shainhouse Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 (edited) - The shows opening for JSB will be a 'set blender' of sorts with WTTS. We're playing some of our songs, some of their songs and reworking each to fit both bands. Toronto and Mississauga will feature full sets by each band as well.Tourdates THR, Jan 11 - The Red Dog, Peterborough, ONw/ The Jimmy Swift Band WED, Jan 17 - Third Floor Reilly's, Toronto, ONw/ Shad K and What The Thunder Said THR, Jan 18 - The Pepper Jack Cafe, Hamilton, ONw/ The Jimmy Swift Band FRI, Jan 19 - Vinyl, Guelph, ONw/ The Jimmy Swift Band SAT, Jan 20 - Streetsville Sound Bar, Mississauga, ONw/ What The Thunder Said BIO:Fresh off winning the Hamilton Music Award for Hip-Hop Recording of the Year, Kae Sun will be hitting the road with his band in January before returning to the studio to record a follow-up to 2006s award-winning Soliloquy.Kae Sun is hip hop's true believer; a diverse musician with an uplifting repertoire. Whether singing or rapping, Kae Sun communicates honesty and realism through a raw, inspired and soulful vocal style coupled with progressive and politically charged lyricism. As stated in Echo Weekly, Kae Sun "abandons bling for brains, as his words both embrace and transcend the human condition." Over the past few years, in collaboration with several musicians and bands, Kae Sun has initiated a sound deeply rooted within but not restricted to the traditions of reggae, soul, funk, gospel and hip-hop music.Soliloquy released in January 2006 under Toronto based Life Records Entertainment debuted to a sold out audience of over 300 in Hamilton. Subsequently, Soliloquy garnered heavy underground and local recognition leading to favourable press coverage, a tour of southern Ontario and heavy rotation on college radio including charting with McMaster's CFMU. Furthermore, the album garnered attention as far as Memphis, Tennessee and Amsterdam, including a request to have "Kidnapped" and "Stay Up" featured in an independent movie in Austria. "Stay Up" has also been featured on Pulse Radio in London, UK. Kae Sun has also been featured as the cover story with both Hamilton's VIEW Magazine and Kitchener/Waterloo's ECHO Weekly, and he received acclaimed press in the Hamilton Spectator, McMaster Silhouette, London Free Press, MonkeyBiz and Music in Ghana. Kae Sun has shared the stage with Jackie Richardson, DK Ibomeka, Shad K, K-os, Bob Egan of Blue Rodeo, Vanderpark and many other Canadian bands and musicians from across the genre map.Live, Kae Sun is a force. Each stage performance, whether performing alone, with an acoustic act or full band, is a spiritual journey encompassing the best of the secular and sacred paradigms at once. Kae Sun's music is heartfelt, thoughtful, incisive and critical without being exhaustively didactic. Whether rhyming or singing, Kae Sun reminds you that while there is eternal beauty among us, there is always work to be done to make things better for everyone. A true testament of the engagingly personal culture of Western Africa, Kae Sun is the perfect blend of old and new, foreign and familiar, groove and soul. Political, spiritual, prolific, melodic and soulful, Kae Sun proves that hip-hop is flourishing without the shackles of demeaning lyricism, gangsta-intonation and negativity. Come see for yourself. Kae Sun will be supporting Below Me Music Artists The Jimmy Swift Band in Hamilton and Guelph, Shad K in Toronto and Fredyv and Black Soil in Montreal. Guelph's What The Thunder Said will be accompanying Kae Sun throughout the tour as his support band, as well as playing sets of their own.Download Soliloquy for FREE at www.shainhouse.com/kaesun.zipWebsite: www.kaesunmusic.comMyspace: www.myspace.com/kaesunSonicbids: www.sonicbids.com/kaesunTagWorld: www.tagworld.com/kaesunmusicBlog: www.kaesunmusic.blogspot.comPureVolume: www.purevolume.com/kaesunPress Quotes:..While combining traditional African rhythms, the characteristic boom bap sound of hip hop, and spirit cleansing soul, Kae comments on social issues and provides a much needed dose of spiritual emancipation. He abandons bling for brains, and his words both embrace and transcend the human condition... -Denise de la Frenier .. Echo Weekly..Soulful, socially conscious Canadian hip-hop has a new name to champion. And since K-os and K..Naan have proven the success of the letter K, it won..t be too difficult to embrace Kae Sun .. especially since he sounds so good... .. Lori Mastronardi, London Free Press...His new album, Soliloquy, also lives in two worlds, so to speak, combining the rhythms of hip-hop with live instrumentation. The songs combine the western and the African, the gospel and the secular, the social and the spiritual... .. James Tennant, Hamilton Spectator..Lyrically and musically, Kae Sun's expression is for the most part competent and cosmopolitan, melodic and mature, and even at times as inspiring as it is inspired, casting aside the boasting that permeates pop hip hop and delving into his own musical roots from the classics... - Ric Taylor, View Magazine, Hamilton Edited January 2, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeps Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 A lot of these shows will be blended WTTS/Kae sets.Some will be 1 WTTS set 1 Kae set and then a blender.Not exactly sure how it's going to go down specifically, but I am looking forward to bridging these 2 very unique styles and spending time with Kae again.We'll let you know the specifics once we've got it figured out.Cheers,Deeps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afro poppa Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 dang playing guelph a week after I leave... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edger Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 So on the JSB nights, it WTTS also playing (or only on the nights specified)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeps Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 On the JSB nights you'll likely get a long set that will be a combo of WTTS and Kae stuff....I'm thinking about 1h 15min approximately split down the middle.Deeps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shainhouse Posted December 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 It'll be a nice mix of Kae Sun and WTTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edger Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demsky Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 These are gonna be some serious shows to check outI'm going to try and make the Toronto show fo shopeace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shainhouse Posted January 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 bump for the tour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevO Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 I always wondered what happened to set blenders.. Circa 2002 every other show was a set blender! Good to see someone reviving that spirit. I'm hoping to make it to the Red Dog show on my way up to Ottawa for the nero shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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