Celebrating 10 years of artists, exhibits, and a brand new space the bay area gallery, White Walls. March 9th (7 – 11 pm) will be the opening celebration of a very diverse and interesting group show. For all those in S.F. and the surrounding…this is going to be a great evening.

White Walls is pleased to present the 10 Year Anniversary Show, an exhibition of artists that have provided the backbone of our success and artists we look forward to growing with. Selections from Curator Justin Giarla’s personal collection will be on display alongside new works. Join us for the opening reception Saturday, March 9, from 7-11pm. The exhibit will be open to the public for viewing through April 6, 2013.

Directly following the grand opening of our new building at 886 Geary, the 10 Year Anniversary Show will be an expansive group exhibition, filling both White Walls and Shooting Gallery with influential artists that have changed the face of urban contemporary art, a scene that White Walls was created to give a home to a full decade ago. What was once an underdeveloped and oft-ignored part of the art world has grown into an incredibly diversified cornerstone of the contemporary market. The 10 Year Anniversary Show will reflect the breadth of talent that made such a change possible with range of work that will include everything from Russel Young’s ‘diamond dust’ screen prints on linen to Gronquist’s sculptural take on taxidermy.

Artists featured will be Shepard Fairey, Mark Whalen, Herakut, Augustine Kofie, Jet Martinez, DAL East, Faith 47, Fahamu Pecou, Robert Williams, Niels Shoe Meulman, Greg Gossel, ROA, Apex, Ferris Plock, C215, Casey Gray, David Grant, Peter Gronquist, Miss Bugs, Shawn Barber, Russell Young, Logan Hicks, Helen Bayly, Lauren Napolitano, Rene Gagnon, Gregory Euclide, Robert Christian Malmberg and Sean Murdock.

Event Information:
10 Year Anniversary Show
Opening Reception – Saturday, March 9, 7-11 pm
On View Through April 6, 2013
@ White Walls (www.whitewallssf.com)
886 Geary, San Francisco, CA

Brooklyn’s own Rabbi Darkside recently jumped off a kickstarter for his a new project ‘Prospect Avenue’. It’s not everyday here at DLC we push a kickstarter project, but Rabbi D and all the good people involved on this record work everyday to make the world better through hip hop, art, and music. We believe they give to the community endlessly, and its about time for them to receive that energy. Only so they can turn around and once again deliver that goodness back to the people.

The project has great music, vinyl options, and a book illustrated by Rabbi D’s grandmother.  It’s an amazing cast of collaborators who have come together to make a really fresh package. Watch the video created by our homies at A Love Supreme Productions.  Support the arts!

For the full kickstarter info click here.

To link up or learn more about Rabbi Darkside
QUESTIONS? samueljsellers@gmail.com
WEBSITE: www.rabbi-darkside.com
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/pages/Rabbi-Darkside/19169270199
TWITTER: www.twitter.com/rabbidarkside
YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/rabbid
BANDCAMP: rabbidarkside.bandcamp.com

A new Curfew Cast inspired by our newest monthly party, Beat Tape. Taking place on the first Sunday of every month in Downtown LA’s Art District. A big thank you to all who came out to the first party this past weekend and we look forward to seeing you for the next on April 7th.

Tracklisting:
Clams Casino – Leaf
SJ Productions – Further
Sweet Valley – Motorcycle Renegac
Co.Fee – Bones
Arca – Mediation
Cookin Soul – Jet Life
HipHop Genius – Know Why
Draydel – MeanzMean
Four Tet – Love Cry
Dfalt – The Beggars
Quasimoto – Seasons Change
Roy Ayres – Everybody Loves Sunshine
Shigeto – Lineage
Chuck Inglish – Beep Beep
El-P – The Full Retard
Deltron 3030 – 3030

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We’re currently looking for interns for our Los Angeles office. If you eat, sleep, dream, and live music and art then hit us up with a resume and a bit about yourself at info (at) daylightcurfew.com. LA-based interns only please.

We’re looking for a 2-3 day per week commitment for those who are interested in learning about running a music and art label.  Ideal candidates would be proficient in social media, WordPress, Photoshop, Illustrator, with a strong sense of design.  Interest in marketing and promotion is a definite plus. College credit available.

Last week Bisco hand signed his 12″ Daybreak print series. Each museum-quality giclee print is limited edition and hand signed on 12″x12″ 255gsm Somerset Velvet Fine Art Matte Cotton Rag. Printed With archival ink and are now for sale in our shop…check em out

> After Hours Print

> Early Morning Print

Shipped In A Hand Screened Daylight Curfew 12″ Record Jacket.

HIt up the shop to purchase prints and check out more art >

Aaaannndddd……The 7′s is back!  We’ve recently been hard at work setting up things like our monthly Beat Tape party and getting ready for record releases by Turnbull Green, Dfalt, and Bisco Smith, so we’re excited to bring back our 7″ beat making series. This time around the track is Honey Cone’s 1971 classic, “Stick-Up”.

For those new to The 7′s:

The 7′s is an ongoing sampling/beatmaking project we’re extending to the Daylight Curfew community.  We pick the 7″, we record a small snippet sample and we offer it up to see what you can do with it.  To all producers out there, we’re looking forward to seeing how you get involved with this one.

DLC sits directly above an amazing used record store in downtown LA and every now and then we’ll be taking a trip downstairs to do a bit of shopping.  The 7″s will be picked on label design and song title alone.  There are no turntables to preview the records so the better the record is represented visually, the better the chance we’ll buy and feature it on the site.

Your job is to download the selected sample and flip the fuck out of it to the best of your ability. Chop it, screw it, glitch it, rap or sing over it.  The sky is the limit on this one.  We’ll be choosing our picks and doing features on the top producers. Deadline is Friday, March 22nd.

Our top producer pick will receive a Daylight Curfew t-shirt of their choice.

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We don’t often push Kickstarter projects but this is one that we feel hits home with us and the Daylight Curfew community. Rubble Kings is a story of NYC’s 1970s gang subculture and how it influenced the cultural phenomenon that is hip hop.  Head over to their Kickstarter page for more info on the project and to pick from a plethora of packages.

Daylight Curfew’s Turnbull Green will be causing havoc this year down at SXSW.  He’ll be holding down the ones and twos for the one and only, Angel Haze.   They’ll both be handling a ton of shows down there so check out the schedule below and stop by to give them both some love.

Wednesday March 13
Cedar Park- Last call with Carson Daly Showcase- 1am
Thursday March 14
Easy Tiger- SPIN showcase- 1:15am
Friday March 15
ASOS showcase – 430pm
Pandora’s official showcase – 10pm
Saturday March 16
Perez Hilton’s showcase

More shows to be announced.

Live from the borough of Brooklyn comes MOTIONGRAFF. A fresh new look as graff, animation, and stop motion photography. The episodes always come paired with great music selects. The collective team behind the project hold down a lot of angles in New York City Here they come together on one vision to give the world something new. In their own words “It started as an art project. It has snowballed into a show. MOTIONGRAFF™ seeks to unveil the creative process through transmedia storytelling. Rather than use video recordings, we have opted to shoot only still images, using a number of cameras and angles, in order to present a stop-motion animation-style collaboration between producers of audio and visual content. Our goal is to showcase talent and techniques, while conveying a message.”

Check out all the episodes on the website http://motiongraff.com/

MOTIONGRAFF Episode 21: ART OF NOISE from MOTIONGRAFF on Vimeo.

MOTIONGRAFF Episode 20: PIECES OF A DREAM from MOTIONGRAFF on Vimeo.

A new track surfaced yesterday from Dfalt’s soundcloud. The new music, titled “My Mind When She Told Me”, featues Dfalt’s classic use of chopped vocal samples, dusty drums, and haunting melodies. Given the name of the track, this is your chance to experience what it sounds like in Dfalt’s head.

Turnbull Green’s debut record, The Wolf In You, is out this Tuesday on Daylight Curfew / Take A Record. We’re excited to announce his record release show this Tuesday at 7pm at Origami Vinyl in Los Angeles. Come out and pick up a copy of The Wolf In You on 2xLP and say whats up to the Daylight Curfew crew. See you there!

Turnbull Green Record Release Show
Tuesday, March 26th 7pm
Origami Vinyl
1816 W. Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

Today Turnbull Green’s debut experimental electronic punk record, The Wolf In You, comes out via Daylight Curfew / Take A Record.  Head on over to the store to get your hands on the very limited 2xLP or digital deluxe package.  If you’re in the LA area, head on over to Origami Vinyl for Turnbull’s release party tonight starting at 7pm. Congrats to the homie.

On April 7th Core Rhythm will be in Los Angeles with the Daylight Curfew crew performing a live beat set at our monthly party, Beat Tape. He just blessed us with a 30 minute beat tape of his own titled Finding A Way along with some great insight as to what he’s been working on and whats to come.  Hit play on the mix, read up on the homie, and come through this Sunday to check Core get busy live on the beats!

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What are you currently working on?
Just wrapped up an album with my homie Zajazza outta Lyon France called “Uncle Haywood and Lucien” and am working on an audio/visual short film called “The Box”. Trying to step into combining film and music and continue the exploration of a Hip Hop aesthetic in Film

Tell us about your process from inspiration to execution?
Usually its a sound or a phrase. Like I will play a drum pattern in my head and just beat it out or a texture in a sample or loop that gets me excited and then I try to be as free as possible.  I aim to not constrict myself too much and go as much stream of consciousness as I can, let it happen organically. Once I feel I have the base of everything, like Im feeling the beat, then I get super technical in terms of audio and polish, really get into how this needs to sound and feel.

What have you been listening to lately?
I always keep a mix of old and new. New wise I been bumpin Laura Mvula’s album, such a surprise of sound and composition. Roc Marciano got my ears heavy, love the textures of his production. Still bumpin that Killer Mike album with El-P, got into it kinda late. As far as “old” playing a lotta Eugene McDaniels and Rodriguez. Lotta rare soul and psych music.

What do you want people to take away from your work when they hear it?
I want them to be affected. I like to create a total experience. I aim to effect the whole body and mind, its why much of my music and performance is always so large. So when people leave they have reached emotionally and physically. I don’t aim for intellectual stuff anymore, if they get there cool with me ya know. But if they are not feeling than I feel like I have done them disservice.

What does the future hold for you?
Art, art and more art. Right now I have just been experimenting a lot. I have a lot old music I plan on releasing on some “Lost Tapes” type vibe. Want to clean on the cages. A lot more collaborative. Stepping away from the album game as I want to invest more into the big multi-angled project side of things. I have gotten a little bored with albums. I think its time to move into making new “packages” for lack of a better word. New units and forms.

Where can we find you?
Soundcloud – Is where I am at mostly these days while Im building my new website. And my sounds you can find on Bandcamp or iTunes

Core will be at Beat Tape this weekend: http://www.daylightcurfew.com/beattape/

New York / Paris producer Chaze just dropped a fresh new video, directed by Jay One and titled “This Was Your Town” featuring Casey Mecija. Set in Paris, infamously known as the City of Light, exposes viewers to a raw and more urban side of Parisian streets. To better illustrate his vision, Chaze enlisted the vocal talents of Casey Mecija and artist Jay One, pioneer of French Graffiti.

More on Chaze: Website | Soundcloud | Twitter | Facebook

DJ Synapse and Black Scale just dropped a mix titled Mind Games. Synapse always comes correct with the skills and the selections. Check out the mix and definitely keep an ear on Synapse.

Mind Games. Everyone plays them, mostly with themselves. Black Scale brings out their long-time fam DJ Synapse, for their April mix to bring you Mind Games. These are the Mind Games of DJ Synapse, a New York stalwart, and brand developer of 15 years. The songs in this mix were blended live with two Technics, a Rane mixer and Pioneer EFX-500 box. The songs were completely new to Synapse when he mixed them, so it’s an improvisational affair. After blending the songs (22 in 30 minutes), Synapse laid his cut, paste and scratch flavor, to the mix, something he has always been known for. These Mind Games are an attempt at a new way of looking at mixing.

Black Scale x DJ Synapse Mind Games Mix Download Link

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Mind Games Tracklist:

1. High For This – Ellie Goulding
2. Somebody Save Me (Prod. Joker) – Carrie Wilds
3. Promises (Nero Remix) – Illo
4. Give In For The Fame (DJ Sliink Remix) – Kuhrey-oo
5. Lies (Zeds Dead Remix) – Marina And The Diamonds
6. Spectrum (Luvtek Remix) – Zedd
7. Dynasty (Dada Life Remix) (Steve 1der Remix) – Kaskade Ft. Haley
8. In A Dream (Sidestem Trap Remix/Synapse Still In This Edit) – Rockell
9. Hypergloss – Kloud & Yung Satan
10. Better Off Alone In The Hood (Dave Alberto Remix/Synapse Whatcha Say Edit) – Big Makk
11. Signs Of Life – Crnkn
12. Booty Hop – DJ Butcher
13. Underground Anthem (Mic The Drums Remix/Synapse Neva Scared Edit) – Flosstradamus
14. I Be Going Here – Bobby Tank
15. Booty Me Down – K’Stylis
16. Clique (gLAdiator Remix) – Kanye West, Big Sean, Jay-Z
17. Loose Control – LBSTBBR Remix- Missy Elliot
18. Pop That (Riot Ten’s Rich Bitch Trap Remix) – French Montana, Drake, Lil Wayne
19. Barrier – Thugli
20. AK Gurls – Watapachi (Synapse All My Ladies Edit)
21. Juicy Lucy – Willy Joy
22. Moment Of Truth – Clicks & Whistles
23. Here – Bobby Tank

Mixed, scratched, overdubbed and engineered by DJ Synapse

Mastered by Tucker Bodine at Playback Recording Studio

Introducing our new advice column featuring mix engineer extraordinaire, Joey Raia. Joey will be accepting all questions related to music technology, mixing, recording, and sound in general. Want some tips on how to make your drums bang or your vocals shine? What about tips on soundproofing or how to set up a proper effects chain?  Maybe you need some advice on synthesizers, samplers, compressors or EQs? Hit up soundadvice@daylightcurfew.com and Joey will pick some of his favorite questions to feature in his bi-weekly column. Please welcome Joey to the Daylight Curfew community,  we look forward to seeing your questions.

This Sunday brings the latest installment of Beat Tape, a monthly Sunday afternoon backyard party in the arts district of Downtown Los Angeles. Come out and chill to the vibes of resident DJs Bisco Smith and Dfalt, while throwing back tacos and beer in the warm Southern Cali air. There will be a live beat set by Core Rhythm, featured on our latest Curfew Cast, live art by Sek3 YMI, and a special DJ set by Push Play.  The throw down happens from 3pm-9pm, giving you enough time to sleep off your Saturday night and get home to start your week off right. We’ll see you over there: District Backyard 738 E. 3rd St DTLA 90013

Last year’s El-P-produced Killer Mike record, R.A.P. Music, saw it’s fair share of critical praise, leaving fans hungry for more.  The melding of El-P’s hard hitting beats from Brooklyn found a perfect match with Killer Mike’s politically charged Southern flow.  There was one problem, El-P only appears once,  the album’s ninth: “Butane (Champion’s Anthem)”.  Well don’t get too down because the duo just posted a snippet from their newest project, Run The Jewels. A project where they’ll share time on the mic while El-P continues to handle the album’s production.  The track, “Banana Clipper”, appears on El-P’s Soundcloud and announces this Summer for the album’s release.  Dive in and get a taste of what’s headed your way from this dynamic duo.

Director Ryan Palmieri has recently come on board to help spotlight Daylight Curfew artists.  To kick things off he’s pointed the lens to experimental electronic punk, Turnbull Green.  TG’s debut album, The Wolf In You, is out now via Daylight Curfew / Take A Record.  Check out the profile below and pick up the record on 2xLP or digitally via the store or your favorite digital retailer.

We recently met the prolific producer, DJ, and newly established music video director, Computer Jay, at our monthly Sunday afternoon party, Beat Tape. He passed us along Volume 1 of his 4 part album, Savage Planet Discotheque, a highly recommended collection of warm, crunchy beats, sci-fi inspired textures and samples, along with a few vocal melodies straight from the soul of the 70s.  We inquired a bit more about what he’s up to and what is to come.

UPDATE: We forgot to mention the ill video game that Jay wrote, it accompanies the record and will open up new tracks. http://spdgame.com/

What are you currently working on?
I gearing up to release Vol.2 of my 4 part album Savage Planet Discotheque. We just released a video for the single “Hardships”.  I’m really excited about it cause it’s my first attempt at directing a music video.

Tell us about your process from inspiration to execution?
It honestly varies. Sometimes it comes from digging through old records, sometimes it comes from experimenting with synths, or playing around with chords on the Rhodes. It also can come from what I’m currently going through with everyday life.. Good day, bad day, Etc..

What have you been listening to lately?
Some of Adrian Younge’s works, Metronomy, DJ Screw Tapes, Tnght, Giovanni Marks “African American Psycho”, Ommas Keith’s “City Pulse”, and Hanni El Katib to name a few.

If your music could be a soundtrack for anything, what would it be and why?
It would be a soundtrack to a Sci-Fi flick starring Prince, Salvador Dali, and James Earl Jones.. But like James Earl Jones when he starred in Conan the Barbarian and was low key Funkin.. Why? Cause that shit would be TIGHT.

What do you want people to take away from your work when they hear it?
Inspiration. New Ideas. Something Different every time.

What does the future hold for you?
More Volumes of Savage Planet Discotheque, an EP with “Orfeo” (Amazing Singer), and several variations of my live show.

Where can we find you?
ComputerJay.Net… But “ComputerJay” at anything really. Twitter, FaceSpace, SoundCloud, Instagram, etc… Apparently I’m the only “Computer Jay” in the world.

Are there audio or visual projects you’ve been into lately, outside your own, that you’d like the DLC community to check out?
Daedelus Darlington and Time Boy’s live show,  Mr. Oizo‘s “Wrong”, Game of Thrones, and the Xploded Drawing Crew out in Austin Texas.
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Cop Computer Jay’s Savage Planet Discotheque Vol 1. HERE.