Upcoming Takeover, Subnation Video, and 299 Demands
Hey everyone, sorry the update is a day late, but we’ve been extremely busy getting things set up for this upcoming Takeover show! This Sunday night, we interview LA hip-hop artist Raven Sorvino, and we have it on very good authority that we’ll have a special surprise guest in the studio. Don’t miss this upcoming Takeover, it’s already shaping up to be the best of the season, so far, so tune in at 247Takeover.com on Sunday night at 6 PM PST!
Also, we finally have the video up on the BOSSFIGHT Records YouTube Channel from the Michael Diebert “Subnation” interview with ZeaLouS1, captured a couple of weeks ago in the dead of night, right outside the KKSM studios. All three parts run about 30 minutes, with Z1 and Michael Diebert talking about everything from Anime to Nerdcore, and sprinkled in between the talk, ZeaLouS performed a few of his mega hits, loud enough to wake the neighbors a mile over :)
Escape from LA, the Takeover, Order TLE, and Team Shinra
Hey everyone! Here’s this week’s update:
Last weekend, ZeaLouS1 performed twice over the weekend in Los Angeles, CA, closing out his summer tour schedule with a double barrel shotgun bang! HIs first date was his second appearance at IllGill’s Warp Zone, where he performed a solid set in front of a tightly packed room full of Hollywood’s young and trendy. All we can say is if you have a chance in the future to drop into the Warp Zone and party with IllGill, we highly recommend you do so, most definitely.
ZeaLouS1’s final summer date was a quick stop in downtown LA on the way home to San Diego at the Tribal Cafe, a hip little spot that’s part coffee house, part live venue. After downing a couple of fruit smoothies for courage, Z1 got up and represented his brand of Nerdcore hip-hop incredibly well, getting everybody going, ages 5-55 :) We have a couple of videos of that performance in the BOSSFIGHT Records YouTube Channel, and here’s one of those, a great silhouette version of “Evermore:”
With ZeaLouS1 back in the studio for the winter, readying his new album for a drop in 2009, there’s going to be a lot of downtime in the news department. Thankfully, the Takeover, hosted by none other than Z1 himself, will make it’s official return this Sunday night for a brand new season! If you’ve never heard of the Takeover before, it’s a live weekly radio/Internet broadcast hosted by ZeaLouS1 featuring in-depth discussions regarding zombies, teen celebrities and all of the latest Nerdcore hip-hop rumors, interviews with actors, comedians, and musicians, and of course plays of all the latest and greatest hip-hop, rock, pop and alternative music. The Takeover is a great way to get to know ZeaLouS1 better and find out what’s going on in his world and mind every week, and with the chat room at 247Takeover.com, you can converse with him directly and even participate in the show! ZeaLouS1 and the Takeover crew really hopes everyone can tune in live, but if you can’t, you can always download the broadcast via MP3/iTunes to listen whenever you want from the links on the website. The Takeover airs every Sunday night at 6 PM PST, 9 PM EST, on AM 1320 in San Diego, or globally on the Internet at 247Takeover.com!
We have an apology to make to a few of you :( For the past month, a technical error has prevented some of you from ordering ZeaLouS1’s latest album, “The Living Epitaph.” We really apologize for this, we had no idea until a dedicated fan brought it to our attention. We’re happy to say that orders are once again shipping, and if you ordered your copy of the album this week, it is now officially in the mail. To make up for the mixup, we’re bringing back the special we had last Christmas by giving everyone that orders the new album a second copy to give to a friend. We hope this more than makes up for everything :)
Something we completely forgot to mention last week (more apologies) ZeaLouS1 and his BFF MAJA have joined forces and entered into an MC battle tournament as “Team Shinra” over at the new Rhyme Torrents.org! This means completely new songs featuring the two monster rappers! The songs are entries into the tournament, so while they’re not “official” releases, they’re still great to download and bump :D You can check out the latest tracks at the Rhyme Torrents.org forums, and don’t forget to tell Z1 and MAJA what you think of “Team Shinra”!
That’s it for this week, don’t forget, the Takeover LIVE this Sunday!
This past weekend, ZeaLouS1 was in Hollywood, CA, to perform at The Warp Zone, and had an absolute blast! Some of his closest friends/family/colleagues were there, including IllGill, Random, GOSHone, and Anthony from Game Music 4 All.com, so there was a lot of hanging out, shop talk, and consumption of beverages that may or may not have been alcoholic in nature (this we can neither confirm nor deny, next question, please.) We captured video from the night, and it’s available at ZeaLouS1.com, which should really be seen, as ZeaLouS1 included two songs in his set he’s never performed live anywhere before, “The Takeover Theme,” and “The Takeover Chat Room Song.” Truly epic. Footage was also captured of Random’s set, and the freestyle session at the end, where Z1 and Ran performed for 200+ live viewers of the streaming Stickam feed, which was also epic, truly, and we’ll have that for you this weekend. It was an awesome party, and we can’t wait to do it again. Here’s a jumping little rendition of “Necrophilianomenon,” featuring IllGill, complete with girls shaking their . . . well, you know, on the dance floor :)
Unfortunately, that’s really it for news, as ZeaLouS1 is officially back in the studio, working on his next project, “Anthems for the Unrequited,” and we’re keeping that very much under tight wraps for now. But there are two news items from our extended family that we’d love to share with you.
As you know, tomorrow is 8-8-08, which means the highly anticipated release of the next project from Random, “The 8th Day.” We got our hands on an exclusive pre-release version this weekend, and . . . wow. Wow! “The 8th Day” is an incredible piece of art from Random, including samples and movements of everything from alt-rock to new wave then to R&B and back to funk! It’s entirely experimental, truly bold, and we’re happy to say it comes together beautifully. We always say that you will never be disappointed by a Random project, and this is no exception. Pick it up via his MySpace at myspace.com/random215 NOW!
Also tomorrow, those in Texas that are fans of Japanese Anime know it’s the start of San Japan 1.5, the 3-day Japanese culture and animation convention which takes place in San Antonio. We’re proud to announce to you that our BFF MAJA will be there live and in person! We really wish we could be there, as MAJA looks to be performing every day of the convention, as well as appearing on a panel or two. We’re really proud of our guy, so go out and support him, and video tape of his performances for YouTube, yeah?
Lastly, we want to remind you (yes, again) to vote for ZeaLouS1 in Eventful.com’s “Fire Up the Fans” Competition :) Z1 is currently at 30, which is incredible as heavy hitters Jesca Hoop (touring the UK with Elbow), Myxx (previous winners of Eventful’s DFest competition) and Opiate for the Masses (Century Media recording artists) tear through the rankings. We’re really proud of all of you that have Demanded ZeaLouS1 for this contest, keeping him right there in running with the big guys, but if you haven’t yet, it’d be incredibly awesome if you could now! Remember, if you’ve already Demanded Z1 before, but not for this contest, you can do it again to make your vote count. Thanks to everyone for helping ZeaLouS1!
