DJ MetroGnome presents Collections & Connections.

05/18/2012

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DJ MetroGnome is at it again with the release of a new project called Collections & Connections.

Genres:Hip Hop, Jazz, Soul
Released: May 2012

"this is a concept mix based around the connections between songs (samples, wordplay, etc). i basically had the general idea, but didn't have the order laid out at all... created it as I went. It was a fun and interesting process with a million possibilities. I wasn't going for the most rare records or anything, just exploring. Hope you dig it."
DJ MetroGnome

Download the full, tracked-out version here:
http://www.tinyurl.com/MetroGnomeCCv

Track Title-Artist
1.Hot Music-Soho
2.Superstar-K-os
3.Superstar-Ghostface Killah
4.Time 4 Sum Aksion-Redman
5.Mama Said Knock You Out-LL Cool J
6.A Trip To Your Heart-Sly & The Family Stone
7.Diamonds And Pearls-Prince
8.Black Diamonds And Pearls-Blackalicious
9.If I Ruled The World-Nas Ft Lauryn Hill
10.If I Ruled The World / Friends Kurtis Blow / Whodini
11.The Sun-God Hi-tek Ft Common
12.The Blast-Reflection Eternal
13.Feeling Good-Nina Simone
14.New Day-Kanye West & Jay-z
15.Incarcerated Scarfaces-Raekwon
16.Daytona 500-Ghostface Killah
17.Nautilus-Bob James
18.Inheritance-Skyzoo
19.Good Times (I Get High)-Styles P
20.Real Love (Remix)-Notorious B.i.g.
21.Brooklyn-Roy Ayers
22.Boroughs-Digable Planets
23.Jazz Thing-Gangstarr
24.Skain's Domain-Wynton Marsalis
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Who is Muhsinah?

05/01/2012

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Pronounced [ma•sē•nə] – singer, songwriter, arranger, composer, producer, vigilante, dreamer, lover.

A Washington, DC & Northern Virginia native and graduate of both the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and Howard University, Muhsinah humbly released her first self-produced EP, ‘Oscillations,’ in 2005, having little idea of what would come to follow…

Fast-forward to several iterations later with ‘Oscillations: Sine’ EP (2008) & ‘Oscillations: Triangle’ EP (2010), a feature cut (‘Changes’) on Common’s ‘Universal Mind Control‘ (2008) and a few years backing the rapper on stage, with synth and vocals – Universal Mind Control Tour with N*E*R*D in 2008 (including performances on Jay Leno, Ellen Degeneres, and Jimmy Kimmel), at Obama’s Inaugural Ball in 2009, and Maxwell’s Black Summer’s Night Tour that same year, and ending up at Chicago’s Democratic Rally in Hyde Park in 2010.
Not content to play the background, Muhsinah began touring solo, receiving invitations to perform at renowned concerts like the legendary annual Roots’ Picnic (2008) and Sonar in Barcelona (2009), David Letterman’s 5000th episode with the Noisettes in 2010 and The Soul Beach Music Festival in Aruba (2011), amongst many other prestigious stages.
However, Muhsinah’s success was not exclusive to the stage as she exhibited her ability to captivate in the studio as well – receiving a Grammy Nomination (Best Urban/Alternative Performance in 2009) for her work with The Foreign Exchange on the single, (‘Daykeeper’) and later, garnered a nod from Radio Head front-man, Thom Yorke, when he counted (‘Lose My Fuse’) a song she recorded with producer, Flying Lotus, among his top 10 of that time (2010).
A musician since the age of 11, the classically trained pianist has absorbed a plethora of cultural experiences throughout her musical upbringing, so it’s no wonder that the young phenom has the ability to float gracefully between the underground and the mainstream, crafting a sound that is both hard to classify and/or compare.

Her first explorations of this new Urban/Suburban sound was realized in her latest EP, ‘Gone’ (a $10,000 fan-funded release) on February 21, 2012. And with her first full-length album scheduled for release this summer, it seems that this is only just the tip of the iceberg for The Golden Girl.
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Sunday, May 20, 2012,
Muhsinah live at The Jazz Kitchen.
5377 College Ave. Indianapolis, IN. 46220.
Doors open at 6PM. Show around 7PM. $10

Show will also feature Bashari Asad & DJ MetroGnome.

Wynott Holdings in conjunction with Old SOUL Entertainment, Fusicology, Bringing Down the Band and The Jazz Kitchen.

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