King Britt DJ & Live - Backroom Entertainment

05.02.2010 album press

http://newsflash.bigshotmag.com/?p=7448

Now feat Astrid Suryanto (free download)

Tour Dates

Jan 23 – Toronto,
CA - Drake Underground
Jan 29 – Mantova, IT - Moxa
Jan 30 – Liverpool, UK - The Magnet

Feb 6- Philadelphia- Therepy @ The Arts Garage
Feb 11- Philadelphia- Saturn Never Sleeps @ The Painted Bride Art Center
Feb 14- New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks
Feb 15- Philadelphia- Back2Basics presents Love Hangover @ Silk City
Feb 16- Philadelphia- Drexel University (giving a lecture on music business)

Mar 5- Long Beach- Rhythm Lounge
Mar 24- Miami- Electric Pickle- WMC "Intricate Beauty Release Party"
Mar 25- Miami- Park West- WMC Nervous records event !
Mar 26- Miami- AMOnly Party @ Karu & Y- WMC
Mar 27- Miami- Sundae @ The Shelborne- WMC

Apr 2 – Istanbul- Saturn Never Sleeps @ Ghetto
Apr 8- Berlin- Saturn Never Sleeps @ Panorama Bar
Apr 17- Houston- Deco
Apr 24 - Charlotte NC - Dharma Lounge
Apr 26 – Chicago, IL - Boom Boom Room
Apr 29 – Indianapolis, IN - Blue Lounge
May 1- Washington, DC- 18th Street Lounge
May 8 - Southport Weekender / UK
May 25- Stockholm -  2.35:1 / Sweden

July 30 - La Coruna / Move Terraces /Spain

03.02.2010 King Britt new album

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We’ll cut to the chase. Intricate Beauty is the final “conventional” dance album King Britt will ever make. And how fitting this final chapter also marks King’s first ever release on seminal house music label Nervous Records (in partnership with FiveSixMedia). This is the seal of quality. Don’t worry, though, King Britt’s not going anywhere as an artist. He’ll be concentrating on more experimental based music and searching for new avenues to help push the live electronic improvisational end of performance. But for now, you have a real treat to behold with the Intricate Beauty. Eleven tracks of soulful rhythms constructed and mixed together like a grand jigsaw puzzle. Quintessential King.

Intricate Beauty pulls together the different sounds that have helped shape King’s dance DJ mind over the years. This is the story of what he loves to spin and how it all relates. In a sense, this is all the greatness of King Britt wrapped up under one disc. Like a physical incarnation of the intricate mind, the process of how this album was constructed is quite advanced. King based the album on tiny microsounds he procured from various random recordings and CDs. He then took all these tiny pieces and dumped them into Ableton Live where he sewed the puzzle pieces together. Once there were approximately 50 workable combinations of tracks he then constructed the songs musically. “In a few months I intend to release all the bits and pieces from Intricate Beauty as a “Live Pack.” These will be sounds that people can use for inspiration and production,” King says

Beyond the album, this is a period of great change for King Britt. Not only is he working in a new studio but he’s also cleansed spiritually; something that has also enabled him to enter into a new creative space with his newest venture Saturn Never Sleeps with multimedia artist Rucyl (www.saturnneversleeps.com/about) “When you find your path and stick with it, you’re bound to hit a pentacle period of productivity. I feel that in the next three years you’ll really see and hear many sides of me musically. Mentally, physically and spiritually I have grown multitudes and have a very clear understanding of who I am and what I’m here for. Many of the lyrics on the album express some of these ideas.”

It’s been 20 years on the music scene for King Britt and his projects, collaborations and affiliations are always truly mind-blowing. From his time as Silkworm in the groundbreaking, Grammy winning Digable Planets, to starting Ovum Recordings with Josh Wink, producing platinum remixes for Macy Gray, Solange, Donna Lewis and hundreds of others, winning the highest grant in the country as the first dj/producer, The Pew Fellowship or starting his empire, FiveSixMedia, King Britt still tries to live in the NOW and not the then.

“We have to surrender to uncertainty, while appreciating its intricate beauty" - Deepak Chopra

Tracklisting

1. “Love What You Have (feat Rucyl Mills)”

2. “Now (feat Astrid Suryanto)”

3. “Nightlife (feat. Kim English)”

4. “Try Love (feat Lady Alma)”

5.-“Keep It Movin”

6. “Los (feat Carlos Izaguerre)”

7. “Blackhand Side”

8. “Get Up feat. Byron Stingly (King Britt Old School Dub)”

9. “Peak Inside”

10. “Inner Self”

11. “The Intricate Beauty (feat Ryat)”

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Tour Dates

Jan 23 – Toronto, CA - Drake Underground
Jan 29 – Mantova, IT - Moxa
Jan 30 – Liverpool, UK - The Magnet

Feb 6-    Philadelphia- Therepy @ The Arts Garage
Feb 11- Philadelphia- Saturn Never Sleeps @ The Painted Bride Art Center
Feb 14- New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks
Feb 15- Philadelphia- Back2Basics presents Love Hangover @ Silk City
Feb 16- Philadelphia- Drexel University (giving a lecture on music business)

Mar 5-   Long Beach- Rhythm Lounge
Mar 24- Miami- Electric Pickle- WMC "Intricate Beauty Release Party"
Mar 25- Miami- Park West- WMC Nervous records event !
Mar 26- Miami- AMOnly Party @ Karu & Y- WMC
Mar 27- Miami- Sundae @ The Shelborne- WMC

Apr 2 – Istanbul- Saturn Never Sleeps @ Ghetto
Apr 8- Berlin- Saturn Never Sleeps @ Panorama Bar
Apr 17- Houston- Deco
Apr 24 - Charlotte NC - Dharma Lounge
Apr 26 – Chicago, IL - Boom Boom Room
Apr 29 – Indianapolis, IN - Blue Lounge

May 1- Washington, DC- 18th Street Lounge
May 7- Miami- Electric Pickle

04.08.2009 saturn never sleeps LIVE Project

SNS Live Tour for EUROPE in NOVEMBER 2009

Saturn Never Sleeps was originally created by music producer King Britt and interactive artist Rucyl for two performances specifically dedicated to the music and sound of Sun-Ra. Inspired by the works of classic electronic innovators like Herbie Hancock, Raymond Scott and Delia Derbyshire, the experiment begins in July 2009 and will continue every month beginning in September at The Painted Bride Arts Center in Philadelphia.

A celebration of the electric sound phenomenon and all that inspires it, Saturn Never Sleeps combines audio visual micro-components into a thought altering world of sight and sound. Live musicians of acoustic and electronic inventions are curated as objects of art, coming together to create a dimensional environment of delectable oscillations and bleeps for the modern audiophile. Guest appearances by today’s visual and sonic innovators stretch the boundaries of genre, rhythm, and concept.

http://saturnneversleeps.com/

09.06.2009 news

So half of the year has gone by already, as we enter into June. King
Britt has been insanely busy in the studio and on the road.

He has had 2 #1 Billboard Dance Chart remixes with Beyonce’s
sister, Solange- Sandcastle Disco and Korean dance sensation BoA-

Eat You Up. As you read this King’s remix of BoA’s new single Did It
For Love is #5 and climbing the dance charts.

His remix of SantiGold’s Anne has been burning up blogs worldwide.
A very sought after tune by djs and fans alike.

As far as production goes, King has not only executive produced
Ursula Rucker’s Ruckus Soundsysdom album, but has released it on
his amazing FiveSixMedia label.

His FiveSixMedia label has been making much noise in the dance
community. With licenses of King’s remix of Dee Dee Bridgewater to
Little Louie Vega’s next mix cd for BBE, the floorstorming remix King
has done for Electric Santeria by Ursula Rucker for Danny Krivit’s
718 Sessions mix cd for Nervous and the release of Brooklyn
songbird Sarah White.

FiveSix also licensed a song for the Funk Aid for Africa cd in
conjunction with Next Aid and Dubspot.

He also just completed working with Michael Mann on a few scenes
for the new Public Enemies film, starring Johnny Depp. Licensed 2
songs for HBO’s True Blood series and scoring for BMW.

As a dj he has just come off of touring Europe, destroying
dancefloors from London to Madrid and has just released a mix cd
for the famous Southport Weekender on SuSu Music/Fabric label.

He also had some legendary gigs at this year’s WMC @ The Delano
with Benji B, Nikki Beach with Miguel Miggs and the Sundae Pool
Party w Jay J and Rich Medina.

He is presently curating a performance to be presented at the world
famous Winter Gardens in NYC called Saturn Never Sleeps: Sun Ra-
Lectric as a tribute to the jazz great Sun RA.
Its been a great year so far for Mr Britt.

always also go to :

www.fivesixmedia.com

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