We now have some really nice hard copies of Hunt Club feauturing the original full album plus the homie Rob Viktum's remix of Rapidly Failing and all the album instrumentals. This is truly a collectors item.
this is a repost from the blog of my late friend Plan B. who passed away 4 days ago. Rest in peace brother, your music will last forever.
"My music is pretty much all I have. It keeps me going day to day. It connects me with individuals across the map. It is a way to express myself and have people listen. It is done by me for me and me only, but I love it when people like what I create. I spend countless hours diggin for samples, chopping loops, finding drums, coming up with concepts, writing, recording, practicing, freestyling, promoting, performing, and listening. Its my drug, addiction, and affair. I have given up so much for this music, and didn't realize it at the time. People wonder why I seem to talk about music a lot. They wonder why it takes up so much of my time. They wonder how the dedication is there. These people are not musicians. The passion I have is like the kid outside of his house shooting hoops everday until the sun goes down. If no one is watching he is proud of that Jordanesque fade-away that he just hit. You can't shake his smile. If no one is playing with him he his still giving 110%. I am the same. If no one ever listened, i'd be making this music still, relentlessly and proudly. You can't shake my smile after everythign comes together. I freestyle while driving all the time, and I give it the energy, and intensity that I perform with. I hear songs, and call out samples. I am my music, my music is me. You can hear my moods in my songs, and know exactly what I was feeling at that moment in time. My music has travelled into a lot of places (via internet/mixtapes) probably to places I will never go. When people ask what I do I tell them "I make music." Everything else is pretty much unimportant. I wake up in the middle of the night because I have a good idea. I stay up throughout the night manifesting that great idea. I don't watch tv, because there is someone out there that is working harder than me while I do that. I will not let anyone be trying harder, because all I am to most of you is my music, and I will be the best I can be for you and me. To everyone who has ever been nagged at by a boyfriend, or girlfriend for cheating on them with music, I have been there too. To anyone that has had their artform stereotyped and not taken seriously, I have been there too. To all who share the unwavering passion, KEEP IT UP. Somewhere you inspired some one, and the torch carriers of tomorrow will not let us down. Blast your music loud to the heavens and let it shake the Earth. Turn It Up A Lil Louder! Somewhere someone is listening, whether or not you realize it.
Peace Plan B Thanks for reading, for this is the All-Encompassing Truth."
Beat-tape inspired instrumentals to take you across the universe! check out my new offering… Trust The Stars. Complete with hand printed artwork. This is a limited edition of 30 numbered pieces.
Hunt Club gets some love in Quick DFW
Current mood: accomplished
So our local news digest paper "Quick DFW" gave Reflect and I a nice little write up for Hunt Club. Check It: 'HUNT CLUB' SCORES DIRECT HIT
"We get so much hip-hop that it's hard to cover it all in a timely fashion. So some quality good- good slips through the cracks now and then. We discovered such an item this past week with another listen to The Hunt Club from Reflect June and Semantic Noise (above), released in February. This is music that would get branded as "underground," or "backpacker," or whatever label folks who feel compelled to label stuff are currently using. Team SS just thinks it's fresh. It's not full of singles or catchy sing-alongs. It's full of original ideas and urgent creativity. It's also easily Reflect June's most accessible vocal effort since he's been on the scene. He's a painter who has traveled the globe, and he filters his surroundings through an aesthetic lens. He describes what he does as "guerrilla poetry," and it's an apt title. But he's also refined his delivery and flow with great results. As for Semantic Noise's production, he's on some futuristic boom-bap wow. The most obvious reference point might be Atlanta's Prefuse, but it certainly doesn't sound derivative. Finely chopped samples synthesize with unexpected rhythmic textures to evoke a soulfully blissful atmosphere. His tracks create mood, and RJ uses that mood to full effect. In true indie spirit, they want you to have this for free. Download it at lonestar hiphop.com. It gets the Sure Shot seal of approval."
And yes, the album is still free!!! Click below to get it!! HUNT CLUB
heres the deal: this wednesday at fallout lounge we have our weekly - The Scoop, but it's also my birthday!!! So we will have special guest Schwa (cool out, hot flash, etc) and we will also do a set of live improv electronic music making... this is not to be missed!!!!!! WOWOWOWOWOW!!!!
Direct from the shadowy underground of the post-analog radio apocalypse, two of Dallas' most unique and visionary artists have teamed up, and the outcome is something special. Welcome to the Hunt Club. The music can only be called hip-hop but is distinctly different. Think guerilla poetry over the soulful musings of a drummer with a stutter. The lyrics are rapped with intense emotion and Reflect June has been compared to everyone from Sage Francis and a "more easily understood Aesop Rock" to Fatlip from The Pharcyde and "a calmer version" of Lil Fame from M.O.P. Semantic Noise has developed a signature sound by combining the organic and synthetic, dirty drums and unusual sequences. The resulting music is an interesting landscape where the soul meets the mechanical.
Reflect June was born in Hurst, TX and grew up in the small town of Luquillo, Puerto Rico. He gained his start as a freestyle lyricist while hosting many weeklies in Dallas with DJ S.O.U.L.Jah, attending shows, and guesting at open mic nights. His dense imagery and acrobatic usage of launguage make each song on the new album "Hunt Club" worth a listen. Reflect June has one mixtape and one full length album (produced by Rob Viktum) under his belt, "I'm excited about the new album Hunt Club," he says, "I think people will be surprised and I know there is something in there for everybody, not only your every day hip-hop head."
Semantic Noise may be the best kept secret in Dallas... with no official releases to date. In his short time on the map he has taken the hip-hop world of the city by storm. An intense inspired work ethic keeps Semantic in the lab most of the time but that hasn't stopped him from competing in "The Beat Down" (the monthly hip-hop producer battle), and DJing clubs doing sound installations in galleries. He can often be found deep in the dollar bins at your local record store.
"Hunt Club" is 10 tracks including an intro and an instrumental intermission. All the lyrics on the album were written and rapped by Reflect June, and all music made by Semantic Noise. It is set to be released on Valentine's Day, February 14th, 2008, as a free digital download at www.LoneStarHipHop.com. "There's something genuine about just putting the project out there for free" says Semantic. "It's like an introduction of sorts, for both of us."
It's 2008 friends! I just wanted to let everyone know this is going to be the year of ease and abundance. On that note I have some projects coming out soon and I want to let everyone know what you will be hearing soon.
Reflect June "Hunt Club" album produced by Semantic Noise. Look for the first single "Rapidly Failing" next week on myspace, youtube and beyond.
yesitsfiasco & semantic noise ep tentatively titled "semanticfiascos" The "music and stars" track is live on myspace right now... and the true heads will know the faulty facsimile joint... plus a few other treats from the 6th wave.
Semantic Noise solo instrumental promo album "Trust the Stars" This will be my first solo release... an introduction if you will.
sunkenstate. semantic noise. sunkensemantics. full length. need i say more?
here and there appearances with the following... soloman infinate, headkrack, juciy the emisary, rob viktum, fab deuce, radius, kylebeats, da afta hourz, d, dan paul, the decatur fist, lejend, que dangerous, non specific... plus many more tba....
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