Catharsis NYC Blog

For our 3rd annual Lawyer4Musicians.com showcase in Austin during SXSW, we’re doing two shows – hiphop and rock. We’ve got some really stacked lineups on both shows, including The Cool Kids, Das Racist, Ninjasonik, and none other than the living legends… EPMD!

We got a great piece written about BEAT (Bridging Education and Art Together) on the GOOD Magazine website!

Check it out!

http://www.good.is/post/b-e-a-t-brings-hip-hop-education-home-to-the-bronx/

We’re proud to announce that our new beatboxing program for blind students has launched at the Lavelle School for the Blind in the Bronx!

Featuring top NYC beatboxing talent as instructors including Taylor McFerrin, Adam Matta, Chesney Snow, as well as a number of guest beatboxers and musicians, the program runs twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the middle of the school day for the next ten weeks and culminating in a grand final performance by the students in front of the entire school. The classes will teach the students the fundamentals of beatboxing and improvisation, with an introduction to music production and composition. The program aims to give blind kids the ability to make music anywhere, anytime, just with the power of their own voices.

Visit the official Beat Rockers site and take a listen to some of the amazing audio clips of the classes in session at www.beatrockers.wordpress.com.

Here’s a sneak peek at some backstage footage of the latest event project we just launched… Common, The Rapture, Donnis, Vado, Big Sean, and Olivia Munn. All at once! What a crazy night. More to follow…

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We’re proud to announce that the Beat Breakers will be performing and teaching a breaking workshop at an amazing program called the RE:FORM SCHOOL on Sunday Oct 10th, starting at 1 PM.

RE:FORM SCHOOL is a high profile group art exhibition, event series and public awareness campaign taking place in New York City, that brings together the creative community in a call for the reform of the American Public Education System.

BEAT BREAKERS – BREAK DANCING CLASS
Location: Inner Courtyard
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Limited to children from 12-18 years

Please pre-register by sending an RSVP to: nycbeatbreakers@gmail.com

We’re throwing another party at the HQ. The first one was a little more on the experimental electronic side, but this one is going to be a straight up reggae-heavy jam, featuring a special set by J-Smoke of the Allies.

THE COOLDOWN
@ The Secret Theatre
4402 23rd St (bt 44th Rd & 44th Ave)
Long Island City, Queens

8 PM – 1 AM
21+ w/ID
$5 at door
BBQ

Music by:
J-SMOKE (The Allies) – hiphop/reggae
MIKEY DUBS – reggae/dubstep
KIM JONG ILL – reggae

Live Performances by:
MONSTAH BLACK & THE SONIC LEROY – live electro funk/soul

Visuals by:
WETCIRCUIT

We’re excited to present an amazing piece produced by our friend Chris Bagnall of Rockbox Films, featuring the one and only Ken Swift.

BEAT BREAKERS from Christopher Bagnall on Vimeo.

Visit the Beat Breakers site.

Our first Cooldown turned out to be a nice little shindig, despite being the hottest day of the summer and a late night flash storm. We had crazy visuals by the Forward Motion Theater crew and their VJs, set to dubbed out beats by Deepfield, Kimskii, Jools Palmer, and Dhundee. The post-Ps-1 crowd and party heads grubbed down to BBQ and chugged cheap beers.

We’ll be doing these every two weeks for the rest of the summer, with a rotating DJ lineup and special live performances. The next Cooldown is Saturday Aug 7th.

recap vid shot by the VJs:

EYEWASH – COOL DOWN July 24th from stephen dirkes on Vimeo.

Well, sort of our backyard… We’ve got a big private parking lot at our office in Long Island City with a loading dock that serves as an awesome stage for performers and DJs. Plus there’s an indoor theater in the back of the lot called The Secret Theatre. We’re just a few blocks away from PS-1 MOMA, where the Warmup series of outdoor concerts is in full swing.

Come on through! It’s gonna be a nice (and cheap) night to chill, grab some BBQ, bug out to some trippy visuals by world class VJs and shake your booty to the killer bass sounds of our favorite DJ, Dhundee, who’s gonna rock a dubsteppy set.

THE COOLDOWN
@ The Secret Theatre
4402 23rd St (bt 44th Rd & 44th Ave)
Long Island City, Queens

8 PM – 1 AM
21+ w/ID
$5 at door
BBQ

Music by:
Dhundee (Sugarcuts inc / GYDO) – Dubstep, House
Kimskii (Please & Thank You!, Sexytime Explosion) – Reggae, Dub, House
DeepField (Sexytime Explosion, 2Tuff) – Dubstep
Jools Palmer (Unisexi) – House, Electronica

Visuals by:
Eyewash
Motomichi
VJ Pixalot
Blind
Wetcircuit

Presented by:
Forward Motion Theater
The Secret Theatre
Catharsis
SugarCuts Music
Airtight Concepts