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Elev8tor Performing at We Live In Public Screening

Elev8tor, the white hot electro-organic band signed to Revolutionary Music, was honored by being booked for a very special event tonight at Cobra Lounge in Chicago.  They will be performing at the We Live in Public screening party which will be broadcast live on the web and to select venues in New York City, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Denver and Atlanta.  Elev8tor’s performance will be broadcast live in each city as it happens.  If you’d like to get on the list tonight contact Jeremiah Seraphine at jjseraphine@gmail.com asap.

The film won the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Award in 2009 and has been touring on the international film festival circuit. The directors of the film will be attending the Chicago event.  Nash Kato from Urge Overkill is hosting tonight’s event in Chicago.

From the directors…

The Revolution takes a giant leap forward tomorrow!!! Indie film will test the limits of the wild internet to unite the nation in a viewing experience and interactive conversation in celebration of WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’s national release!

Since winning our Sundance Grand Jury Award in January 2009, our film has toured countless national and international festivals, played theatrically in dozens of cities in the US and around the world and was acquired by the New York Museum of Modern Art as part of their permanent film collection. The whole thing was capped off with Ondi’s return to Sundance 2010 as a juror to pass the top documentary award tiara to a new film (congrats Restrepo!) What a year!

Radical journalists from Vancouver have profiled Ondi for their next issue – Here’s a link to get the whole story, lots of incredible photos and links to Ondi’s work. It’s a real tribute to her: punkglobe.com

We are finally releasing our film on DVD and via Video-On-Demand in partnership with Warner Bros., and DVD with IndiePix, and we are having a HUGE CRAZY PARTY spanning SIX cities on March 1st to celebrate!

We will be screening the film simultaneously across all the cities – it starts at 6pm in LA and Vancouver, 7pm in Denver, 8pm in Chicago and 9pm in New York and Atlanta. After the screenings we are going to have a rollicking Q+A that links every event via web cast. This orchestrated web cast will bring the fun to all of you who can’t be there in the flesh. Just tune into weliveinpublicthemovie.com starting at 5:30pm PST for a live stream from all the events!

And that’s not all! Because we couldn’t clone Ondi and Josh to host y’all in every location, we decided to station them at the Chicago hub party with none other than Nash Kato of Urge Overkill. We also enlisted Adrian Grenier (Entourage) to host the New York event, while Eliza Dushku will hold down the fort at the Egyptian screening in LA.

DURING the screenings, Ondi and Josh will host a live show with exclusive WLIP clips and wild banter from their Chicago pod while taking questions via Twitter – all live on weliveinpublicthemovie.com! Following the film, Ondi Josh will link up with Adrian and Eliza and all the audiences nationwide in theaters and online to have a live, interactive conversation about living in public. Get online and join us, yo! We are ready to field your questions!

Help us spread the word about this groundbreaking, historic event. We not only want to see your butt online (or at one of these theaters) but we want your posse there, too. Post this link on your facebook account or website, blog or wherever you frequent. Spread the word as far and wide as possible, people – the more the merrier! Once again, its link

And we aren’t the only ones who are excited – check out what ADRIAN and ELIZA have been saying about our film and their participation in our premiere!

Ok here’s the info:

March 1st – WE LIVE IN PUBLIC screenings
New York City, NY
ARENA
135 West 41st
(6th Avenue Broadway)
New York, NY 10018

Los Angeles, CA
EGYPTIAN THEATRE
6712 Hollywood Blvd
L.A., CA 90028
323- 461-2020

Chicago, IL
COBRA LOUNGE
235 North Ashland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60607
312-226-6300

Atlanta, GA
EYEDRUM ART AND MUSIC GALLERY
290 Mlk, Jr. Dr. SE
Atlanta, GA 30312

Vancouver, Canada
W2 CULTURE + MEDIA HOUSE
112 W Hastings
Vancouver BC, V6B, 1G8

Denver, CO
Open Media Foundation
700 Kalamath Street
Denver, CO 80204n

SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN in Atlanta, Georgia is having a screening as well, and although they won’t be linked in as a hub city, they will surely be watching and sending in their questions and comments via our Twitter feed.

SCAD
DIGITAL MEDIA CENTER (SCAD DMC)
1611 W Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
Screening Room #313

Elev8tor headlines Darkroom 7 Year Anniversary Bash

Elev8tor is a band you are going to hear a lot about this year.  They have multiple releases scheduled to drop in 2010 from Chicago’s Revolutionary Music imprint.  This Friday they are headlining Darkroom’s 7 Year Anniversary party.  Last Saturday, label mates Bryan Ford & Goulet rocked a full house at Darkroom.  Odds are that this week will bring the same energy and then some due to it being the venue’s anniversary party.  Don’t miss this show!

Kevin Ford, the keys player and band leader for the wildly popular nationally touring Afrobeat band – the Chicago Afrobeat Project, has done it again with his newest project – Elev8tor.  This new project fuses electronic and organic music together creating everything from soul dub to disco to downtempo to nu jazz and beyond.  Sam Sharp, drummer for J Davis Trio, anchors the heavy rhythms which are accented by ultra phat bass lines from bassist extraordinaire Olin Langley.   Bryan Ford (Bryan Ford & Goulet), a revered multi-intrumentalist is the newest member of the ensemble – stepping in to play guitar.  Kevin Ford plays an array of synths, organs and samples while Darcy Markham pulls it all together with her amazing voice.

For more info check out their Myspace page.

Title: Elev8tor at Darkroom Anniversary Party
Location: Darkroom (2210 W. Chicago Ave)
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Description: Elev8tor will be performing at Darkroom’s anniversary party. This will be a hot show!
Date: 2010-01-15

Title: Ain’t No Er Like A Stripper At Reggies’ Rock Club
Location: Reggies’s Rock Club
Link out: Click here
Description: Come out for our debut in the big room at Reggies!
We are pulling out all the stops and this is a show not to be missed. It’s also part 2 of Elle’s going away party. Who cares if it’s a Sunday? It’s the holidays damn it!
Start Time: 11:00 pm
Date: 2009-12-20

Next weekend, to ice the cake, Bombay Beatbox (DJ Warp, Radiohiro) and Get Up With The Get Down (James Brown Tribute Band) will also be performing. It’s a long time coming to share the bill with Bombay Beatbox and we’re psyched to finally come together for our 1st Chicago performance with these legendary reps of the ‘Asian Massive’ Breaks sound. They’ve performed along with heavyweights such as Karsh Kale and other world music giants. You may have seen them individually as Radiohiro, or Matt Fusello (also of Radiohiro and MC Zulu), and DJ Warp–a.k.a. Brian Keigher. Long time friend Izzy’s band (Get Up With The Get Down) has been building a loyal following in the city and is sure to bring some heavy, driving funk to the evening in addition.

It’s going to be an intense night of music all around, not to mention a rare performance by CAbP in Chi-town, so dont miss it! $12 for 3 bands (in advance). Show starts at 9:30PM. Get your advance tickets online!

Kevin Ford of the Chicago Afrobeat Project is a Revolutionary Music recording artist as K Ford, Elev8tor and the VOLT MODZ.

Title: Chicago Afrobeat Project at Martyrs
Location: Martyrs (3855 N. Lincoln Ave. in Chicago)
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Description: December 19 at Martyrs’: Chicago homecoming for CAbPDate: 2009-12-19