Monday, August 6, 2012

DJ Klyph presents: The Movement

This summer has been kinda ridiculous so far considering all the great music that's been released in the local hip hop scene here in Portland. Once again it's been a blessing to connect with some great artists over the last several weeks. Let's begin where we left off last:

Stewart Villain came through a while ago with the Chill Crew as he's producing their next project and he promised he'd be back. We'll he did make it back through along with Frankly Esquire to talk about the Arcade Club project they're working on, sharing some exclusive material. He's also collaborating on a project with DJ Fatboy who you know from his visit to the station with Cool Nutz. The project is called Lean Team - brother is busy!


Stewart Villain on Welcome to the Neighborhood with DJ Klyph June 2012 from DJ Klyph on Vimeo.

OK, so here's me being a fan. On the second Friday every month, the Live and Direct PDX event brings together some of the best talent in the northwest. SlimKid3 of the Pharcyde, DJ Rev Shines of Livesavas/Shine Language, DJ Nature of L.A.B. Life As Beats, Starchile of Shadyville and the man behind the scenes Colton Tong. It's a dance party, but yet more than that. Three DJs doing live remixes of some of your favorite music with turntables and MPCs on stage and Starchile guiding you on the journey. It's an experience not to be missed for sure. Check out a clip of the guys at KZME!


Live & Direct Crew on Welcome to the Neighborhood with DJ Klyph July 2012 from DJ Klyph on Vimeo.

Green Team Official is G_Force and Lawz Spoken. They're kinda like a modern day Cheech and Chong (check for the promo video for the project - comedy). They we're cool enough to come by the station to talk about the project and the album release show that they partnered with We Out Here Magazine. They even played some exclusive material and G_Force gave a live performance - twice. Here's a peak:


Green Team Official on Welcome to the Neighborhood with DJ Klyph July 2012 from DJ Klyph on Vimeo.

I connected with Commenter-E a while ago after coming across some of his music and have been looking forward to having him on the show. He passed through with vocalist Danielle to talk about the upcoming project The Power of One. He's released visuals from the first single entitled Return to Shangri-La, plus a free download of This Is Portland, a track that's not a part of the album, but has been getting requests for airplay since we played it on the show. You can get it at www.commentere.com as a free download.


Commenter-E - Return To Shangri-La from Commenter-E on Vimeo.

Sole Provider and I connected a couple of years ago, and you've heard several projects he's been involved with on the show. He came out to the station with producer Goodwill to talk about the latest with North Next Entertainment and the new project he and Goodwill are collaborating on, Scheme Work. It was a real good time with exclusive tracks being played, live rhymes in studio... Check out the podcast - http://podcast.kzme.fm/Klyph/?p=episode&name=2012-07-27_sole_pro_and_goodwill_on_wttn_pt1.mp3 plus a little video clip:


Sole Provider and Goodwill on Welcome to the Neighborhood July 2012 from DJ Klyph on Vimeo.

Serge Severe. MC, artist, all around good dude. The king of the Neighborhood made an appearance with producer Zapata on the day they released Silver Novelist, some of Serge's best material yet. It was a good time for sure, as it always is when Serge is in the building, and he was kind enough to show the world the skills and talent of a true MC live on KZME. Check the video below:

While Serge and Zapata where at the station, we had the opportunity to announce the line up for the NW Hip Hop Fest sponsored by KZME going down September 6th, 7th and 8th at Ash Street and Kelly's Olympian - the first night featuring the Welcome to the Neighborhood showcase with a line-up of the man himself Serge Severe, as well as Neighborhood residents Destro Destructo, who's been a great supporter of the show with his current collaboration with producer CashFlow, and the unofficial co-host of WTTN, the Humble Beast himself, Theory Hazit.

Be sure to stay tuned for more information on the NW Hip Hop Fest with more in-studio guests and line-up announcements leading up to the event.

Until next time, y'all be blessed!

Klyph.


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