Friday April 17 * 8pm * $10

SAVAN DePAUL
rhythms from realms out of reach.

the rapper/singer/lyricist/multi-genre producer/visual artist Savan DePaul has a penchant for creating musical projects that take listeners on wild experimental journeys. every possible genre, ones this side of the galaxy and beyond, collide in one consciously charged package. revolutionary, sensuous, contemplative, vibrant.
whether solo or representing the Bad Apple Commune and Sagan Theory, Savan DePaul has been transmitting his odd brand of futuristic bops on records, on collaborations, in venues, in festivals, and to the ears of the awaiting masses.
https://savandepaul.bandcamp.com/

SAMI RAHMAN
Sami Rahman is a Philadelphia singer, songwriter and producer. Born in Philadelphia in 1994 to first-generation immigrant parents, Sami quickly developed a love for music. His early taste was shaped by his parents, by his dad's love of The Cure and The Smiths, and his mom's love of Bob Marley and Youssou N'dour. In high school, he started playing the drums, playing in a few punk bands with friends. � In 2013, he started teaching himself to play the guitar, and began writing songs. He continued to write, and began to sing, as he started attending Temple University that year. In 2016 he started putting self-recorded music online under the name Mattress Food. He dropped a few albums of melodic, lo-fi indie rock under the Mattress Food name, before recruiting some friends to play live, eventually turning the project into an official group. � In 2019, feeling stifled creatively by the rock music he was making under the Mattress Food name, and having a strong love of hip-hop and r&b, Sami started releasing solo music under his own name. He dropped his Birdboy EP that spring, a collection of melancholic beats and melodies that he produced himself. Over the course of that summer, he dropped about a dozen singles that he had been working on, in an array of styles ranging from synth-pop to straight rapping, to woeful, hazy r&b ballads. In early 2020, he released Sink Deep Down, an EP of long, somewhat experimental electronic tracks. Sami is currently at work on his debut solo album.
https://samirahman.bandcamp.com/

BLACK SATURN
Black Saturn is an Experimental Hiphop artist. With a deep affinity for SoundSystem Culture. Harsh Noise & all styles of Electronic Music. With & ever growing catalog of releases & multi-genre collaborations. With American & European artists. soundcloud.com/blacksaturn mixcloud.com/blacksaturn

KOUNT FIF
Dustin Burdette is a co owner of Man Bites Dog Records as well as a producer, musician and engineer. His resume for production work includes Nas, Killah Priest, Royce da 5'9 and plenty more. Hailing from the Northern Virginia area Dustin also manages Records and Rarities a local record, game and comic shop.
https://manbitesdogrecs.bandcamp.com/album/city-as-school