Ras Kass

Regarded by Pitchfork as “one of the best rappers of all time”, and ranked among the top 50 MC’s of all time via About.com, we here at Blackhouse are honored and absolutely beside ourselves with excitement to announce that we are joining forces with the notorious hip hop powerhouse that is none other than the legendary RAS KASS.

Hailing from Carson, California, RAS KASS bridges two decades of work, with artists ranging from Dr. Dre to Kendrick Lamar to Too Short.  With a range of work with major labels and independent labels alike, along with a slew of game changing mixtapes,  RAS KASS’ 20 year career of releases pale in comparison to even the most tenured of rappers, earning him firm placement among Billboard charts, as well as hip hop royalty.  It’s clear that his dominant place in the music world is known, and if nothing else, speaks for itself, and it speaks in nothing more than the most impressive of form.

With lyrical commentary holding true to all walks of life, it never loses its level of relevancy at any day in age.  Subjects ranging from racial relations, education, politics, crime, and other pieces of social awareness, RAS KASS keeps you constantly thinking.  Also known for some of the strongest and most legendary freestyle abilities of any rap artist alive today, RAS never fails to deliver, either live or on record.

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Rituals of Mine

Rituals of Mine is the emotionally dense electronic recording project of Los Angeles-based songwriter Terra Lopez and live percussionist Adam Pierce. Inspired by ‘90s trip-hop, footwork, and downtempo R&B, Rituals of Mine has crafted a uniquely heavy sound that fuels its cathartic and uplifting performances. For the past decade that Lopez has been actively crafting music, multimedia art, and poetry, she has always seen her creative output as a necessary therapy. “For a long time I didn’t go to therapy, and I used music as a release.” explains Lopez. “I’m able to convey on stage what I can’t off stage, and these songs that we’ve written and performed—I’ve clung to them as a means of survival almost.” What began as a notebook of poems Lopez kept during her youth in South Sacramento, has evolved into a lush and genre-defying body of work.

After two close deaths and a period of reflection in 2016, Lopez felt she needed to reassess her life and her musical project, Sister Crayon. The project was reinvented through Rituals of Mine, and with the new moniker Lopez began writing the most honest and personal songs she had ever written. After years of obscuring her story and emotions through metaphorical lyrics, Lopez felt a sudden confidence to write more directly about her experiences as a queer woman of color. Lopez began fleshing out the songs with her long time collaborator and producer Wes Jones, who helped turn Lopez’s heartfelt writing about trauma and personal growth into urgent and powerful electronic tracks. Lopez then enlisted Adam Pierce to play drums, knowing that their background in metal percussion would provide an intensity that could match her own.

"Since releasing their debut, Devoted, in 2016, Rituals of Mine has been praised within the indie music community, and Lopez’s interactive art exhibit that simulates female-identifying people's experiences with street harassment, THIS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE, has reached over 200,000 participants. Rituals of Mine has shared its music and message around the world, touring with acts like Garbage, Tricky, Built to Spill, DEFTONES, and LeButcherettes. Rituals of Mine released their new highly anticipated EP, SLEEPER HOLD on Carpark Records in Fall 2019, drawing acclaim from Billboard, EARMILK, Bandcamp, Exclaim! and more. Currently prepping LP2 for Fall 2020, Lopez hopes to continue to inspire audiences in her local community and around the country to overcome their own struggles and indulge their cathartic outpour."

"Terra Lopez Is The Multi-Threat Movement Leader We Have Been Waiting For" - BUST Magazine 

"a force in the electronic music scene" - NYLON

 "gorgeously gloomy pop" - NOISEY

"Note the name Terra Lopez now as there’s the feeling on this debut album that the Californian singer/songwriter has the talent to, eventually, make an impression on the mainstream – whether it’s with Sister Crayon or not." - The BBC

Sadistik

www.sadistikmusic.com

Sadistik is not just another rapper, he is an artist in the deepest sense of the word. Hailing all the way from the scenic gloom of Seattle, Washington, Sadistik has quickly gained the hearts and ears of listeners by opting for a more personal and heartfelt brand of music. By combining caustic honesty, lyrical wit and technical innovation, Sadistik has crafted a sound that he can truly call his own while circumventing the limiting cliches of rap music. His lyrical endeavors are not without the help of some of the most talented producers in the underground scene, however, as he has worked with the likes of Emancipator, Kno of CunninLynguists and Blue Sky Black Death. Not to mention a number of underground rapʼs most revered wordsmiths such as Tech N9ne, Eyedea, CunninLynguists and Sage Francis round off an impressive list of artists who have joined Sadistik on a track. With a rigorous touring schedule that includes the entire United States and most of Europe, and opening for acts such as Lupe Fiasco and Slaughterhouse in his hometown, Sadistik shows true dedication to his music both in and out of the studio. 

S.AL

S.AL, groundskeeper and custodian of the Ruby Yacht.

Ruby Yacht is an ancient order of thieves whose destinies are to steal Language, and with it, create remarkable lies that come true. They exist in our world under names such as "Poet" or "Painter" or "Teacher" or "Maker". Surely you know one of their many members, but perhaps without realizing their affiliation. Allow this then to be an introduction - a gateway drug into recruitment. Does the many-handed Anything-Goes-Style of the Ruby Yacht frighten you? Entrance you? Either are reason enough to enter:

S.ALs personal testimonies/theologies: safarial.bandcamp.com

Sole

“Sole is an Indie hip hop legend.” - HuffPost
"Sole is a true revolutionary." - Pitchfork
"Cult indie-rap icon" -Spin

www.soleone.org

In 1998 he founded Anticon Records, the first collectively owned indie Hip-Hop label in the United States. Since then, Sole has played over a thousand shows throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and Japan. His music has been featured in major media outlets such as Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, MTV, Huffington Post, Spin, Alternet, and many more. Sole has released eight full length studio albums and over a dozen mixtapes. In 2009, together with award winning visual artist, Ravi Zupa, he published The Pyre, an illustrated epic poem exploring empire, radical philosophy, anti-capitalism, and collapse. Throughout his career sole has been known as one to push the limits in terms of genre and content and is widely heralded as a pioneer of avant garde & experimental rap music. His latest albums present a thorough examination and celebration of resistance happening around the world. Sole’s activism reaches beyond the studio and stage into his everyday life where he is deeply involved material and logistical support to many projects that engage directly in the class struggle.

ZAN

Laying right near the Washington/Oregon border, the Tri-Cities area exists. Pasco was the first of the Tri-Cities to be incorporated, in 1891. Kennewick was incorporated in 1904, and Richland followed in 1910. West Richland was founded by dissatisfied residents of Richland, who wished to be home owners rather than renters of government-owned houses, after the arrival and subsequent mainstay of the volatile Hanford Nuclear Plant. Despite attempts by Richland to annex the community, they remained separate and eventually became incorporated in 1955. This metropolis sits in a deserted wasteland area near the Columbia River. Boasting not only military grade weapons stockpiles and a notorious nuclear plant, it also presents the massive Franklin County Jail as you enter the area, which seems to be the only prison for miles in Washington, expectedly so.

History lesson in tow, this all plays a great influence on the music and culture that is emerging from this part of the Northwest. An area that once lay dormant is now thriving in a metal and hardcore scene that would catch the unsuspecting music fan well off-guard. It’s a heater effect, and this area has reached a boiling point. The bands are crushing, technical, and downright vicious in their content and execution.

Case in point, we bring you ZAN.

Hailed as having the most complicated and well thought-out song structures in metal this side of the West Coast, ZAN is an absolutely mind-blowing experience in heavy music that is unparalleled by any band, period. This, coupled with visual and lyrical content that is not typical of what you would normally hear in metal, ZAN is challenging, mind-bending, and effective at making a point to not allow the listener to walk away comfortable. Standing well-defined and clearly setting themselves apart, we are absolutely floored to have them join up with Blackhouse for what will be their upcoming new full length record in 2017.

More updates soon from the ZAN camp, including tour dates, pre-order details and more album info as it develops!

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Bandcamp: https://zanband.bandcamp.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZanBand
“Pun Intentional” Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA7thu7e4bc