{"id":2940,"date":"1999-07-06T07:47:02","date_gmt":"1999-07-06T05:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deepblakmusic.com\/db2\/?p=2940"},"modified":"2024-04-25T16:18:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T14:18:20","slug":"blaktroniks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deepblakmusic.com\/db2\/?p=2940","title":{"rendered":"BLAKTRONIKS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oakland 1996 – Eddie Smith (aka EPS1<\/a>) (from Detroit) & Badi Malik aka Percepticon<\/a> (from Minneapolis) formed Blaktroniks to create an artistic platform for themselves, and like-minded artists in Oakland . Their first music- and video-releases happened on their own multimedia-company DKIM. Later their music was released on various platforms – including Moving Records<\/a>, Reflective<\/a>, Tokyo Dawn<\/a>, and Rubaiyat<\/a>. Underground mainstays, and Bay Area trailblazers Blaktroniks biographies of the individual group-members touch a lot of subjects, and connective tissue.<\/p>\n

From gentechnology-patent-university-studies \u20262 running a barbershop.<\/em>
From building electronic devices and lofi indi FPS PC games\u20262 programming official Star Wars-games.<\/em>
From Count Basie-family-relations\u20262 music-relations to artists from Minneapolis\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

These experiences along with living in Oakland are reflected in the art, and sound that has come to be known Blaktroniks. Without the spark of Blaktroniks Deepblak as a Label simply would not be. They held up the flame leading the way by pointing to the possible. If, and when a story is ever told about Electronic Music in Oakland it cannot be considered complete without the contributions Eddie and Badi. Their presence is Seminal!<\/p>\n

– Armon<\/p>\n\n\n

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Releases<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[DBR-D023] BLAKTRONIKS – SlapMatik EP<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n