RVLVR celebrated the release of his new EP Stranger with an interview with John Morrison of WKPN’s The Key.  They discuss the background behind the dystopian song titles and lyrics as well as the extensive productions.  Definitely give it a read here.

RVLVR returns to NOREMIXES with a single that builds on his most recent collaborative EP with Ben O’Neill. Machine Gun Mouth is an almost all analog affair, with tracking and mixing taking place at Wyncote PA’s Kawari Sound. RVLVR provides all the overdubs on this one: drums, vocals, keyboards.

To celebrate the release, we broke our own rules and had 5 artists rework the track. Remixes were provided by Starkey, John Morrison, William Fields, Shell Money (who actually engineered the record with RVLVR) and WWAARRPPSSPPEEEEDD. You can preview the WWAARRPPSSPPEEEEDD remix below.

We’re really excited to preview the first music from the forthcoming RVLVR & Ben O’Neill project, out December 1st.

You all should be familiar with RVLVR from his releases on this label, as well as Seclusiais and other imprints. However, Ben O’Neill may be a name you don’t recognize. Ben met James (aka RVLVR) when as undergrads at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts; so this project has been a long time in the making. For the past few years, O’Neill has been flexing his guitar skills on the road with the likes of John Legend, Jill Scott and Kanye West (amongst others).

Check out the group’s take on drum & bass (?) with Fade Away courtesy of Walmer Convenience.

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The video of RVLVR’s live set for Philadelphia-based Podcast, Paper Box Sessions, is now available to view on YouTube (see below).  RVLVR was joined by Starkey for the session which included music from the ‘Astral EP’ as well as some new material (including his remix for Oh! Pears forthcoming on ‘ONLYEMIXES Vol. 1’.

The duo also recorded an interview podcast which can be streamed/downloaded here.  They discuss the Philly music scene, meeting back in the day, NOREMIXES and other topics.

 

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Tonight’s the night if you’re in the Philadelphia region!  The NOREMIXES Showcase featuring 7 of the acts on the label is going down at Johnny Brenda’s.  Starkey, Oh! Pears, Mikronesia, RVLVR, Beck-Fields, Winter Sleep and ghostinthehills will all be performing live.  Doors are at 8pm and the show starts at 8:30.  Hope to see you there.