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Larry June
Larry June draws on aspects of both his West Coast roots and his Atlanta upbringing for a rap style that is as gritty as it is dreamily smooth. Prolificly releasing projects throughout the 2010s, June's laid-back flows and sunny instrumentals graced multiple mixtapes and studio albums. June was born in San Francisco in 1991 and relocated to Atlanta at age four. He grew up splitting time between the two major cities, spending summers with his father in the Bay Area and the rest of the year immersed in the culture and sounds of the South. He began rapping and making his own music at age eight, and by 15 he had released his first mixtape. As he got a little older, June threw himself passionately into a life of music, growing his fan base through an active social media presence and eventually touring with big names.
REI AMI
REI AMI was born in Seoul, South Korea, and moved stateside to Maryland when she was 6 years old. While her family adhered to a fairly strict Christian belief "where any 'worldly' music was banned," she reflects. Her middle school days brought exploration of the so-called world music, from Destiny's Child and Mariah Carey to Britney Spears, as well as a ton of K-POP. Later, she would seek out the catalogs of Kendrick Lamar, Lauryn Hill, Luther Vandross, A$AP Rocky and Drake as further touchpoints to her own burgeoning craft. Yet such resistance early on only equipped her with an unwavering determination. Even creative expression of any kind was “frowned upon,” as she recalls. "The only time my parents encouraged any musical endeavor was for worship purposes — they put me through piano and guitar lessons so that I could perform in the church."
Ajax the Prodigy
A unique and varied performance driven by pure emotional energy spanning songs that will make you get up and dance to ones that'll make you grab a loved one and sway. Either way, you're guaranteed to feel like the main character in a movie for 30 mins. I'm extremely excited to see all y'all's faces and to create an unforgettable experience that will change your perception of what a student artist can pull off. Expect songs ranging from traditional and experimental rap to reworked deconstructed pop covers inspired by JPEGMAFIA, Tyler, the Creator, Travis Scott, and Bruno Mars.
Thee Sacred Souls
For Thee Sacred Souls, the first time is often the charm. Indeed, there's something inevitable about the sound of Thee Sacred Souls, as if Garcia and his bandmates—bassist Sal Samano and singer Josh Lane—have been playing together for a lifetime already. Thee Sacred Souls is a warm and textured record, mixing the easygoing grace of sweet '60s soul with the grit and groove of early '70s R&B, and the performances are utterly intoxicating, with Lane's weightless vocals anchored by the rhythm section's deep pocket and infectious chemistry. Hints of Chicano, Philly, Chicago, Memphis, and even Panama soul turn up here, and while it's tempting to toss around labels like "retro" with a deliberately analog collection like this, there's also something distinctly modern about the band that defies easy categorization, a rawness and a sincerity that transcends time and place.
Liv.e
Growing up in a family of musicians, contemporary neo-soul artist Olivia Williams, better known as Liv.e, spent most of her life trying not to get into music: “I really avoided making music for a long time because my family is so deep in it,” she joked. But when listening to the jazzy riffs and experimental production on her album Girl In The Half Pearl, it's hard to imagine she ever considered being anything else. From Dallas, TX, the 25-year-old artist has come a long way from the young child who was introduced to music through church, where her family was embedded in the gospel scene. These days, the Los-Angeles-based artist primarily draws inspiration from listening to old songs on repeat—she cites Dallas label Dolfin Records and artists like singer Lalah Hathaway and saxophonist/composer Wayne Shorter as some of her favorites.
Night Cereal
From sunny San Diego (albeit Chula Vista, but still), NIGHT CEREAL is the 3/4 Filipino-American surfy dream-pop project of Holden Ames, Andre Adan, David Austin Serna and [temporarily] Nhomas Shaeffer. While our primary genre is what most people would consider "indie," we sometimes also play covers on the borderline of genres like Jazz and Swing. Some of our inspirations include artists like: No Vacation, Mac Demarco, Her's, Inner Wave, Dreamgirl, Ruru, Joy Again, and Ruru. We're super stoked for this opportunity as this'll be our biggest audience yet and we hope to play a good opening show for whoever's headlining!
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