Black Carl & Saka Present Rush Hour at Martin's Downtown

214 State Street,Jackson MS 39201

03 November, 2022

Description

All eyes are on Black Carl! as he bursts out of the fertile Birmingham bass scene. A stacked release plan is in the works for 2022 as he racks up major club and festival plays including Okeechobee, Ubbi Dubbi, SONIC BLOOM, and several high-profile events yet to be announced. Even bigger tour plans are slated for the back half of the year as scores of shows line up around his infectious and stage presence. Carl Bell has won over fans from coast-to-coast (and soon, internationally) with a blend of hard-hitting beats and raw showmanship. Bell’s not happy until the fans are as sweaty as his ubiquitous stage towels. Nobody works harder to capture a crowd and draw them into his explosive sound. Black Carl!'s duo Integrate with fellow Birmingham-based act VCTRE, is on a parallel trajectory garnering just as much attention as its solo projects thanks in no small part to the dynamism and chemistry of two best friends sharing the music they love. New music from all three projects is queuing up in advance of a breakout year. Up-and-comer ‘Saka’ has had an explosive start to 2022. Building off of the momentum from releases via Cyclops Recordings, widely respected UK imprint Inspected Records, Odyzey Music, Halcyon, a two-track EP on Gud Vibrations, an EP via underground tastemakers DOMEOFDOOM, and a barrage of self-released singles, the forward-thinking newcomer continues to impress. his swiftly growing discography exemplifies a cutting-edge sonic quality that is both familiar and unconventional. The experimental beatmaker draws inspiration from an eclectic variety of underground electronic and his hometown of Hong Kong, wielding a sound palette that is both carefully intricate yet chaotically destructive; industrial yet organic; oriental yet occidental. By combining broken beat patterns, undulating soundscapes, rippling melodies and grotesque basslines, the burgeoning bass talent has achieved an instantly recognizable sound that is uniquely his own. With support amongst top tier industry heavyweights such as SLANDER, RL Grime, Alison Wonderland, Excision, Zeds Dead, Subtronics, CloZee, and Noisia, Saka is carving his very own path through the left-field electronic space and turning heads every step of the way.