Chances With Wolves presents Edan x Paten Locke

Edan happens to be a producer, emcee, dee-jay and song-writer... To this point, he's known for his unlikely take on hip-hop culture, where traditional rap songs are often skewed by 60's rock samples, tape echoes, and foreign language choruses (not to mention the off-beat humor and surrealist imagery incorporated via his lyrics).

His most recent release, an audio-visual mega-mix, entitled 'Echo Party Movie', is an ambitious pastiche of dusted disco, early rapp, and punk that utilizes everything from turntables to tape echo, glockenspiel to guitar, and moog to kazoo. Once completed, the heady audio collage was then given to celluloid-splicer-extraordinaire, Tom Fitzgerald, who meticulously set the music to a wild array of found footage (sources ranging from Bollywood & martial arts films to subversive 60's animation, obscure new wave 8mm & vintage breakdance/graff footage).

Edan's previous effort, "Beauty And The Beat", drew worldwide acclaim, most notably for its graceful marriage of hip-hop and rock-based psychedelia. Despite being off the beaten track musically, Edan tastefully/cautiously blends these influences into something new, with an emphasis on skills and originality. Keeping In line with said emphasis, the man is a world class deejay and emcee, taking it back to basics yet pushing forward at the same time… On stage, his repertoire includes cutting/looping up records such as Thin Lizzy's 'Johnny the Fox' with one hand while holding the mic with the other and spitting his verse over it in good time, not to mention simultaneously stepping on a delay pedal for the sake of added texture…

As for the Dark Disco event, Edan will be presenting an audio-visual dj set that runs the gamut between 60's psychedelic rock, funk & soul, bollywood music, 80's new wave, old school rapp, and more... with an emphasis on the breakbeat/doubles approach to dee-jaying which took root during the early days of hip-hop culture. As for the visual aspect, Edan has once again tapped cinephile and found footage maestro Tom Fitzgerald, who has carefully chosen footage (ranging from bizarre bollywood to 60's stop-motion animation to hip-hop's early days), and set the visuals to each song in Edan's methodically chosen program. The end result aims to stimulate, whether you choose to dance, listen, watch TV, or any combination of the three simultaneously...