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BLACKSPACE X ON SPOTIFY
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@MOTIONLIVE ON IG
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AKILLA’S ESCAPE
In a crime-noir about the urban child-soldier, Akilla Brown captures a fifteen-year-old boy in the aftermath of an armed robbery. Over one gruelling night, Akilla confronts a cycle of generational violence he thought he escaped.
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LIMITED EDITION ORALTORIO TEES at BEDDOART.COM!
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Griots to Emcees: Examining Culture, Performance & Spoken Word at York University (Toronto), taught by MOTION. Explores the form, function and content of Spoken Word, in terms of language, rhythm, historical developments, social- political contexts, as well as key artists of poetry, rap, dub, slam, lyricism and spoken word as live and direct purveyors of culture.
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WATCH! CORONER~CBC TV!
From the stage to the screen! Tune In to MOTION's TV WRITING DEBUT on the brand new dramatic series CORONER. Binge watch Season 1 and 2 on CBC GEM.
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HEADSPACE ROTATES ~ TUNE IN! ON MIXCLOUD
HEADSPACE ROTATES RADIO is an eclectic combo of progressive sounds - Hip Hop to neo-soul, beat driven, electronic, funk jazz, and yet-to-be categorized experimental astral soundscapes - reflecting the new, next and now of global urban sounds. Paying homage to the classics and the contemporary, HSR tunes into Independent music scenes, the movers and shakers, groundbreakers and the rare hidden gems that must be played. Hosted by MOTION | Music by L'OQENZ| Mixed & Engineered ZOé SOUNDMIND
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LISTEN!! HEADSPACE RADIO TRIBUTE TO SON OF SOUL
Category Archives: Sound
OKAYPLAYER PREMIERS the BASQUIAT MIX by L’OQENZ aka NiteOWLNaps
27 years after his passing, JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT‘s aura continues to rise. Infamous artist, actor, DJ who came of age with the earliest of the New York Hip Hop and punk scenes, Basquiat has left an indelible cultural mark. From the millennial … Continue reading
TORONTO to TriBeCa FILM FEST 2015
A DJ and a Screenwriter take to the Tribeca Film Festival to embark on a multi-sensory perspective remixing the worlds of word and sound. Inspired by the over 30 international women filmmakers – and 11 female directors from New York … Continue reading
HEADSPACE LAUNCHES BLK FUTURE 2015 by L’OQENZ
Intergalactic, smooth, bass driven, urgent, futuristic, soulful, fresh, relevant; these are the words that have been used to describe the L’OQENZ aka NiteOwlNaps (NON) sound. Hailing from Toronto, NON has emerged through deejaying into music production, composition and infusing various musical … Continue reading
BUY MotionLIVE EP on iTunes!
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/motion-live-ep/id272565886 1) Mr. Right 2) City Living, Pt. 2 Motion & Mosea 3) Life Sentence Tweet
COURTESY OF DJ L’OQENZ :: WARM UP MIX
Featuring some of the best of the watery ones…Ghostface to Glenn Lewis, Aaliyah to Onra, Isis and Kendrick Lamar. Bought to you by DJ L’OQENZ. Tweet
Aneemah’s Spot Mixtape Vol. 2 by DJ L’Oqenz feat. All-Toronto Line Up!
ANEEMAH’S SPOT MIXTAPE PLAYLIST 01. ANDREENA MILLS – NAKED 02. NBS | RICH KIDD, TONA & ADAM BOMB – NO ONE KNOWS MY STRUGGLE 03. WIO K FT. SEROCEE & TY – AN TING 04. ZAKI IBRAHIM – EVERYTHING 05. … Continue reading
Performing Diaspora Explores Ourstory of Toronto Urban Music
“It almost felt like we were all there to renew the wedding vows of Hip-Hop and knowledge in Toronto by bringing our intellect to new heights of convolution; We did this through powerful discussion and conversation on important topics such … Continue reading
#1stcontactconcert invades TOronto – June 3rd at the MOD Club
Toronto, ON – A killer line-up of female artists including Zaki Ibrahim, Tanika Charles, Saidah Baba Talibah, Lal, Motion, and DJ’s Mel Boogie and L’Oqenz will be performing at Toronto’s Mod Club on June 3rd to raise funds for the 1st Time Project. The … Continue reading
Listen. Follow. The Masterplan Show
The LONGEST and the STRONGEST, CIUT’s the MASTERPLAN SHOW has been live-on-air since 1989. Hip Hop every Saturday Night on 89.5fm, delivered through 50, 000 watts of booming sound, has been Masterplan’s … Continue reading
