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Amerigo Gazaway

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Forging An Evolution Of The "mashup" Album Format Producer Amerigo Gazaway's "conceptual Collaboration" Projects Imagine Studio Sessions Between Like Artist Of Different Genres And Eras. With A Process The LA Times' Randall Roberts Described As "drawing A Different Design Within A Similar Framework " The Producer/DJ Deconstructs And Re-Orchestrates Samples From His Respective Subjects Bridging Overlapping Themes Of The Two Musician's Classic Catalogues. Equally Influenced By His Brazilian Roots And Southern U.S. Upbringing The 28 Year Old Nashville Native's Work Was Featured In Apple's "What Will Your Verse Be" Series Of IPad Commercials Called "brilliant" By Music’s Premier Aficionado Questlove And Earned Praise From National/global Outlets Such As The Guardian Huffington Post The LA Times Vulture NPR BBC MTV BET REVOLTtv EBONY VIBE XXL THE SOURCE OKAYPLAYER Wax Poetic Gizmazo And HipHopXL To Name A Few. The Son Of Renowned Jazz Trumpeter Gary “El Buho” Gazaway Amerigo’s Thematic Documentary-Like Concept Albums Uses Found Interview Sound-Bites Live Performances And Original Multi-Track Stems To Help Narrate And Craft His Combined Artists' Stories. Finding His First Success With 2011's Fela Kuti/De La Soul Pairing "Fela Soul " The Project Went On To Land On Several Year-End "best Of" Lists Including NPR Soul Train And OKAYPLAYER. Following The Release In 2012 With "Bizarre Tribe A Quest To The Pharcyde" A Concept That Layered Vocals Of The Pharcyde Over Re-Imagined Productions Sourced From The Original Soul Jazz And Funk Records ATCQ Utilized To Create Their Productions Gazaway Would Later Collaborate With The Pharcyde On Their Single "Still Got Love" And Perform With The Legendary Group At SXSW. Continuing The Theme Of His Previous Work In 2014 The Producer United Brooklyn Rapper Yasiin Bey FKA Mos Def And Soul Legend Marvin Gaye For A Dream Collaboration Aptly Titled "Yasiin Gaye" Side One And Side Two. Building The Album’s Foundation From Deconstructed Samples Of Gaye’s Motown Classics Amerigo Re-Purposes The Instrumentation Into New Productions With The Familiar Fervor Of The Original Work. Carefully Weaving Bey’s Tangled Raps And Gaye’s Soulful Vocals Over His New Arrangements Gazaway Delivers A Quality Much Closer To An Authentic Collaboration Than A Lukewarm “mashup” Album. Drawing Nearly 20 000 Downloads In Its First Two Days Of Release The “Master Modern Soul Match Maker” Juan Vidal- Vibe Magazine Earned A Perfect “5 Star” Review From BET Collaborated With New York Magazine Cartoonist Drew Dernavich For The Project's Side Two Cover Art And Landed On Billboard's Best Selling Singles Chart With The Album's Third Single "You Are Undeniable." Honing His DJ Skills Through Tours Of Europe Brazil And The U.S. Gazaway’s Dancefloor Driving Live Set Features Classic Breakbeats Original Blends Remixes Edits And Mashups Of Multiple Genres Including Funk Soul Disco Hip-Hop Afrobeat And Everything In-Between. With Presentations And Lectures Logged At USC MTSU And Upcoming Dates At Google HQ NYC And SXSW 2015 The DJ/Producer Continues To Highlight The Possibilities Of Sample Based Art And Shows No Signs Of Slowing Down.