The Electro Majic Invasion

(Keith Masters at El Cid - photograph by Matt Roznovak)

(Keith Masters & Futurecop! are ELECTRO MAJIC; photograph by Matt Roznovak)

So, Keith Masters and Futurecop! descended upon Los Angeles delivering their futuristic, dream-wave, synth based electro majic music to three hungry crowds before going back into orbit and heading to San Francisco.

I had the pleasure of kicking it with the rising MC and production team all weekend and took in all three of their shows (El Cid was probably my favorite). Futurecop!'s album release is slated for the summer and will feature a smattering of songs that include Keith Masters, but look for a full on Masters and Futurecop! ELECTRO MAJIC release sometime not too far after that. Their genre melting music can already be heard on the internet and seen on our youtube channel with songs like "88 Girls" and "Teenage Love."

Below is a sampling of pictures from La Cita and El Cid (we ran out of batteries at 14 Below).

(Manz of Futurecop! at El Cid - photograph by Matt Roznovak)

(Keith Masters at La Cita - photograph by Brandon "Boom D" Dorsky)

(Keith Masters & Futurecop! are ELECTRO MAJIC at El Cid - photograph by Brandon "Boom D" Dorsky)

(Kam & Futurecop! [Manz & Peter] at La Cita - photograph by Brandon 'Boom D' Dorsky)

(Keith Masters, Nicole and Manz of Futurecop! at El Cid - photograph by Matt Roznovak)

(Manz of Futurecop! - photograph by Matt Roznovak)

Check out more from these artists on their respective myspace pages and twitters.

For Keith Masters - go to www.myspace.com/keithmasters and www.twitter.com/keithmasters

For Futurecop! - go to www.myspace.com/thefuturecop and www.twitter.com/futurecopx

Wild (and sick) Week

The week started off with a bit of a Coachella hangover that was quickly cured by Keith Masters' electro majic at Libertine for Hunnypot Unlimited.

The electro-party carried over into Tuesday with performances by Steve Aoki, Felix Cartal and Tiesto - as well as resident staples Them Jeans and Dan Oh! - at Cinespace for Dimmak Tuesdays. The party jumped until 2 am easy....

Wednesday saw me roll to the Troubadour for a trio of rising bands - Bad Rabbits, Young Veins and Foxy Shazam. Although they played in that order - I must say that I thought Bad Rabbits provided the most exhilarating performance of the three. The soulful voice of their lead, and his range, is absolutely incredible. Despite the fact that Young Veins contains two members of Panic At The Disco!, I left thinking they gave the weakest showing of the sets. Foxy Shazam was a whole stage show - from coordinated headbanging to the keys man playing with his feet and his crazy beard.

Thursday saw me get super super ill....which unfortunately meant I had to miss John Fulford's Jingle Schmingle that featured the up and comer Chiddy Bang. Also meant I missed Bonobo :(

Today, I tried to get back on the train and went to the Entourage set to facilitate some product placement and show Keith Masters what LA is like, then to the THC Expose to link up with Grassroots California and then the after party to see some cannabis themed bands like Los Marijuanos.

Although not the insanity of Coachella, it was a wild week. We hope to see you all out again at a show sometime soon.

FYI - tomorrow night Redman and Barrington Levy are playing at Vanguard.