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Sole's "No Wising Up No Settling Down" Tour w/ Moodie Black, Black Gravity, Cauze N Efekt
Immaculate Flave & Affiliated Entertainment
"No Wising Up, No Settling Down" Tour
Feat. Sole w/ Moodie Black
Performances By:
Black Gravity
Cauze N Efekt
DJ"s Pasquan & Justin Case
Sole's new album "No Wising Up, No Settling Down" is in stores now, features contributions from Andrew Jackson Jihad, Goldpanda, Dj Pain1, Hood Internet, Dosh and more. This release has received widespread acclaim in: Sputnik, Trash Mutant, Books Music, Alarm, The Next Great Band (Interview), Mowno, Prefix. Interview about upcoming tour in Huffington Post. Awesome coverage also in places like Spin, 2Dopeboyz, Huffington Post Denver, URB, Hip-hop DX, Ugsmag, Exclaim!, Grandgood, Denver Post/Reverb & Potholes In My Blog.
Sole on new live show & current tour:
"Fresh off the heels of a successful European tour that hit France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Greece & Austria I am back in the Empire. The European tour concluded in Greece, where I spent a week visiting squats & organizers and learning about how communities are responding to austerity and fascism in Athens. The Athens show was an a squatted park, with armed anti-fascist guards patrolling the entrances and was attended by over 1500 people. The last show of the tour was in Thessalonoki @ YfaNet, a former Garment factory converted to be the largest squat in the northern hemisphere. Now I'm rocking the homeland with renewed vigor, a new album, and a new live aesthetic.
After "sole and the skyrider band" decided to go on hiatus I took some what of a break from touring. This was in part because I got so swept up in activism & home life that I felt my time was better spent in Denver and this was in part because after suing anticon for my masters back I haven't had the financial need to go on tour. I have never been much for stage theatrics and always just wanted to play my songs and give people a good show. I've toured with post rock bands, sampler/dj set ups, an electric cello, until finally for both economic and aesthetic reasons i switched to a one man ableton/midi show. Although I loved the freedom of using ableton, after my last tour I decided I could no longer play "rap karaoke" shows anymore. I have always enjoyed making beats, creating melodic swells, ambiance, or what i call the "godspeed wall of noise", and this is something i have always strived for when i played with a live band, and because i'm not a "real musician" i never thought that what i was doing for fun in the studio would fly on stage. this is an absurd thought, it is the very essence of music and the result is a unique new take on the one man rap show that combines elements of hip-hop, punk, electronica, post rock & noise." -sole
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