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marc on 01/20/2010 at 07:21PM
KBOO Best of 2009 [mix]
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With the launch of the Free Music Archive, we here at KBOO were very excited to see what performances and new albums 2009 would bring to us to sharewith you. Portland, Oregon - once referred to as "Little Beirut" by a former president - is such a "hot bed" of emerging music that we're forming a new Axis of Music. We've even got secrect training camps where musicians are weened into artistic brilliance before wreaking havoc on the rest of the world. Don't tell anyone but one of these camps is right inside our studio, where we've been able to record The Taxpayers, Nick Jaina, The Quadraphonnes, The Mint Chicks, Doug and Judy Smith, and Golden Retriever. Aside from our rouge station, a popular breeding ground for these extremists has been the PDX Pop Now! music festival. Entirely volunteer-run, the festival entered its sixth year with performances by Dirty Mittens and Guidance Counselor. Jared Mees & the Grown Children played a befefit show for the festival and Thavious Beck headlined a Black Electro benefit for KBOO. New albums from The Underscore Orchestra, MEGACHURCH, Finn Riggins, World's Greatest Ghosts, and Leviethan round out our mix. There's way too much for us to highlight here, and even more we're still hoping to upload, but it's a good taste of what's brewing... |
marc on 06/04/2009 at 05:53PM
Thavious Beck Live at Holocene
Composer of mercurial soundtracks for uncertain times, Thavius Beck conjoins various strains of electronic music to arrive at a daringly ambitious sound. He recently joined a lineup of local artists to celebrate black electronic music and benefit KBOO at Holocene in Portland, Oregon.
Joining him were Rasheeda Ameera, Cheetah Finess, and Ayam in a night curated by KBOO's Deena B of The Soundbox
Listen to the whole set here.
marc on 03/22/2009 at 10:47PM
On Twitter and your iPhone!
Thanks to the Public Radio Exchange, you can now listen to KBOO on your iPhone or iPod Touch via the Public Radio Tuner. The tuner is an application with a sleek new look and state-of-the-art engineering allowing you to stream a high-quality verision of KBOO's signal. We're happy to make KBOO available through this application and appreciate your membership, which allows us to continue our technological advances.
We're also continuing to post updates on our Twitter account, where you can follow us via text messaging on your mobile phone.
marc on 03/22/2009 at 10:10PM
Thavius Beck Headlines a Night of Black Electronica
Composer of mercurial soundtracks for uncertain times, Thavius Beck conjoins various strains of electronic music to arrive at a daringly ambitious sound. He'll be joining a lineup of local artists to celebrate black electronic music and benefit KBOO on April 3rd at Holocene in Portland, Oregon. Read more here.
Mr. Beck has received recognition in The Wire, Spin, and Urb for his solo releases under the moniker Adlib, the Labwaste project with fellow LA artist Subtitle, his recent production for fellow Mush artist K-The-I???, his early work with Global Phlowtations, numerous guest appearances, and producing for and touring in support of and accompanying Saul Williams. An exceptional programmer, engineer and multi-instrumentalist, Thavius Beck’s many talents allow him to take a song from idea to completion without ever having to leave his cluttered studio.
Also appearing:
Rasheeda Amera-
Experimental Soulstress, has worked with Nico Luminous, Mic Crenshaw, and Hungry Mob. A wow factor for the Electrogals event at Holocene in April 2008. She mixes computerized beats with organic musical accomplianment for a dark sound with lighter influences.
Cheetah Finess
Cheetah Finess is a solo act created by the artist purely as a vehicle for artistic expression. She combines heavy beats with textural samples of voice, keys and sounds that layer into a rhythmic hypnotism.
AYAM
From L.A. this new arrival to Portland, is a singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and beat maker. Ayam co-wrote and performed two songs with Mic Holden on the Alpha Dog soundtrack; “Let’s Chill”, and “Never Give Up”. In addition, her voice can be heard on the main title of the entertainment news show “Made in Hollywood”, and the HBO Documentary, Heidi Fleiss: The Would-Be Madam of Crystal. Ayam Music is the debut album released by her this year.
Celeste Carey
A community whip, with a long relationship with KBOO 90.7fm. Her show on KBOO “An Evening of Afrotainment” is a mix of electronic black music from all decades is a staple in the community. Always propelling forward with one eye behind her, she knows how to definitely rock a party.