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The man, the myth, the legend that is Blockhead (The Real Blockhead) is coming to the Magic Bag on Sunday, October 14 with Yppah and arms and sleepers as part of his North America - Fall 2018 Tour. The doors open at 8pm and tickets are $12 in advance. Tickets go on sale Friday, July 6

For more info on Blockhead, check out his Facebook site at https://www.facebook.com/TheRealBlockhead/

Blockhead, has been making and releasing utterly distinctive, funky and emotive music for the last two decades. Blockhead grew up in downtown New York City. As the son of an artist, surrounded by visual culture, he early on found that his passion was for music, for the sonic. A fan of a whole range of sounds, especially hip-hop, Blockhead steadily built a tremendous collection of tapes and later CDs from innumerable artists, a quiet accumulation of knowledge and know-how. After a brief stint as a rapper, he realized his calling was behind the boards and not on the mic – and from there he began to produce beats. Since making that decision, he's kept pretty busy: carving a niche as a sought-after underground beatmaker that people call when they want something special. Blockhead produced nine tracks on Aesop Rock's critically acclaimed album "Labor Days." Additionally he produced half the tracks on Aesop's follow up EP, "Daylight." He has also worked with other indie giants Atmosphere, Murs, Mike Ladd and Illogic. In between, he found time to complete a break beat album entitled "Blockhead's Broke Beats," with ten hard-hitting instrumental tracks, which was released on Mush Records, the US home of cLOUDDEAD.

Yppah has forged a career marked by ethereality and dynamism. Brought up on equal parts My Bloody Valentine and hip-hop, he has utilized a number of instruments and techniques in forging his place in the uplifting (yet firmly grounded) world his music inhabits. Previous records (2006's You Are Beautiful At All Times, 2009's They Know What Ghost Know, 2012's Eighty One) have harnessed his cultural heritage and relentless curiosity to brilliant effect, landing placements in films (21), video games (Alone In The Dark) and television series (House, CSI) as well as taking him on tour around the globe.

Mirza Ramic and Max Lewis have compiled an impressive discography of 26 releases in their 11 year history as ARMS AND SLEEPERS. They have collaborated with dozens of prominent artists (Tom Brosseau of Fat Cat Records, Serengeti of Anticon, Philip Jamieson of Caspian, and Victor Ferreira of Sun Glitters, among others) and worked on numerous remixes (Caspian, Helios, Ef, From Indian Lakes, and many others). Their music has also been widely used in various TV, radio, and online media programming, including VICE and NPR. Their music on recent releases has been transcending the narrow confines of that scene, oscillating more between "chilled hip-hop beats, glitching electronics and ambient progressions" (The Huffington Post) than the typical wailing delay guitars and drum crescendos. They have always been an act difficult to categorize.

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Last year, OGC returned to The Loving Touch to celebrate MCF's birthday with a slew of talent and it was a blast..
This year, the ghost kids are back.
Same day, same place, same time, NEW LINEUP.

Come dance until it hurts.

8PM DOORS
$10 ENTRY
FREE CHEST BUMPS

Come celebrate with the Young Heavy Souls crew as we release the debut EP from Epicure - "In My Mind's Eye"

Performances by
Epicure (https://soundcloud.com/epicuremusic)
Sesh (https://soundcloud.com/seshcurry)
Peace to Mateo (https://soundcloud.com/peace-to-mateo)
nuntheless (https://soundcloud.com/nuntheless)
wasaaga. (https://soundcloud.com/wasaaga)

Live visuals by Peace To Mateo

Doors at 8PM | $10.00 entry includes CD copy of "In My Mind's Eye