Amidst the rising chaos in world affairs, natural disasters, and man-made calamities, few things truly retain profound meaning in our lives, and even less resonate as much as a strong sense of alliance through community. Despite all the epic forays into the world I've been privileged to partake in, filling my mind and my hard drives for days on end, there's been nothing more vital than recognizing the values of true kinship. Very few people reach my heart as much as my friend Greg Harris, a multi-talented composer, instrumentalist and beat-maker. His entire being emanates gentle familiarity, with subtle grace, and humble world-class talent.

In His own words:

"The Process of creating this music has helped us on our search for peace within ourselves. Our Hope is that the creation can become a means of guiding others to find that samepeace within.  Sharing what we create becomes a way of collaboratively evolving as a community-teaching, hearing, inspiring each other. There is a delicate balance between independence and cooperative living."

Harris' latest recording with the Vibe Quintet engages the heart to explore what this idea represents to the fullest through eloquent arrangements scintillating with cristalline clarity.. The harmonious synergy of the instrumentalists, graced by the soulful voice of Venus Cruz reflects a perfect understanding of what family means,  offering a true sense of belonging that earns its name, "Glass Gold".

Please have a listen below. You can also Download a couple of the tracks for free, but I highly recommend going to Dazzle Records and picking up a beautifully crafted hard copy of the album.

I'm Proud to announce a new project featuring Qawwal devotee Aminah Chishti.  I will be joining her starting March 24th, for a 3-week intensive documentary journey in Pakistan.  I'm very excited, we are going to bring you some long awaited collaborations featuring the masters of Qawwali music including Dildar Hussain, Tabla player for the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

A bit about Aminah:

"Since 2003 Aminah Chishti Qawwal has studied under the master's of Indian Classical Music. From the vocal expertise of Rit-wik Sanyal, of the Dagar Lineage, to the scientific approach of the BHU Professor Dr. Praven Udhav PHD, of Tabla Mastery. Aminah has found that the study of vocal and tabla was a necessary foundation for her music studies to expand. In practice of the foundation.  Aminah began seeking the genre that first captivated her heart to study, Qawwali Music, the devotional trance of Sufi's. Shortly after being initiated into the Chishti Lineage, The support Aminah felt by her Ustad Dildar Hussain and the Culture of Qawwali created the passion to a once heard of independent education, and dove deeper and deeper into the devotion of practice. Now with students from all over the world, Aminah represents Ustad Dildar's first and as of now only female Qawwali tabla player. Performing internationally and now working on her first independent audio/video release, Aminah has not only stepped into holding a crucial bridge for women to be supported in the Islamic world, but the one of a kind experience to see the unseen Pakistan. Cultural exchange has been necessary piece of the beginning of global understanding."

As we begin this cycle of creation, a recollection process has been taking shape, sorting and handpicking the unique material that came about recently ... stay tuned for the release of a brand new web interface, as well as some new sounds, images, and updates from the crew.

I'm SUPER excited to announce a brand new musical collaboration between myself & Aima The Dreamer has begun, launching off BIG with a tour de France that started december 16th of 2009!!  We are blessed with the opportunity to join C-West crew for their week long Festival and more shows TBA, as well as meeting some really amazing creative people all around the board!  The people are very friendly, so the vibe at events has been super tight, and supportive! We will have updates, and much more,including some exciting new material coming soon, so stay tuned ..

SHOWS (More TBA ...)

12/21/2009 - TNT Hip Hop Festival NANTES w/ DJ Zooz, Djazafaz, KLP B Boy Crew

12/22/2009 - TNT Hip Hop Festival NANTES w/ DJ Zooz, Djazafaz

12/23/2009 - TNT Hip Hop Festival NANTES w/ DJ Zooz, Adjoci

12/24/2009 - TNT Hip Hop Festival NANTES w/ DJ Zooz & TBA

12/31/2009 - Aima Solo Funk Mamaz Party NYE!!

01/01/2010 - Soul Clap w/ DJ B.Loo (Adrien sAne Interview HERE aima soooon)

01/03/2010 - TBA in St. Vernais??

A true power in live events lies in stimulating all the senses with a unified message, to maximize the transmission of that idea. The recent years have shown that to be true with more and more audiovisual collaborations between musicians, performance painters, stage dancers/bboys, and VJ’s. I’ve started playing around with motion graphics and live digital art to bring live shows to a more complete aesthetic, and one of my first gigs happened to be with the Boulder Museum Of Contemporary Arts (BMOCA) for one of their night LITE events. It went off, and opened my eyes to new possibilities, and since then I’ve performed with other acts like Glitch Mobstress Ana Sia, Jantsen, and (GSP). I plan to take this artform a lot further, and am available for booking or planning for live events.

Just got done laying out the official Conscious Alliance 2008 poster for the Re:Creation events hosted by Euphonic Conceptions. The sales of these posters will benefit Conscious Alliance's "Art that Feeds" hunger relief program, and will be available starting next week right here in Boulder for their show on the 28th featuring Bonobo. The Conscious Alliance is a non-profit group that organizes food drives at arts & music events, and raises awareness of hunger issues worldwide. Freestyle Movement wholeheartedly supports humanitarian work; we are proud to aid hunger relief in any way we can. With the weather starting to get warmed up here, be on the look out for a few more designs hittin' the press very soon...