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SHADOWBOX AND SXSW PRESENTS: SOCIAL HEADNOISE - ARTIST SELECTION, SUPPORT, BIOS:
SHADOWBOX PRESENTS: “SOCIAL HEADNOISE” (SXSW ATTENDEES, GUEST LIST, 21+) – SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST – SXSW – MAGGIE MAES – AUSTIN, TX – SUPPORTING ARTISTS / PRODUCERS, DJS: WAVERACER, BRENMAR, KID MAC, SUPPORTING ARTISTS: PRINTZ BOARD, DUNE RATS – PROMOTER / CURATOR / PRODUCER: SHADOWBOX GROUP, SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST, HIGH BEAM ENTERTAINMENT – AGENT / LABEL / MANAGEMENT: THE WINDISH AGENCY (THEN PARADIGM, NOW WASSERMAN AGENCY), PISTOL ARTIST SERVICES.
WAVERACER
TOM PURCELL, BETTER KNOWN BY HIS STAGE NAME WAVE RACER, IS AN AUSTRALIAN DJ AND FUTURE BASS PRODUCER FROM SYDNEY. THE NAME “WAVE RACER” IS ADAPTED FROM A NINTENDO 64 GAME. HIS DEBUT SINGLE CONSISTING OF TWO SONGS, “ROCK U TONITE” AND “STOOPID”, WAS RELEASED IN 2013. HE SIGNED WITH AUSTRALIAN LABEL FUTURE CLASSIC WHO ALSO SIGNED FUTURE BASS ARTISTS LIKE CASHMERE CAT AND FLUME. HIS “FLASH DRIVE” EP WAS RELEASED IN 2015, FEATURING GUEST APPEARANCES BY LIDO AND BABY
BRENMAR
NEW YORK AND MIAMI-BASED, BY WAY OF CHICAGO, BRENMAR REPRESENTS A STRANGE MUSICAL PARADOX. SOMEHOW DEFYING THE ODDS, HE MARRIES THE ARTIFICIAL GLOSS OF MAINSTREAM HIP HOP WITH THE URBAN GRITTINESS OF UNDERGROUND STYLES LIKE CHICAGO GHETTO HOUSE, UK BASS AND JERSEY CLUB. 2014’S SELF-RELEASED HIGH-END TIMES – ONE OF SPIN’S BEST-OVERLOOKED ALBUMS OF 2014 – PUT HIM IN THE SPOTLIGHT AS A GROUNDBREAKING MAESTRO FOR ARTISTS LIKE MYKKI BLANCO, SASHA GO HARD, AND JUNGLEPUSSY. FOR HIS LAST OFFICIAL EP, BRENMAR ENTRUSTED THE PROJECT TO HIS FRIEND A-TRAK BY SIGNING WITH BROOKLYN-BASED FOOL’S GOLD RECORDS. THE RESULT WAS THE GENRE BENDING AWARD – A FOUR-SONG EP OF HIP-HOP, AND CLUB MUSIC FEATURING UNIIQU3, DOUGIE F. AND MORE. BRENMAR’S LAST SINGLE “SHE ALREADY KNOW IT” FEATURED BEAT-KING, MANMAN SAVAGE, AND JEFF CHERY LOOKING TOWARD RAPS FUTURE. WHILE SUMMER 2016 BRINGS US “LIKE A BOSS” FEATURING $2 FABO OF D4L/LAFFY TAFFY FAME. THIS IS CLUB MUSIC FOR THE PRESENT.
KID MAC
AFTER YEARS OF WRITING, RECORDING, INTERNATIONAL TOURING, SINGLE RELEASES, MOVIE PROJECTS, A POPULAR TV SERIES, COLLABORATIONS AND MIXING IT WITH SOME OF THE MORE INTERESTING CHARACTERS IN THE MUSIC WORLD, KID MAC IS ABOUT TO RELEASE HIS 2ND ALBUM – HEAD NOISE. HAILING FROM SYDNEY’S SOUTH, KID MAC HAS CARVED A NAME FOR HIMSELF IN THE AUSTRALIAN MUSIC SCENE WITH A SOUND THAT SETS HIM APART FROM OTHER ARTISTS. WITH LYRICS THAT CAPTURE THE EXPERIENCES OF TODAY’S YOUTH, SUPER CATCHY SING-ALONG MELODIES, DANCE FLOOR BEATS AND A FINE-TUNED LIVE PRESENCE, KID MAC IS SETTING HIMSELF UP TO BE ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S FUTURE INFLUENTIAL FIGURES. MAC FIRST ALBUM ‘NO MAN’S LAND’ SAW HIM IN THE STUDIO WRITING AND WORKING ALONGSIDE MELBOURNE-BASED PRODUCERS TWICE AS NICE. THE RELEASE OF FIRST SINGLE ‘FREEDOM’ SET THE SCENE, COLLABORATIONS WITH ACTS LIKE MAT MCHUGH (THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS) ON HUGELY POPULAR TRACK ‘HEAR YOU CALLING’ AND THE RELEASES OF CROWD FAVORITES LIKE ‘NOBODY SLEEP NOBODY GET HURT’, ‘SHE GOES OFF’, AND ‘LUNATIC’ CARRIED THE ALBUM FAR AND WIDE. OUTSIDE THE STUDIO, MAC HAS BEEN HITTING THE TOURING CIRCUIT WITH HIS 3 PIECE BAND IN TOW – BLOWING UP DANCE FLOORS HERE AND OVERSEAS INCLUDING SUPPORTS FOR US ARTIST MICKEY AVALON, BRAZIL’S MARCELO D2, THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS, BLISS N ESO, THE GAME AND A PERSONAL REQUEST FROM RZA TO JOIN WU TANG CLAN’S AUSTRALIAN TOUR. ALL THIS PLUS SEVERAL OF HIS OWN HEADLINE SHOWS, APPEARANCES AT PLAYGROUND WEEKENDER FESTIVAL AND RIPE FESTIVALS, A BEST URBAN ARTIST 2010 AT THE MUSIC-OZ AWARDS, AND 2012 ARTIST OF THE YEAR HAS SEEN KID MAC’S FAN-BASE GROW AND ARSENAL OF TRACKS BUILD AND STRENGTHEN. NOW, A YEAR LATER KID MAC IS DUE TO RELEASE HEAD NOISE. HEAD NOISE – A PERSONAL INWARD JOURNEY OF THE BUSY HEART AND MIND – WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY KID MAC, WAS RECORDED WITH RYAN ENRIGHT IN HIS BONDI BEACH STUDIO ON AND MIXED BY SCOTT HORSCROFT (SILVERCHAIR, BIRDS OF TOKYO, THE PRESETS, THE SLEEPY JACKSON, THE PANICS, LITTLE RED) AT ARCHANGELSKY STUDIOS IN MANGROVE CREEK. THE ONLY FEATURE ARTIST ON THE RECORD IS LONG-TIME FRIEND AND TOUR PARTNER, PERTH-BASED UK BEATBOX MAESTRO SAM PERRY. KID MAC IS SET TO TOUR INTERNATIONALLY IN SUPPORT OF HEAD NOISE. FOR MORE INFO PLEASE VISIT WWW.KIDMACMUSIC.COM
DUNE RATS
DUNE RATS ARE AN AUSTRALIAN ROCK BAND FROM BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, ORIGINALLY FORMED BY DANNY BE A USA AND BC MICHAELS AS A DUET WITH BEAUSA ON GUITAR/VOCALS AND MICHAELS ON DRUMS. THE BAND LATER BECAME A THREE-PIECE WITH BRETT JANSCH OF BLEEDING KNEES CLUB JOINING AS BASSIST. BRAD HEALD ORIGINALLY FROM THE VINES ALSO MADE APPEARANCES ON BASS IN 2012. IN JUNE 2014 THE BAND RELEASED THEIR SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM THROUGH THEIR LABEL RATBAG RECORDS. THEY SUPPORTED THE RELEASE WITH A GLOBAL AND NATIONAL TOUR. THE FOLLOWING YEAR THEY ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WERE OFFICIALLY LAUNCHING RATBAG RECORDS AS A RECORD LABEL THAT WOULD TAKE ON OTHER PERFORMERS.ON 11 FEBRUARY 2017, THEIR SECOND ALBUM THE KIDS WILL KNOW IT’S BULLSHIT DEBUTED AT NUMBER ONE ON THE ARIA ALBUMS CHART
PRINTZ BOARD
PRIESE PRINCE LAMONT BOARD (BORN SEPTEMBER 11, 1972). BETTER KNOWN AS PRINTZ BOARD, IS A GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING AMERICAN MUSICIAN, RECORDING ARTIST, PRODUCER, AND SONGWRITER WHO HAS WORKED WITH THE BLACK EYED PEAS, DJ MUSTARD, CEELO GREEN, MARK RONSON, FERGIE, JOHN LEGEND, AND MANY MORE. AFTER MIGRATING TO LOS ANGELES HE MET A BAND THAT NEEDED A KEYBOARD PLAYER. OVER TIME THIS BAND EVOLVED INTO THE GROUP BLACK EYED PEAS. PRINTZ HAS BEEN AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS HIT-MAKING MACHINE. HE WAS THE CO-WRITER OF SONGS LIKE “WHERE IS THE LOVE”, “DON’T PHUNK WITH MY HEART” AND “MEET ME HALFWAY”. BESIDES HIS COWRITING FOR THE BLACK EYED PEAS, HE IS THE MUSICAL DIRECTOR COMMANDING THE BAND’S LIVE STADIUM SHOWS. IN 2001, BOARD FOUNDED THE PRODUCTION COMPANY BEETS AND PRODUCE, INC., PUBLISHING THROUGH ATLAS MUSIC PUBLISHING. IN 2007 BOARD AND HIS FELLOW MUSIC GROUP BUCKY JONSON RELEASED THE ALBUM THE BAND BEHIND THE FRONT ON THE BBE LABEL
PRINTZ BOARD
PRIESE PRINCE LAMONT BOARD (BORN SEPTEMBER 11, 1972). BETTER KNOWN AS PRINTZ BOARD, IS A GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING AMERICAN MUSICIAN, RECORDING ARTIST, PRODUCER, AND SONGWRITER WHO HAS WORKED WITH THE BLACK EYED PEAS, DJ MUSTARD, CEELO GREEN, MARK RONSON, FERGIE, JOHN LEGEND, AND MANY MORE. AFTER MIGRATING TO LOS ANGELES HE MET A BAND THAT NEEDED A KEYBOARD PLAYER. OVER TIME THIS BAND EVOLVED INTO THE GROUP BLACK EYED PEAS. PRINTZ HAS BEEN AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS HIT-MAKING MACHINE. HE WAS THE CO-WRITER OF SONGS LIKE “WHERE IS THE LOVE”, “DON’T PHUNK WITH MY HEART” AND “MEET ME HALFWAY”. BESIDES HIS COWRITING FOR THE BLACK EYED PEAS, HE IS THE MUSICAL DIRECTOR COMMANDING THE BAND’S LIVE STADIUM SHOWS. IN 2001, BOARD FOUNDED THE PRODUCTION COMPANY BEETS AND PRODUCE, INC., PUBLISHING THROUGH ATLAS MUSIC PUBLISHING. IN 2007 BOARD AND HIS FELLOW MUSIC GROUP BUCKY JONSON RELEASED THE ALBUM THE BAND BEHIND THE FRONT ON THE BBE LABEL
SHADOWBOX PRESENTS SOCIAL SUNRISE - ARTIST SELECTION, SUPPORT, BIOS
SHADOWBOX PRESENTS: “SOCIAL SUNRISE” (GENERAL ADMISSION, GUEST LIST, 21+) – LOVE AND PROPAGANDA / VESSEL SF – SAN FRANCISCO, CA – SUPPORTING ARTISTS / PRODUCERS / DJ’S – SLAPTOP, RYAN LUCERO, T3TSUO-808, 0010X0010 – PROMOTER / CURATOR / PRODUCER: JOHN WHITMAN, SHADOWBOX GROUP, SELECT ENTERTAINMENT – AGENT / LABEL / MANAGEMENT: THE WINDISH AGENCY (THEN PARADIGM AGENCY, NOW WASSERMAN AGENCY) / GENERATION ACID
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LUKE FRISHER, AKA SLAPTOP, STARTED HIS CAREER PLAYING “ABANDONED BUILDINGS AND FORGOTTEN BEACHES OF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST,” FREQUENTLY CHANNELING GLOWING SUMMER VIBES WITH A HEAVY DOSE OF GARAGE AND DEEP HOUSE. THIS YEAR, SLAPTOP’S NOTICEABLY HEAVY PARTICIPATION ON THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT HAS INCLUDED NORTHERN NIGHTS MUSIC FESTIVAL, HARD SUMMER IN LA, AND CHICAGO’S LOLLAPALOOZA, OUTSIDE LANDS AND THE 7TH ANNUAL MAD DECENT BLOCK PARTY AT BERKELEY’S GREEK THEATRE WITH DIPLO.
RYAN RUCERO
: RYAN HAS TOURED, PLAYED AND COLLABORATED WITH SOME OF THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS, HAVING SHARED THE STAGE WITH INTERNATIONAL ACTS SUCH AS AVICII, ALESSO, JAZZY JEFF, SNOOP DOGG, LENNY KRAVITZ, AND POMPEII, TO NAME A FEW. RYAN LUCERO HAS PLAYED AT WORLD RENOWNED VENUES SUCH AS RUBY-SKYE, LEX, MARQUEE, KNICKERBOCKER AND TAO. HIS MANY CLIENTS INCLUDE EA SPORTS,PANDORA, GOOGLE, YAHOO!, FACEBOOK, SALESFORCE, GO-PRO, REDBULL, PUMA AND DJ TECHTOOLS. WITH A TRULY UNIQUE ABILITY TO SEAMLESSLY BLEND COUNTLESS GENRES INTO HIS SETS, RYAN IS OFTEN FOUND OUT PLAYING HIGH-PROFILE GIGS SUCH AS FOX NYE TIMES SQUARE BALL DROP 2016, VIMEO’S OFFICIAL SXSW PARTY, VARIOUS NFL EVENTS, AMERICA’S CUP AND SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS EVENTS, AMONG OTHERS
SHADOWBOX AND AUDIO-SF PRESENT SOCIAL BPM - ARTIST SELECTION, SUPPORT, BIOS
SHADOWBOX AND AUDIO SF PRESENT: “SOCIAL BPM” (GENERAL ADMISSION, GUEST LIST, 21+) – AUDIO SF – SAN FRANCISCO, CA – SUPPORTING ARTISTS / PRODUCERS / DJ’S – MANILLA KILLA, LOUIS THE CHILD – PROMOTER / CURATOR / PRODUCER: JOHN WHITMAN, SHADOWBOX STUDIOS, SELECT ENTERTAINMENT – AGENT / LABEL. MANAGEMENT: AM ONLY, THE WINDISH AGENCY (THEN PARADIGM AGENCY, NOW WASSERMAN AGENCY)
LOUIS THE CHILD
LOUIS THE CHILD IS A CHICAGO-BASED DJ AND PRODUCTION DUO CONSISTING OF ROBBY HAULDREN AND FREDDY KENNETT. THEY ARE BEST KNOWN FOR THEIR SINGLES “IT’S STRANGE”, “WEEKEND”, AND “FIRE”. THE DUO STARTED PLAYING AT SMALL VENUES THROUGH 2013 AND 2014. IN 2015, THE BAND ROSE IN POPULARITY WITH THE RELEASE OF THEIR SINGLE “IT’S STRANGE”. THE SINGLE GARNERED PRAISE FROM ARTISTS SUCH AS TAYLOR SWIFT, WHO ADDED “IT’S STRANGE” AS ONE OF HER “SONGS THAT WILL MAKE LIFE AWESOME” AND WAS FEATURED ON THE FIFA 16 SOUNDTRACK. THEY LATER OPENED FOR ARTISTS SUCH AS MADEON AND THE CHAINSMOKERS. THE DUO EMBARKED ON THEIR OWN TOUR ON OCTOBER 17, 2015, STARTING IN CHICAGO. SINCE THEN, LOUIS THE CHILD HAS PERFORMED AT MANY MAJOR COLLEGES AND MUSIC FESTIVALS SUCH AS WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA–CHAMPAIGN, COACHELLA, THE ELECTRIC FOREST FESTIVAL, ELECTRIC ZOO NEW YORK, LOLLAPALOOZA, ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL, OUTSIDE LANDS MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL AND MOONRISE. IN DECEMBER 2016, LOUIS THE CHILD JOINED FORCE WITH PELL AND CREATED THE BAND PELICAN CHILD. A FIRST SINGLE, “TURN ME DOWN”, IS RELEASED AHEAD OF A SIX-TRACK EP DUE FOR EARLY 2017. LOUIS THE CHILD WAS THE OPENING ACT FOR THE EUROPEAN LEG OF THE SHELTER LIVE TOUR. IN 2017, THE “KINGS OF 2017” SHOWED THAT LOVE IS INDEED STILL ALIVE. THE DUO ALSO HEADLINED A 32 SHOW TOUR WITH SUPPORT FROM JOEY PURP, LAUV, LOUIS FUTON, PRINCE FOX, ASHE, PARTY PUPILS, POINT POINT, AND WIN AND WOO. DURING THIS THEY MADE VARIOUS CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS INCLUDING PLAYING A SOLD-OUT THANKSGIVING SHOW AT THE ARAGON BALLROOM IN THEIR HOMETOWN OF CHICAGO. IN LATE 2017, LOUIS THE CHILD’S SONG “GO” WAS FEATURED IN A TV COMMERCIAL FOR THE APPLE IPAD PRO.
MANILLA KILLA
BORN IN THE PHILIPPINES BUT BASED OUT OF WASHINGTON, DC, MANILA KILLA IS A 22- YEAR-OLD MUSIC OBSESSIVE WHOSE PASSION FOR PRODUCING TRANSFORMED FROM SELF-TAUGHT ABLETON LESSONS INTO A FULL-FLEDGED CAREER EARNING HIM MILLIONS OF STREAMS ONLINE, MAJOR FESTIVAL BILLINGS AND PROMINENT PRESS COVERAGE. ALL WHILE FINISHING HIS COLLEGE DEGREE, MANILA KILLA HAS FOUND TIME TO KICKSTART TWO OTHER MUSIC PROJECTS THAT ARE EQUALLY AS ACCOMPLISHED, HOTEL GARUDA AND MOVING CASTLE
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