UGANDA VOICES INITIAVE 2010

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

INTERRNATIONALLY KNOWN drops A new mixtape

The first in a series of innovative mixtapes, Internationally Known: Volume 1 is proof that Hip-Hop is global. Artists from more than thirty nations were brought together to form a comprehensive album that represents the vast landscape of Hip-Hop culture. Artists on the mixtape rap in English as well as their native languages, sparking a climate of cultural exchange.

Conceived by Dumi RIGHT of PH MUSIC and Magee McIlvaine of Nomadic Wax and Magee Films, and mixed by Italy's DJ Nio, Internationally Known gathers material from some of the best Hip-Hop artists across the globe, in order to showcase the underground talent that has formed the
foundation for global Hip-Hop. Some of the artists include Zero
Plastica (Italy/Nigeria/Jamaica), Alfaress (Morocco), Wagëblë
(Senegal), and OBC (Burkina Faso).
Babaluku representing Luga flow At the Trinity Hip Hop Festival 2010
The project was a collaboration between Nomadic Wax, Zero Plastica, Basement Underground Studios, pH MUSIC, and Magee Films, organizations that are at the forefront of the global Hip-Hop movement. 
 
The mix tape will be distributed for free online and in limited amounts at shows and
festivals. It made make its debut at the Trinity International Hip-Hop
Festival in Hartford, CT on 9 April 2010.
Artists from Internationally Known are free to distribute the mixtape as they see fit in order to help spread the word about positive Hip-Hop culture, educating people and places that never would have experienced progressive, global Hip-Hop otherwise.

Nomadic Wax – Nomadic Wax is a fair-trade international record label and production company dedicated to producing and promoting
global urban music and media.
DJ Nio – Italian MC-Producer-DJ and Hip-Hop activist formerly of the underground rap group Zero Plastica. Nio works with Nomadic Wax spinning on NY Radio 91.5 fm and making beats for global artists.

Basement Underground Studios –Italy's premiere Hip-Hop and reggae studio providing beats, recordings, mixtapes, computer graphics, etc.
for local and international artists.
pH MUSIC, LLC – Founded with the goal of ensuring a sustainable
balance between the voices heard within the hip-hop movement, pH MUSIC
educates the public by utilizing the positive messages and stories of
progressive hip-hoppers from around the globe. pH Music provides a
conduit for recording, distribution and publishing of underground
hip-hop voices.
 
Babaluku show Internationally Known's mixtape at the Trinity Hi Hop Festival
For interviews, media inquiries, or for information about other projects, etc. please contact Nomadic Wax via Ben Herson at (917) 225-8472 or ben@nomadicwax.com, and Magee McIlvaine at magee@nomadicwax.com.

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