Recorded Performance, Lars & YTCrack, SinSix, and RTH3.0
Sorry we’re a day late, everyone in the Z1 camp is either suffering from a cold or stuck at work, so we’re seriously lagging this week.
Last week, ZeaLouS1 performed live in front of a very enthusiastic home crowd in San Marcos, CA. His radio show, The Takeover, attempted to bring it to you live via the Internet, but ultimately technical difficulties prevented that from happening. But the show’s audio was recorded, including the live performance from ZeaLouS1, so head over to 247Takeover.com to download it! And don’t forget to tune in live this upcoming Sunday night as The Takeover brings you another great show, and jump in the chat to interact with the cast and its fans.
Two big ZeaLouS1 music releases are being dropped this week, and we want to bring them to your foremost attention.
First up, The Takeover interviewed Madhatter of Scrub Club Records and new super-group Sinister Six just the other week, all to hype up the just released debut album from Sinister Six, “Invasion of the Mic Snatchers.” ZeaLouS1 is part of this release, contributing his anything but standard brand of in your face aggression and graceful, playful flow to many of the tracks. Rounding out the line-up are Madhatter, of course, but also YTCracker, Benjamin Bear, MC_Loki, and Chester. An incredible line-up that leads to an incredible production, you can download “Invasion” free of charge at the Scrub Club site.
Second, due out tomorrow, is something we’ve all been looking forward to, and that’s the release of the “Digital Gangster LP” from super-duo MC Lars & YTCracker! ZeaLouS1 is prominently featured on the track “Do the Bruce Campbell” with the two, along with nerd super-power, Shaffer the Darklord. The track is a hell of a ride, with thumping beats and wailing guitars, and Z1 comes through nicely. “Do the Bruce Campbell” is currently streaming from both MC Lars‘ and YTCracker’s MySpace pages, so check out the song, and then check back November 1 when the LP drops!
To close out, even though Z1 couldn’t get the time cleared to participate, we want to recommend downloading the new Rhyme Torrents Halloween 3.0 compilation. This is yet another comp of awesomeness filled to the brim of nerdcore talent, including IllGill, the Ranger, Devo Spice, Myf, MC wreckshin, MC_Loki, and more, all rockin’ out in the spirit of Halloween! Head over to Rhyme Torrents.org and download it tonight and play something decent for the trick-or-treaters this year instead of that CD of “spooky sounds” you bought from Wal-Mart for 99 cents 10 years ago :P
Back 2 Back LA Shows, New Pics, and nYgel’s Mixtape
Hey everyone, sorry for the missed update last week, we moved ZeaLouS1 out of his house to a brand new one, and the studio and office are still getting set up. This week, though, we’ve got some great stuff to tell you about!
First up, we need to tell everyone in the southern California area that ZeaLouS1 not only has one show this weekend, but two! Z1 returns to the Warp Zone Saturday night to put on another great set. He really got the small place going last time, and if you have checked out the videos, see them at the BOSSFIGHT Records YouTube channel at youtube.com/bossfightrecords. The show starts at 9 PM in Hollywood, and will also feature Antique Imp, Puppydog, E&E, and Hoecake. As always, check out Eventful.com for the full details!
ZeaLouS1’s second show this weekend will be downtown at the Tribal Cafe on Sunday. Z1 is looking to go on at around 4 PM, but he should be hanging out and catching the other performances from Open Mike Eagle and Libra Project. It should be a really chill Sunday afternoon, so we really hope everyone comes out to hang. Full details at Eventful.com.
We’re not sure if you noticed yet, but there are new pics up on ZeaLouS1’s MySpace profile. The sets are from the last performance at the Warp Zone, with some great shots of Random and IllGill, and the Game Music 4 All.com anniversary show last month, with pics of GM4A.com’s Anthony, the Takeover’s Tony B. and The Dark Prince, and ‘Lil HARMz! They were from really fun nights, so we hope you guys like them.
Since ZeaLouS1’s next album is a way’s away, we thought we’d point you guys out to some really great music every once in a while. This week we want to tell you about the new (as in released just hours ago) mixtape from nYgel, “Free To A Good Home.” And it’s just that, absolutely free, and you can download it here! It’s some really great mixes from some really talented artists, including nYgel, YT Cracker, Whoremoans, Benjamin Bear, Jesse Dangerously, funky49, and more. You can’t be disappointed with a line-up like that!
To close, we want to thank everyone that voted in the last week for ZeaLouS1 in Eventful.com’s Fire Up the Fans competition. Not only is ZeaLouS1 holding his spot firmly at number 30, and proudly representing his brand of hip-hop, but he’s also finding out where you guys are so that when his next round of touring comes around, he can come right to you! LA is the highest concentrated area of Z1 fans, second only to his hometown of San Diego, which explains why he’s doing two shows there this weekend. You can show ZeaLouS1 that you want him to come to your town as well as help him in the Fire Up the Fans competition by Demanding him, so we hope you do! Remember, if you’ve Demanded Z1 before the start of the competition, you can do it again to make your vote count!
Next week there should be some new video, some new pics, and an update on ZeaLouS1’s rebuilding of the studio in his new house, so check back again then!
NSE ‘08 Bound, and New Website, MySpace and Single
The time has come! Does everyone have their tickets???
Tomorrow morning, ZeaLouS1 leaves San Diego for Orlando to perform in front of the largest crowd of Nerdcore, Video Game, Wrock, Chiptune, Geek Music fans ever assembled in one place for Nerdapalooza SE ‘08! We hope to see everyone that can make it there. ZeaLouS1 will be performing at 8:00 PM EST, so everyone under 21 can still catch his performance before they kick you out at 10 PM (Florida law, sorry). He’ll be walking around, hanging out, signing autographs, so don’t be shy if you want to come up and say hi–he’s really, really nice, we promise ;) We’ll have copies of his latest CD, The Living Epitaph, available for sale in case you haven’t had a chance to pick it up, and of course he’ll take a moment to sign it for you.
We mentioned tickets in the beginning of this update, and every update for two months now :P but if you didn’t get your two-day passes, single day tickets will be available at the door in limited quantities, so if you’re going to the show, get there early! The earlier you get there, the more artists you get to see. Random, co-collaborator on the hot new Z1 single, will be performing at 1 PM on Friday, FYI.
But, speaking of Random, we have a little more info on the new track he and ZeaLouS1 have been putting together, the first announcement being that it’s finished! Yep, done and done. The second announcement we have is the name of the track, and that name is “‘Til We Die.” And, not only is Random behind the beat, but ZeaLouS1 also managed to get the beautifully voiced ‘Lil Harmz on, as well. We can’t wait for you to hear it, and you will, when it drops with the Rhyme Torrents 7 compilation on July 19. You’ll be able to download it from the MySpace profile, RhymeTorrents.org, and ZeaLouS1.com, naturally.
And, speaking of ZeaLouS1.com, it’s brand spanking new! We hope you like the summer gold theme that’s now featured on ZeaLouS1.com. Z1 himself really liked it, even though it’s not black and red :P But, we’ve really been feeling summer is looking good for all of us, so we’re going with it. The MySpace theme has also been switched up to reflect the website redesign, so we hope you check that out at myspace.com/zealous1.
And that’s it for us this week. We hope to see everyone in Orlando for Nerdapalooza!
