Audiopharmacy's new album
"Spare Change" is now available through IDC distrobution.
UPDATED: 9/28/08
So refreshingly, after a slightly difficult summer for some of us (personal reasons) Audiopharmacy's fate has finally taken a turn for the best. The last shows have been great vibes. (except for the hyphy disorganized kmel/a-digga entertainment project we should have never took on). Other than that...things have been rediculous...in a good way.
CLUB 6 (SF)
-The Artsf/Audiopharmacy/Chuck Fenda/Zion I show at Club 6 was great vibes: First, Stewpise set it of with some slammin reggae as usual. Then the newest addition to APP, "Panthelion" opened up for us with a emotionally slumpin set as usual. (jazz hip hop) Peep em on our top friends list at www.myspace.com/audiopharmacy when you get a chance. Then Audiopharmacy hit with our 4 piece...Teao, Ras'kdee, Keepyahjoy, and our new drummer, Kwame. (also drummer of Puerto Rico's first and legendary reggae/roots culture band, "Zioneers") the AP click is sounding more solid than ever. After a successful night, 7 of us in the pharm van, hit the road at 5am, took and hour rest a rest stop at 7 am, then kept rollin into los Angeles just to make it in time for load in at noon at the Ford Amplitheater.
INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS HOP HOP GATHERING (L.A.):
Twas a beautiful indigenous event here. Audiopharmacy, Olmeca, Visionaries, QueseIMC, Quinto Sol, Rebel Diaz, el Vuh, traditional norther/southern dance & drumming and more. A beautiful event with the perfect blend of sunshine, revolution, and peace. The stadium was outdoors. Audiopharmacy hit soon after the sun had set, the lighting and sound was on point, and the show was executed proper. DJ Numark killed it at the afterparty. and Echo park did us proper for a sno-cone breakfast at the lake. Definately a nice weekend in l.a.
Next show...Hyphy kmel/rick lee/audioupharmacy/stepwise.
KARIBBEAN CITY (OAKLAND):
YOOO! This was the first time I have ever experienced promoters this bad and unprofessional. to be continued...
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UPDATED: 7/25/08
AN AUDIOPHARMACY NOT SO- QUICKIE:
Much love to those who made it out to Teao and Ryno's b-day improv jam session/reggae/hip hop/movie night at the park…phew. Was crackin. Some of those improv jam sessions were straight up epic. At one point reminiscent of the Gill Scott/Erica Badu collab at Chapelle’s block party…like I sed…”epic.” Can’t go wrong with a couple hundreD good folks, good vibes, good music, and a beautiful view of San Francisco’s Bay Bridge. Did somebody say…annual event?..we’ll see wuts up. Participating artist shouts: Colin (guitar) n Will (sax) from Retrograde Revolution, Neal (trumpet), Josh (bass n drums), Isense (drums), Dilcia Gonzales (vox), Ryno (vox), Dj werd (turntables), Stepwise (turntables), Teao (turntables, guitar, bass, drums.) Sean and Seneca (movie projection, permits, and sound system). Twas a beautiful day. As for the next upcoming events????...
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1.Panthelion show this Fri.
2.Audiopharmacy, Stepwise, Panthelion at club six. 3.New tams/knit caps/Shishin Apparel with photos. 4. Keep your beat library stocked…Subscribe to your monthly “Vitamins” CD Prescription (FREE TRIPLE CD GIVEAWAY TO FIRST 3 E-MAILERS). 5.Need mo’ reggae?...Stepwise “Galang” radio show weekly. 6. O.K…fine, you can hear one unreleased song by “Manufraktured” (Teao n Ras k’dee).
1.
PANTHELION SHOW THIS FRIDAY IN OAKLAND:
PANTHELION: the instrumental trio consisting of upright bass/composer (Andrew Currier), trumpet (Jeff Bordes), and former Kaotic Soul member Laxman Drivas on cajon (percussion), are called Panthelion and are now official members of Audiopharmacy Prescriptions. Like all members of the collective, they have a unique sound differing from your average genres and put it down raw and beautifully live or recorded. APP never let yu down before so trust us with this one. If you dig true music, Panthelion’s comin wit fiyah fo ya! Peep em live this Friday in Oakland. Here’s the info:
An Audiopharmacy Prescription…
LIVE PERFORMANCES BY:
-Panthelion
-Broun Fellinis
WHEN: Friday July 25th at 9pm. (show starts early don’t be late.)
WHERE: The Uptown (1928 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, Ca.)
Videos here: www.myspace.com/panthelion
CLICK HERE FOR FLYER:
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2.
AUDIOPHARMACY AT CLUB 6 (SF)
WHEN: Saturday, September 13th-doors at 9:30pm.
WHERE: Club 6: 60 6th st. SF, CA. 94103
WHO:
DARK ROOM:
-Audiopharmacy (live hip hop/world/reggae)
-Panthelion (myspace.com/panthelion)
-Stepwise (myspace.com/stepwisedj)
MIDDLE ROOM:
-La Koca Nostra (Dj Muggs from Cypress Hill/ Everlast of House of Pain) http://youtube.com/watch?v=HaVf_yrq6Q0&feature=PlayList&p=7DE5135D5C935437&index=0&playnext=1
THE BASEMENT:
-Chezidek (live reggae) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2iFtB80VRg
3.
NEW TAMS/BEANIES/SHISHIN APPAREL
Our freshest prescription in handmade tams and beanies for your dome can be found here…click:
http://audiopharmacy.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=19
4.
NEW AUDIO PRESCRIPTION:
The “Offerings” triple disk monthly issue.
If you don’t already know, this is a monthly subscription and wherever we get the most subscription orders from, Audiopharmacy will plan a tour to your town. The subscription to this 3 disk/month mix will keep your music library stacked with goodness for sure. FIRST 3 PEOPLE TO EMAIL US BACK WITH, “IN NEED OF VITAMIN HEALING” IN THE TITLE, RECEIVE A FREE SET. (include your name and address of course. Send e-mail to: thepharm@audiopharmacy.com) Description of what’s on the mixes is below.
For 12month subscription $108 (comes with free shirt)…click:
http://audiopharmacy.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=39
6month subscription $69…click:
http://audiopharmacy.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=37
1 month subscription $15…click:
http://audiopharmacy.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=38
DESCRIPTION: -These mixes are not blended at all, the volume levels change dramatically from song to song, and you may never know the names of many of your favorite songs on these projects (since Offerings never cared to list them.) However, these “Vitamins,” by Offerings are crucial to your diet. Some of the songs are either unreleased/unfinished Audiopharmacy jams, classics & blueprints and/or are funk, soul, world, hip hop, trip hop, reggae, dub songs by various artists, that were extracted from dozens of computers internationally. Shite, some of the illest tracks are even swooped from other dj’s mix tapes. All in all, the music is extremely phenominal and it must be shared. This triple disk monthly prescription is holistically extracted from the root of Teao and Offerings’ itunes library and is to be added to your monthly subscribed intake of audio healing indeed. One.
5.
STEPWISE UPDATE (galang radio):
Step continues to prescribe you with all your reggae and dancehall needs plus free concert ticket giveaways (reggae rising etc.) by hosting his weekly show on
Superestacion,fm -- Colombia's biggest and most popular internet radio station. Stepwise’s live dj mix show – GALANG RADIO, airs on Superestacion's 24/7 reggae radio channel Radio Etiope... every Tuesday from 6-7:30pm SF-time (with a repeat Saturdays at 4pm)...
For more info and to listen, peep:
http://www.stepwisedj.com/galang
http://www.superestacion.fm (channel = Radio Etiope)
6.
If you want to hear what’s been crackin in the Audiopharmacy studio, peep the unreleased track named “Mamasan” at myspace.com/audiopharmacy. It’s a ruff version, but enjoy it cuz it wont be there for long. Oneluv ya’ll keep ya heads high
…Offerings
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(past news below tour date info.)
New York:
real quik recap...NY was off the hook.
Keepyahjoy, Teao, and Gregg Green all
linked up in Brooklyn as usual, then ended
up at SOB's. The home-girls- Omega Kilay
(Cuban women in hip hop) were performing
with Queen Goddess and La Bruja over there.
Not to mention, some of the folks from
Trust Your Struggle art crew also threw down.
A dope show f'sho. Late that night in the
subway station, Cyrus, Keepyahjoy, Greg, and
Teao heard- "Teeeaoo!" from across the platform.
It was Noel, SF native. Damn, I guess the Bay's
just takin NY by swarm these days. To make a
long story kinda short, she gave them the
green light to throw down live at a real nice
apt. in Brooklyn...real nice. It was on. After
a week of schitzo sunshine to snow weather,
recording sessions, meeting mad cool folks
in the streets, apartments, record stores, coffee
shops, shows, a video/radio interview, and
endless stomping terrain, the Pharm had dropped
about 600 cd's on NY and met some of the
most roots folks on the scene. T-was a nice
trip.
THE PLOT THICKENS:
to be continued..
APRIL 1st 2007 UPDATE:
So, Audiopharmacy's last shows have finally
been selling out.
We have really been feeling the support n luv
from the community. Thanks for that.
Also, much apologies to those who have been
turned away. Elbo room sold out by 11:30
and Balazo shut its doors by 11:15. For the
record, it wasn't true that we had already
played by 11:30 at Balazo. That was just a
rumor that the bouncers created to keep
people from still trying to get in the venue.
No blame on Balazo tho, they have their
reasons (policia of course). Much luv 2 La
Familia, the event was definately roots.
We'll do more f'sho.
TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1) Our next show.
2) the show afta 3) The Pharm on both
coasts this
week (NY/DC/SF/WA). 4) New video URL's for
you to peep. 5) top prescriptions
1) NEXT SHOW:
Our next move?..yup, the Audiopharmacy
house party tour will kick off on 4/20. April
20th, we'll be playing at a co-op in Berkely ca.
It is for supasweet, Danette Lambert's
birthday and is gonna be phat f'sho.
The house?...huge. It takes up an entire block
and
occupies 140 people. It's basically a frikin
village. It is fully equipped with a stage,
lights, center yard, and a 4/20 welcoming
environment. Here's the info:
WHEN: Fri. April 20th 8-1am.
WHERE: Berkely, Ca.
LIVE ART&VISUALS: NICEONE, DEE JAE
PAESTE
LIVE MUSIC: Audiopharmacy (audiopharm
acy.com), another band soon to be announced.
DJ'S: Stepwise
COST: $3-$10 donation
ADDRESS: Near the campus, On the corner of
Ridge Rd and Le Roy Ave. (click on link for
map. (house takes up entire block)
MAP: click here- http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j48/audiopharmacy/420map.jpg
Directions from hwy 80: exit university,
straight till can't go anymore. Left on Oxford,
right on Hearst, left on Le Roy, Right on
Ridge Rd, roll up, get out car, roll up...
DETAILS: House Party tour 4/20 kickoff
...be safe.
SCHEDULE: to be announced
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2) AFTER THAT- ON THE HP TOUR:
Sat, April 21st -due to a smaller space,
location will not be announced until further
notice.
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3) AS FOR NOW: The pharm is holding it down
on the road of both coasts. Ras k'Dee and
the One Struggle Band is currently in Washingon
in the West
(www.myspace.com/onestruggleband), while
Teao, Keepyahjoy, and Gregg Green are
currently
holdin it down on the East Coast in Washing
DC and NY. (www.audiopharmacy.com) Hollar.
e-mail: thepharm@audiopharmacy.com
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4) NEW AUDIOPHARMACY VIDEO URLS:
Audiopharmacy-"Magic 2007 in Las Vegas,
Elbo Room SF, and the LA street grind."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-zRu2EhkBA
Audiopharmacy "live in Berlin":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZFD1N60FHI
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5) Audiopharmacy's top prescription pick's:
Spare Change, Street Prison, Full Confidence.
Hear all three albums and purchase at
www.audiopharmacy.com
(select "prescriptions" then
"music") aite...
ovr...Offerings
ps. to whom it may concern- Teao's
phone was..."cleansed" once again last month.
Hit him
with your number if necessary.
MARCH 12, 2007 UPDATE:
Today, we experience and face loss.
..deep breath.
This is a dedication to those who have
passed on and all who have been left
behind here. All who have silently
shouted streams of painful tears. All
who have stared through the sands
directly into the eyes of our ancestors.
We first struggle for answers that could
never fix a thing, then must cope to
cure the illness. Natalie Simon you are
constantly in the thoughts of mine and
many. Kenji, with the moon�s set, new
beauty shall be born to vehicle her spirit
back into our lives. Natalie Simon was
one of the most caring and gentlest
creatures I�ve known. So difficult to find
the reasoning behind such an unfortunate
fate. It�s an illusion that we all live to
grow old so please, love your loved ones
til they can�t stand you anymore.
Bless�teao.
I have attached an mp3 to the top of this
e-mail. You need to hear it. It's beautiful.
It was made by Kenji Simon aka Kenji 451
- violin player/producer from Montags Dust
and Audiopharmacy. Prescription: eyes
closed. (Full instrumental album available
upon request� E-mail thepharm@
audiopharmacy.com. Also peep www.
myspace.com/montagsdust.)
TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1) Next show at
Balazo SF. 2) AP limited DVD. 3) New
Audiopharmacy artist-Dee Jae Paeste.
4) House party tour, Europe 2007, Japan
2007. 5) Audiopharmacy in NY
1)
AUDIOPHARMACY'S NEXT SHOW:
The vision of this event is purely community.
All should come cuz parties like this don't
happen every week. If you haven't been to
Balazo, it is a huge old Mexican restaurant
that now has a sort of warehouse/squatter
vibe. That true underground feel that has
become nearly extinct in San Francisco.
No ugly mean muggin security, just food
hooks, good vibes, and no curfue. Please
get rested for this one. It's going on all
night f'sho. Your folks Audiopharmacy
(live world fusion/hip hop/reggae) and
dj Stepwise (roots/reggae/dancehall)
going to holdin it down no doubt. Plus
mad other good folks. La familia
represent.
WHEN: Thurs. March 15th 7-4am.
WHERE: Balazo, San Francisco
LIVE ART&VISUALS: Leif Wold (leifoutloud.
com), Danielle Deroberts (onerary.com).
SPOKEN WORD: "transient tales & city
swagger"
LIVE MUSIC: Audiopharmacy (audiopharm
acy.com), Davu (dove ink records),
Chango Julius (sonido sucio)
DJ'S: Stepwise, Chief Boima, Moman,
Sogui Sogood
COST: $10 at door
ADDRESS: 2183 Mission st. San Francisco,
Ca.
DETAILS: "De La Familia" -expatriates of
rhythym latin/afro/hiphop/dancehall
riddims
for freedom, with live performances by
Audiopharmacy and others.
SCHEDULE: Art, poetry, acoustic music:
7-10pm/Audiopharmacy (world fusion/
hip hop/reggae), and rotating Dj's from
10-4am! (Audiopharmacy n Stepwise
will be going on at about 12:30 to be exact)
NOTE: this party's gonna be crackin f'sho.
Viva la mission!
2)
MAGIC, LAS VEGAS 2007 VIDEO FOOTAGE:
Rumor has it that a few copies of a limited
Audiopharmacy DVD will be available at
the next show. It includes the Magic
2007 Las Vegas tour, L.A., Europe, and
of course, San Francisco. The Prophecies
video is on there as well. They are
$10.00 but all you need to do is print
this e-mail and bring it to the merch
table at the git down. We'll hook it up.
Hit it early in the night, cut there are
only limited copies.
3)
NEW AUDIOPHARMACY ARTIST:
DEE JAE PAESTE
Finally the paths of more unknown kin
intertwine. As of February 2007, Dee
Jae Paeste is currently the newest member
of the Audiopharmacy tribe. A very
skilled painter/graphic designer and
creator of Konscious Klothing- a
movement of roots and awareness.
Look forward to collaborations with
Audiopharmacy artists: Dee Jae Paeste,
Sef, and Niceone on the horizon. Check
him out at www.myspace.com/deejae,
or www.konsciousklothing.com, and of
course www.audiopharmacy.com shortly.
Dee Jae painting live at the
MAGIC, Las Vegas conference 2007,
aite.
4)
House Party tour: After doing endless
club and venue gigs, we have truly been
feeling bringing it back to the essense.
The loot isn't much, but something
about the intimate vibes of a house
party just keeps us juiced for tours
deep of venue gigs all year round.
We are keeping the option open for
anyone who wants to invite us into
their home and have a free gathering.
Shite...how real can it get. Hollar at
us, cover transportation costs, and
boom...AP hosting your spot. Hit us at. thepharm@audiopharmacy.com.
Don't be shy, f'real.
European tour/Japan 2007: Yup...we
coming back. Ya'll were too good to
us last year, so now your stuck with
us in the rotation for life...or somefin
like that. We'll be around August/
September.
Audiopharmacy is planning to hit
Japan in October. Stay tuned.
5)
Look out for Teao, Gregg Green, and
Keepyahjoy in NY April 1st. Hollar...april
fools..nah f'real tho.
peace n propers...Offerings
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to show luv n hate n luv again hit us at e-mail: thepharm@audiopharmacy.com
JANUARY 20th Update:
Unforgettable times in 2006 for sure.
Sun, rain, fantasies, realities, sadness, high
hopes, success, bliss, death, new life...
all of which contribute to whom we are
in 2007 and beyond. Some believe and
some forget, if we keep our movements
real to ourselves, our loved ones, and
our community...things should work out
just fine.
CONTENTS: 1) The Street Hustle,
2) Audiopharmacy Sweatshop Hiring
(interns), 3) West Coast House Party
Tour, 4) Live in Berlin video,
5) Audiopharmacy�s next SF show,
5) Holding Firm, 6) MAGIC.
THA STREET HUSTLE:
Keepyahjoy, Ras k' Dee, Teao,
Pash, Sef, Sundiata, and myself are
keepin the lost artform of the street
hustle alive in the Bay f'sho. Sharing
the music face to face with the fans
is truly priceless. Honestly, nothing
compares to meeting precisely where
your blood, sweat, and tears are being
appreciated. From endless sidewalk
ciphers, to straight politikin� with the
community, the positive energy spawns
creative flow every time. If you see
any pharm members out on the grind,
peep their selection, the prescription
changes daily�instrumental, lyrical,
hip hop, reggae�so on. No funds?...
don�t trip, we always come strapped
with gifts. (Street Hustle Hotspots:
Upper Haight-SF, 16th n Valencia-SF,
Shattuck-Berkley, Telegraph-Berkely,
1st & 2nd st.-SJ.) Audiopharmacy�s
newest album �Spare Change� is now
available on vinyl and CD in Amoeba
records (San Francisco).
AUDIOPHARMACY SWEATSHOP
RECRUITS:
We have been getting inquiris
about new Audiopharmacy reps and
interns. If you are interested in
interning for the Audiopharmacy
Prescriptions label either here in the
studio or on the street hustle in your
city (local or non), hit us at
thepharm@audiopharmacy.com. The
street positions are paid, and the
studio positions carry other incentives.
E-mail if interested.
HOUSE PARTY TOUR...WHUT?:
For 2007, Audiopharmacy is
already organizing their yearly European
tour, and a tour through Japan as well
(gonna be doooope). Those will be
closer to summer. As the group has
grown, the venues have grown from
small, cozy venues to huge festival
type venues. That�s it�the pharm has
decided we want to bring it back to
the essence. We are now organizing
the first west coast house party tour
ever. We are putting together a film
crew to capture the illest moments of
each function and create a dvd of the
�house party� tour as well. Gonna be
ill son�Here�s where you come in.
Want Audiopharmacy to host your
house party?..Just plan to have a git
down during the month of march/april,
e-mail us with the legististics, and
boom�live band plus reggae/dancehall
/hip hop on the decks. Don�t event trip.
Being that you and your house will be
in the dvd, you obviously get a free copy
f�sho. E-mail thepharm@audiopahrmacy.com
to get your crib on the tour.
AUDIOPHARMACY LIVE IN BERLIN
VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZFD1N60FHI
AUDIOPHARMACY�S NEXT
PERFORMANCE:
Who: Felonious, Audiopharmacy (APP),
DJ Ren (true school), Niceone-live
acrylic (APP)
What: A celebration of Felonious� new
CD and video release. If you don�t
know, Felonious is a bay area live hip
hop band that has put in mad work
for quite some time now. Their live
band carries that truly nice hip hop
feel, topped with consciously talented
mcs and beatboxers as well.
Audiopharmacy will be playing first
at 11pm sharp. Then Felonious at 12.
Don�t miss it.
Where: Eblo Room (674 valencia st,
SF. 415.552.7788)
When: Sat Jan. 27th
Cost: $10, $8 ticketweb advance
How: Staying true to the game.
HOLDING FIRM:
DJ Stepwise has returned from the
beautiful tropics of Jamaica. This
Sunday he will be holdin it down spinning
root/reggae/dancehall at Underground
SF in Lower Haight. Here�s the lineup-
DJ�s: Dash Eye (Tribe of Kings-SD),
Stepwise (APP), Keep Em Runnin
Hosted by: Ras Matthew
More info: stepwisedj.com/holdingfirm
MAGIC:
Yes, Audiopharmacy will be at the
2007 MAGIC (Art/Fashion/Music)
convention in Las Vegas this year.
February 13-15. Hollar.
PRESCRIPTIONS N MERCH:
Our top 3 suggested projects for this
month: 1. Audiopharmacy, "Spare Change";
2. Ras K' dee, "Street Prisons";
3. Audiopharmacy, "Prophecies vinyl e.p."
Stay tuned for the all instrumental album
by Squil, "Volcano Syndrome".
To aquire all released Audiopharmacy
albums, clothing, and other merch or
services follow these directions.
Go to www.audiopharmacy.com
-click prescriptions
-choose a category on top left- ie. Music
-buy something yo!
Thanks for lending your eyes, ears,
and just plain being supportive�
peace, Offerings
JANUARY 10th:
HOUSE PARTY TOUR-
Yo...happy new year to all y'all.
Audiopharmacy is preparing for
our new season of shows and it's
lookin nice. we did the European
tour, then the West Coast tour, so
guess what's next?....We're takin
it to the next level with this one..
..you ready? Audiopharmacy is
planning the first west coast
"House Party Tour"! ahh yesss...
bringin it back to the old school.
We're planning to spend March
doing nothing but house parties.
We have a film crew filming each
event (cops and all) and we're
spawning a DVD project from the
footage...priceless.
INTERESTED IN HAVING US HOST
YOUR HOUSE PARTY?:
If you are planning a house party
in 2007, throw us on the bill. We
only need $50 beans plus
transportation costs (for out of SF
shows) and we're there. We'll be
playing with the full 7 piece band.
(unless requested otherwise) Word?
hit us at e-mail:
thepharm@audiopharmacy.com.
attn. HPTOUR
NOVEMBER 21st UPDATE:
Humboldt, Santa Cruz, San Francisco,
Seattle, Tacoma, and Portland. All
handled on the "Uncuffed tour" so
far. This weekend?...San Diego and
Los Angeles. write ups soon.
OCTOBER 5TH UPDATE:
Continued from shows section...
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1. Free Warehouse Party (see the shows section)
2. THE GAME -Pre-released limited
edition hand made joints of
"Spare Change."
3. Shouts to all in the harvesting
stages...(Stepwise, EQW, Plan
B, Earworm, Montags Dust, Audiopharmacy,
Live Human, One Struggle)
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2. THE GAME- Pre-released "Spare Change"
limited edition joints: If
you haven't gotten a copy yet. Audiopharmacy
has pre-released 200
copies of the album here in the Bay Area,
each hand numbered. There
are 150 left and they will be available on
our website and at our next
2 shows for a limited time. Important:
When you buy one, save your
numbered sleeve, we may have something
for you..to be continued..
purchase album at: www.audiopharmacy.com
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3. THE NEW HARVEST:
Yo, all the folks have been mad productive
for years, but for some
reason, i've noticed that lately there's been
a boom of new born
change. Change for the good. I'll keep it
simple and stick to the
projects:
DJ STEPWISE: Organica "Full Confidence"
roots/reggae/dancehall mixtape.
Stepwise's newest mix is sponsored by
Organica and hosted by
Niyorah. Teao/Nyorah collab track intro.
featured as well. The mix
is nice. Daytime Prescribed. (available by
request-
thepharm@audiopharmacy.com)
Stepwise is also spinning for the folks
every Sunday night in Lower
Haight. Come get down to Roots/reggae/
dancehall. Peep the flyer:
click for reggae sundays flyer:
MONTAGS DUST: "Montag is Dead"
Montags Dust has been a part of the
Audiopharmacy family for many
years now. Squil aka Bruno Fortuno, and
Kenji 451 are two very
talented producers and musicians from
Berlin, Germany, who make the
most beautiful instrumental downbeat ever.
"Montag is Dead" is
perfect for bumpin in the dark. It is available
upon request now
(thepharm@audipharmacy.com), and will be
available on the site soon.
SQUIL: "Vulcano Syndrom"
Squil came too sick with this one. Night
time prescribed music for
you to journey to. Just as fulfilling as any
Montags Dust
prescription that hasn't come out yet. This
album also features
Zygoat on a track. Available online soon,
or by personal request now.
(thepharm@audiopharmacy.com.)
EARTH QUAKE WEATHER: Volume one
Zygoat, Lucien, Turtle, Pasha, and other
members of Audiopharmacy
got together to drop the grimeyest, darkest,
album underground hip hop
ever had to offer. The entire project is
mixed together from start to
finish like a hip hop horror flick in which we
live. Feedus Kadaver
did most of the production on the MPC and
Turtle infected it nice with
scratches and some production cameos as
well. Lucien and Zygoat
mostly killed the mics, but other are
featured as well. EQW-
Underground hip hop in a maggot infested
straight jacket. Enjoy.
(soon available online, available now upon
request-
thepharm@audiopharmacy.com)
LIVE HUMAN CD INFO:
: 9/3/06 - BREAKSEVEN REMIXES RELEASED!!!:
You bought the breakrecord.
You bought it twice, now get ready for
the much anticipated release of
Breakseven Remixes. Like we said way
back before we left for Mars: "We
gave 24 of our favorite DJ's and producers
each a set of these waxes
and what we got back was 24 mind melting
trackses. No shit." Well, now
you can hear it for yo'self. Tracks by the
finest stars of the
underground: Fingerbangers, Cheap Cologne,
Teao, Shingo2, Sniper, Tino
Corp., Centipede, Zeph, Pone, Spair, and
Pismo... and MORE...
Available from CD Baby this October!
EARWORM: Volume one
DJ Werd and Squil's vinyl projects...stay
tuned.
ALSO:
Big ups to "Plan B" (Brooklyn, NY). The folks
in NY gettin it live
with the new band (featuring Greggory Green
of Audiopharmacy.)
http://www.myspace.com/brooklynsplanb.
Much props to "One Struggle" for kicking off
their first West Coast
tour this month as well. (feat. Ras k'dee and
I Sense of
Audiopharmacy) Stay tuned for tour dates.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=4566203
Gracias...Offerings
_____________________
SEPTEMBER 22ND
LAST ENTRY OF THE EURO TOUR:
PHEWW, MADE IT BACK HOME SAFE...
...The pharm has been more than
blessed. After a journey like the
"Spare Change" Euro tour, a question
like "how was your trip?" will leave a
brother speechless.
FROM THE TOP:
We flew into Berlin, had 3 days until
our first show. Hit the street, made
mad noise, packed in our first show
with a good crowd in a small venue.
Got the right people to show, and
Boom, got booked at a huge show at
Sage Club a week later. Somehow
ended up playing during the prime
slot when the crowd was the thickest
and knocked our set out proper.
Crowd goes crazy and...Boom...made
another connect for Cairo, Egypt
this time. Aite aiite...what's next?
We just kept rockin shows and makin
noise in the streets until by the end
of the tour, we were booked every
single night (sometimes double
booked) and were still getting hit up for
more shows that we had to turn down.
The perfect ending of the tour was at the
YAAM (Berlin's most famous venue...an
African community center with beach, b-ball
Skate board ramp, dance club,
jaimaican food...etc.), the last evening
before our return. But first...
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Berlin, and St Croix. Artist such as
Maya Azucena, Ras Attitude, and
DJ Werd are also featured on this
project.
BACK TO PHARM NEWS...
BEFORE THE YAAM:
DRESDEN
The morning after playing one of our
shows, we realized that we needed to
travel three hours to Dresden, Germany
for the next. Uhh...we had no ride at all.
This is were I gotta give a shout to all
who hooked us up with wips throughout
the entire trip...Asma (r.i.p. 2 your muffler)
, Alex, Leo, S-rock, Myrial, Squil's pop,
Squil's queen, David, S-rock again.
Shoot, and even Natalie for walking us
to some spots. You all really came
through for us. We'll roll you in our
hummer on the "big cheese" tour next
year. he he. So anyways, after scramblin
together some rides, we hit the autobahn.
(mad scary) We showed up in Dresden
barely in time for sound check and
played at Altes Wettburo. This show
was one of our favorites of the tour.
Good folks, nice oil drum fire-pit out
back, and best of all, the party never
died. I think we must have played until
5 am. Oh, and the flaming orange liquer
was a nice touch even if Gregg Green
burned his hand trying to do the suction
to the palm trick. Much luv to everybody
at the party and to those who blessed
the open mic track. A special shout to
Justi, for being a great host. (if you
know him, tell him thank you since he
cant understand this.)
THE DAY AFTER:
The day after the Altes Wettburo show,
we hit the street for some grub at the
local soupery to get our eats on. Ah...
props to the soup lady for makin it the
best way...complimentary. Like i said
before, blessed. During lunch/breakfast,
one of the guys were peepin a local
magazine (the dresdener) in the soup
shop and tossed me the magazine
opened up....Boom, Teao and Ras K' dee
chillin on page 30. They wrote a real
nice article about the whole click. Good
sheizer f'sho. Caught another later that
day as well. Peep the translation in the
DVD. Oh can't leave out shouts to the
"Supreme" hip hop shop crew and the
womens clothing boutique click next
door as well. Dresden showed much
luv.
YAAM (GOING AWAY PARTY):
Obviously if we wrote up every show
on the tour, this letter would be way
too long..for me at least. I'm not gonna
write about every show, but one show
that must be mentioned was at a venue
that was mysteriously calling us
throughout the entire trip. First we
noticed it since reggae artist, Anthony B
was playing there the week we showed
up, but we missed the show. It seemed
that every day we were in Berlin, at least
one person mentioned to us that the sickest
place for us to play and the sickest place
just to plain kick it, is at the YAAM. Teao
kept our last day scheduled with nothing,
just to reserve it for the perfect venue.
The YAAM became the target. After
playing there for our last show of the
tour, now I know why. It was like rockin
a show on a caribbean island. There
was a beach with fire torches, a half-pipe
skateboard ramp doused in graffiti,
b-ball courts, mad African folks, and
on top of that, we had our back stage
laced with authentic Jamaican cuisine.
Since it was the last show of the tour,
we had a huge following of fans from
the other shows we played in our travels,
and on top of that, all our homeys we
met along the way came to kick it. We
finished our last magazine interview
and photoshoot on the beach then hit
the stage just before sunset. We played
through the sunset into the night with
three little kids on stage with us rockin
as our back up dancers. K' dee got em
on the mic with their first lessons of
crowd control as well. I could have
sworn I even caught a 6 year old
crumpin. We played for a few hundred
of the coolest folks in Germany. Strictly
roots. Really though...ortwin, leah,
asraf, and all those who make that
community center possible, deserve
mad love for their movement. It
started as a place where people that
didn't have much, could go and kick
it comfortably. Now it it is that plus
mixed with nothing but positive energy.
From what I hear, a corporation has
bought the property and is planning
to build office spaces on the land. It
was an honor to play at such a legendary
spot and we wish YAAM the best.
Much respect 2 U and the rest who
made the Spare Change Euro tour
possible...Offerings.
shouts to all the characters on the set:
DJ werd, Squil, Kenji 451, Erina, Natalie,
Anna, Lena, Myrial, Rick Wayne, The Pharm
back home and on the tour, Focker,
Beeski, Wendel, Martin and all the staff
at the Wendel, Squil's family and signif.
other, the tech museum, Paula's mom,
Deborah in Amsterdam, Asma, Dalila, and
all Asma n Dalila's sistas, Susana, Angel,
Fabiano, all the folks at the Brasil party
on Oranien str., The lentil soup dealers,
Falafels on every corner, Trishes, Albi,
Justi and the girls next door, the owner
of the boat we rocked in Dresden, The
soup girl in dresden, Kai, Sandra, Sakari,
Akanni at soul city magic, Leah, Ortwin,
Ashraf, Black Twang, Nakita, Sotu, Leon,
DJ Vhadim, One Self, the ex
ambulance workers, dj hype, Corbet
at acud, Gregg Green, Keepyahjoy,
Ras K' dee, Teao, and my self-Offerings.
To be continued...
SEPTMEBER 10TH
AUSTRIA
...Been a journey beyond imagination.
Smashed in the 9 seat Mercedes tour van
on the Autobahn for nine hours straight
thanks to Alex, our personal driver. Ridin
in Style (other than the fact that none of
the seats came with a recline option...
guess that's just how the Peans be gettin
down). Got to Innsbruck just in time for
a nice meal with the promoters and a
clean light n sound check. Now Keep in
mind we just came from chaotic
Amsterdam. Innsbruck was lovely. It
seemed small and had beautiful mountains
looking down on the town. After getting
out of our van and inhaling the fresh
Innsbruck mountain air, the peaceful
vibes were appreciated. Little did we
know...the night would soon turn to
madness. Good madness at that.
INNSBRUCK GETS IT KRUNK:
Backstage...Kenji 451, our violin player
was leaned back on the couch with his
baseball cap pulled over his face trying
to catch catch any last sleep the anti-
recline seats of the van couldn't give
him. After a few nudges, he's up...let's
do this. "Long Lost Relative," Werd,
Kenji 451, and Squil (Audiopharmacy
Prescriptions) opened up the set with
some beautiful instrumental music with
keys, tables, backtrack, and violin.
From what I hear and have now
experienced, Innsbruck, and Austria
in general fiends for anything new
and different from your typical
commercial scene. The intro to our
set, Long Lost Relative played was
mad emotional, and epic...real nice.
After that, it was on. The rest of
the click came on and rocked it for
about one and half hours. The
crowd was so hype, the time went
by like nothing. We even had a few
stage dives. I'm telling you...Innsbruck
gets it krunk. Ras k'dee had hundreds
chanting melodies, Teao had some guy
up on the stage directing the crowd to
give him props during the "Miles"
guitar solo, and Keepyahjoy was busy
nudgin some guy with his foot simply
trying to save the brotha's hearing.
Kids, unless you want to permanantly
rattle your brain, it's not a good idea
to rest your head on the bass amplifier
during a live concert...it's just not.
SET 2:
Okay, so the show went well. They
dug us and begged for an encore.
We gave it to em. We finished the
encore and were done. Beat as hell!
DJ Werd held it down on the decks
and we all mingled a bit, sold some
of our new shirt designs, and got a
grip of "Spare Chainge" albums off.
Much love to all who supported.
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Berlin, and St Croix. Artist such as
Maya Azucena, Ras Attitude, and
DJ Werd are also featured on this
project.
BACK TO PHARM NEWS...
Deep down,
we were feening for sleep at this
point. For some reason though, as
tired as you may be, as many
toothbrushes you may lose in a week,
as many hard wood floors you must hug
during a journey. ...for some reason,
like dessert after dinner, there's always
enough energy for a second set if the
crowd is great. Teao hopped on the
decks to give the crowd some self
produced funk n soul/hip hop remixes,
then asked the soundman to hook the
mics back up. Then Gregg Green
hopped on the mic hyping things up a
bit, and before you know it, the crowd
was front and center and the entire
Audiopharmacy 7 piece ensemble was
live on stage rockin again. Only this
time, our set was freestyle. We had
all kinds of people get on with us
including Wisdom from Austrian hip
hop group Wisdom and Slyme. Ish
was hot...real hot. After the show the
street was coverd in nothin but straglers.
People sitting all over the sidewalks,
peeing on walls, just lookin like drunken
zombies. For the third time...say it with
me...Innsbruck gets it KRUNK.
...Offerings
SEPTEMBER 8TH
So anyways...It's late. We got back from our
days in Amsterdam which was off the fkin
chain by the way. I can't even start to explain
all the crazy events that went down over
there cuz there was just too much action.
The good news..we did film a bunch, and
the dvd will be action packed for damn
sure. We got back from our 9 hour bus
ride this morning, got locked out of the
Berlin spot and ended up spending the
rest of the day with Tommy and Dan Wolf
from Felonious. Tonight, we took them
to the first spot that we played out here
called the Wendel. On a Thursday night,
it is mainly just a cafe/bar type vibe with
trip hop djs. We pulled some tables
together to make one long chill spot
for us all to politic and of course, what
happened? The management hooked
up some mics and routed them over to
our table. Now I'm not sure if you're
familiar with Felonious, but basically
Tommy is a supa supa dope beatboxer
and Daniel is a mad creative MC.
Together with the Pharm?... Let's just
say with two mics and a long table of
folks and chairs, the spot was rocked...
hard. No cameras, no recordings.
Sometimes you just gotta leave things
up to your imagination. All I can say...
ish was tight. That was our little half
day break from the tour...and now?
Gotta get up in an hour (7am) to hop
in the tour van and ride 9 hours to
innesbruk, Austria. Me go sleep now.
Maybe later you'll get the Amsterdam
scoop. peace, Offerings.
SEPTEMBER 2ND
Okay... a lot has gone down since last
talk. I want to start off by giving mad
shots to Lena, Myrial and all others who
helped us out on the tour so far. And a
special B-day shout to Maryam
Brooks. So anyways. The way things
have been working out for Audiopharmacy
has been amazing...
AFTER OUR 3 SHOWS AT THE TEKNIC
MUSEUM, we were beat and went home
to relax. After realizing our hunger pains
were kickin in, we wanted to celebrate the
success of our show and invitation by the
museum to come back out next summer,
we hit the streets for a restaurant hunt.
Well, on the walk to the restaurant, we
caught a glimpse of a house party up on
the second floor of a flat. The back of a
plugged in acoustic/electric guitar his
hard to pass up. Sure enough, we ended
up inside. Nuthin but Brasilian and Cuban
folks in there, partying with mad percussions
guitar, vocals, and purely good vibes...
it was perfect. From speaking with some
folks in the party, Teao learned that the
daughter of the head of the legendary
YAAM was in the house, chillin.
THE YAAM
If you don't know the YAAM, it is an African
community center with a beach, basketball
courts, a halfpipe, dance club, and good
folks. http://www.yaam.de/ In Berlin it
is known to be dopest, most famous spot
in the community. Anthony B had just
played there and we wanted to hit there
most for our going away show. Teao
immediatley tipped Ras into the mic and
it was on from there. Live guitar, timbales,
cow bell, bongos and all kinds of other
percussions played by members of the
party, you know how brasilians do. Ras
got the crowd chanting as usual and the
vibes were definately proper. Audiopharmacy
represent. Twas a good night. to be
continued...
SAGE CLUB
So on the August 27th journal entry, I
mentioned something about Audiopharmacy
being offered to hop on at the Sage Club
benefit for Africa event. This is to be a
huge event with One Self - Dj Vadim's click.
Well, the only way that we could be fit into
the schedule, was if this mysterious reggae
artist from Jamaica could integrate sets with
us. Rick Wayne was his name. We were
blind to him being any good and most
importaly had fears of possible bull-headedness.
"Maybe he'll demand us to play all his tracks
rather than our original riddims." After
spending 2 days of imagining the worst,
and a grip of bad chappell / Rick James/Wayne impersonations..."I'm Rick Wayne Bitch!" ...play
my riddims.", he flew in and came to DJ Werd's
crib. A real humble dude f'sho. Blessed
once again. HIs style is nice...was trained
by Freddie MacGreggor himself. We kept
our set and integrated his lyrics throughout.
SHOWTIME
Last night, we hit the stage, and like I
mentioned before, Lena and Myrial- the
promoters of the event really hooked us
up. We had a Prime slot. The Club was
packed in when we went on and boy, we
got it crackin. We ended the set with a
dancehall/hip hop/middle eastern riddim
and boom...The applause was bangin. After
our set, we instantly were bombarded with
autographed cd hungry Berliners, and much
luv. Backstage, Vadim and his click were
chillin and gave sincere props as well. Next
month they're coming to record with Teao
at the pharm in San Francisco as well. On
the promoter tip...shouts to Asthma as well,
a promoter who caught the show and is
currently setting us up with shows in Amsterdam,
London, and...check it...Cairo, Egypt. Yup...
ya boys gonna be rockin Egypt son.
YAAM continued:
Oh and the YAAM show was Confirmed
today. We gonna play hard at the YAAM
for Berlin and Africa no doubt. It's our
last show of the tour so all who can make
it definatley got to come out for this.
Out...respect, Offerings
ps. thanks to dj werd and Squil for letting
us all crash at the crib... hostel steez.
You know we luv you.
________________________________
AUGUST 27TH BERLIN
YO!...Berlin is crakin f'sho. I can't remember
the days anymore, but we're about 4 or five
days into the trip. Teao started tagging
numbers on the toilet paper rolls and I think
the last one I saw was number 4. So
anyways, I have mad good news but i'll save
it for last. First of all, two days ago we
played our first show together as a full band.
It was sort of a practice since it was the
first time the SF folks, NY, and Berlin
folks all got to really throw down for
a crowd.
FOILED?:
The night before, Ras k'dee started
losing his voice during practice, and
Teao cut his finger pretty deep on some
jagged metal at a club. Never the less...
the party went on. Ras pulled a couple
verses out of the set and even took a
kleenex break right in the middle (with
permission from the audience of course.)
Teao's cut finger luckily didn't bother
him too much since it was a little off
from where his finger touches the frets
of his guitar. We good.
THE RESPONSE:
We played our asses off and everytime
i looked into the crowd, I thought
...damn, they're just not getting it.
There were attentative, but not really
hype to see us it seemed. I kept
noticing this one girl whom i recognized
as being a promoter for a large event
coming up featuring One Self-DJ Vadim
/ Yarah Bravo and a bunch of other
famous heads around Germany. At
least kats were nodding their heads
n thangs, but this promoter was just
standing there picking her nail or
something. Times like this...you
just gotta close your eyes and feel
what you're creating. If it sounds
good and they still don't like it..they'll
never understand it. So anyways,
we played on and actuall got the
crowd makin noise from about halfway
through the set and on. We opened
up the mic and apparently one of
dopest freestyle mc's in berlin got
on the mic. I can't remember the
name, but he was a friend of
S rok's who used to be in "Die Sekte".
This girl, Vivian sung as well...she
killed it too.
IN THE END:
So, it was wierd...as soon as we
finished our set...the crowd went
wild and applauded nicely. They
dug it. We were hit up for more
shows, a store rep. wanted to buy
most of our apparel, vinyl, and cds
in bulk, and got all kinds of love
from the fans, some of wich were
loyal to us for six years plus after
hearing our older "Kaotic Souls"
records. The craziest thing of all
...this promoter who'm i thought
was feeling her nails more than
our live show, came with a huge
smile and told us she loved the
show. She said her next event was
booked, but she wants to somehow
sqeeze us in the mix. Today she
called and want us to play a joint
set with another performer. We'll
see what's up with that. After
asking the German members of
Audiopharmacy and Long Lost
Relative about the blank response,
they each told us "nah..thats just
the culture in Berlin. We got a
great response for Berliners more
than usual." Hmmmm...i guess
there's to nails than meets the eye.
THE DEUTSCHES TECHNIKMUSEUM:
So last night brought us the real
good news. First, Ras's voice
was gone completely and he
couldn't play at all so we were
worried. This was a classy event
and it was important for us to play
this gig well. We were booked for
3 shows this day and all three
shows were at this annual event
where the most famous museum
in Berlin stays open through the
night one time a year. Many have
requested to hear an instrumental
set from Audiopharmacy,
Kaotic Souls, or Teao n Offerings,
for years, but it has never happened.
Never. Just too many of the
homeys are blessed with nice vocal
skills. Well...
THE GOOD NEWS:
We did it...8pm. We started our first
instrumental set after 15 years of
lyrical sets. It was dope. Between
Kenji 451 (violin), Teao (guitar,
tables, and melodica), Gregg (guitar),
myself-Offerings (turntables), Squil
(keys), and Dj Werd (turntables,
melodica), we kept conversations
of instrumental verses going on
all night long. First 8pm, then
10pm, then 12pm. The crowed
loved it. Some people even told
us that they were lost in the museum
trying to find us and when they
asked the security for our location,
the security was happy to tell them
how good the band was and how
Audiopharmacy's the best band
that's played there before. Now,
you have to understand, we were
playing for a huge museum in
Germany. There were about 15
to 25 airplanes in this huge
room, and the crowd consisted of
elderly people, kids, and of
course our regular alternative hip
hop fans. We had a elderly women
from the block buying our stuff. It
was the shizl yo. After we finished
our last set at midnight, we were
bombarded with fans hungry for
autographs. Then Teao cut out
and dipped down to the bar on
the first floor and said when he
walked in, the bar gave an applause
for the group. The woman who
booked the event was there and
told him, she wants to fly the rest
of the group out next year from
SF to do it again...only this time
they want to pay triple! I'm not
gonna mention any numbers,
but put it this way, our mission
was to make our airplane ticket
money back in a month of tour.
Check it... we test drove and
came close to purchasing 1990
4 door BMW with beat and a sun
roof today only with the money
we've made in less than a week
of our tour. Not bad. Talk
soon....offerings
___________________
AUGUST 24 EUROPE
Whoa...so the pharm has been in
Europe for 3 days and it's already
been a journey. Where can I begin.
(beginning of update begins before
"day one.")
DIA TRES
Top of the morning...as we were
passing out last night at 5am, Teao
remembered that Gregg Green was
flying in from NY at 8:30 am. well,
the airport is 45 minutes away from
Werd's crib and Teao has no idea
how to get there. whatever...Teao
was about 45 minutes late, but sure
enough...gregg was chillin with
guitar in hand at the Tegal airport,
Berlin-9:30 am. Yo son. SF, NY,
Berlin...the click grows thick. Gregg
passed out first thing and Keepyahjoy,
Ras, and Teao got their first day of
sun on while other slept. This was
nice. Our first day of slangin merch
was a true success. Lots of good
folks met and promotions for the
show on Friday handled. Surprisingly,
many claimed to have already heard
of us...good sheizer. The horizon is
lookin promising. Tonight...Dj
shadow concert. ...We arrived late
to the Shadow show and ended up
promoting to the departing crowd
and slangin more merch. Then
ended up at an outdoor house
music club on the water. We are
ridin like 8 deep, so by now people
are coming up to us asking for
flyers for shows n cds n thangs.
In leaving the house music club,
walkin up the street as the pulsating
house music fades, i hear chainsaw
bumpin mad loud. (One of the new
joints on Spare Chainge) Some
suited up gentlemen are standing
in front of a club bumpin it in their
ride with open trunk...loud. The
plague is spreading.
DAY TW0
da rain... We tried to hit the street,
but the rain defeated us. Back to
the crib. we set up the mass cd
duplicator in the corner of werds
home and got mad audioflyer
snippet cds crackin. Pharm sweatshop
in full effect. Got a stack of flyers
for the shows comin up, audioflyers,
and spare chainge full lenth albums
cocked back and fully loaded. Kenji
451 from Montags Dust and Long
Lost Relative came through to bless
us with his violin skills, and Squil
got all the set sounds loaded in
his sampler. Werd got his serrato
turntable program set up,
Keepyahjoy fixed his bass,
Teao got his guitar efx hooked
up, Ras aquired a mic...Audiopharmacy
international- session one was on.
DAY ONE
We got in town and hit the club
where Werd was spinning on the
first night. Next thing you know,
Ras k' dee is on the mic and Teao
is droppin instrumental cuts and
scrapes on the decks. We sold 50
euros worth of merch and inhaled
a grip of second hand smoke.
Coughin loogies to the boonies
all next morning. Day one was nice
...got our euros on and got to meet
some of the Berlin folks. Learned,
this city never sleeps. Stayed up
till 8am.
JOURNEY TO THE PLANE:
Stayed up all night, shot to the
SFO airport at 5:30 am n runnin
mad late as usual. (less than 1
hour til departure) Pulled up to
the drop off curb, ran the bags
in, weighed them out on the
scales, pulled stuff out until they
were 51, 52, and 53 pounds overweight
figuring..."close enough." Ras never
checked his. Meanwhile... cops
outside ticketing the van-$35. Running
out of time...we spit up. Ras k'dee
got in line (huge), Keepyahjoy, stayed
with pile of bags (mad merch n
instruments), teao n myself took
the van to a parking lot. (30 min
til departure) Took shuttle back to
the airport. Ras n Keepyahjoy
already at the front counter getting
hassled...ticketing agent from hell.
Have less than 20 minutes til
flight departure. Hassles us for
four overweight bags. Ras is over
by 17lbs-pays...$25. Agent
complains about the bags being 1,
2, n 3 lbs overweight. One hog
tied ticketing agent coming right
up.
We work it out and run like wind.
Huge line through security
...we mash through first class line
telling people we got 10
minutes till departure. All get
through security, exept for one
casualty...Teao gets sweated.
Missed flight. Teao booked
a second flight that gave him
25 minutes connecting time
in NY
..JFK. to the pharm flight to
Berlin. Gate is all the way at other
end of airport. Teao runs ass off
carrying muchas vinyl and other
sheizer. Barely makes it to plane
with no breath and mad cotton
mouth. Pharm united.
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AUGUST 15
Much respect to ESA for bringing us down
to San Diego. The event this past
weekend was off the chain. We smashed,
three cars deep on a 8 hour drive, and
arrived just in time to throw down.
Stepwise killed it on the decks, getting
the crowd nice n ripe for the
audiopharmacy set, then the Pharm
threw down for a packed house. The
party was supa crackin. Niceone didn't
quite finish his painting by the end of
the set, wich worked out nicely cuz then
he had a crowd of people gathered around
watching him throw down solo before he
sold it. Audiopharmacy is definately
feeling the San Diego luv and plans on
keeping the visits consistent. The SD
show was our first show of the European
"Spare Change" tour and kicked it off real
nice. Thanks to all those who attended
and supported with merch purchases
and just plain luv.
On Sunday we'll hit Berlin, Germany and
the true journey begins. Stay tuned and
please continue to support the movement
by hitting our online store at
www.audiopharmacy.com. Or simply by
makin some noise on our behalf, Paz.
AUGUST 11
Aiite aiite...people are hating cuz
there's been a lack of contact
from the pharm. Y'all just gonna
have to start hittin up
www.audiopharmacy.com to peep the
news sometimes too ya know. So
here's the deal (table of contents)...
1. Yes there's a show tomorrow
(Sat night) in San Diego. 2. Yes
"Spare Change" the album is finished
getting mastered n will be released to
the public shortly. 3. No the
Prophecies video isn't done being edited.
4. Yes, pictures of the new
clothing line designs are available on
our site and "Prophecies" 12
in. vinyl of some new tracks as well.
5. Yes we are touring Europe on
August 20th and ending the tour with a
welcome home show in SF
September 27th. 6. Oh, and don't mess
with the palm treo...Teao lost
all his telephone contacts, so if you
know him personally, e-mail him
your name and number even if you live
next door. Do that at
thepharm@audiopharmacy.com. ...one.
1. San Diego...
Where: Kava Lounge
2812 Kettner Blvd. (Downtown, near the
airport), san diego, CA 92101,US
When: August 12th (21+, 9-2am)
Cost: 10 beans
Performances:
-AUDIOPHARMACY 8 piece live ensemble
(APP-san francicso)
On the decks:
-WILLOW (UP/MHE/-LA) spins abstract
hip-hop, old school funk, rare
grooves, dirty drum patterns and soul
accapellas.
-DJ STEPWISE (APP-san francisco) spins
reggae/dancehall/hip hop
-TEAO (APP-san francisco) spinning self
produced funk n soul
remixes/hip hop -NICEONE (APP-san francisco)
painting live acrylic
Note: AUDIOPHARMACY-SF will be headlining
this event in lovely SD.
Rumors have it that some pre-released
copies of the long awaited
Audiopharmacy squad album,
"Spare Change" will be available to take
home from the show. ESA productions is
throwing the event. A company
who is dedicated and known for bringing
innovative arrangements to San
Diego. AUDIOPHARMACY will be promoting
their new album, "Spare
Change", 12 inch e.p. / video, "prophecies",
and of course, "Shishin
Apparel"...their clothing line. Go to
audiopharmacy.com to peep their
online store.
Click here to peep flyer nicely done by
Kards one:
2. "Spare Change" update:
The last month and a half has been nothing
but studio time. Three AM
to noon studio sessions at the expressions
SL 9000 studio in Oakland.
Nolan Craw and Teao on the reel to reel
mastering and , Sef and
Niceone on the artwork and cd layout design.
On the reals, Teao spent
34 hours straight in Keepyahjoy's studio, eating
only one meal and
nothing but vietnamese peanuts. The outcome,
a fluid album with
bridges to all the songs. Niceone fractured
his skull this month on
his skateboard and still handled the cover
art like a true champ.
Hope you dig it.
teao n the sl9000 flick here:
3. "Prophecies" music video progress:
Luke Guidici- director, brought the concept
of the song "Prophecies"
to life. When is done adding his finishing
spices this month, you
will all get a taste. click here for concept
(Art by Sef, Layout by
HX4):
4. "Shishin Apparel":
peep da gear at www.audiopharmacy.com,
in the "prescriptions" section.
The womens shirts with the crochet' necks
seem to be what's up.
There's model pictures there and of course
audio samples of music as
well. Thanks for the support.
shishin flik, click..:
5. "Spare Change" Euro tour:
Who's ridin-ensemble n info:
August 20th:
Audiopharmacy Euro 8 piece ensemble
From San Francisco:
TEAO (guitar, production, melodica,
turntables, mandolin),
KEEPYAHJOY (bass),
and
RAS K' DEE (vocals).
From Brooklyn:
GREGG GREEN (guitar, backup vocals).
From Kenya:
OWUOR (trumpet)
From Berlin:
DJ WERD (turntables),
SQUIL(keys, sampler), and
KENJI 451 (violin, turntables.)
Tour dates:
20th- Berlin
24th- dresden
25th- hamburg
26th- berlin
The August 26th show will be
held at Berlin's largest museum: the techical
museum. They will be performing at an
anual event underneath 3 WWII aircrafts
. ...not to be missed.
28th-31st west germany
31st-
sept 4th- holland/france
6-11th- spain
BACK TO FRISCO...
September 27th
THE MADRONE LOUNGE
Home welcoming show.
500 fell n divisidero, san francisco,
CA 94117,US - $5
6. If you know Teao personally, don't forget
to slap him with your
contact info.
LuV. rEspect...Offerings
JULY 23RD
Apologies for not keeping in touch.
We took a hiatus from the rest of
the world to finish our new album
, "Spare Change." By the sounds
of it, it's already classic and it
hasn't even been dropped yet.
Yup, you all need to hear this
album for sure. Well, good news,
it's finished and we're just mastering
the tracks this week and killin the
album art. Niceone, Sef, and
Clayton Rochemont are gonna
be handling that element nicely.
Then, off to the manufacturing
plant. We'll have them just in
time for our European tour on
August 20th. As for news on
that, stay posted for tour dates.
Oh and for those who missed it,
the La Pena show was a beautiful
night. The entire audiopharmacy
fam played precise, and Gomba
jahbari finished off the night with
an extremely impressive set.
Then the day after, Gomba and
Audiopharm recorded a track
last thing before Gomba Jahbari
set off for their home in Puerto
Rico. We'll have that one in the
DVD. Hollar soon. Offerings
JUNE 23RD
OHHH THE LOVELY BAY....EAST COAST
PHARM EXCURSION TURNED INTO A
JOURNEY AND THEN SOME:
After Wash DC and NY excursions...
Teao and Gregg stayed up late for
their last night in NY for a while and
met up at hip hop show in Manhattan
to link with Ivan, Maya Azucena, Belo,
Aiko from World Up, Okai, and Thailan
from Long Lost Relative. After not
sleeping much at all...7 am- Teao and
Gregg split up in Brooklyn to run
errands separately and link back at
the amtrak ticket counter of Penn
Station. 11am- Gregg calls Teao from
a payphone: "Yo son, meet in five
minutes at Duane Reede...the
department/grocery store to get some
food for the ride." After an hour of
waiting at 3 Duane Reedes in the area
and killing a half of a loaf of bread,
Teao gave up and was walking to catch
the train to their show in Toronto when
they bumped into each other. Next
page... it turns out the only train to
toronto had already left so they had to
catch the next best thing...a train to
Niagra Falls. A 9 hour train ride goes
by while Clay, the promoter of the event,
is asking everybody in Toronto for a
whip to drive the 1.5 hours it takes to
pick their stranded asses up. About four
hours into the trip, he got one locked,
about 7 hours into the ride, he lost it.
Finally Teao and Gregg got to the Falls
and Clay simyltaneously borrowed a car
and got on the road. Now, being that
nobody gets paid in advance for shows,
the two nomads were flat broke. The
train landed at Niagra Falls at about
midnight, they took a cab to Canada.
And the only thing open was the
imfamous casinos... and more casinos.
Gregg gave Teao his last 60 beans and
explained..."I'm not good with money...
hold it for me." Teao explained...
"Aiiite but i'm gonna play it." First shot
at roulette....all 60 bones on the table
.....gone! After that, there was no choice,
an atm withdrawl for that last 300
beans holdin down the bottom the
Audiopharmacy account, and 2 hours
to lose or make the ride home. Two
hours later at the cash out spot...
"Here's your winnings sir...$360"
...exactly what we walked in with...on
the dot! (plus a 5 dollar chip that
somehow got lost in Teao's pocket
and was accedentally kept as a
souvenir.) To make a long story
short...they got to Toronto, stayed
in a beautiful high riser apartement
with windows from floor to ceiling
and a view of the lovely Lake Ontario.
NICE. The show was crackin supa
fat with a crowd of good peeples,
MP3, Satva, Teao, and Gregg Green
on the 3 decks, guitar, and melodica
and mics, after the show...caught a
ride to buffalo from MP3, got hassled
in customs and stuck in the office for
some time, rented a car, drove through
scary hickville vibes for 10 hours
speeding to catch Teao's flight, got to
airport in Wash DC, asked to cut through
line to make it to kiosk in time for
check in, checked in with only 3 minutes
to spare!, Gregg was left at the gate
with 5 beans, the Audiopharmacy
credit card, and a phone number of a
DC contact in case of strandedness
came into effect. After Teao got back
to the bay... being that the only way
to get ahold of Gregg was to text his
broke phone and wait for an e-mail,
he texted him for 2 days and finally
recieved a phone call from Alamo rental
car company..."Hello, we have found
your cell phone in the car you rented."
Uh....yep Gregg left his phone in DC
then took the train to NY, bumped into
his brother in law at Penn Station, who
was visiting NY from Amsterdam, went
back to his brother in law's hotel and
played him the Audiopharmacy "Spare
Change" snippets cd. Then he left it for
him and what was tucked "safely" in the
sleeve?...the Audiopharmacy credit card
of course. Well, the credit card went all
the way to Amsterdam the next day and
is currently in the mail on its way to
San Francisco. As for the phone...it was
supposedly mailed to Brooklyn, but still
no sign of it. Well, like I said before. A
journey and then some.
-Offerings
June 10th
EAST COAST PHARM EXCURSIONZ:
DC is out the way, NY was quick, but
mad productive, and after a 12 hour
train ride and almost getting stranded
in Niagra Falls in the middle of the night
...Toronto is now.
THE HX4 TORONTO SET:
The live set for this Adrift/Hx4 gig tonight
is lookin nice. Teao linked up with
Gregg Green from Brooklyn and worked
him into the set. ...Sounds niiice son.
Teao on the decks and melodica composing
the set live with self produced funk n soul
vibes, Gregg playing guitar, raps, and
MC'ing the set...That nu style of dj'ing...
you know. The rsvp is completely maxed
out, so it's lookin like a packed spot and
sidewalk party. Hopefully no bomb threats.
ANOCHE: Last night during Teao and Greggs
rehearsal, the crew all linked up at the
studio (Fathom's crib). (Clay-hx4, dj
Fathom, Satva Leung-NHS/Ricta, Gregg
Green-audiopharmacy/apostles, Teao-
audiopharmacy, Mp3, Elicser, Homesick,
Flo, Sight-BA, Lindsay-Adrift, Noah-bad
idea, others...The rehearsal flipped into
a turntable session git down until the
click was propelled to crush the Toronto
streets where we met up with Mo from
Crown City Rockers as well. Bay area
puttin it down f'sho. To make a long story
short...Sleep at sunrise and now? get
ready for the main event.
_____________________
june 4th
EAST COAST: Teao and Pasha are on the
the east coast again. Feel free to
contact them at
"thepharm@audiopharmacy.com"
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PRESCRIPTIONS (merchandise):
Our newest knit tams and
"Shishin-Audiopharmacy"
Apparel is now available on this site.
Yup..pictures and all. Peep the
prescriptions section.
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Our Nyabingi prescription is coming along
real nice. Audiopharmacy/Simplefiends
bass player, Keepyahjoy has compiled a
tasteful selection of Audiopharmacy
instrumentals, and has voiced nothing but
Roots/Reggae artists on each track.
Artist such as Ras Attitude (St. Croix),
Bingi Ghost, Soulmetic, and Jr. Toots, are
just a few artists featured on the project.
This project is something completely new
and different than anything you've ever
heard... an instant classic for sure.
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Our next show:
june/10/2006 - Skatepark show in
Toronto, Canada
Toronto-adrift skateshop
299 augusta, toronto, canada
free! list only by e-mail:
rsvp@hxfour.com
Adrift & Hxfour presents "suits and sheilds"
celebrating time, the game, and dope
gear....DJ SATVA (streets sf) ~
TEAO (audiopharmacy sf) ~ MP3 (detroit).
TEAO is composing self-produced
funk n soul, reggae/dancehall, hip hop
remixes live via rane's final scratch
serrato vinyl program. The event is
sponsored by dose magazine, dc shoes,
wesc, ricta, hxfour, dopefiend. This
event is being held at the adift skateshop and
skatepark...bring your rollerboards f'sho.
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A tentative schedule of the rest of the
European "Spare Change" tour:
august...
16th- Berlin
24th- dresden
25th- hamburg
26th- berlin
28th-31st west germany
31st- sept 4th- holland/france
6-11th- spain
we are trying to squeeze switzerland and
austria in the mix as well,
so we may have to
spend a little less time in germany.
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that's tha news for now. oh, and if you're
feelin it...give luv to the mailing list
f'sho...hit: thepharm@audiopharmacy.com
"add me"....Peace,
Offerings
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ahhh...almost forgot, there's a new track
on www.myspace.com/audiopharmacy
called metaphor existence. ..a little dose
of the unreleased new album, aiiite.