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As 2005 comes to a close, Amalgama Records would like to invite all of you
to reunite for one last action packed Amalgama Bash!
Tonight we will present a rare look into Amalgamaıs growing hype bringing
you an onslaught of new sounds you never imagined possible. Straight to the
point of funk we proudly present Label friends and international dance floor
wreckers with their ³freestyle² set, the legendary John Arnold and Jeremy
Ellis, a.k.a. Ayro, LIVE & BACK TO BACK . These two Detroit titans of funk
deliver a completely live, non-stop electronic show bridging the gap between
DJ, producer and jazz musician.
We promise you a night of fresh sounds and a new breed of ass shaking that
will have you poppinınılockin, bumpinınıgrindin & swingin that latin hip,
all while helping the homeless!!!!
THE ARTISTS:
Jeremy Ellis a.k.a. Ayro
http://www.ubiquityrecords.com/jeremy_ellis.html
Detroit-based Jeremy Ellis moved to Puerto Rico to create an album marrying
traditional Bomba and Plena rhythms with Detroit-schooled dance music. After
three months, the keyboard maestro and golden-toned vocalist discovered that
the living in Puerto Rico ainıt so easy. On his way home he lost two
computers, all of his recordings, half of his recording advance, and his
passport (and possibly part of his mind). Fortunately, Ellis returned in one
piece with the musical knowledge and resolve to create ³The Lotus Blooms,²
an album of insatiable future funk grounded in Detroit and peppered with a
Puerto-Rican persuasion.
From his retake on the traditional Puerto Rican song ³Cortano A Elena² to
the broken beat driven song ³These Passing Days² the Puerto Rican influences
vary in strength. Heavy Latin vibes can be found in ³Bombakiss² and the
montuno of the opening track ³Take Your Time² (check also the harder remixed
version which can be found as bonus cut #17). There is also plenty of room
for more Detroit-styled outings. His near 10 minute epic ³Callelunakarma²
jumps from hip hop to broken to house to future jazz fusion and back to hip
hop again while the track which gave birth to the album title ³Lotusblooms²
blurs the line between boogie-tune, house and broken beat.
John Arnold (Ubiquity, Transmat, Amalgama)
http://www.ubiquityrecords.com/john_arnold.html
Detroit resident John Arnold is currently working on a full-length album for
Ubiquity, channeling his eclectic musical influences in a forward thinking
electronic style and collaborating with peers from the motor city.
Multi-talented Mr. Arnold is equally happy playing guitar with his acoustic
jazz combo Blackman & Arnold or, as a club DJ, spinning jazz, broken, techno
and house, or in the studio making beats. His interest in music started
early on. He took piano classes before his tenth birthday but eventually
grew bored as he discovered rock 'n' roll and, like most young kids,
fantasized about being in a band.
After a brief stint with a drum kit Arnold took up the guitar in his teens
and this became his primary instrument. "I loved everything, but I think at
first, like a lot of young kids, I was really into rock 'n' roll music," he
recalls. When his parents gave him his first album, a copy of Stevie
Wonder's 1970s opus "Songs In The Key Of Life," Arnold was introduced to
world of soul music. "As I got older, I had started discovering different
music - I really started to like jazz, funk music and world music." Arnold
may have majored in jazz studies at Michigan's Wayne State University but,
as a hip-hop head (and aspiring breakdancer), he'd long been curious about
electronic production - ever since hearing Herbie Hancock's "Rockit" as a
pre-teen. "I think that's when I first started to get a real interest in the
electronic sound, and I've always tried to make a connection with what I do
now and my childhood. I remember even when I was doing heavy metal and rock
I was using drum machines to make tracks. It wasn't necessarily for the
dance club, but it was experimental music that involved drum machines."
http://www.ubiquityrecords.com/john_arnold.html
John Beltran (Ubiquity, Peacefrog, Retroactive)
http://www.ubiquityrecords.com/john_beltran.html
Eleven years since John Beltran released his first project on Carl Craigıs
Retroactive Records he remains committed to his craft as a composer and
producer exploring the realms electronic and dance music.
Hooking up with Ubiquity Records (by Beltrans own admission itıs his
favorite label!) he has visions of a larger sound with broader appeal. This
debut album for the label, set for release at the end of the summer, will be
as club-oriented as his work has ever been while incorporating live
instrumentation to give the project a warm organic feel. Predominantly house
tempo tracks with Brazilian undertones accompanied by a few down tempo
nuggets the Beltran/Ubiquity album will be ³listenable² and DJ friendly. His
first Ubiquity 12² ³Felicidad Nova² has been compared to the music of
Masters At Work and is already turning heads stateside and abroad with the
likes of Patrick Forge (De Lata), Ross Allen (Blue), and Rainer Truby
(Compost) charting heavily.
http://www.ubiquityrecords.com/john_beltran.html
---- Amalgama Sound System Much can be said about the high level of involvement the people of Amalgama have developed within the Broken Beat / House community. Since 1996 this collective has been busy working in the underground and spinning the web that has linked Puerto Rico as new and integral part of the international music community which has embraced us. Amalgama Records is among the first independent electronic music labels and promotion agencies in Puerto Rico taking place alongside the founders of the present electronic music scene in the island. Coming from relative obscurity, we have been working in the studio with such renowned musicians as Titonton Duvante ,John Tejada, Ectomorph, Seiji, Orin Walters, Ayro, John Beltram, Daz I-Kue , Poilto Huertas, Jake Mandell, IG Culture, Marc de Clive Lowe, Alex Attias, John Arnold, and Alex Phountzi. Our presence is marked on a wide array of cutting edge projects for labels the likes of Ubiquity, Beta Bodega, Amalgama. Through the continued propagation and fusion of our Salsa and "Bomba y Plena" roots, it is our pledge that Brazil's battucada and Bossa Nova will have found their match in dance floors around the world. Below are some links to get a taste of their flavor http://www.brokenbeatradio.com/shows/bbradio-081505.html http://www.myspace.com/amalgamarecords http://www.787radio.com/787.html Much love, Amalgama Crew San Juan to the 305.........................
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