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BLACKSPACE X ON SPOTIFY
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@MOTIONLIVE ON IG
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AKILLA’S ESCAPE
In a crime-noir about the urban child-soldier, Akilla Brown captures a fifteen-year-old boy in the aftermath of an armed robbery. Over one gruelling night, Akilla confronts a cycle of generational violence he thought he escaped.
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LIMITED EDITION ORALTORIO TEES at BEDDOART.COM!
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Griots to Emcees: Examining Culture, Performance & Spoken Word at York University (Toronto), taught by MOTION. Explores the form, function and content of Spoken Word, in terms of language, rhythm, historical developments, social- political contexts, as well as key artists of poetry, rap, dub, slam, lyricism and spoken word as live and direct purveyors of culture.
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WATCH! CORONER~CBC TV!
From the stage to the screen! Tune In to MOTION's TV WRITING DEBUT on the brand new dramatic series CORONER. Binge watch Season 1 and 2 on CBC GEM.
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HEADSPACE ROTATES ~ TUNE IN! ON MIXCLOUD
HEADSPACE ROTATES RADIO is an eclectic combo of progressive sounds - Hip Hop to neo-soul, beat driven, electronic, funk jazz, and yet-to-be categorized experimental astral soundscapes - reflecting the new, next and now of global urban sounds. Paying homage to the classics and the contemporary, HSR tunes into Independent music scenes, the movers and shakers, groundbreakers and the rare hidden gems that must be played. Hosted by MOTION | Music by L'OQENZ| Mixed & Engineered ZOé SOUNDMIND
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LISTEN!! HEADSPACE RADIO TRIBUTE TO SON OF SOUL
Author Archives: MotionLive
VOCAL Featured at 1st Annual CASCADOO Festival in T&T
Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago – August 2013 – Congrats to all the movers, artists and participants of the 1st Annual CASCADOO New Voices International Festival of Spoken Word, presented by the Poet Society of Trinidad and Tobago. This year’s festival … Continue reading
Performing Diaspora Explores Ourstory of Toronto Urban Music
“It almost felt like we were all there to renew the wedding vows of Hip-Hop and knowledge in Toronto by bringing our intellect to new heights of convolution; We did this through powerful discussion and conversation on important topics such … Continue reading
#1stcontactconcert invades TOronto – June 3rd at the MOD Club
Toronto, ON – A killer line-up of female artists including Zaki Ibrahim, Tanika Charles, Saidah Baba Talibah, Lal, Motion, and DJ’s Mel Boogie and L’Oqenz will be performing at Toronto’s Mod Club on June 3rd to raise funds for the 1st Time Project. The … Continue reading
ORALToRIO Previews @ the 12th Annual Rock Paper Sistahz Festival!!
Motionlive & the 12th Annual Rock.Paper.Sistahz Festival presents ORALTORIO: a theatrical mixtape Written, Mixed and Performed by MOTION & DJ L’OQENZ Directed by Mumbi Tindyebwe Otu with dramaturgy by Mel Hague and d’bi.young.anitafrika Thursday May 30th, 2013 at the Wychwood Theatre … Continue reading
#1stContactConcert plays the MOD Club – June 3rd!
WHEN: June 3, 2013 @ 7:45 pm – 8:45 pm Add to Calendar Add to Google WHERE: The Virgin Mobile Mod Club 722 College Street Toronto,ON M6G 1C2 Canada COST: $20 TICKETS AVAILABLE IN STORE! Zaki Ibrahim, Tanika Charles, Saidah Baba … Continue reading
Listen. Follow. The Masterplan Show
The LONGEST and the STRONGEST, CIUT’s the MASTERPLAN SHOW has been live-on-air since 1989. Hip Hop every Saturday Night on 89.5fm, delivered through 50, 000 watts of booming sound, has been Masterplan’s … Continue reading
OKAY PLAYER features HEADSPACE RADIO
HEADSPACE Radio channels into the atmosphere this week! www.OkayPlayer.com spotlights HSR #3 on Mixtape Mondays, featured alongside radio icon Gilles Peterson. According to Okay Player “For episode three of Headspace Radio, DJ L’Oqenz whips up a dope mix of tracks highlighting some of … Continue reading
HEADSPACE RADIO EPISODE 3
More MUSIC More Life :: HEADSPACE RADIO Ep. 3 – Hosted by MOTION; Music by DJ L’OQENZ; Mixed by AFIME ARTS. Fresh new playlist feat. Bobbi Humphrey, Georgia Anne Muldrow, THEESatisfaction Joey Bada$$, Capital STEEZ, Proflogik, The Underachievers, Smash Brovaz , 5 Steez, Nas, Korry Deez, Theo 3, Robert … Continue reading
“NIGHTMAREdream” PREMIERS @ TD THEN & NOW FEST!
Toronto – NIGHTMAREdream premiers for African History Month 2013 at the TD Then & Now Festival, February 20 – 24th. Directed by IFT Theatre’s Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu, and written by poet/playwright Motion, NIGHTMAREdream is an intense multi-genre theatre production that moves … Continue reading
