![]() ![]() A few festivals coming up also feature music. For a preview of that, you can check my column from last week. The big event this weekend is the NW Tune-Up Festival. Or, as he put it, “to become a one of one.” I’d say he’s well on his way to that, and I can’t wait to see what he comes up with next. ![]() ![]() When I checked in with Moss recently, he mentioned that one of his ambitions is to create something entirely unique. He will also be continuing to make films, with stories already plotted out that will show the Black Ranger meeting up with the members of his band. If you haven’t already, check out the earlier installments now on his YouTube channel, so you’re up on the story.Ĭoming up, Moss has an album featuring a full live band known as the Duper Humans, and another one with beats by Seattle producer Poison Jams. “Volume 3” will be making the rounds of some regional film festivals before a full online release. To make these films, he has worked with an all-star crew of local filmmakers, actors and musicians. 3,” and it’s the final piece in a trilogy where he stars as a sci-fi/martial arts hero inspired by the namesake Black Power Ranger. His most recent short film is “The Descendant of Zack Taylor Vol. You can celebrate the new EP with him Wednesday, July 12, at the Boundary Bay beer garden, where he’ll be performing as part of the After Sounds series organized by Black Noise Records. Although Moss’s influences lean toward old-school classics like J Dilla, Wu-Tang, and A Tribe Called Quest, his style doesn’t feel nostalgic at all, more like he’s mining the past to get ideas for the future. If you prefer a slightly more traditional hip-hop sound, check out “ Fluid Associates,” his great LP from last year made with producer Slap Serif. That makes it much more atmospheric than some of his more hard-hitting, earlier work - but no less fascinating. The EP’s five tracks oddly don’t have a lot of drum beats, mostly surrounding his vocals with spacey guitars, horns and sound effects. The new EP is called “Soup Budget,” and it represents his debut as a producer. Having just released an EP and a short film, he’s still got a couple more albums ready to go throughout the year. Since moving to Bellingham in 2018, he distinguished himself in the local hip-hop scene with boundless inventiveness and lyrical skill, and proceeded to branch out into filmmaking and music production. Tyler Perry received the humanitarian award at the show, hosted by Joel McHale at the Microsoft Theatre and broadcast on CBS.Over the past few years Jordan Moss - better known to the music community as The Rhetorician - has been unleashing a massive outpouring of musical and visual creativity. ![]() Others who took home crystal statuettes this year included Jennifer Lopez, Johnny Depp, Sofia Vergara, Kevin Hart, Melissa McCarthy and Justin Timberlake. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/Associated Press)īritney Spears was the evening's big winner, picking up four trophies including favourite female musical artist.Ĭanadian winners included Deadpool's Ryan Reynolds, with the Vancouver performer named favourite movie actor, and Toronto's online video sensation Lilly Singh, named favourite YouTube star. Canadian Lilly Singh picked up the trophy for favourite YouTube star. ![]()
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