King Britt, steps away
King Britt and most of humanity are within 6 degrees of each other. This matrix combines the small-world principle behind this seemingly magical fact with inter-artist recommendations-in-series in order to make all artists potential curators and discoverable within a handful (or two) of steps from everywhere on the planet. It works like this:
I RECOMMEND people (do you?)King Britt & degrees of proximity
Why again is King Britt mere steps away from other artists in here, and by extension, most everybody on the planet?
WHO CURATES "I RECOMMEND" ABOVE?
- Vertex/Edges Out by: The Matrix
Artist & Where
- Name: King Britt
- City/Place: San Diego, California
- Country: United States
- Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Life & Work
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Bio:
Pew Fellowship recipient, King James Britt (his real name) is a 30+ year, producer, composer and performer in electronic music. His position as Assistant Teaching Professor in Computer Music carries a unique perspective, bringing a non-linear approach and knowledge to the department by focusing on various modern forms of electronic music pedagogy, while continuing to be an active force in the music industry.
As a composer and producer, his practice has lead to collaborations with the likes of De La Soul, Alarm Will Sound Orchestra, Saul Williams, director Michael Mann (Miami Vice) and many others, as well as being called for remixes from an eclectic list of giants, including, Meredith Monk, Solange to Calvin Harris. Most recently collaborating with MacArthur Fellow, Tyshawn Sorey for an upcoming album project. In his role as performer, he has travelled globally playing thousands of venues and festivals, including, AfroPunk (NYC), Berghain (Berlin), MoogFest (Durham), Le Guess Who Festival (Utrecht) and The Kitchen (NYC). King was also the original DJ for the Grammy Award winning Digable Planets.
Blacktronika : Afrofuturism In Electronic Music, is a new UCSD lecture course, created by King, researching and honoring the people of color, who have pioneered groundbreaking genres within the electronic music landscape. Genres span from Chicago House, Detroit Techno and Drum & Bass music. Using his position in the industry, the class has been attended by many, including Questlove, Julian Priester and Goldie.
Contact Information
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Address:
King Britt
800 n 2nd Street
Philadelphia Pa 19123 -
Management/Booking:
Management (production, collaboration, curatorial)
Worldwide : Binoza@kingbritt.com
Bookings (live shows & dj sets)
USA / Asia : binoza@kingbritt.com
Europe : Carin@outer-agency.com - Record Company: Buddy System
Media & Markets
- ▶ Buy My Music (downloads/CDs/DVDs): http://fhlostonparadigm.bandcamp.com
- ▶ Twitter: kingbritt
- ▶ Instagram: kingbritt
- ▶ Website: http://www.kingbritt.com
- ▶ Blog: http://www.kingbritt.com/blog
- ▶ YouTube Music: http://music.youtube.com/channel/UChv9nuv6Qn3vNuLlMGps7Kw
- ▶ Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/00L5RBLTThQeOTAvHxhbjS
- ▶ Spotify 2: http://open.spotify.com/album/3vHpYK9CVjXLy9Zu5uIT3s
- ▶ Spotify 3: http://open.spotify.com/album/4jcpvp9d9grtQnuW8bay9I
- ▶ Spotify 4: http://open.spotify.com/album/0C7NyBQxahmjVvWL9PAtML
- ▶ Spotify 5: http://open.spotify.com/album/2D47YYvkt7ihTrDVZT3Mf2
- ▶ Spotify 6: http://open.spotify.com/album/5f1hD4YfYyaP7S6fbN1HKm
- ▶ Article: http://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/interviews/king-britt-talks-blacktronika-and-new-pedagogies
- ▶ Article 2: http://djmag.com/features/king-britt-s-blacktronika-celebrates-black-innovators-electronic-music
More
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Quotes, Notes & Etc.
Take a journey to the world of Afrofuturism—an ever-expansive aesthetic and practice—where music, visual arts, science fiction, and technology intersect to imagine alternate realities and a liberated future viewed through the lens of Black cultures. Immerse yourself in Afrofuturism, Carnegie Hall’s 2022 citywide festival.
Afrofuturism’s boundless sonic essence is celebrated with jazz, funk, R&B, Afrobeat, hip-hop, electronic music, and more. In education and social impact programs created by the Hall’s Weill Music Institute, young musicians, teachers, and people of all ages explore the infinite possibilities of Afrofuturism.
Across New York City, leading cultural organizations present multidisciplinary programming that touches African and African diasporic philosophies, speculative fiction, mythology, comics, quantum physics, cosmology, technology, and more. A diverse range of online offerings also includes film screenings, exhibitions, and talks with some of the leading thinkers and creatives in this multitiered experience.
An introduction for some and a continued quest for others, this trek across space and time will enrich and revitalize our relationship to new futures and futures past. Whether you know Afrofuturism through Alice Coltrane, the literary genius of Octavia E. Butler, the glowing world of comics, or the mythos of Sun Ra and P-Funk, epiphanies will abound in this experiential saga through the realm of Astro-Blackness.
A detailed schedule of Afrofuturism festival events will be announced in fall 2021.
Clips (more may be added)
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King Britt - What's in My Bag?
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Patch Notes: King Britt
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ABOUT THE MATRIX
This matrix is dedicated to creative artists and non-algorithmic discovery.
It was described (to some degree) and can be accessed via this article in British journal The Guardian (which named our radio of matrixed artists as one of ten best in the world):
www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/apr/17/10-best-music-radio-station-around-world
While the Brazilian musicians I work with now you may not know, I formerly worked (chasing unpaid royalties!) on behalf of Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Led Zeppelin, Jim Hall, Mongo Santamaria, Gilberto Gil, Astrud Gilberto, Wah Wah Watson (Melvin Ragin), Philip Glass, The Cadillacs (Earl Carroll), The Flamingos (Zeke and Jake Carey), and others, including Oscar-winning world-class great-guy Robb Royer. I was interviewed by David Dye for broadcast on U.S. National Public Radio several years ago ... about the Brazilians:
- Randy "Pardal/Sparrow" Roberts
All is more connected than we know.
w/ David Dye for U.S. National Public Radio
The matrix was inspired in (the kabbalah-inspired fiction of) Borges' El Aleph, that in the pillar in Cairo's Mosque of Amr, where the universe in its entirety throughout all time is perceivable as an infinite hum from deep within the stone...
Our logo, per the "spirit" above, is a cortador de cana, a cane cutter. It was designed by Walter Mariano, professor of design at the Federal University of Bahia to reflect the origins of the music the shop specialized in. The Brazilian "aleph" doesn't hum... it dances and sings.
