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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
MOTION’S 40 DAYZ – AFROTORONTO
Few artists on either the local spoken word or hip hop scene can boast to have the skills to seamlessly navigate between both worlds. Toronto-born and bred artist Motion, is just such a rare talent. Over the years, she has … Continue reading
FREEDOM WRITERS Drop a New Classic Vid feat. Faces from the TDot!
Loved being there, and also pairing with Jemeni (bigUP Mark Strong too) for our cameo duo in the Freedom Writer’s new video “For the Change.” Directed by producer BigSproxx, it features an entertaining mix of vintage footage and sharp editing … Continue reading
she said he said
she said I think I’m gonna run away and join the circus he said no way I’m gonna become a wrestler don’t you wanna live an exciting life she said will you be able to buy me wrestlers? how bout … Continue reading
NUIT BLANCH 2011 “OUR HOPE FOR CHILDREN” EXHIBIT feat. on STRIZZZY.COM
Our Hope for Children art installation was featured at this year’s Nuit Blanche in Toronto. The streets were packed to from dusk to the break-a-dawn as T.dot stayed awake all nite long, finding art in the most usual and unusual … Continue reading
Author & Activist SISTER SOULJAH Live in TOronto w/special guest MOTION
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ManifestoJA presents Art’Is TDOT EDITION
WORD/SOUND/IMAGE/POWER hosted by Donisha Pendergast, featuring Keisha Monique, Motion, Kabaka Pyramid, Michie Mee,Charlie Bobus, Five Steez, Ian Kamau, Aquilla Roots, Quentin Vercetty, Sabriyah Simon. Music by DJ L’Oqenz & Tasha Rozez Tweet
WORD SOUND FLASH MOB!
Word, Sound Purpose! is an art-based public interactive performance (a flash mob) organized by Nia Centre for the Arts and reConnexion Artist Collective in partnership with Westview Collegiate. We will be taking to the streets of Toronto on Sept 30th, … Continue reading
nine/won/one (flashbak)*
Looking out my window at cool blocks vibrations at bus stops, bus rock my rhythm writing offa my skull top A second to reckon my past, it couldn’t last got caught in the flash but shoulda stash my cash Thought life was … Continue reading
Motion’s “Fall’N” out of the Kilzone
MOTION teams up with producer FRESH KILS on this smoothed out soulful, hip hop joint!
