Our friend Conway Jennings, aka Mr. Jennings, has been making glitched-out beats for some time.
Our friend Conway Jennings, aka Mr. Jennings, has been making glitched-out beats for some time. You may know Conway from the PLF (Party Liberation Front) collective in town, which often does First Friday fire shows at Gallery 5. Recently he has released the SteamCrunk EP online for your enjoyment. Here’s what he had to say about it:
“I like to think of Steamcrunk as familiar music that you’ve never heard before. The influence of swing, blues, and country music is so deeply embedded in American culture that we feel a sense of nostalgia for it, even though we weren’t around in it’s heyday. My goal with the Steamcrunk series is to bring that sound back to life, recontextualized into the world of modern bass music. More than just electro-swing, Steamcrunk is a vibe of its own. So put on your top hats, your monocles, and your flapper dresses, and come get down!”
Mr. Jennings Bio
Mr Jennings brings a diverse blend of crunked out bass music. Glitch hop is the foundation, and variety is the spice of life. Imagine swing piano, Balkan horns, tribal percussion, and deep bass all mixed up in a cauldron and blasted through a wall of subs.
As a founder and key organizer of the arts collective known as the Party Liberation Front, Mr Jennings brings the PLF’s good vibrations to venues and festivals up and down the East Coast. He has co-produced many successful events in Virginia and beyond, such as Lazer Crunk and the classic swinging Speakeasy parties. In addition to playing events, Mr Jennings hosts the Crunkfederacy, a bi-weekly radio show on Glitch.FM from 9-11pm EST every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month.
http://www.mr-jennings.com/
http://glitch.fm/show/crunkfederacy
