The Video:
On April 16th, Illogic & Blockhead will release their first collaborative full-length, Capture The Sun. The album, which includes features from Blueprint, Abstract Rude, and others, will be released on TK via Man Bites Dog Records, and, as a follow-up to the release of the album's lead single and title track, which featured Slug of Atmosphere, Illogic & Blockhead are today rolling out the second part of what will be a four-part mini-documentary series on Capture The Sun, Journey To Capture The Sun.
Capture The Sun, for both Illogic and Blockhead comes at a time of musical change in their lives – Illogic learning how to balance his music dreams with being a father and husband; Blockhead stepping away from strictly instrumental work to collaborate with rappers again – and so it's fitting that the mini-doc series, which is directed and edited by Blueprint, starts at the beginning of each artist's respective music career. “Knowing we had something that was that deep into the culture here in our city," says Illogic of his hometown of Columbus, Ohio, "that really interested me. The rest is history."
Watch Part 2 of the mini-doc here: http://vimeo.com/59455667
Watch "Capture The Sun" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EEXYuV_Rp0
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The Background:
With collaborative history dating back to 2000, two established independent artists in Illogic and Blockhead are teaming up for their first full-length, Capture The Sun. The Columbus, Ohio emcee/poet and Manhattan artist/producer agreed to the project during a creative intersection in their solo careers: Illogic wanted to "step outside of himself" to focus more on storytelling and relaying the feelings of his present, as he pursues his dreams while serving as a father and husband; Blockhead, fresh off a string of instrumental releases that followed extensive work with Aesop Rock earlier in his career, wanted to once again collaborate with rappers. Through virtual sessions, Illogic picked through hundreds of Block beats, and began bringing the long-developed theme of Capture The Sun to words. Over 40 songs were recorded, with two free EP's released prior to this album. Now, on April 16th, Illogic & Blockhead will release Capture The Sun, along with features from Slug (of Atmosphere), Blueprint, Abstract Rude, and more, will be released on TK via Man Bites Dog Records.
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