GODDESS

# 2 of Stephane Sednaoui's videos

THE MAGIC ROOM ::: lichiban presents ::: EDOHEART

Eseohe Arhebamen aka EDOHEART
I love EDO. Urban priestess of heart & fire, though so-far has mostly been known through her dance performances, Edoheart is a visionary & a singer with one of the most powerfully heart-piercing voices. I am currently working with her and my friend Joel Mejia on a video for her new song "Sometimes (Lord Take Me Away)" as an art director. She is a definite artist to watch.
Check out one her beautiful and unsettlingly powerful BUTOH performances.
Eseohe Arhebamen performs Fire Butoh 2 at Grace Exhibition Space, NYC 2008.
Eseohe is calling this type of butoh performance, BUTOH-VOCAL THEATRE. The sound/music she has created and termed her "BUTOH-SINGING". This sound collaboration and production is with Toshio Kajiwara. Stage design by Eseohe Arhebamen. Lighting design by photographer Jene Youtt. Visuals: Mariette Papic+room 404 media + dinosaur fight of the zuvuya collective. Costume by Maggie Smith.
For more, visit http://edoheart.org.

FLASHBACK TO THE FUTURE::: Massive Attack ::: SLY

we will be nomads

Dungeon Dragons: LITTLE DRAGON Performs at Le Poisson Rouge, Saturday November 21, 2009

Little Dragon is back in NYC!! I got my good friend and ex-writer colleague at TRACE Magazine write up a guest feature this time.

By Devin “PAN” Barrett

Since releasing their self-titled debut album, Sweden’s soul-pop quartet LITTLE DRAGON has coursed through the veins of the indie music scene, keeping listeners’ collective blood pressure dangerously high. Hitting stride once again with their follow-up LP, Machine Dreams, Little Dragon returns stateside to the venue where they made their NYC debut a year ago. This Saturday night at Le Poisson Rouge in the West Village, find out what all of the buzz is about as Little Dragon takes the stage with their signature synth-infused electro fuzz. If lead singer Yukimi Nagano’s sweet serenade doesn’t give you goosebumps, you may need your pulse checked. Sharing the bill for the evening are Re:Redux (Didi and Aaron from Brazilian Girls), dance collective Crystal Fighters, and DJ Scribe of I Love Vinyl acclaim. Show starts at 11 pm.

For additional show and ticket info visit: http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/633

i'm showing at COUP D'ETAT Art Collective's :: "Live to Change Something Through Art" group art show

Come through this Saturday! Below are my BROOKLYN SUPERHEROES & some of my friends works shown at the exhibit.

Berman "Coup D'Etat BK " ::: Livingroom Johnston "Rooftop series"

Stephanie Land "Woman In Red"

Ibrahim Yaqut & Yang Chi (Artist Republic) ::: Amanda Diva " The Brighter Side"

Ana Bravo "Cruda"

Alice Mizrahi "Forgive" :: Jen One

(BROOKLYN, NY) November 12, 2009 – Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation’s Center for Arts and Culture, PUMA, and The Coup d’etat Arts Collective are honored to announce the opening of “Live to Change Something Through Art,” a mixed media exhibition of works created by 23 local artists. Please join the artists for the opening reception on Saturday, November 21, 2009, from 4 p.m.– 7 p.m. at the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation’s Skylight Gallery, 1368 Fulton Street, 3^rd Floor, Brooklyn, New York.

“Live to Change Something Through Art” features work that is reflective of the current Brooklyn arts movement and underscores Coup d’etat’s thought-provoking brand principle, “Live to Change Something.” Highlighting a multicultural collective of artists across several disciplines, the exhibition encompasses painting, photography, sculpture, video and installation.

“The voices of Urban image makers have too often been dismissed as inarticulate and underexposed,” says Rasu Jilani, co-founder of Coup d’etat Brooklyn, and “Live to Change Something Through Art” Creative Director. “This exhibition was developed to help my fellow creators build positive awareness of their work while exposing our youth to the many vehicles of self-expression.”

Artists that were hand-selected to participate in “Live to Change Something Through Art” include: Molaundo Jones, Suhail Smith, Sam Wilson, Lichiban, Rob Fokused, Alice Mizrachi, Stephanie Land, Deka, SeeOne, One9, Alzo Slade, Ana Bravo, Berman Fenelus, Jen One, Reuben King, Amanda Diva, Nelson Rivas, Kwesi Abbensetts, Paul Deo, Robert Trujillo, Suncadm Bey, Ibrahim, and Yang-Chi.

About Coup d’etat Arts Collective: Coup d’etat Arts Collective is a Brooklyn-based collaboration of highly respected artists who produce various art-related events throughout New York City. The Collective's annual exhibition features a never-before-seen assembly of New York City’s most sought after visual artists. With music as the backdrop, the Coup d’etat Arts Collective provides a unique platform for creative synergy while filling an undeniable void in the arts community. For additional information on Coup d’etat Brooklyn please visit www.cdtbk.com

For nearly four decades, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation has served as a fertile ground for emerging and established artists throughout Central Brooklyn. Through its Center for Arts and Culture, Restoration continues to present, promote, and preserve the artistic legacy of artists from the African Diaspora.

FREE MUSIC :: JESSE BOYKINS III "AmorUS" -MELO-X remix

mmmm...here is a new piece from Jesse Boykins III The Beauty Created remixed series. This week, we have "AmorUS" remixed by the homie Melo-X.

DOWNLOAD IT HERE!

ANIMATION OF THE DAY : Principles of geometry + AntiVJ: a stereoscopic show

beautiful

Principles of geometry + AntiVJ: a stereoscopic show from AntiVJ on Vimeo.

AntiVJ has been working on a new format for French retro-futurist electronic producers Principles of Geometry. Using stereoscopy (technology used in IMAX cinemas to watch visuals with 3D glasses) they produced a 50min long real-time journey through space. An exciting experience and a real visual counterpart to the band's space/epic soundtrack.
Visual production: Simon Geilfus, Joanie Lemercier, Desaxismundi.

this vibration ::: BILAL ::: Level

::: a lesson in being free on stage :::
a new track from BILAL's new album, which is one of the three albums scheduled to drop soon that I'm really excited about...I heard it a few months ago, and it was great to hear recently that it got signed to Plug Research. With this new album , BILAL had a chance to show his extraordinary skills as a producer and singer with a vast range of talent in jazz, funk, psychedelic rock, R&B, rock, soul and probably 3 more fields of music. Genre-bending, free music. Expect the unexpected---

PHOTO OF THE DAY :: the lady who fell to earth

Tim Walker The Lady Who Fell To Earth for VOGUE Oct 09

i'm feeling....HARMONIC 313 : Battlestar

This album makes me feel like machines have soul...I imagine it could aid astral travel visualizations. There is a definite alarming, dark-vision-of-the future type of tone that dominates the album---it reflects an aspect of the spiritual atmosphere that is present these days and which many artists are tapping into.

Battlestar from sixty40 on Vimeo.

WARNING: A LOT OF FLASHING IMAGES
Check out the Warp Release page: warp.net/records/harmonic-313/battlestar-watch-the-video-release-out-15th-june

From the press release: "Harmonic 313 (aka Mark Pritchard aka Troubleman aka Reload aka 1/2 of Global Communications aka 1/2 of the The Jedi knights...) came to Sixty40 for his first ever film clip. Despite releasing seminal records since the 90's and being on Warp Records since 1994 and being the poster child for super-technical, superbly-crafted, bass heavy, crazy-ass electronica there'd never been anything to translate his floor-filling tracks on TV. Crazy. Sixty40 had to pioneer a variety of new techniques to take an entirely open brief into a eye-popping warning of extra-terrestrial doom."

Without trying to limit it, Warp artist,Harmonic 313's album When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence is where futuristic Detroit techno meets electro-funk, UK bass, dubstep & Dilla's hip-hop legacy (313 is a reference to Detroit area code). If you are into the kind of electronic music that Dilla, Cybotron, Kraftwerk, Waajeed, or Flying Lotus have put out, you'll probably get into this album. Find out more on Harmonic 313 When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence & on his myspace, and there is a great review of the album here.

ANIMATION OF THE DAY :: The Nature of Battle

In a ruined world, where mankind has brought destruction upon themselves, a new hope arrives in the form of a seed.

The Nature of Battle from Nat Dart on Vimeo.

FUTURE VISIONS :: Blade Runner

A vision of the future from one of my all-time favorite films--and one of the best films ever made--, Ridley Scott's cult classic BLADE RUNNER.

The film depicts dystopian Los Angeles in November 2019 in which genetically manufactured beings called replicants — visually indistinguishable from adult humans — are used for dangerous or menial work on Earth's "off-world colonies". Following a replicant uprising, replicants become illegal on Earth and specialist police called "blade runners" are trained to hunt down and "retire" escaped replicants on Earth. The plot focuses on a brutal and cunning group of recently-escaped replicants hiding in Los Angeles and the semi-retired blade runner, Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), who reluctantly agrees to take on one more assignment.(from wikipedia)

PRESS ::: LIBERATING STYLE shows love!!!

I am forever grateful for LIBERATING STYLE for giving me an opportunity to shine. Much love to Angela for making this happen and to my beautiful friend & fellow artista, Fly Lady Di, who was also featured in this issue & and huge thanks for the shout out. You are an inspiration as well, ma:) I would also like to give a shout to the one and only Sarah White for taking this photo of me, to Concep for being part of the collabo featured in this spread, and to Raye 6 for being the inspiration behind the catwoman in picture 4. ...thank you!

To read the interview & check out the whole issue online, click here.





Make sure to check out the previous issues as well!

PRESS ::: LONDON HERE I COME -- STREET TALK UK Official Teaser

Here is the official teaser for Londontown's freshest export, STREET TALK UK! The official site is about to launch- the guys just had their preview launch party last week (here are some photos from the event on VICE Magazine). The new site is going to feature a series of interviews with some of New York's dopest movers and shakers...I'm so psyched to be part of this! BIG shout out to my London fam, Kevin, Craig and Mike for doing this...you are the bomb!

Street | Talk Official Trailer from Street Talk on Vimeo.

FREE MUSIC + TONE presents: JESSE BOYKINS III part I

TONE (one of the hardest working photographers I know in the city) has started doing video features at his LOFT now. This is my favorite so far: interview with my friend, Brooklyn-based singer & songwriter Jesse Boykins III. inspirational.

JESSE BOYKINS III PART ONE from TONE on Vimeo.

Also, here is a FREE remix of Jesse's song PANTYHOSE by Hasan Insane. Grab it HERE.
as well as CHANEL -remix by Machine Drum
and CHANEL part 2 : Spirit Dilla remix by Daru

iRECOMMEND::: SATURN NEVER SLEEPS w/ RAS G, King Britt, Rucyl, Sarah White & Rico, Stef Eye, AFTA-1 and more ! in Philly and in NYC!!!

Finally SATURN NEVER SLEEPS fam is back in NYC with an impressive lineup made up of vibration gurus RAS-G, AFTA-1, King Britt, Rucyl, Sarah White, Rico, Steph Eye & Damon Bennet & Peter Kirn. What's even more exciting that it's here to stay: SNS visionaries King Britt and Rucyl are starting a monthly series in New York while continuing to bring to Philly's art & music scene a new vision & higher frequencies as well. Check out their super dope website for more info, artist features & free podcasts!
DEC 10th in Philadelphia & DEC 11th NYC!

iRECOMMEND :: SEBASTIAO SALGADO :: The Children

This post is dedicated to every child and adult whose childhood has been prematurely cut short.
One of my favorite photographers and huge inspiration, Brazilian artist SEBASTIÃO SALGADO is a true master of capturing the human spirit on film. His book, THE CHILDREN was my first reference I turned to when I started going back to drawing a few years ago. His collection of photographs of refugee children from all around the world is one of the most powerful visual documentations of the effect of war and trauma on children.

Salgado originally trained as an economist, turned to photography in 1973. He spent several years with documenting migrant workers, and from 1993 to 1999, he turned his attention to the global phenomenon of mass displacement of people, resulting in the internationally acclaimed books Migrations and The Children published in 2000.

In the introduction to Migrations, he wrote, "More than ever, I feel that the human race is one. There are differences of colour, language, culture and opportunities, but people's feelings and reactions are alike. People flee wars to escape death, they migrate to improve their fortunes, they build new lives in foreign lands, they adapt to extreme hardship…."

His images speak without words...about terror, loss of innocence, the horrors of war and the beauty of the human spirit that- even while faced with the harshest conditions- can transcend the shadows of the past and heal the presence. This piece, inspired by one of the photos from his book, THE CHILDREN, on the left was one of my first pieces I exhibited (I donated it to a fundraiser for Emergency) a few years ago...I was at an early phase of experimenting with my style and media. After buying the book, I would keep on returning to these images and stare at these children's telling eyes...many of these kids were born and spent their entire life in refugee camps. (e.g Rwanda, Lebanon, Croatia, Afghanistan, India, Mozambique, Sudan, or Kurdistan). I believe that Salgado's photographs have the power of changing someone's life (a quality I think every artist would love to own). Someone told me that at his show of THE CHILDREN, they displayed the photos as giant, larger-than-life size prints and the power of these images made many attendees burst out in tears.

"I hope that the person who visits my exhibitions, and the person who comes out, are not quite the same," says Mr. Salgado. "I believe that the average person can help a lot, not by giving material goods but by participating, by being part of the discussion, by being truly concerned about what is going on in the world."

You can see a few more photos from the book here for instance, but I strongly recommend actually owning this book. Also check out his other massive masterpiece, Migrations. To read Salgado's bio, visit here.

TIME TO ::: IMAM FAISAL ABDUL RAUF :: Lose your ego, find your compassion & CARY FOWLER: One seed at a time, protecting the future of food

A good friend of mine who is traveling to India for this conference sent me to this site. TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, organizes conferences around different themes and hosts talks about issues affecting our future. These are just two of the talks that I found inspiring on their site
Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf: Lose your ego, find your compassion

Cary Fowler: One seed at a time, protecting the future of food

i'm feeling... BROKENFAB

I love these futuristic beaded pieces individually designed & hand-crafted in the workshop of London-based BROKEN FAB. Check out more on brokenfab.com.

PHOTO OF THE DAY :: lost and found

I'm in love with these images. Found it on flickr by artist Brandon Jan Blommaert.

FREE MUSIC :: Chico Mann ::: SAME COLOR WOLF /// ANALOG DRIFT (full album) /// THE SELECTOR (FOR NOW)

Electro-funk meets afro-Cuban rhythms to transport you back & forth in time. Chico Mann is the man!






Chico Mann is the creation of Antibalas guitarist Marcos García; a time-travelling multi-instrumentalist-producer who with drum machines, synthesizers, and guitars has singlehandedly filled the 30+ year gap between afrobeat, afrocuban, freestyle and electronic music while throwing a wrench into the cogs of musical history.

ANIMATION OF THE DAY :: Skywhales

:: The hunter becomes the hunted ::

Directed by Phil Austin & Derek W. Hayes, SKYWHALES is a 1983 animated short film that depicts a fictional society of green-skinned alien creatures dwelling in the atmosphere on a floating island, who send off hunting missions to capture skywhales. Skywhales was released at the cinema in the UK in 1984, showing before the film Nineteen Eighty-Four. Too bad that the quality of the video is so bad, as it doesn't do justice to the beauty of this film.

PHOTO OF THE DAY ::: orchidman

photo by the brilliant mi-zo duo

LOVE IS THE MESSAGE :: MGMT :: The Youth

happy halloween
MGMT ::: "The Youth"

i'm feeling ...TEMPER TRAP :: Sweet Disposition

I just discovered this Melbourne-based band, Temper Trap while blog-surfing. Much like their fellow Aussie band the Empire of the Sun, or the new US groups MGMT and Passion Pit, these guys have been putting out some quality pop music. I'm not surprised that they have been compared to U2 or Coldplay, you can definitely hear their influences, but Temper Trap got their own sound locked down. They just dropped a new album this month, called "Conditions".

SUPERCHICKEN :: Jimi Hendrix Forever

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace." (Jimi Hendrix)

My first musical experience and memories go back to my father's incessant listening sessions of Jimi Hendrix, whose music he managed to secretly record on his Telefunken mono tape recorder by tapping into one of the clandestine pirate radio stations blasting Anglo-American rock music to communist countries like Hungary (you can read a little more about that in my previous post). According to my mom, he was literally "obsessed" with Hendrix's music...he considered himself an outsider, and even though he didn't speak English, he knew the language of music intuitively. I still get really emotional when listening to Crosstown Traffic, which I feel like had a definite shaping influence on my infant brain. I believe if he was born in a different place and time, my dad would've become a guitar player himself, though he definitely passed on to me his passion for real soulful music. I remember being six years old and waiting for the radio to play a Pink Floyd record so we could record it on tape...ever since, my love for music was always up there with drawing. This post is as much as a thank-you note to my dad for introducing me to the sound vibrations of JIMI HENDRIX as an homage to the man himself whose spirit is still alive and whose spiritual message is more relevant now than ever. Also, I'd like to say Happy Birthday to my beautiful mom, who put up with both of our obsessions and who later managed to save enough money as a single mom to buy me my first stereo equipment when I was 14 (it cost her whole month worth of salary). Thank you!

The Love Movement is growing again...here is some inspiration



Well I travel at the speed of a reborn man // I've got a lot of love to give // from the mirrors of my hand // I sent a message of love // don't you run away look at your heart, baby // come on along with me today // well I am what I am, thank god // some people just don't understand // well help them god // find yourself first // don't you be no fool // here comes a woman // wrapped up in chains // messin' with that fool baby // your life is pain // if you wanna be free // come on along with me // don't mess with the man // he'll never understand // I said find yourself first // and then your talent // work hard in your mind // so you can come alive // you better prove to the man // you're as strong as him // cause in the eyes of god // you're both children to him //
everybody come alive
everybody live alive
everybody love alive
everybody hear my message

HUNGARIAN MEMORIES :: with a pure heart

Syrius, Hungarian progressive rock band from the 70s performing an English version of "Tiszta Szivvel" or "With a Pure Heart", a poem by one of my favorite Hungarian poets, Attila József. The poet, who was born into a poor working-class family and spent most of his childhood in foster families and orphanages, is a shining but melancholy star of the post-WWI generation of artists. This poem earned him his expulsion from Szeged University. Struggling with a life-long depression, war trauma and spiritual isolation, he committed suicide at a young age 0f 32. [A sad fact about my old country is that suicide rate has been among the highest in the world...partly, because many of our cultural heroes, like Attila, have committed suicide.] You can find out more about Attila József and read some of his poems in translation here.

†Miklós Orszáczky - Bass, Vocals * * †Zsolt Baronits - Winds * * László Pataki - Organ * Mihály Ráduly - Winds * * †András Veszelinov - Percussion *

The band's lead singer & bass guitarist Miklos Orszaczky immigrated to Australia and became a famous musician known under the name of Jackie Orszacky. You can get an idea about how the American/Western music of the 60s and 70s -mostly illegally transmitted via a few pirate radio stations such as Radio Luxembourg (a pirate station run and broadcast from a boat somewhere in the channel),Radio Free Europe and Voice of America shaped the music and the youth of Communist Hungary, by reading an interview with Orszacky from 1996 about the music scene he grew up immersed in Budapest, Hungary. Despite the fact that Hungary's communist government-a self-declared dictatorship- tried to maintain isolation from the "decadent culture of the West", there was no way to stop the music secretly infiltrating and transforming the youth culture of the 70s. Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones and many UK and US rock and funk bands were the inspirations and catalysts for the exploding underground culture that no Iron Curtain could stop from getting their sense of liberation through music.

ELECTRIC VISION:: video of painting the RE:GENERATION mural

A little window into the process...I'm painting the RE:GENERATION :: Earth Spirit Rise mural on the rooftop of the New Design High School (check my earlier post for location & more photos). The footage that I took was edited by my good friend, video artist Vanguard Bot. Also big shout out to my fellow artist, Borish of the Trust Your Struggle crew for inviting me to do this (his murals & studio work are dope.you can check them here). Thank you!
The Rise of the Earth Spirit, GEA, avatar of Re:Generation
GEA launches <3thunderbolt> to release magic power to heal and awaken earthlings

Lichiban :: "RE:GENERATION: Earth Spirit Rise" mural-LES, NYC from Lichiban EV [Electric Vision] on Vimeo.

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earthlings realize the need to protect COSMIC ARK ::
feel the vibration ::: we open gates :::

iRECOMMEND::: DÂM-FUNK release party at BROOKLYN BOWL

"Funk is not a fad, it's a way of life" insists LA fam, DAM-FUNK, who has been responsible for keeping funk alive and bringing back the good vibrations with his trademark galactic/boogie touch--giving birth to a kind of sexy cosmic music that makes you feel free and elevated. His debut album Toeachizown has finally come out in a double cd-version last week. The album was released in 5 parts on Stonesthrow (check below for the individual release links) and is going to drop as a delux 5LP set early next year. This Tuesday, FADER will present the album release party at BROOKLYN BOWL, BK, which is expected to be a blowout...not to mention that it's a free event...don't miss it! Check out a video of him spinning in BK back in August and my interview with him from earlier that also includes some freebies.
Also, for a week you can listen to a special 3 hrs Dam-Funk set on one of UK's top BBC radio hosts & DJs, the homie Benji B here. Shout out to Benji who actually put me on Dam Funk over a year ago. If you want to stay up on fresh music, tune into Benji's program on BBC here.

Dam-Funk - Toeachizown (Double-CD Version) 2/CD with 6p. folder, $16.98

Dam-Funk's debut album Toeachizown (2/CD) is here and will be released worldwide on Tues, October 20th. The double-disc CD contains over 2 hours of music.

The vinyl will be released as 5LP box set. Note: the 5LP box is delayed due to manufacturing issues – we hope to have it in late Dec. 2009-Jan. 2010, and will announce as soon as a release date is secured.

In anticipation of the 5LP set Stonesthrow have released the five distinct parts digitally:
Toeachizown Vol. 1: LAtrik $6.93 // Toeachizown Vol. 2: Fly $5.94 // Toeachizown Vol. 3: Life $5.99// Toeachizown Vol. 4: Hood $5.49 //Toeachizown Vol. 5: Sky $5.99

hRo moves like water

Wow...my boy, artist/dancer and the best popper I know, Heat Rock One, showing off his brilliant skills

iRECOMMEND ...L.E.S Captured ::: exhibition & documentary by CLAYTON PATTERSON

EXHIBITION:: Alife presents

CLAYTON PATTERSON
L.E.S CAPTURED
SEPTEMBER 25 - NOVEMBER 8

“For me, taking the front door photos was magic. It was like touching someone’s soul. We were sharing a moment in time together, in a very intimate and deep way. I always felt a union, a deep connection and respect for my subjects. We were one. We were exploring our inner selves to each other. I was saving a presence, a spirit, the image of a person from the moment, the here and now, for the future. All of us were the Lower East Side.”

ALIFE PRESENTS and KINZ + TILLOU FINE ART are proud to announce CLAYTON PATTERSON, L.E.S. CAPTURED, a co-produced exhibition that focuses on Patterson’s 30-year documentation of the dramatically transitioned Lower East Side neighborhood of New York City. The exhibition features select photographs; a digital showcase of Patterson’s Front Door portraits; “The Documentarian”, a short from the widely acclaimed recent feature-length documentary, Captured, a film by Ben Solomon, Dan Levin, Jenner Furst. A documentarian by choice and community activist by circumstance, Patterson’s career spans 30 years of dedicated and compulsive photographic capture of the neighborhood and its community. From documenting the 1988 Tompkins Square Park Police Riot—which earned him both jail-time and Oprah airtime—to photographing individuals posed in front of his gallery door on Essex Street, Patterson is the eyes of the Lower East Side.

For more info about the exhibit, visit Alife.

YOU CAN WATCH THE FILM ONLINE for free here

PRESS ::: STREET TALK UK interview :: behind the scenes teaser

London fam, Kevin (also editor of the upcoming site thewhorington.com), Craig and Mike of STREET TALK UK came through my studio last month for an interview for their new New York City interview project sponsored by UK streetwear brand, BOXFRESH (their community site will be hot!). These guys are some of the coolest cats I know! They also got to interview the gorgeous songstress N'neka and Chelsea gallery owner, Jonathan Levine among others. I just got the behind the scenes teaser trailer for their project.

Street Talk NY - Behind The Scenes... from Mike Osaer on Vimeo.

Site is coming soon www.streettalktv.co.uk. Follow StreetTalkUK on twitter here

ARTIST TO WATCH ::: Johnny Voltik

Here are some footage of my friend, JOHNNY VOLTIK aka the Alphalove's show from last week at the Littlefield, BK. Whew...Woodstock is gone, but the love movement is ever so alive and so is the psychedelic rock/funk sound. Straight from the heart of Brooklyn Johnny Voltik is on the path toward taking sound and soul vibration to the next level. On the mic were also my two lovely girlfriends, Kira Michell and Enki Alien (who by the way are cosmic twins from different continents, and the two people who recognized it even before the girls met were Johnny and myself...long but amazing story). For bookings, please contact johnnyvoltik@gmail.com

JOHNNY VOLTIK "Higher" live from Lichiban EV [Electric Vision] on Vimeo.

JOHNNY VOLTIK "Sunshine" live from Lichiban EV [Electric Vision] on Vimeo.

PRESS::: VONY at RISE UP RADIO!

The Voices of New York (VONY) movement is evolving beautifully. VONY's founder, Suzie and I have been given an opportunity to talk about our work at Rise Up Radio - WBAI-FM, New York a couple of months ago (This was actually my second time at the radio. Back in December, I had a chance to talk about my solo show the Secret Lives of Samurais on this dope program). The show this time focused on education and on some of the flaws inherent in the public educational system, and it touched on some less serious tabloid stories. We came in at the second half of the show discussing the alarming phenomenon of the reduction of funds from art education and how VONY tries to counteract the negative effects of this by creating and implementing mentoring workshops that encourage creativity at an early stage of child development. I believe that art, among other things, is the foundation of culture, and it is the voice of a community; hence it has a powerful political potential. So if you take away the arts, you practically undermine a community's (and of course the individual's) creative power for self-determination and expression. This is why I think as artists it is very important for us to give back and nurture the next generation of visionaries to create, dream and believe in their vision...to have a VOICE! Big shout out to our lovely hosts TastyKeish & the boys Digo and Divino for having us on the show and doing a great job with the program. Thank you!
You can listen to the show on RiseUp Radio HERE (we come in on the second half of the show.)

You can see some of the video footage from our first youth media arts conference & fundraiser concert with BILAL, 88-Keys, Jesse Boykins & Honey LaRochelle from this past summer here. Check the VONY blog for more info and become a fan of Voices of New York on facebook. New website coming soon.

ANIMATION OF THE DAY: The Point - The Rock Man

"It's the here and now that I'm talking about"
Rock Man lays it out... -clip from Harry Nilsson's The Point - 1971. Thanks to Doze Green for putting me on this..lol! To find out Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?), visit here.