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Comped together some shots from the stage at Aces Lounge… the place was packed to the gills on a Saturday afternoon!

L4M 2010 Showcase at SXSW from Catharsis NYC on Vimeo.

The Cool Kids?
In Korea?
Really?
Bout Gahtdamn time!

Catharsis NYC is proud to have facilitated the booking for The Cool Kids to make their debut in the Land of the Morning Calm, my people’s land: S. Korea!

Joining The Cool Kids in the lineup are Theophilus London (Go BROOKLYN!), Cro-Magnon, Jazztronik, Ribbon Society, Triple House and our homies at 360 Sounds – this is lookin like one helluva party.

Don’t miss out if you’re in Seoul.

More info here: www.seedfest.co.kr

hi-res version (best viewed fullscreen)

Catharsis was down in Austin, Texas this past weekend to produce the second annual Lawyer4Musicians Showcase during the music festival portion of SXSW. The talented lineup included a diverse blend of both up-and-coming and well-established indie bands and hiphop emcees. This year’s showcase was held at Aces Lounge right on the main strip on 6th St. Red Stripe dropped off some beer (thanks Cornerstone!) which evaporated in a matter of moments, as the venue became packed to capacity with well over 800 people during the course of the show.

Cool Calm Pete hosted the afternoon’s festivities and even dropped an acapella verse to the crowd clapping along. Opening act You, You’re Awesome surprised attendees with their funky 8bit-infused sound. French Horn Rebellion entertained the crowd with their electro set and on-stage shenanigans. Hey Champ rocked the stage with their smooth synth and guitar sound. Bad Rabbits lit up the stage with their hi-energy, funk-punk performance. Kidz in the Hall kicked off the hiphop portion of the show with a strong set. The Cool Kids threw an amazing performance that made the crowd go buckwild thanks to Aces’ banging bass-heavy sound system. Highlights included special surprise performances by Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes during 88-Keys‘ set and an impromptu Dilated Peoples performance (minus DJ Babu) with Evidence and The Alchemist for Rakaa’s set. Check out the slideshow below, and keep posted for some exclusive video footage.

All in all, we can most definitely say that we rocked Austin, and can’t wait to do it again next year!

2010 Lineup:
- Rakaa Iriscience (Dilated Peoples)
- The Cool Kids
- Cool Calm Pete
- 88-Keys
- Kidz in the Hall
- Bad Rabbits
- Hey Champ
- French Horn Rebellion
- You, You’re Awesome

Special Surprise Guests:
- Travis McCoy (Gym Class Heroes)
- Evidence (Dilated Peoples)
- The Alchemist (Decon Records)

For more information on our friends at L4M, visit Lawyer4Musicians.com

Our heads are still spinning from the blur that was SXSW. Still compiling all the footage, looking for missing stuff, and wondering what exactly happened this past weekend… But we’ll say this – OUR SHOW WAS KICK ASS.

Just ask this guy.

Full coverage is on its way… Stay tuned!

We donated one of our old laptops to our friends over at BECA, a non-profit that helps poor children in Central America through education. My friends JB and Sherr led a mission down to Honduras to set up a satellite internet network for a rural school to have access to the www for the first time ever. Good to see old technology put to good use, instead of ending up in a landfill.

Visit BECA at www.becaschools.org.

Well, not exactly our house – at our party in Austin during the SXSW Music Festival in March.   This is the second year that we’re producing this event for Lawyer4Musicians (some of the good guys in the music biz), and it just keeps getting bigger and better.  We got an amazing lineup for this year’s L4M Unofficial SXSW Showcase. Check out the crazy ill poster designed by Joon:

Sat March 20, 1 – 5 PM

• Rakaa Iriscience (Dilated Peoples)
• The Cool Kids
• Cool Calm Pete
• 88-Keys
• Kidz in the Hall
• Bad Rabbits
• Hey Champ
• French Horn Rebellion
• + Opening Act TBD – UPDATED: Yeah, You’re Awesome has been selected to open the show!

Aces Lounge
222 East 6th Street
at corner of San Jacinto Blvd (on the main strip)

It’s gonna be a sick show — Rakaa from Dilated headlining.  Cool Calm Pete back on stage performing tracks from his upcoming album. 88-Keys live.  Bad Rabbits, a hi-energy funk band signed to Karmaloop. On top of that, the Cool Kids?

Watch out Austin.  We’re about to light you up.

Read the full PRESS RELEASE.

Some local coverage:

Austin 360
Austinist
Austin Chronicle
Do 512
Yelp
SXSW The Unofficial Guide
Hiphop Press
We Shot Jr

Happy 2010! We wish you a productive year full of good friendships and fortune. Hope you had a great time – we were busy helping put together this little shindig in Korea.

We sent the legendary producer and DJ extraordinaire, PETE ROCK, to Korea for an exclusive DJ set at the annual Milk Festival NYE bash at the Grand Intercontinental Hotel to help Seoul’s party people kick off the New Year in style. Expect a lot more great shows lined up this year from yours truly!

Looks like Pete Rock did a bangup job.

Not to toot our own horn, but TooT, TooT! Toki!  Our team member, Tonia Kim, is a mad talented designer out in Chicago, and her jewelry collection is being featured at Steven Alan in her very own trunk show!   Congrats Tonia!

TOKI TRUNK SHOW :: Steven Alan.

We’re proud to announce that we’ve secured a new little office in Long Island City, Queens! We’re located in a historic building, the Long Island City Art Center, that has been around for 160+ years and was recently renovated (we’re kind of still breathing fumes).

We’ll be unleashing some amazing goodness from our new HQ in the upcoming months… so holler at us, if you’re interesting in dropping by for a visit.

Catharsis NYC
44-02 23rd St
Suite 301
Long Island City, NY 11101

tel: 718.619.8157