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Conscious Bio
The pendulum of art swings to extremes. It can
be overtly public or complexly personal. Striking a balance between
the two can be difficult to do and even when it's achieved, very few
do it as well as Conscious. Rising from the ashes of an artistic world
bent on quick success and prepackaged formulaic fodder, this multi-faceted
renaissance man is exactly what that name evokes: a revival of intellectual
and artistic growth with a vigor and passion that's unmatched.
Never boastful, Conscious moves with quiet force;
building his audience, expanding his ventures and linking with like
minded individuals to make sure there are alternatives for the masses.
He doesn't complain that things aren't changing; he makes his own route,
daring others to do the same. Making sure the community is growing
just as he is, Conscious has dedicated not only his time, but also
his talents to prison outreach performances, as a hip-hop business
instructor, a computer instructor at Harlem's Jericho Learning Center
and opening for Beatboxer Entertainment and Scot Ritner for the 9/11
commission.
He's performed at venues such as The Bowery Poetry Club, the Nuyorican
Poet's Café, the Schomberg Theatre, The Sae Institute's Hotel
Remix and Wheaton College to name a few and he's built a solid reputation
as both a poet and an emcee. As founder of the Eklektic Gardens label,
he's released multiple collections of progressive, innovative music including
Neo Retro Spectro Graphiks Vol.1, Journal: An Eklektik Journey, Pagan:
1st Movement 1968, and Vinyl Destination.
Conscious isn't content to have his hand in only the writing and recording
worlds. He's an experienced actor with credits under his belt in films
like Little Man and Take the A Train, television shows such as MTV's "The
Shop", the documentary "To Thine Own Self Be True" and on the DVD "Beatboxing & The
Art of Spoken Word". He's even appeared as a model for Jask Clothing.
He maintains multiple websites like www.freehiphopnow.com,
www.consciousbootleggers.com and
his blog www.consciousme.blogspot.com.
He's a painter, a photographer, a producer, a force to be reckoned with.
True growth for art comes through those involved stepping outside of
the box and breaking the mold of what's come before. It's finding a new
angle and expanding on it until the world opens up. It's sparking your
own personal renaissance every time you pick up a pen, a mic or a brush.
It's what Conscious does, what he lives, what he is. |
