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Timeless describes moments outside of time - moments that exist individually. Similarly today’s beatmakers produce music on a grand so deep inside history that they break through that finite grid. scale, but through automation and sampling. Timeless: The Composer/Arranger Series is an homage to the composer and arrangers that have influenced hip-hop in the most Timeless brings these two seemingly unlike worlds together. The series literal and profound ways. honors the musical legacies of some of the greatest composer and arrangers ever. Timeless celebrates the work in the context it should The creative center of popular music today is the beatmaker/ producer. be seen - with full orchestras. Whether it is Timbaland, Dilla, Dre, or Madlib, these musicians have an uncanny sense for voicings, a penchant for unusual sounds and catchy From Mulatu Astatke to J.Dilla to Arthur Verocai, the Timeless Concert rhythms and a magical ability to manufacture a good performance. Series touched upon the works of three musical giants. Mochilla is Today’s beatmakers are the direct descendants of yesterday’s proud to announce the release date of their 3xDVD box set. An composer-arrangers. Their processes -whether it be writing a extremely limited and hand numbered edition of 4,000 units will memorable line for background singers or finding the appropriate include full liner notes, a free fold-out poster exclusive only to this box moment for a baritone harmonica - mirror those of today’s musicians. set, extra features, songs and slideshows of images used in the The composer/arranger creates music through the frame of the bigger presentation. Also, there will be a series of events scheduled around picture, often more concerned with how things sound together than the release date including a SXSW screening.

ORDER CUT OFF DATE FOR THIS ITEM: MAY 18th

Format: 3xDVD in a slip case box Cat. No: MODVD 004 Label: Mochilla Available: JUNE 8th

Mochilla 4124 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles, CA, 90065 • www.mochilla.com Screenings / Tour Video / Radio Press Online — Premiere at SXSW Movie / — Video to be serviced to — Key Press mailing to be sent — Social Media Outlets Music Conference in Austin on MTV/VH1 networks in February out in February. Confirming campaign with Myspace / March 20th — Servicing of 100 local video reviews / interviews for XLR8R, Imeem, Facebook, Twitter — Screenings and release shows to begin in early March Wax Poetics, Vice Magazine parties at Top 10 markets: LA, Radio — Viral videos to be serviced / NY, Philly, Boston, Wash DC, — CMJ Top 200 and Hip-Hop — Mailing to city weeklies. LA featured via Youtube, Daily Chicago, Seattle, SF, Portland radio stations being serviced Weekly, Village Voice, San Motion, Vimeo and Miami. — Confirmed interviews at Francisco Bay Guardian, Miami — Ma Dukes, Mulatu, and KCRW (Los Angeles), WFMU New Times, Chicago Reader, — Reviews and servicing of Verocai set to appear at select and WNYU (New York), WXPN Philadelphia Weekly, and more. influential sites Okayplayer, screenings/events for Q&A’s (Philly), KEXP (Seattle), WERS Pitchfork Media, Stereo Gum, — Media partners to be (Boston) and more. Potential and much, much more... included nationally and locally spots at NPR affiliates as well.

Mulatu Astatke: Suite For Ma Dukes: Arthur Verocai: The first Timeless concert was the Timeless 2 celebrated the music of J. Dilla. Timeless 3 saw Arthur Verocai make his first beginning of a big year for Mulatu Astatke. Composed and arranged for a 60 piece trip to Los Angeles. His performance of the His colloboration with the Heliocentrics Orchestra by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson complete seminal 1972 record brought the has made many peoples best of list. The featuring special guests Bilal, Dwele, capacity Luckmann crowd to a stand still. Anthology of his work New York Addis Posdnuos, Talib Kweli and more. This According to Verocai, “he never played the London -- The Story Of Ethio Jazz 1965 to premiere performance is still on the minds of record, alive or dead!” and hid the record 1975 is the first comprehensive collection many. The music has been mixed and from his family because “of his of his work and was a big success for mastered by legendary producer/mixer, disappointment at its failure during the 70s.” Strut records. On February 1st 2009 he Grammy award winning Bob Power. Power, His delight at the opportunity to play this blessed the Luckmann with an amazing the man behind hundreds of pop and jazz music in its complete form can be seen in show. He shared the stage with veterans recordings had also worked with Dilla while he the DVD. He has subsequently been offered of the Los Angeles jazz scene Bennie was alive. Bob rarely works on smaller an opportunity to do the concert again in Maupin, Azar Lawrence and Phil Ranelin. independent projects like this. Bob was so London. Stay tuned. The music for the DVD The performance is beautiful showcasing impressed with the Miguel’s music that he has been mixed by Verocai himself in Rio de many classics aswell as some new blessed this collaboration with an epic mix. In Janeiro. He was so excited with the result material too. He’s currently touring Europe related news - the Cedar Falls, Iowa that he held a private screening of the with the Heliocentrics and is still talking Symphony will play four of Miguel’s concert at the beginning of December with about the Timeless concert in Los arrangements of Dilla in a tribute performance the Carioca music community. Angeles. He’s currently in the process of to great American composers. Dilla will be recording a new record. honored right there with George Gershwin, William Grant Still and Duke Ellington. Only Timeless could have made this happen.

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