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Psychedelic Hip Hop Concert: Main Attrakionz | Amoeba Berkeley

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Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE
Amoeba Music (Berkeley) | 2455 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley, CA

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Amoeba Music regularly welcomes traveling and local artists for in-store performances at their San Francisco and Berkeley locations.

Hear your favorite artists for free often right before they hit the stage elsewhere in the Bay Area.

Join local psychedelic hip-hop duo Main Attrakionz for a live set and signing in celebration of their new album, 808s & Dark Grapes III (out that day on Vapor Records).

Hailing from North Oakland, Main Attrakionz has cultivated one of the most interesting and refreshing sounds in the crowded and fractured world of today’s rap underground. The duo of MondreMan and Squadda B (who produces as well as rap) are credited as among of the pioneers of “cloud rap,” combining laid back, smokey bars with a taste for woozy, ethereal production to create a kind of psychedelic hip-hop that drifts as much as it bumps. Main Attrakionz built their fan base through the tireless output of lo-fi, self-released mixtapes. Now comes the latest installment of their highly acclaimed 808’s and Dark Grapes series: 808’s and Dark Grapes III, due out on June 30th on Neil Young’s Vapor Records.

808’s III is 12 concise but full tracks that welcome the listener into the woozy world of the self-proclaimed “greatest duo ever.” The tone is uplifting but rarely brash, balancing recent triumphs with struggles not far enough in the rear view mirror. “Changed my whole life through various microphones,” Squadda boasts on “Right Now,” balancing the somber ending of “Shoot the Dice” where he remembers how he “used to steal food to eat.” The production, handled entirely by frequent collaborators Friendzone, is a dreamy soundscape of Chrono Trigger synths built on hi-hat scaffolding. The sound ranges from the off-kilter bump of late-90’s Swizz Beatz on “Do My Thang” to an almost M83-like shimmer on “Summertime.”

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Cost: FREE
Categories: *Top Pick*, Live Music
Address: 2455 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley, CA