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A self proclaimed; "Jazzcat with a drum machine", Radius started crafting beats in 2001. After producing tracks for local rappers, he began to further hone his skills as a producer/live performance artist; by winning in Chicago area beat battles and later performing in various hiphop & electronic showcases with the Moment Sound Crew (Garo, Lokua & Slava). Known for his improv hardware live PA/electronic sets, which range from a wide variety of tempos & multicolored soundscapes; highly inspired by his hiphop, jazz, dub & house music roots; due to a South Chicago upbringing and a worldwide nomadic lifestyle.
Radius has rocked alongside noteworthy artists including; Anderson Paak, Jrocc, Dj Shadow, Nightmares On Wax, Marcellus Pittman, Daedelus, RP Boo, Hieroglyphic Being, Oddisee, Blu & Exile, RC and The Gritz Band (Erykah Badu), Tank and The Bangas, Eliot Lipp, Mndsgn,The Gaslamp Killer, Thavius Beck, Jeremiah Jae, Ras G, Tadd Mullinix, Mono/Poly, The Gaslamp Killer, & Guilty Simpson.
Notable live showcases include; Dublab (Los Angeles, Tokyo and Barcelona), B-Real TV (Los Angeles), NTS Live Radio (London and Los Angeles), Le Mellotron (Paris), Berlin Community Radio (Berlin), Wicked Jazz Sounds/Red Light Radio (Amsterdam), Stop Biting Lo- Fi (Seattle), Exploded Drawing (Austin), The Beat Swap Meet (Los Angeles & Chicago), Push Beats (Chicago), Beat Cinema (Los Angeles), The Beat Haus (New York), The Low End Theory (Los Angeles), The Ramen Skate Sessions (Beats For Change, Osaka), Left Field (Tokyo), Imazin Vol.3 (Fukuoka) and even hosting his own residency; Electronic Buffet, with various producers within Chicago and beyond.
Radius is a cofounder of various groups including; LAGOS (w/ Leo 123), Beyond Luck (w/ Dj Moppy, Kenny Keys & Lailah Reich), Dia.L (W/ Lailah Reich), Sense & Radius, founder of Etc Records; his own label, which expresses an etcetera amount of abbreviations, most notably; Ear To Chicago and a member of the black owned diy physical only release label; Culture Power 45.
Notable Selected Discography:
-Rockers/Say Goodbyyye 7" (Etc Records) 2013 -Time Travel Is Real LP (Etc Records) 2015 -Dia.L [Lailah Reich & Radius] (Etc Records) 2016,
Kenny Keys & Radius - Infinity (Urban Waves/HHV Records) 2016 Portal To Canis EP (Mathematics Recordings) 2017 , -Everpresent/GetIntoSomeThing/Becoming split 7" w/ BudaMunk (The Secret Life of Sound) 2017 -LSD PT. 1 EP (D81/Division 81) 2017A self proclaimed; "Jazzcat with a drum machine", Radius started crafting beats in 2001. After producing tracks for local rappers, he began to further hone his skills as a producer/live performance artist; by winning in Chicago area beat battles and later performing in various hiphop & electronic showcases with the Moment Sound Crew (Garo, Lokua & Slava). Known for his improv hardware live PA/electronic sets, which range from a wide variety of tempos & multicolored soundscapes; highly inspired by his hiphop, jazz, dub & house music roots; due to a South Chicago upbringing and a worldwide nomadic lifestyle.
Radius has rocked alongside noteworthy artists including; Anderson Paak, Jrocc, Dj Shadow, Nightmares On Wax, Marcellus Pittman, Daedelus, RP Boo, Hieroglyphic Being, Oddisee, Blu & Exile, RC and The Gritz Band (Erykah Badu), Tank and The Bangas, Eliot Lipp, Mndsgn,The Gaslamp Killer, Thavius Beck, Jeremiah Jae, Ras G, Tadd Mullinix, Mono/Poly, The Gaslamp Killer, & Guilty Simpson.
Notable live showcases include; Dublab (Los Angeles, Tokyo and Barcelona), B-Real TV (Los Angeles), NTS Live Radio (London and Los Angeles), Le Mellotron (Paris), Berlin Community Radio (Berlin), Wicked Jazz Sounds/Red Light Radio (Amsterdam), Stop Biting Lo- Fi (Seattle), Exploded Drawing (Austin), The Beat Swap Meet (Los Angeles & Chicago), Push Beats (Chicago), Beat Cinema (Los Angeles), The Beat Haus (New York), The Low End Theory (Los Angeles), The Ramen Skate Sessions (Beats For Change, Osaka), Left Field (Tokyo), Imazin Vol.3 (Fukuoka) and even hosting his own residency; Electronic Buffet, with various producers within Chicago and beyond.
Radius is a cofounder of various groups including; LAGOS (w/ Leo 123), Beyond Luck (w/ Dj Moppy, Kenny Keys & Lailah Reich), Dia.L (W/ Lailah Reich), Sense & Radius, founder of Etc Records; his own label, which expresses an etcetera amount of abbreviations, most notably; Ear To Chicago and a member of the black owned diy physical only release label; Culture Power 45.
Notable Selected Discography:
-Rockers/Say Goodbyyye 7" (Etc Records) 2013 -Time Travel Is Real LP (Etc Records) 2015 -Dia.L [Lailah Reich & Radius] (Etc Records) 2016,
Kenny Keys & Radius - Infinity (Urban Waves/HHV Records) 2016 Portal To Canis EP (Mathematics Recordings) 2017 , -Everpresent/GetIntoSomeThing/Becoming split 7" w/ BudaMunk (The Secret Life of Sound) 2017 -LSD PT. 1 EP (D81/Division 81) 2017Thanks!
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