NEWS -
January 2009
New Single for the streets featuring Indio Picaro and Manuvers. Taken from Casual Sax's upcoming album entitled "The Blow Sven Theory." Check myspace.com/casualsaxandthesaxualrevolution for more info. Shot and Edited by the one and only Keith Musil.
March 2008
- French Graff girl Fafi shows Casual Sax & The Saxual Revolution love and puts "Baby I'm Black (From The Waist Down" as her Myspace song. The french may really know the meaning of Romance, but Sven and Induce embody the meaning of Bromance. Pause.
- Induce has recently been featured in 3 publications. The first, MAP Magazine features a piece spotlighting the forerunners of the Downtown Miami Nightlife scene including Aramis Lorie and Barbara Basti (Poplife) and Carmel Ophir (Back Door Bambi & the soon to be premiered Vagabond venue). The second article in 944 Magazine features induce looking fancy along with 3 other miami staple DJ's in a shot taken at the local Sweat Records . Last, Closer Magazine shows Induce looking even fancier in his tailored purple pants, sharing pages with many of Miami's top DJ's, including Ross One .
February 2008
Everyone's favorite celeb gossip girl, Perez Hilton , falls in love with Casual Sax & The Saxual Revolution. YouTube views shoot up by 100,000 in 2 days. Friend requests on myspace surge. Unexpectedly, girls seem to enjoy the song better than guys. Shout out to Lara, who gets a lifetime supply of Sour Patch kids for that one.
December 2007
That's Right!!! We have the internet going nuts on this one. The song everyone is talking about is now available to download on HIPHOPSITE.COM. Get the whole single with a bonus, non-album cut or just get the one song. Either way, just get it! See below for the link to buy.
Download Casual Sax "Baby I'm Black" at HipHopSite.Com
AUGUST 2007
- Finally! The release of Induce's new mix compilation is completed and available, entitled More Iconic, Less Ironic. The mix cd shuns away from the more obvious club hits and played out 80's references and simply spotlights plain old good music. Check out the track list and cover art in the photo section.
JULY 2007
Back for the second time, the next installment of Induce’s Cuticle Scrapes stays new in the age of digital DJ’s. After the great success of the first Cuticle Scrapes on Counterflow Recordings, which completely sold out, featured help from DJ Infamous (Allies), and introduced the world to the idea of including 2 copies of the record for the price of one, Induce took a step back to reanalyze the current situation. And the answer was to simplify and update, which, aside from keeping costs low on the manufacturing end while still looking fresh to death with a gold foil cover, the digital DJ’s equivalent to the trademark Cuticle Scrapes second copy is now the free CD of Cuticle Scrapes Version 2 included with the vinyl. Staying simple, Induce includes what seems to be a normal 7 beats to cut to, 2 scratch sentences, a drum sentence, and a sine wave bass octave. Although, with further inspection, you can notice a certain string holding many of the tracks together, holding in high regard those who came before, while keeping it moving with new and fresh sounds and beats to cut to. And with all the Dilla tributes going around, now DJ’s can put together their own tribute routines with the drums and Sine wave bass octave included, which are reminiscent of the late producer’s innovative and revolutionary signature sound.
And while to many, Induce may have been keeping a low profile since the release of his debut album, Cycle, on his own WonderSound label, the opposite would be more accurate. Aside from becoming one of the most sought after DJ’s in Miami’s indy scene, playing at least 5 nights a week, and being able to go from classic Hip Hop to the latest indy-disco-electro-pop-whatever, Induce has also slowly but steadily built his reputation for his own productions. Following the Cycle release on CD, Induce went on to release a vinyl EP of Cycle, exclusive to Japan, which totally sold out. He then was featured on a compilation called Calderas of Mind, released by German indy imprint Project Mooncircle and from that, was asked to remix Mr. Cooper (formerly of Lex Records) for his “Amongst Strangers†12â€, which he considers one of his finest works to date. From there, Induce went on to release an EP of New York production duo known as Illfonics, which features a former member of Secret Frequency Crew (Counterflow Recordings). Most recently Induce’s “Coltrane’s Brain†from his Cycle album was featured on a Japanese compilation titled “StreetNoise 2: Home Alone, Enjoy The Mellow Note,†compiled by Calm. By the time Cuticle Scrapes Version 2 is in stores, his new Mixtape entitled More Iconic, Less Ironic will also be available for purchase. Lastly, he is currently working on the follow-up to Cycle, an all instrumental, straight up Hip Hop LP for fellow Miami producer Supersoul’s own Metatronix label.
JUNE 2006
- Induce has been featured on the new Project Mooncircle release entitled Calderas of Mind. The track the first official release under the name Fixture, a more experimental side project with an unnamed detroit producer. The song is entitled "F1XTUR3" and features Seven Star. For more info, go to www.myspace.com/projectmooncircle
MARCH 2006
Induce's Cycle is released as an EP Vinyl Exclusive to Japan with select tracks from the CD release on the vinyl. Full Artwork and 12" poster included inside. Limited to 1,000 copies. I have a few of these (less than 50) left over if you are interested in purchasing them directly from me. I will even throw in the brand new "More Iconic" Mix CD for free.
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NEWS - 12/01/05
*****www.thewonderfulsound.com - the website for the WonderSound label is up! Check it from time to time for updates, news, and releases. You will also be able to find a link to Paypal to purchase the album if you don't already have it.
Induce's new album entitled Cycle is out now on WonderSound and can be purchased many places including www.Turntablelab.com.
Or, you can purchase the album directly from me by sending $11.00 to the following Paypal account: [email protected]. Credit Cards are accepted.
-----College Radio look out! Team Clermont just picked up Induce's Cycle for radio promotion. It will be going for adds November 29th.
Also, Induce was recently featured along with 4 other Miami tastemakers in the Red Book, produced by Red Stripe and Cornerstone Promotion. The book serves as a guide of cool shit to do in several cities including New York, Los Angeles, San Fransisco, Austin and Miami. Features from Miami include DJ Contra (Interscope recording artist M.I.A's DJ) and M.I.A. Skateshop (no relation to the Sri-Lankan princess), while features from other cities include Steve Aoki (Dim Mak), Mark Hunter (CobraSnake), Toph One (XLR8R), Broker/Dealer, MisShapes, and Roxy aka Oxy Cottontail.
BIO -
Even while some of his own good friends are still trying to figure him out, and this combination of stories and characteristics does not in any way fully represent who he is, INDUCE just really wants to make music. He wants to be heard. He wants you to know who he is.
It was early on in high school when INDUCE decided to be an MC. And while he had his hands in other aspects of the culture even in grade school, it wasn't until high school that he also decided to be a breaker and later, a DJ. Soon, the short poems and creative writing he was formerly fond of were replaced with recited verses from the likes of Q-Tip, Pos, and Monche. Break-dancing took the backseat after Djing increasingly became what felt like to him as the most logical progression, only to lead to the need to actually make music. Enter the MPC. Previous aspirations Exit. Even this story isn't as it seems, isn't as clear-cut as he would like it to be. He likes it that way though. He also likes the idea that everything is in the details. So what then, when details are left out? Where there is mystery, there is a will to uncover it.
Sometimes suffering from slight Multi Personality Disorder, INDUCE attributes that to the almost infinite amount of nouns that previously and currently influence his life. While his musical upbringing as a child was made up of 80's music and Top 40 radio, he later developed a need to hear, experience, and most of all, know new things. It may seem as if early-to-mid 90's Hip-Hop had a lot to do with this way of thinking. That is only partially true. INDUCE will never let go of the memory of the influence of one group in particular. A local, Miami-based forward thinking Hip-Hop group called The All, then made up of current members of Algorithm and Evolver. Previous notions of what Hip-Hop music can be Exit. These days, history is history and forward momentum is future, even if he must look back to keep it up. Public Enemy enables his activism. Coltrane makes him cry. Boards of Canada makes it possible to see particles of light. My Bloody Valentine is the end of it all.
Along with making music, INDUCE is co-founder of Counterflow Recordings, worked as Editor and writer for Tablist magazine, has written guest reviews in XLR8R, holds numerous DJ residencies in Miami, started his own Classic Black party, was featured in Adidas & XLR8R's Bedroom Rockers book, and is a self proclaimed vinyl junky. No smoke, no drink, no drugs, no meat, just vinyl. Most recently has started his own WonderSound record label.