) to expand his brand.  Later on that year he was blessed with the opportunity to open up for Young Thug and Smack URL at Club Skye.  It was when he and his ILL2Def teammates went against another group (Powerline) in a group battle that he separated himself from the rappers in his city. FRE$H P became the total performer.  He believed that anyone can rap back and forth across a stage for 3 to 10 minutes, but not all can entertain and put on a show while doing it.  He being to think outside the box and mix his motivational/soulful music with a comical twist of entertainment to make him the total package.  It paid off.  After FRE$H help lead his team to a victory that night; he was offered a chance to open up at J Roc Jones’s Album release party.  After an outstanding performance at J Roc’s event, FRE$H P was offered a chance to be a part of Tampa’s 1st every Rap Skool concert.  FRE$H P continued to entertain the people and DJ Shizm took notice.  DJ Shizm put FRE$H P’s hit single “Party and BS” in rotation on Tampa Bay’s Hip Hop and R&B radio station 95.7 The Beat.  FRE$H believes that his drive to keep his promise will continue to make him a force to be reckoned with.  His ultimate goal is to create a new sound and make more music that people of all ages can relate too.  He believes he will get his voice heard not only by his local community but also by the world.

I AM FRE$H P..... MY PLAN IS TO BRING BACK MUSIC THAT MATTERS.....

Whitney Blair, a fiery redhead from Mississippi, and Jake Stone, a "good ole boy" from small town, Missouri, formed this rare, cohesive duo a few years ago. One grew up playing in rodeo arenas adorned with boots and spurs and the other spent his earlier days impressing even the most musically elite in bars across the country. Many took notice when the two talents combined and formed an unstoppable chemistry. They put a new light behind some of the favorites of classic rock, and a fresh twist on the hits of today. They are also turning heads with their own original material! The age old idea of "two is better than one" definitely brought these artists together, and should give you twice the incentive to give them a listen. You may become a fan today :)

set list: 

Grenade- Bruno Mars
Wont back down- Tom Petty
Wagon wheel- OCMB
Turn the page- Bob Segar
Felt good on my lips- Tim Mcgraw
American Honey- Lady A
Walkin in Memphis- Marc Cohn
Gunpowder and lead- Miranda Lambert
Folsom prison- Johnny Cash
Sunny and 75- Joe Nichols
Told ya so- Keith Urban
Sober- Little Big Town
Chicken fried- Zac Brown
Runaway- Love and Theft
Im gonna take that mountain- Reba
Free- Zac Brown
Take it easy- The Eagles
Mary Jane's last dance- Tom Petty
Dreams- Fleetwood Mac
The joker- Steve Miller band
Cold hearted- Zac Brown
Banjo- Rascal Flatts
What are ya listenin to- Chris Stapleton
Friends in low places- Garth Brooks
Love dont live here anymore- Lady A
If i die young- The Band Perry
Wrecking Ball- Miley Cyrus

and many more!!

I love music🎵
https://sikdope.komi.io

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Don’t sleep on Sikdope; he’ll make sure it costs you. The young Polish beatsmith has built a reputation as a chameleon in the studio — from vicious bass-house to radio-ready progressive cuts and futuristic trap sensibilities — with an uncanny knack for keeping everyone guessing. Sikdope’s brand of merciless festival ammunition would go on to catch the ears, and co-sign, of Calvin Harris on his breakout hit, “Snakes,” essentially lighting a fuse that just continues to burn. Now the tenacious young producer has one hand firmly gripping the wheel and a lead foot flooring the gas, steering the direction of electronic music’s most exciting new sounds. When he’s not relentlessly canvasing club and festival circuits across the world, the “My House” producer is usually buried under headphones in the lab, tampering with dangerous new club-primed sonics, building an endless catalog of blistering original works and head-splitting remixes. With a decade of classic musical training at one of Europe’s top production schools fueling his creative process, Sikdope constantly has an arsenal of new projects ready to be loaded into the chamber at a moment’s notice. Simultaneously pressing his brand of punishing trap products to innovative new limits and helping pioneer a colossal bass-house swell, Sikdope is an ever-increasingly menacing force, both behind the console and the decks. A growing legion of fans all over the world, from Los Angeles to Sydney with a massive movement forming in Asia, know one thing is certain, “music is the cure,” and Sikdope consistently proves to have the remedy. Having dominated festivals across four continents —from Belgium’s Tomorrowland to EDC Orlando’s Main Stage — with releases on Spinnin, Fly Eye, and now Tiësto’s legendary Musical Freedom powerhouse, Sikdope is positioned as one of today’s most explosive talents, and he’s dead set on taking over the game.

GENRES: Avantgarde gothic/soundtracks

MEMBERS: Unique member (all instruments & vocals): Luigi Maria Mennella

BIOGRAPHY:
DANS LES FLEURS DE VELOURS NOIR – introduction by the Author himself  This long time unpublished piano work – never spread in the past whether due to commercial reasons { those compositions – I must confess - are probably the most severe and refined I created till today and matched with lyrics devout to the darkest symbolism ever }; or due to the bad quality of the first analogic support – is now ready to be presented to the listeners in a renewed form. Totally re-recorded; once again partially {I’m referring to the grand piano} done live, to maintain intact the spontaneity of the Spleen which often pervades me when I freely play this instrument, probably the only childhood friend I continue seeing often, not paying attention to the usual technical aspects of the sound. And it’s just the inmost essence of Spleen the main theme of this work, the lives spent under its Aegis, the frail “fleurs de velours noir” never gathered because of the distrust people harbour towards all what is dark and avoid the sun of EsSoterism. Close to some poems of mine, I also availed myself with the lyrical contribution of C.Baudelaire, P.Verlaine, G. Leopardi and A. Crowley. Moreover, musically enriched with new Chamber / Classical and Free Jazz arrangements, Dark Ambient contaminations and poetry reading ...the final result which will probably make dumbfounded the usual listeners of my music, but which will surely moves this project to the attention of the most sophisticated ones: pure Avant-garde Decadent Musick from the blackest meanders of my synapses.

EN VELOURS NOIR – previous biography by Sean Wrightson  During 1997 Luigi M.Mennella felt the need to consign to the mass another foreshorten of his polyhedral artistic personality, spreading within the European gothic scene some songs which got into trouble the capacities of definition of many people, but on the other hand collected tons of encouraging consents even from persons accustomed to standard metal o rock structured songs, and surely being loved by all fans of Dead Can Dance or even Devil Doll sonorities. After the unsuccessful attempt to work as band, EVN became a solo-project just some days before the recording of its first official work: an homonymous and heterogeneous work published in 1998 by Hiems Creations initially in a strictly limited digipack cassette edition {format conceived by the artist!} and then in a standard edition with elegant opaline coversleeve.  Eclecticism, theatricality, avant-gard experimentalism are peculiarities of EVN since the first songs here sourly presented: "Lacerto di un Sole" {a symphonic reinterpretation without any trace of usual guitars of gothic-rock canons}, "Prodromes of Misoginy" {dismal ballad followed by a recitative moment on a dark-ambient carpet}, "Don't believe…" {atmospheric ethnic short song singed in Arabic}, "Rêve Parísíen" {musical transposition singed/performed in French and Italian of homonymous piece of poetry from Baudelaire's repertoire}, "Cogitations" {practically a techno-dark song with a very low vocal performance} and "Ethereal" {where ethereal wave marries jazz-fusion contaminations}.  Some months after Luigi entered studio again for an experimental song {to insert in an underground limited cd-compilation entitled "Florilegium Insaniae"}: "Under a Still Sun Kiss": song where cosmic sonorities and a languid singing {far away from his usual important, lyric way of doing it} find ideal completation in a soft and fairy-like Classic Music finale.  The months following are dedicated - between a commitment with a musical project and another - to the composition of new songs which have been part of a limited digipack mcd entitled "Else", lyrics of which face the anguishes behind the behaviour and concrete dialogue difficulties found in intimate relation for a man who badly relate himself with his ego and the social outward. Then Luigi continued the composition {started at the very beginning of this project} of Romantic music for grand piano, poetry reading and his official concept-full-length entitled "Thanaterotis Symposion": a monumental nostalgic gothic musical which - according to him {but we're sure he isn't wrong} - will mark definitively his career of avant-garde musician. Unluckily with Summer '03 Luigi suffered the loss of all his music written during the last years, due to a crash of his home-studio. Personally I tried to get data back, but it was all in vain since a short-circuit burnt all what was connected to the mainboard, so both the hard-disks included {Luigi kept backup on a separate one}. At the moment I'm happy to know he intends to start working on the musical again, although he's also working on a different new album, that's "Dans Les Fleurs de Velours Noir", to be precise a totally re-arranged and re-recorded version of an old {analogic} work from his still unpublished piano-oriented repertoire, halfway between enchanting Romantic and virtuous Jazz piano, with the addiction of several new tracks and - I can assure - some amidst his more inspired visionary and decadent poems.

LUIGI M.MENNELLA – short biography by F. Sconchi Altamura  Simply complex: that’s the nature of this artist from Tuscany. After having completely repudiated the painting, his total interest in avantgarde music brought him to create some of the most interesting {and often the least understood} research music both in structured song form and in contemporary expression. Very skilled in piano playing {even if we must remember he’s a polyinstrumentalist}, a tenor voice {discovered by the Romanian soprano, Lucia Stǎnescu / P. Mascagni Conservatory of Livorno}, a deep interpretation of lyrics {Luigi’s also author of disconcerting hermetic writing, going over his father * footsteps} and above all a profound aptitude to experimentation joined to a boundless inventiveness make each new work of his always different and stimulating.
* Antonio Mennella, author of several theatre and grammar books

DISCOGRAPHY:
"En Velours Noir" (Mvsa Ermaticka, 2013) ltd CDR

"Dans Les Fleurs de Velours Noir" Collectors' Edition (Mvsa Ermeticka, 2006) 3 editions / Vinyl-look CD

"La Danse Interdite" (Mvsa Ermeticka, 2005) ltd CDR

"Thanaterotis Symposion" (self-produced, 2003) <unpublished CD>

"En Velours Noir" (Anaemic Waves Factory, 2000) ltd CDR

"Else" (Beyond...Prod., 2000) MCD

"Under a Still Sun Kiss" [song included in "Florilegium Insaniae"] (Hiems Creations, 1999) CDR

"En Velours Noir" (Hiems Creations, 1998) MC

Next releases:
(infos coming soon)

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