Category: Language Arts
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4th . Annual . Deffery . Awards .
The world is hella changing ya’ll and 2017 was one of those years that no matter what you were doing you felt it. This past year was filled with HEAVY HEAVY emotions, deconstruction, meme’s and music that reflected the undercurrent of the current climate. In other words, we experienced the art created mid social climate…
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Loose . Change . Vol . Bless
Music is one of the most powerful most unifying forces we have been gifted with in this human experience. Sharing sounds is my love language, my mixes are love letters written and blended in the bpm of heartbeat, drum pattern, and melody. This time around I wanted to return to my roots, Loose Change…
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NEW . VISUALS :: A Dream Of Paper Flowers .
The dynamic duo known as MAD AS HELL reincarnate themselves in the form of Director (Leila Jarman) and Sound designer (Mike Leisz aka clickbecause) in collaboration with Proximal Records label head Sahy Uhns and poet and puppeteer Chelsea Bayouth to create a short film called “A Dream Of Paper Flowers”. As an attendee of the first public…
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N E W . M U S I C :: DEF SOUND – i.NEED.YOU.TO.KNOW.
Shot/Directed/Visual Effects/Edited by mad-as.hell (Leila Jarman + Mike Leisz) Art Direction/Make-up by Christy Roberts Berkowitz I don’t usually post my own music. This is something I really wanted to share, like good art, like if it wasn’t my video I would post type art. Let’s start from the beginning my name is Emmanuel…
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An Indomitable Inhabitance at MOCA 2015 Step and Repeat
Writing about performance is an interesting task because most often, the performance has already happened, so one is not writing about it so that readers may also go experience it. One writes about performance because performance has a physical and emotional impact that can relay insights into our lives. I did not attend all three…
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Higher Inner G Mixtape & Artist Aleah Clark
Music is for everyone, and we felt the need to remind you all of its magical powers with ∂eƒSound’s new mix for your mid summer night’s dreams. It’s got everything from Toro Y Moi, to Ti$a, and kicks off with Too Many Zooz. Let it massage your ear drums with you peruse the digital gallery…
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Def.inately.Recommended. :: MRK’s 27 Video .
I took a young hiatus from doing music write up’s due to thee fact I couldn’t figure out how to make them feel fluid, not like a music review, yet thoughtful. So much music drops every hour it’s overwhelming (a new Drake video drops just as I was auto saving that last sentence) I took…
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KDEF Radio LIVE from DTLA
Def Sound records a live DJ from the rooftop of the Westin Bonaventure during Sangria Sundays. Its a mellow mix that get’s you off to a great start of your day. Enjoi.
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Art In The Bay Area
For the first time in my adult life, I went on vacation. I didn’t try to organize any work for myself, and I didn’t try to make the trip into work. I visited friends and just… went to see art. And now I’m writing about it. Oops! And between you and me, I’m not sorry! I…
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Racism Explained In A Simple Allegory by Camara Jones
Dr. Camara Jones is the president of the American Public Health Association. She gave an incredible talk on race in American that has been translated into a series of illustrations that show how systemic racism works in America. Watch