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| CRUSH |
| Newest addition to the Pocketful of MCs, 'Crush,' featuring Pigeon John and err... Prince, is now available for download in the section above, in MP3 or WAV format. Free! (news published 30/04/2008) |
| 'CRUSH' Feat. PIGEON JOHN |
| Next up for the Pocketful Of MCs is 'Crush,' featuring Quannum's premier entertainer PIGEON JOHN. The cut will be available for download very shortly. Stay tuned!
In other news, RV just got done mixing the follow up to Cliquety Kliqk, 'Good City For Dreamers.' Mix engineer Mike Cresswell was manning the boards down in Echo Park, Los Angeles, and both him and RV had vicious fun with the tracks. Damage assessment will occur this summer. (news published 24/03/2008) |
| DEATH OF AN 80s LIMO |
| Latest addition to the POCKETFUL OF MCs collection, here's 'Death Of An 80s Limo,' featuring New York rhyme puppeteer BEANS. Click on the above section to download the track for free in mp3 or WAV format (WAV for full sonic quality, MP3 for iPOD and such). (news published 01/03/2008) |
| NEW FREE DOWNLOAD |
| The track 'Requiem For A Neo-Con' is now available for download in the Pocketful Of MCs section (above). It features Def Jux alumni Mr Lif on the mic, and is based on a sample of Serge Gainsbourg's 'Requiem Pour Un Con.' You can also download a version of 'Coming Up For Air' which features Quannum's own Lateef The Truthspeaker. both tracks are offered in either MP3 format (for the iPOD) or WAV format (for the stereo. You get to hear the full sonics of the song with this version only). Next month's addition to the Pocketful of MCs mixtape will feature the futuristic rhymes of BEANS, of Anti-Pop Consortium fame. (news published 28/01/2008) |
| REQUIEM FOR A NEO-CON |
| You can go to the Pitchfork website and listen exclusively to RV's latest track featuring Mr Lif, 'Requiem For A Neo-Con.' The song will be available as a free download on this site very soon, as part of the Pocketful Of MCs collection. Next month's track will feature Beans. (news published 26/01/2008) |
| COMING UP FOR AIR |
| GE's new track with Lateef The Truthspeaker is now available for download in the Pocketful of MCs section. Dig it! (news published 25/01/2008) |
| A POCKETFUL OF MCS |
| Starting in September, RV will launch a series of free downloads from this site. These will be brand new tracks featuring some of RV's favorite MCs. There will be one free download per month, leading up to the release of General Elektriks' sophomore album, 'Good City For Dreamers.' The free tracks will NOT be included on the album, so don't miss out! Make sure to pop by each month to check what sample has been flipped and what MC is on it! (news published 16/08/2007) |
| BACK IN THE LAB |
| The follow up to General Elektriks' first album, 'Cliquety Kliqk,' is finally on its way! After working hard with his other band, Honeycut, and touring behind their breakthrough debut, 'The Day I Turned To Glass,' RV has finally found time to bury himself in the lab to work on new GE material. Expect the unexpected, which should reach your ears come dawn of 2008.
In the meantime, you can catch RV touring this summer/fall with Honeycut and Blackalicious. Check the MySpaces for dates.
www.myspace.com/honeycutmusic
www.myspace.com/blackalicious (news published 13/07/2007) |
| HONEYCUT!!! |
| OK everybody, HONEYCUT's 'The Day I Turned To Glass' is finally OUT! RV and bandmates Bart Davenport and Tony Sevener are HONEYCUT and they make future Funk for your soul! GE fans out there better get with this! Here are a few press quotes about the new album and a link to their MySpace and website.
http://www.myspace.com/honeycutmusic
http://www.honeycutmusic.com/
"Honeycut will drop its debut on DJ Shadow's Quannum Projects label at the end of September: an excellent endorsement for a new group. The CD, The Day I Turned To Glass, is credibly eclectic without coming off disjointed as the band flirts with quirky hip-hop loops and balances on the edge of rock and soul." - SF Weekly, Aug 30, 2006
"Three San Franciscans making unbelievably hip, soul infused indie funk to rival any Gorillaz and Gnarls Barkley offering."- The Owl Magazine, August 2006
"Only occasionally do you find a group or album that manages to incorporate diverse influences into a unique sound and still remain absolutely accessible, be it to the casual radio listener or the diehard record collector... the band weaves its way through soul, funk, rock, bossa nova, and electronica without ever stopping firmly on one, instead creating something that's very much their own.... giving Honeycut an almost unclassifiable vibe about them that makes them entertaining and danceable while retaining their musical integrity." - ALLMUSIC.COM, Sept 2006
"Fronted by a cotton-voiced crooner and animated by a keyboardist who coaxes a studio's worth of tweaked grooves from vintage synthesizers, the new trio Honeycut sounds like a record collector's latest find." - URB Magazine, Sept 2006
"On the group's debut album, Salters plays the role of maestro, skillfully using synthesizers to jump from one soundscape to the next, and "Tough Kid" features vocalist Davenport singing silky falsetto lines over his bandmate's pounding synth arrangement. Meanwhile, "Crowed Avenue" sounds as though Stevie Wonder's clavinet has been resurrected and re-imagined, this time accompanied by a crispy beat courtesy of Sevener, who prefers the MPC to the drum kit." - SPIN.com, Sept 25, 2006 (Artist of the Day)
"In a 40-minute set Honeycut appealed to every aspect of an unsuspecting crowd. Mixing Davenport's glam like performance and a vocal range that was equal parts slick and resonating, Salters beat out funky high-energy sounds on three keyboards. Sevener's live drum programming made the performance of the locally popular single "Shadows" feverish, audience members dancing in their seats as easily as they would in any club." - The Owl Magazine, Sept 2006 (live review Apple Store SF performance)
"...check out Honeycut, who we like to think of as the Bay area's own answer to Gnarls Barkley. We've been listening to the advance of their record The Day I Turned To Glass which makes us feel like we're in the past and the future at the same time." - SFist, August 31, 2006 (news published 11/10/2006) |
| LOLLAPALOOZA |
| For those kids planning to head to Chicago next week for Lollapalooza, RV will be there playing keys with Blackalicious. In other news, RV is currently working with Tony and Bart, his HONEYCUT partners in crime, on a mixtape that should reach the merch table by the end of August. Stay tuned! http://www.myspace.com/honeycutmusic (news published 26/07/2006) |
| CATCH THE BUS |
 'Catch The Bus,' previously only available on vinyl, has been added to 'Opaque Gender' and 'Badville' as a free download! Go to the RV MUSIC section, then log in with your member ID. These songs date from the Cliquety Kliqk sessions and work as a nice addition to the album. Pick up your shovel and dig! (news published 22/05/2006) |
| HONEYCUT LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO |
| RV's new project HONEYCUT will be playing at the Cafe Du Nord, San Francisco on May 18th. He'll be doing things you shouldn't try at home on a Clavinet; Bart Davenport will rock the mike with his classic Soul tones and wear the stage out with his dancing; Tony Sevener will be doing some wearing out of his own on the pads of his MPC, playing it 100% live and showing why he was dubbed 'The Human Sequencer' by European audiences. Tony, Bart and RV will be playing songs off their upcoming debut album, 'The Day I Turned To Glass,' due out this summer on Quannum Projects.
Outrageous Funk crooner BING JI LING and Ubiquity's own NINO MOSCHELLA will also be performing.
CAFÉ DU NORD
2170 MARKET STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114
MAY 18th, 9:00PM, $10
http://www.myspace.com/honeycutmusic
http://www.cafedunord.com
http://www.bingjiling.com
http://www.myspace.com/ninomoschella
(news published 11/05/2006) |
| GE RADIO |
| click here for a stream of songs selected by RV. Music, not formats. Click with an open and relaxed mind. (news published 05/05/2006) |
| RV IN NORTH CALIFORNIA |
| RV will be rocking his Clavinet in North California this week: you can catch him with his new project, Honeycut, opening for Blackalicious. Honeycut's future soul is given to you by singer Bart Davenport, drum programmer Tony Sevener, and RV on Keys/arrangements. Their first album was mastered last week in L.A by Eddy Schreyer, and will be released on Quannum Projects this summer. Stay tuned!
RV will also be playing keyboards this week with Chief Xcel, The Gift Of Gab and the rest of the Blackalicious live crew.
Blackalicious
Wednesday May 3, 2006 @ 9:00 PM
Harlows
Sacramento, CA US
Blackalicious/Honeycut
Thursday May 4, 2006 @ 8:00 PM
The Catalyst
Santa Cruz, CA US
Blackalicious/Honeycut
Friday May 5, 2006 @ 10:00 PM
Caesars Tahoe
Stateline, NV US
Blackalicious
Saturday May 6, 2006 @ 1:30 PM
St. Marys College
Moraga, CA US
Blackalicious/Honeycut
Sunday May 7, 2006 @ 7:00 PM
Mystic
Petaluma, CA US
(news published 30/04/2006) |
| PHOTO GALERIE |
| New ! just added a serie of RV portraits (news published 11/09/2005)
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