UBIQUITY RECORDS PRESENTS THE SA-RA CREATIVE PARTNERSTM NUCLEAR EVOLUTION: THE AGE OF LOVE FOR INFORMATION AND SOUNDCLIPS OF OUR TITLES, GO TO WWW.UBIQUITYRECORDS.COM/PRESS STREET DATE: 06/09/2009 The SA-RA Creative Partners™ have dazzled & amazed with Andreas Stevens, aka Greyboy, born 1970, was the first artist to sign to Ubiquity. Freestylin’, his first full-length album, holds cult-status and is up-there with the label's all-time best sellers. Not bad for a record that cost less than $4000 to productions, collections, mixes and remixes and now, for the first time, make, and sold on an advertising budget of $0! He was a man in the right place at the right time. While the acid jazz with Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love, they deliver a completely phenomenon was brewing in Europe in the early 1990s, Greyboy became the first American producer to mix new and original album. Built from scratch, it’s a truly coherent and instrumental hip-hop with jazz. His chunky beat-making sensibilities earned him praise from the European crowd, innovative body of work. Musical, adventurous, and even more evolved and his tracks were heard by crowds checking out DJs like UK-based Gilles Peterson, Marcus Wyatt (LA), and DJ Smash (NYC). "When I first started making beats, I was making hip-hop. Since I couldn't find MC's to work with, I than anything they’ve done before, Nuclear Evolution also shows a decided to try the jazz thing and lace my tracks with live instruments instead. That's where Karl Denson and the controlled, polished, and in-the-pocket side to their work. It is an album Greyboy Allstars came into the picture", explains Greyboy. Beyond recognition from the DJ crowd, music by Greyboy on which SRCP™ further prove that they are a musical force to be also ended up in movies like Get Shorty and Celtic Pride, The Kelly Slater Surf Pro video game, Budweiser commercials, and he was picked to provide a mix CD for DC shoes. Since the release of Freestylin’ he has released reckoned with. the equally jazz-based instrumental Land of the Lost and the soundtrack and hip hop inspired Mastered The Art, which featured musicians and MCs in a prelude to the vocal-heavy Soul Mosaic album. Whether on the otherworldly opus “Love Czars,” the bombastic soul of “I Swear,” or twisted tales of drug- fueled-freaks on “Traffika,” Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love blends next-level production with a unique Greyboy has recorded with AG (Showbiz and AG), Sharon Jones, and the Greyboy All-Stars (whom he helped put and unconstrained blend of street wit, dirty-sex talk, tall stories, and intergalactic future sounds, and is set together and produce). Over the years Greyboy has DJ'd in Japan, Europe, and across the USA. He has played to 5000 to become essential listening for the summer of 2009. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Om’Mas Keith - Shafiq Husayn - Taz Arnold people in the countryside outside of Rome, and over 20, 000 people a night on tour with Ben Harper and Jack The SA-RA Creative Partners use their three minds to make something that is always new, and twisted, a Johnson. sound not heard before. Their music is soulful, but not limited by the neo soul tag. They make hip hop, but of The SA-RA Creative Partners™ have dazzled Lamar, Erika Rose, Brook D’leau of J*Davey, Joseph Liem- 15 years, 5 albums, and many singles after his debut release, Ubiquity is delighted to release a “best of” which the bugged-out and other-worldly kind. Tracks are instantly catchy, but edgy and not commercial. According berg, Fenetta Lowe & Jimetta Rose all appear. Easy to like, & amazed with productions, collections, but difficult to pigeon hole, the album oozes equal parts jazz, includes previously unreleased materials, hard to find mixes, and the tracks which made Greyboy famous as the to the list of high-profile artists requesting their production services their sound have widespread appeal. originator of a new laid back, sunny, jazz and soul-inflicted West Coast sound. 15 Years of West Coast Cool includes Most recently SRCP have been making their mystical magical soulful productions for Erykah Badu. Serving mixes and remixes and now, for the first time, soul, pop, funk, and hip-hop. The eclectic collection of produc- as her associate producers, they wrote, appeared, and produced on seven of the tracks from her critically tions bounces from the sticky and bubbly soul of “Gemini’s appearances from Sharon Jones, Quantic, AG (of Showbizz and AG), Bart Davenport (of Honeycut), Shawn Lee, Nino with Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love, Rising”, to the string laden bump of “He Say She Say,” and acclaimed 2008 New Amerykah album. She returns the favor with a guest appearance on “Dirty Beauty” on Moschella, Jeremy Ellis and others. Nuclear Evolution. Other collaborators that SRCP have worked with include Pharoahe Monche (on the they deliver a completely new and original the outer-worldly bossa nova of “Spacefruit.” massive “Agent Orange” track), John Legend, Black Eyed Peas, Talib Kweli, Dilla, Fonzworth Bentley, Heavy album. Built from scratch, it’s a truly coherent Outside of SRCP, the members are all working on multiple 1 x CD, 2xLP D, Common, Iggy Pop, Herbie Hancock, Dr. Dre, Jill Scott, and Jurassic 5. projects. Taz Arnold has a fashion company, called ti$a, Featured on Nuclear Evolution is a crew of friends and co-conspirators that includes Erykah Badu, and and innovative body of work. Musical, working on collections/collaborations with Kanye West’s File Under: Greyboy, Electronic, Downtempo, Hip Hop saxophonist Gary Bartz with his quartet. In addition, up-and-coming talent like Debi Nova, Rozzie Daime, adventurous, and even more evolved than Pastelle Clothing line. Shafiq Husayn is working on a full-length Noni Lamar, Erika Rose, Brook D’leau of J*Davey, Joseph Liemberg, Fenetta Lowe & Jimetta Rose all album called Shafiq En’ A-Free-Ka, plus new albums for For Fans of: Greyboy All-Stars, Nightmares on Wax, Quantic, Mr Scruff, Medeski Martin appear. Easy to like, but difficult to pigeon hole, the album oozes equal parts jazz, soul, pop, funk, and hip- anything they’ve done before, Nuclear Erykah Badu, Bilal, and Sleepy Brown. Om'Mas Keith is & Wood hop. The eclectic collection of productions bounces from the sticky and bubbly soul of “Gemini’s Rising”, to Evolution also shows a controlled, polished, currently producing and writing for P. Diddy’s upcoming album, the string laden bump of “He Say She Say,” and the outer-worldly bossa nova of “Spacefruit.” and will co-star in a major network reality television show. He’s Outside of SRCP, the members are all working on multiple projects. Taz Arnold has a fashion company, and in-the-pocket side to their work. It is an also been serving as MD for rapper Jim Jones, lecturing with called ti$a, working on collections/collaborations with Kanye West’s Pastelle Clothing line. Shafiq Husayn album on which SRCP™ further prove that the Red Bull Music Academy, managing fresh musical talent, For fans of: Erykah Badu, J Dilla, is working on a full-length album called Shafiq En’ A-Free-Ka, plus new albums for Erykah Badu, Bilal, and and pursuing his acting/voice-over career. Sleepy Brown. Om'Mas Keith is currently executive producing and writing for P. Diddy’s upcoming album, they are a musical force to be reckoned with. Common, J*Davey, N.E.R.D. and will co-star in a major network reality television show. He’s also been serving as MD for rapper Jim Jones, Whether on the otherworldly opus “Love Czars,” the bombastic soul of File Under: Cross-File Under Soul, Hip lecturing with the Red Bull Music Academy, managing fresh musical talent, and pursuing his acting/voice- “I Swear,” or twisted tales of drug-fueled-freaks on “Traffika,” Nuclear Hop, Electronic over career. “As always, overseeing The SA-RA family of companies continues to be a top priority!” he says. Evolution: The Age of Love blends next-level production with a unique Double CD includes 17 hot new exclusive tracks, and unconstrained blend of street wit, dirty-sex talk, tall stories, Double CD includes 17 hot new AFTER DOUBLE CD NOTE: intergalactic future sounds, and is set to become essential listening plus a bonus disc of beats and previously EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Om’Mas Keith - Shafiq Husayn - Taz Arnold for the summer of 2009. released SRCP/Ubiquity tracks. exclusive tracks, plus a bonus disc of beats and previously released ADD: KANYE WEST The SA-RA Creative Partners use their three minds to make something 5% DISCOUNT UP TO 1 WEEK AFTER STREET DATE (CD ONLY) that is always new, and twisted, a sound not heard before. Their music is SRCP/Ubiquity tracks. soulful, but not limited by the neo soul tag. They make hip hop, but of the bugged-out and other-worldly kind. Tracks are instantly catchy, but edgy and not commercial. 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