Memphis Cafe in Costa Mesa Tomorrow, 11/6.

Paten Locke and I will be DJing at Memphis Cafe in Costa Mesa tomorrow.
The event we will be DJing is called, Versatile. This is an event our friends from Ubiquity Records do every Friday.

Here is the info

11/6/2009
10pm - 2am
Paten Locke & Chikaramanga

Memphis Cafe
2920 Bristol St, Costa Mesa, CA

Cost: FREE
DJ: Paten Locke (TRES), Chikaramanga (Giant Panda / TRES), Deejay Cocoe (Ubiquity), Kay (Ubiquity)


Chikara
LA

Real Ramen For Real People

I picked up Paten Locke from LAX at 9pm last night. A radio show at KUCI in Irvine, Open Session invited Paten and I to their show on that day. The show was from 10pm to midnight. We stopped by at a ramen spot in Torrance on the way from the airport to KUCI. This restaurant is called Asa Ramen. It is probably my favorite ramen spot in LA. Since Paten's album is called "Super Ramen Rocketship", I thought it would be the perfect option for the first meal for his trip to LA. The ramen was really good as usual.





We arrived at KUCI around 11pm. The host of the show, JRA introduced Paten and played a couple of tracks off of his album. After 10 minutes of Paten's interview, I joined them and introduced my 7" project. I had test pressings for the first two 7"s with me. I asked JRA to play them. The first one is a song called "Cool" featuring Big Tone. The second one is "A Life Like This" featuring Droop-Capone. "Cool" 7 inch will be out soon. I will put up the track on our myspace page this week. "A Life Like This" 7 inch is scheduled to be released in Janurary.
Before the show ended, Paten did "Soup For One" and "Break Thru" live. It was great.
The entire show was recorded and they will send me the link to the MP3. I will post it here as soon as I receive it.

Paten and I will be DJing at Shibuya in down town LA tonight. The info is in the blog post I posted yesterday.

Chikara
LA

Shibuya! Tomorrow!! 11/3!!!

Our monthly event in Down Town LA, Shibuya will take place tomorrow night. We will have Paten Locke for a guest DJ.

Here is the info.

SHIBUYA

Hip Hop/Soul/Funk/Disco/Japanese

Special DJ Set by Paten Locke (TRES)

Paten Locke’s debut album, “Super Ramen Rocketship” In Stores Now!

November 3rd

7:30pm – 12:00am

NO COVER

21+

@ Far Bar / Chop Suey (in Little Tokyo)
347 E 1st St. Los Angeles, CA 90012
Tel) 213.617.9990

Shibuya Club DJs
- Chikaramanga (Giant Panda / TRES)
- YOTAH
- Kiwamu Omae

Japanese cuisine
Outside Patio
Full bar (Hot & Cold Sake, Sapporo on tap, etc)
For more info, visit www.myspace.com/shibuyaclub.


I am going to pick up Paten from LAX at 8:30 tonight and go to Irvine to be on a radio show. We will be on KUCI from 10pm to midnight.

Chikara
LA

Y Society "Travel At Your Own Pace - Instrumentals"

We are releasing Y Society "Travel At Your Own Pace - Instrumentals" on November 17th. Tres is releasing it digitally and Damu and his partner, John Notarfrancesco's label, Redefinition Records is releasing it on CD and vinyl.
A lot of people has been asking me about this. Finally, it's coming out.

PRESS RELEASE:

Y Society debut album, Travel At Your Own Pace, came out in 2007 and was well received by critics and fans alike. Infusing elements of the past with the promising sound of the future the overall message of the album is to simply listen to it, and take from it what you will. Tracks such as “Never Off” and “Puzzles” are easily recognized as trademarks of two passionate hip-hoppers with intuitive rhymes over instrumentals that leave you feigning for more. Damu the Fudgmunk, a Washington DC native, made his initial mark on Hip Hop as the DJ for Panacea who broke in 2006, and plays the role of DJ/Producer in Y Society, while Insight covers the MC Duties. Their goal is to make us all consciously aware and proud all over again of Hip Hop music. Tres Records is proud to present the Travel at Your Own Pace instrumentals, coming out on November 17th, 2009.

“Veryrefreshing to hear a young cat with that much soul. Exactly what’s been missing from the game….soul.”

-Marley Marl


“Hip-hop that challenges the genre’s norms and expectations.”

“Damu [speaks] with his hands in a musical communication technique mastered by very few in Hip Hop today.”

-hiphoplinguistics.com


Track Listing:
1. This is an Introduction - Instrumental
2. Never Off (On & On) - Instrumental
3. Hole in your pocket - Instrumental
4. This Advice - Instrumental
5. Good Communication - Instrumental
6. Scientist - Instrumental
7. Dizzy - Instrumental
8. How Many of Us? - Instrumental
9. Puzzles - Instrumental
10. What’s Next? - Instrumental
11. In Command - Instrumental
12. Setting the Example - Instrumental
13. At my own Pace - Instrumental
14. Peace I’m out the door - Instrumental

All songs produced & arranged by Damu the Fudgemunk (E. Davis)

Chikara
LA

Paten Locke "Super Ramen Rocketship" In Stores Now!!

Paten Locke - Soup For One from BRZAtheGENIUS on Vimeo.

Paten Locke's "Super Ramen Rocketship" came out today. You can check out some snippets and BUY the album here at Undergroundhiphop.com

For all the vinyl heads out there, the double vinyl will be available at Los Angeles based stores as well our Ebay Store and will soon be available worldwide (online and in stores) in a few weeks.

Thanks for the love and enjoy the music!

Chikara
LA

Paten Locke Southern Cali Show Dates

P.Locke's album is almost here, and he's making a special trip out to the City of Angeles to rock some shows and do some special DJ sets. He'll only be in town for the first 2/3 weeks of November, hitting different events/stores up and down Southern California, so you should definitely try to catch him at one of his gigs.

Here's how the days are looking for his Southern Cali Tour (dates are tentative):

November 3rd = DJing @ Far Bar/Chop Suey (Down Town LA) for Shibuya

November 5th = DJing @ Cal Poly Pomona's Strictly Sessions

November 6th = DJing @ Memphis Café in Costa Mesa for Versatile

November 12th = Headline show @ El Cid (Los Angeles)for Root Down

November 13th = In Store @ Access Music in San Diego + DJing @ The Red C Lounge for Soul Sauce

November 14th = DJing @ The Rhythm Section in LA

and

November 15 = Performing @ HVW8 Art Gallery (Los Angeles) BBQ/Pod Cast Party.

I will be DJing to open up for Paten at all of these events.

There may be some more additions to the list so stay tuned, as we will update his appearances when necessary.

Below are some of the flyers for his upcoming events. Please support and try to come out to the shows!!!




Chikara
LA

Paten Locke "Super Ramen Rocketship" album release party

As you may know we're getting ready for the release of Paten Locke's album "Super Ramen Rocketship." Digital and hardcopy CD's will be available Oct. 20 (vinyl will be coming soon after). If you'd like to get your copy of it before anyone else and you're in the area, check out Paten Locke's album release party on Oct. 16 in Downtown Jacksonville Florida. He'll be performing material from the album and will be have special guests coming through such as The Smile Rays. GET READY!

Friday October 16, 2009

Paten Locke Super Ramen Rocketship Album Release party

Featuring:

P. Locke, Lady Daisey, Batsauce, Dillon Maurer, Tough Junkie and special guest appearances by The Smile Rays, and The ABs.

@ Club TSI Discotheque

333 East Bay Street, Downtown Jacksonville
904.424.3531 www.clubtsi.com