DJ Klyph presents: The Movement

New music and new Neighborhood residents. Over the last month I've interviewed some of the hardest working artists, and have built community with some really good folk.

In April Chill Crew MCs Jon Belz and PC with producer Stewart Villain came through to talk about the upcoming collaboration "Return of The Chill" and premier the 1st single "Concrete". I had a chance to see them perform the single weeks later at The One Off in Portland at The Crown Room. These young cats bring the same energy to their stage performance that they bring to the record. You can check out the web sites chillcrewmusic.com and stewartvillain.com

The Sandpeople have been representing the northwest in a big way for years now and no one has carried the flag further than world rap champion Illmaculate. He carved out time in his busy schedule between the release of his latest solo effort Skrill Talk and the Sandpeople European tour to pass through the Neighborhood. I got a chance to witness in person a lyrical master at work as he gifted the listeners to a cypher session live in studio. Illmaculate has a grip of great content over at the irapbetter.com including videos and free music.

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DJ Roane is a real low key dude. I've known him for a couple of years and didn't even realize he was recording. Reva DeVito has been blessing the northwest with soulful vocals doing guest spots as well as with band as a solo act. They came together in February to release Cloudshine, a project that perfectly blends Roane Namuh's soulful production with Reva's vocal styling. They spent some time in the Neighborhood playing select tracks from the album, talking about the show at Mississippi Studios and the release of the first video from the project for the song Frozen. Check out the full project at roanenamuhrevadevito.bandcamp.com

A member of two northwest super groups both Sandpeople and Oldominion, IAME can't help but be busy. When he's not performing with one of these crews or doing guest verses on projects, he's working on his own material like the latest release, a collaboration with producer and fellow Oldominion member SmokeM2D6 entitled Lame$tream. I was happy to finally get IAME to pass through the Neighborhood following his album release party at Backspace in Portland and just before he left on a west coast tour. We talked up upcoming projects with artists like Goldini Bagwell and the evolution of the Heaven Noise record label. Check out free music from IAME at heavennoise.com

Big up to Keeara of 360degreesunlimited.com for connecting me with Pat of Urban Bridges. The Dream Big talent search is coming up on June 29th and should be a great event, providing some young folk an opportunity to showcase there talents as well as providing an opportunity to build community. More info is available at urbanbridges.org

Matty made his second visit through the Neighborhood as he's finishing up Mr. Nice Guy 2. It's always good to hang with Matty and it was cool to hear the tour went well that he talked about on his last visit through. The website is up with some cool content at thisismatty.com and you know Matty always does it right with the promotions. Check out the video coverage of his visit.

The Neighborhood continues to grow in residents and I'm looking forward hosting some new friends and returning guests over the next several week. Stay tuned to the blog for updates and recaps plus check the links below for the podcast and video links. The name will change, but the content will be the same as three7: becomes DJ Klyph presents: The Movement.

Until next time, be blessed.

Klyph

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