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African-American

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SlowPitchSound

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Dumb

Chamber

African-American Sound Recordings is the side collage project of prolific rapper Cities Aviv. The project blends influences stemming from post hip-hop, nu-jazz, ambient, and at times lofi, in a grand celebration of sampling collage. AASR teeters on the world of mixtape and experimental, without limiting itself to either (or anything, for that matter). Despite the wide spectrum of sounds, from radio broadcasts lost between two bars of folk acoustic guitar riffs or excerpts of RnB vocals, a thoroughly distinctive method and brand can be recognized as African-American Sound Recordings.

SlowPitchSound is an award winning Toronto-based composer, mentor, and explorer of sound & visuals with over two decades of experience. He has collaborated with brilliant creators from a wide range of disciplines including opera, jazz, classical, electronic music, theatre and dance. His unique style of music performance, self proclaimed as "scifi-turntablism"; his work is heavily inspired by nature, outer space, and dystopian sci-fi. His approach to making and presenting music includes turntablism, live sampling and field recordings.

Better known as one of the Salon Privé members, Dumb Chamber’s project is at the intersection of neo-classical, new age, ambient and leftfield music. His production retains influences from 80’s neo-classical greatests (Nyman, Mertens, Cunningham) and Coil. Free of the fidelity and realistic pretenses of sampling, his sequenced and revamped sampling techniques carry an air of avant-garde and a flair of elegance; Dumb Chamber breathes in much-needed novelty in the New Age sonic landscape.