BaZ  aka Don B hails from the bullet riddled, crack infested  streets of
Flatbush Brooklyn. As a juvenile, he ran wild in these streets and got
into trouble with several local law enforcement agencies which
eventually landed him in detention centers, group homes, Riker Island
and finally prison. Although Hip Hop had always been a part of BaZ's
life,  a friend of his  encouraged him to write ryhmes, still it
wasn't until he found himself in a cell in Elmira's reception that he
wrote his first ryhme. And even then, he only did so to escape the
deafening noises coming out the cells of other inmates as they
screamed, hollered and shouted at one another, which he reasoned
was just  their way of keeping themselves from hearing what
their minds was really trying to tell them.
 When BaZ was released, he continued writing rhymes and constructing rap
songs. He let a few close people  hear him spit the songs he had
written  until a very influential friend of his
heard him.  Subsequently, and without BaZ's knowledge, that friend  booked BaZ
 studio time. At that studio, BaZ recorded 3 tracks as a demo and performed at several clubs: The Demerara, The Flamigo and a string of
other local clubs in the West Village. As a result, a promoter Veronica
took notice of him and offered to manage and promote to him. But before anything
could really develop career wise with BaZ and Veronica, BaZ's little brother got
murdered and not long afterwards, BaZ  lost focused, got caught up
in the vices of the streets again, got arrested on a gun charge and went to prison for a year and a half. While in prison, BaZ continued to write and  hone his craft. Some of his musical influences were Rakim, Nas, Biggie Smalls and Tupac.
Still bitter and hurt about the lost of his little brother, when BaZ got of prison
he continued to pursue a life of crime until he got arrested again. He spent 7 years in state prisons and was released in 2007, and in 2008 a mutual
friend  introduce BaZ to RDB Productions where he 
recorded various songs, and a result, A guy from an independant
record company called  Orpheus Music Group expressed an interest in signing 
BaZ but when the time came to that, the guy couldn't get the budget.
Someone once asked BaZ, "what, if anything, did he learn from his
experiences with the street life and from the time he's done in the
penal system?" He answered, " I learned that sometimes you have to go
through hell in order to come out right and that it takes a hard
message to get through a hard head."This essentially describes
BaZ's style of rap. His music reflects that besides illegal ways, 
there are other avenues, more constructive
means to be successful in the hood. Because of what BaZ has been
through in his own life, his music is highly relevant
to the youth, as he  personally identifies with  the
perils and pitfalls confronting  today's youth (especially young black males) on a
daily basis in the hood and knows the hard choices they have to
make in order to navigate those harsh realities and survive. He knows
that the youth can only hear you when you speak to them in the language
they understand and he possesses the skills to do so in a most entertaining yet
very descriptive way.


In a world gone mad…. Robots have risen up to destroy the humans. They suck the soul right out of the remaining human survivors. The humans banded together under one flag to create a weapon to combat the machines….. After extensive research and experimentation………Came the ultimate weapon…. A hybrid part man, part machine. To combat the machines one must become one with the machine……. Deafening bass, Intensity beyond what the machines could handle…… The war has begun. Welcome to the revolution.
Steve Strange is a maryland based DJ. He has been listening to DnB, Jungle for his entire existence. While deviating into Heavy metal and Hip hop now and again his roots have always been firm in the BASS communities. He does not hate on the new flavors of music believing that all should have there means of expression. HOWEVER those that would come with the intent on burying the music he loves……WILL burn. 

::::::PROGRAM ENGAGED::::

BAAL DES QUAT'Z'ARTS 
IS A BRAZILIAN CROSSOVER BAND UNDER MUSICAL DIRECTION BY OTACÍLIO MELGAÇO 

contact: baaldes4arts@gmail.com

"S o u n d s A n d 
(S u b d i) V i s i o n s"

Baal des Quat'z'arts is a resonant kaleidoscope. Rarely a multi-artist gets to accomplish such a cubist music! Sounds are projected of unexpected retreats, everything becomes a house of mirrors. In the creations of the band - the poet's words are justified in a deafening way, deafening transcendence originating from Joy and (the axiom becomes unfailing): 'Beauty is' really 'a Joy forever!' 
(Caio Campbell; Anglo-Brazilian semiologist and musician) 

"T h e S k e t c h O f A n 
I m p e r t i n e n t P r o l o g u e"

'I've known rivers: I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young. I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep. I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it. I've known rivers: Ancient, dusky rivers. My soul has grown deep like the rivers.' The Langston's words echo in my mind when I try to describe Baal des Quat'z'arts and their creations ... Pristine footprints towards unimaginable places ... Baal is the name of a controversial divinity ... Besides noises, silences, musical notes; O.M. grafts paradoxes, symbolisms and palimpsests in the womb of their music ... If the divinity (that inspired a part of the band name) could come in this context, maybe would - plathian - alert us: 'I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions. Whatever I see, I swallow immediately. Just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike I am not cruel, only truthful — The eye of a little god, four-cornered. Most of the time I meditate on the opposite wall.' Maybe passing through the compasses and over the steel points will go nothing except Baal des Quat'z'arts and Universe Drunks and To-morrow ...' 
(O.K., artist and producer) 


"A p p e n d i x & 
M e l t i n g P o t" 

A'capella, acousmatic/tapemusic, acoustic, bluegrass, bossa nova, classic rock, classical, club, concrete, down-tempo, drum & bass, dub, electroacoustic, emo, flamenco, folk, folk rock, fusion, garage, glam, gothic, industrial, jazz, lounge, minimalist, pop, punk, post-punk, psychedelic, tango, trip hop, visual ...: some styles embraced by the band ... "When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st, so long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee ... The smoke of my own breath; echoes, ripples, buzz'd whispers, love-root, silk-thread, crotch and vine; my respiration and inspiration, the beating of my heart, the passing of blood and air throughmy lungs ...: the Baalian music that flows inside and out of me."
(Omar Khadji/W.W.) 


"M e m b e r s"

O.M.
(conception, compositions, arrangements, conduction, all instruments and voices) 
&
GUESTS

"E Baal era um deus do início dos tempos, tempo em que o bem não havia se separado do mal e tanto o bem como o mal existiam no mesmo deus. Baal tinha duas faces numa só cabeça. Numa face havia amor e na outra ódio. Enquanto amor mirava o Norte ódio fitava o Sul. E logo ódio estava a Norte e amor a Sul, pois, a cabeça girava continuamente. Com uma mão Baal semeava maná e com a outra praga. Eu vi o ciclo dos tempos se fechando." E, agora, se abrindo...


"I n f l u e n c e s"

The sounds that take us away
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בָּעַלorبعلorבעלתorבַּעֲלָה!


"S i m i l a r(?)"

The nakedness of a petal - sometimes.. the mutation originating from the storms - other times ...
+
Le Quat'z'arts Cabaret! 

... a new pitcher for a new wine! 

"We were close to each other for we were both dying to make our dreams come true. We wanted to make music, unique music, the music we really wanted to show," says Rosti. "Everything that happened to us were not in vain, and it is not now either", says Stephan - "... somehow we were led to beileve in ourselves, and the stronger we grow the more faith we have".

It was September 2008 when the band took it's first breath after Rosti and Stephan had met each other for the first time. "We were talking for maybe 5 hours... It was so amazing to meet someone like you, so we'd started!" remembers Stephan.

Not long time go the first Plastic Angels Of September gathered. The band assembled in a garrage where raw gear was placed for their first full meeting. "There was a pool of ideas from each band-member, everyone shared his point with each other, cool times," says Rosti.

Out of that time in Brest came a couple of songs for their first studio record. "Two tracks to change my mind. When I first heard them I knew I would never turn away from the road we stepped on," rememberes Stephan.

2010 was very prosper for shows. Despite the bad geographical location of the band's home town (Brest, Belarus), the guys made lots of gigs those days. "We were invited to performe many times! People were amazing! That was a very fruitable period for shows," Stas is saying about that period. Moreover in 2010 the band realesed their second studio EP-album "One Second Tremble". "We did it! I remember we were sitting in our studio and thinking how cute it could be. And when we finally let it out, it screamed pretty strong," says Rosti.

"2011 was the most worthless shitty year we had! We did nothing. For no reason. The only thing we'd made was a single "Anthem". The only thing," says Stas. But suddenly the guys hit the flour. The time of uncertainty had come to the end.

"We decided to make something really good!". In December 2012 Plastic Angels of September realeses its first full-length album "Into the AEON". The album stricked immediately the local and all "the former Soviet Union" (Belarus, Russia, Ukraine) charts, internet magazines and radios. The band was also much heard far beyond the Eastern Eroupe - in Uk, Germany, Poland, USA, Canada and so on. "I like this album, at last we've made something that perfectly reflects all our mission, all we stand for!" says Stephan.

The band was invited to performe at many shows with such bands as Helia, More Than a Thousand, This Deafening Whisper, One Morning Left, Madisson Affair and so on.

These days Plastic Angels Of Septemper prepares couple new surprises for fans. "Oh, we're gonna spread our word further, we are planingWe a to make Europen tour maybe this fall or spring. lso work on our promotion so everyone soon will be able to hear us almost everywhere!" shares Stephan.

"We wanna spread our energy to everyone who listens us, who comes to our shows, who joins us. We're gonna make everyone be a part of our whole family. With love, PAOS" - Rosti. 

Ox hails from Brussels, Belgium. Their sound is cut and run with the city’s abrasive elements: a blend of rock’s most brazen part, the cathartic aggression that defines hardcore and a deafening noise savagery. Their first demo, “Love”, will be released in 2019.

From the beginning of time, The Flaming Intestines lived in a trailer park, located due East of the Magma Core of the Earth, a suburb of Hell. One afternoon as they were practicing for an upcoming gig, an unexpected surge of molten lava swept them away in it's current. Managing to hoist their instruments, as well as themselves, onto a large floating piece of volcanic obsidian glass they surfed along for quite some time along this molten current. Eventually, they were spewed upward and out of the mouth of a normally dormant volcano in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Though unfamiliar with their new surroundings, they saw this as the perfect opportunity to reach a wider audience with their music, they decided to begin preparing for a worldwide tour on the surface of the Earth.

Stu Angry, the visionary leader of the band, describes himself as a "singer/songwriter at heart, with an anger management problem." His bouts with this condition come out in many of the Flaming Intestines songs, such as "Really Mean Guy," "Takin' It Out On Yer Skullz" and "I Have Shirts to Hang in the Closet, but No Hangers to Speak of." 

Toxic Brain is Stu Angry’s cousin, and when not singing lead vocals on his own original songs, provides background harmonies and various grunts. Some consider him to have masochistic tendencies. Tox disagrees, and prefers to the term "Extreme Thrill Seeker." Listen to songs such as “Burning Out My Retinas By looking at an Eclipse" and "The Meat Grinder," and judge for yourself. 

Jake is the driving force behind the band’s unbelievable sonic power, holding the world record for the producing the most deafening "JNT" ever produced on a stringed instrument. "The JNT is my signature, and also like a snowflake, because no two JNTs have ever sounded exactly alike." 

Bloody Chicken Colon provides the bone crushing beats for the band. It is from his rich life experiences and troubled childhood that songs such as "Carousel of Death" and "Evil Ice Cream Man" have emerged. "My real name is Lawrence" he says "But I earned the name Bloody Chicken Colon from an incident on my Uncle Sam’s farm when I was nine years old. The name just kind of stuck." 

Snake can only be described as a large, smelly mass of matted hair with a bass guitar. His eyesight totally obscured by his knotted locks since birth, he learned to play the bass by touch alone. Many agree that this catapults him into the stratosphere of talent shared by musicians Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles. When asked for a comment, Snake remains his humble self, uttering his customary, muffled "Unghhh." 

Last, and at the same time least, My Head is Fire is the most recent additions to the Flaming Intestines. As one of the band’s earliest and most devoted fans, Phil Stevens had attended every live show that FI ever put on. But one evening, in what Stu describes as the "Perfect Storm of Metal music," the Phil found himself caught in a sonic vortex created by the convergence of an enormous series of Jake’s JNTs, BCC’s double bass drum fill, and simultaneous stage right and left pyrotechnic explosions. His head burst instantly into flames. With no extinguisher readily available, and the band’s unshakable professionalism when it comes to finishing a set, after 15 minutes many around him noticed that, similar to the Burning Bush of the Old testament, his head was "burning, but not consumed." 

The band could not help but feel responsible, and yet at the same time inspired by the event. They asked him if he would become a permanent part of the band. To this day, MHIF serves as a beacon, the eternal flame of moral support, and on-stage antics that are often a part of every FI show. When asked for a comment, he simply said "My head is fire. It is my head. And it is fire. I have no regrets."

From Slam FM’s Slam 30 to Vato Gonzalez’ Dirty House Mixtape 7; producers Daan DeVito and Salvano Volez literally stormed the housescene in little less over a year with an authentic, deafening sound. After a collaboration with Asino di Medico and an official release on Spinnin’ Records with a remix of ‘Love this Music’(2012), they received support from Tiësto, Roger Sanchez, La Fuente, Sick Individuals and many others. They rocked clubs and festivals throughout the Netherlands, manifesting a force to be reckoned with.
In the summer of 2013 the duo released ‘How Many Shots’ at Afrazoo Records (Mitch Crown, Leroy Styles) and it dominated the most influential Dutch dance site Dance Tunes for over two months. From Dutch arenas to the biggest dance parties in Belgium, ‘How Many Shots’ got picked up by nearly every notable dj. Eventually, Vato Gonzalez decided to support the track by adding it to the seventh part of his Dirty House Mixtape.
Daan DeVito and Salvano Volez worked their way up to realize a dream that just kept growing. From clubs way up north to festivals out west, from the top of the charts to being supported by the greatest; they can’t be stopped. Now that the top is within reach, there’s only one thing left to do: take over the world as the Supreme Gentlemen.

Music has been referred to as being many things; life, a weapon, the answer and even as a sanctuary to name a few and in the masterful hands of DJ CATO (a.k.a Congrí) they become all of these things.

On any given night throughout New York City Cato can be found executing his craft on eager ears and feet. Part of his allure as a dj is that he is extremely adaptable to any situation and crowd and well armed with keen music knowledge and understanding as well as impeccable timing. So rather than limiting himself to any one specific genre Cato allows his listeners ears, minds and feet to travel to far flung places. Whether it's a samba school in Rio de Janeiro, a dancehall in Brixton, a block party in Spanish Harlem or a nightclub or lounge just about anywhere he is comfortably in the pocket.

Originally from Friedberg, Germany his family relocated to America via New York and settled in Gainesville Florida by the time he was six years old. Growing up there as an adolescent, he found he could translate his love and near obsession for music only by sharing it and was soon djing around town at local parties. He began to make his way by traveling around the country ending up in Atlanta, GA where he honed his autodidactic skills spinning alongside DJ's T-Rock and F.Y.I. They became known as the Headknod Squad and after a few years of playing mostly hip-hop with them, he yearned for something more. The deafening call of New York City proved to be too loud to ignore, and in 1996, he made his move.

Following his dreams of becoming a working DJ proved to be harder in New York as the market was submerged with talent from around the world, all pursuing the same dream. He submitted to various day jobs and landed one at Diesel, helping to open New York’s first Diesel store. He tenaciously worked a corporate job by day while djing by night, for the next seven years. Even as he rose in ranks as an east coast executive for the company, he never lost sight of his dreams.

Steadily, he was also breaking into the underground New York scene. As a bi product of his day job, Cato was afforded numerous trots around the globe. He collected music not commonly found in mainstream America, and subsequently injected those new sounds into the veins of New York clubs and lounges. People took notice, and the gigs were beginning to interfere with his day job. Finally, after living this double life for seven years, he was able to leave his career at Diesel and the rest, as they say, is history…

He’s held residencies and gigs at some of New York’s best parties and swankiest lounges; Moomba, 357 Magnum, Lenny Kravitz's K.O.S, Pacha, The Maritime Hotel’s Cabanas, The Grammercy Park Hotel's Rose Bar, JIMMY at The James Hotel, S.O.B.'s (Sounds of Brazil), Bar Marmont at Chateau (LA), Soho House (LA), Turntables on the Hudson, Afrokinetic, Manjinga, Beleza and his very own Sofrito Salvaje party (with dj's OBaH and Scientific). Cato has also played at the Bronx Museum, the Candela Music & Art Festival in Puerto Rico, Tribeca Film Festival, WKCR’s The Mambo Machine, Club Santanera in Playa Del Carmen Mexico, Favela Chic in Paris, numerous movie screenings and wrap parties and even on the Coney Island boardwalk in Brooklyn.
Just relocating to Los Angeles from Brooklyn New York, Cato is ready to start a new chapter on the West Coast of the map!

Stay tuned for much more from Cato a.k.a Congrí….

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