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Ntwari

by Freeform Mando

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1.
I Vote to Be Severed 05:49
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Peace 03:34
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3.
Third World Struggle 04:15
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Dust 04:26
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Autopsy 04:52
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Lopsided 05:01
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Clarity 04:58
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Curse the Storm 03:35
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Detective Gumshoe 04:55
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Changing Knowledge 05:22
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Sunnyside Up 04:32
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12.
See Saw 03:29
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about

I experienced a creative jolt after returning from the Bay in 2001, I was pumping out so many ideas that I consolidated and pieced together my first solo record of beats and rhymes. I was really interested in making an album of instrumentals for emcees to freestyle over. This was just before Freeform Sessions' "Blue Album" happened. This was my time for discovering what I could do with my new gear: Dr. Beats 202, BOSS digital 4-track recorder, a guitar and a bass.

This album, entitled Ntwari, named after a documentary story of a Nigerian man's son whom would not give up on his dreams. The symbolism meant a great deal to me. The was becoming my version of DJ Krush's album "Zen."

I gave this album out to my closest friends and I got a great response. I just didn't know what to do next... I didn't know how to release an album, promote, reach out to media outlets, and I was much too shy to send it to record labels. I didn't think anyone other than me and my friends could understand. My only ambition was to make more music and get better at it. With this as a starting point, I started to work with and record the FS crew.

It was a magical time for me.

The song "Peace" is the first song I ever collaborated on with Izznyce. It was also the first digital rhyme recording I did.

This was also the album disc I gave to Orel, who then chose "Third World Struggle" to create" Conceptualize" for the Blue Album.

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released July 4, 2015

Produced by Armando Pérez
Vocals on "Dust"- Nolan Noska
"Peace" and "Curse the Storm" beat by Izznyce

Photo by Armando
Layout and Font by Oil Addict

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Belmont Electric Studios Chicago, Illinois

Conact: Armando Perez sonicoctopus@gmail.com

Belmont Electric Studios features an array of bands and artists that were formed and nurtured in Chicago's underground music scene. Spearhead by producer/songwriter Armando Pérez, this studio continues to, record and release new music. ... more

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