"This Was The Birth Of Something ClaS!cK"
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We dropped a video at noon today of our song “Red” off of Living Color. We forgot we had a tumblr. Oops. Check it out though. and Living Color www.clasick.bandcamp.com
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ClaS!cK is an emerging hip-hop/alternative duo composed of 20 year old Christopher Parker (CP) as Rapper/Singer/Songwriter and 18 year old Gary Nolan (Rudy) as Singer/Producer. These two talented guys derive from Windsor, Connecticut. Chris is a creative writing student at the University of Connecticut while Gary is a music education major at Western Connecticut State University.
They are inspired from every surface of music, and are always looking to push themselves forward as musicians. ClaS!ck has been a duo for about 1 year now under new members. In 2012, they released an LP entitled “Staring At The Ceiling”. Their music is created strictly by CP and Rudy including original production and lyrics. After their release, ClaS!ck added Julian Parker, for live performances as bass guitar and DJ, and on future projects for production aid. Aaron Cottrell on drums, Gary Nolan on guitar, and Kekelli Afantchao on keyboard.
ClaS!ck has played at several of the following locations:
St.Casimirs Hall - Windsor, CT
Arch Street Tavern - Hartford, CT
University of Connecticut - West Hartford, CT
The Space Venue - Hamden, CT
Vegas BLVD - Hartford, CT
Plymouth State University - New Hampshire
If you are interested in following this talented duo you can check out their project “Staring At The Ceiling” on clasick.bandcamp.com and also find their singles on www.soundcloud.com/clasick92
Twitter: @MrCPee x @NaryGolan
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/ClaScK/197620866960205
Our artsyrella team conducted an online interview with ClaS!ck to take a closer look at this rap duo.
Who are your musical influences?A Tribe Called Quest, MF DOOM, Little Dragon, Nancy Wilson, John Coltrane, Aesop Rock, Slum Village, Hieroglyphics, Del Tha Funky Homosapien, Rage Against the Machine. We could do this forever.Where did you get the idea for the name ClaS!ck?When Supreme (Zachary Johnson) was with the group, we didnt want a really long name, nothing elaborate or corny, so we decided to make it simple. Classic. Classic, timeless music is what we wanted to make. So we changed it to make it more personalized, and thus, ClaS!cK was born.What is your drive to record and release your own music to the world?These days? In a world where media pretty much dictates what everyone likes and listens to, we take pride in creating from scratch music thats personal, or music thats just fun to make, not because someone told us to make it, or to follow a trend. Releasing ClaS!cK music is like a gift, in the sense that we did it ourselves, and something we both are passionate about.Who is your fan base or demographic?People of all races. Or anyone that likes a lot of different types of music.Are you looking for an independent or major label deal in the future?Eh, not directly, if someone wanted to let us control our music and treated us well, then yeah maybe. But until we make more noise? Who knows.How would you describe your music to someone who’s never heard it?Not really sure, its all in how they take it.What image do you think your music conveys?Pretty euphoric, Eerie, Real, and probably dreamish.In the next few years where do you see ClaS!ck at in this industry?Follow these awesome two rappers who are on the come up. They currently just dropped some new tracks this month worth checking out. These two clearly have a great vision for ClaS!ck and Artsyrella cannot wait to see what you guys continue to do in the future!God knows, mainly because the way the industry looks? we may be underground for a really long time.
This is our latest EP. “Living Color” is the second project we’ve put out since July,2012. Serious thank you goes out to Ryan Bibisi for the album art, and to CrissB Amazing for mixing and editing the tracks. Shouts out to Jobo, Ty-Hookz, CrissB, Nino AM and KushedCody, they had some of the sickest verses on “Cold Train” which appears on the EP. If you fuck with us? Thank you. We appreciate the support.
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THIS. Is a new track from us called “Red” , off of Living Color, the second EP we’re putting out January 10th, 2013. share? tell a friend? itd be dope.
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