Dan Lamoureux, from Nerdcore For Life, totally made my day with this email:
“Hey I saw that san Francisco examiner thing. I think you’re officially the first nerdcore artist to make the “sports” section of any paper, anywhere.”
He was referring to this article promoting the California State Yo-Yo Contest (as opposed to this one). Thanks [...]
We Like Chess from Karim Amara on Vimeo.
A few weeks ago Irina, AllAboutGeorge, and myself recorded individual verses for the WuChess Rap Contest. Shortly after, George laid down a beat and we re-recorded our vocals. Then we headed down to the big chess scene on Market Street and shot the video. Between takes I managed [...]
Wired.com writer Angela Watercutter wrote a recap of the NC4L showing in SF (featuring an interview with the movie’s director). Read it here. The article sort of focuses on nerdcore beefs, but Angela seems to think highly of the film overall. She writes “The battle for computer science rap domination between MC Plus+ and Monzy [...]
I wanted to officially introduce everyone to my friend AllAboutGeorge. George and I have been playing shows together, including the Nerdcore For Life party at Double Dutch. I think Dan, the director of NC4L, sums it up pretty well in a recent email:
I’ll tell you what, you and that All About George guy make an [...]
After months of only selling my album on my own site, I’m finally selling Me Geek Pretty One Day on other services that many folks might be more used to using (like iTunes and whatnot).
You can buy the album from these sites and services:
iTunes
Amazon
emusic
Also, there are still some tix left for the Nerdcore for Life [...]
Nerdcore For Life, the documentary about nerd and geeks and the hip hop that they make is finally coming to San Francisco! Although I haven’t seen it yet, I do know that several of my (Drown Radio’s) tracks where used for the soundtrack and my interview made it into the film. w00t!
The film will only [...]
This week’s HipTrax podcast (on Wired’s GeekDad blog) features my song Weapons Grade Porpoise. The whole episode is worth checking out, it’s just the right length. This week’s theme is instrumental songs by nerds, check it out here.
Weapons Grade Porpoise is one of the instrumental’s off of my new album Me Geek Pretty One Day. [...]
After years of use, I’m finally retiring my circuit bent Casio DM-100. The DM-100 is one of the rarest Casio’s out there and a unique piece for any collector. This keyboard is basically two separate units; the top tier, which is believed to actually be the guts from a Casio SK-5, where the lower keys [...]
GM4A’s upcoming compilation, Here Comes A New Challenger, pits chiptune musicians against singers and nerdcore rappers to see what happens. The compilation is slated for release on April 30th. This awesome flash animation was created by the talented Doctor Octoroc (who’s beadsprite work I had previously written about here).
8bit bEtty’s remix of lolCats will appear [...]
Drown Radio’s debut solo album, Me Geek Pretty One Day, is finally here! To put it simply, Me Geek Pretty One Day is 50+ minutes of endearingly nerdy hip hop, instrumentals, remixes, and ringtones all for just $8. You can read more about MGPOD here, or just go ahead and buy it here.
Me Geek Pretty [...]
