Spencer Greene aka Savvy Society is a New Jersey born, Atlanta based Producer/DJ who I’ve been familiar with for sometime now. In all actuality, he’s like my little brother from another mother. The self-described ‘anti-hipster’ grew up on house and club music, so it’s no wonder that his sound is sexy a mix of jazzy synths that would make Pharrell coo and banging beats that evoke the tribal thump of both Africa and the fidget bass of Baltimore club music.
I started working on this remix of Bilal’s song “Robots” earlier this year for a contest and then I decided to not enter it because I just wanted to do it for fun without the extra pressure. Working on this track really allowed me to brush up on my mixing and production skills.
Recently I’ve completely slowed down on collaborating and this is the best thing i could ever do for myself .I have so much more time to focus on my personal evolution. A couple months ago though I sent Miami based digital composer Eden Grey an acapella of one of my tunes and she flipped it and created something new and interesting with the vocals and production.
I’ve been holding back on sharing this. Shame on me for being selfish. Back in February, Corinne Stevie, PaperFrank & Sean Fahie collaborated on this piece together at the Art Nouveau three year anniversary party. Their three distinct styles mesh well. Take a look at more of the images below.
When I was feeling anxious and pondering the true meaning of life, God told me to go outside sit by a tree and enjoy the breeze 
The Bay Area beauty Ka’Ra Kersey coos, crawls, scats and screams on this new track all in hopes of scoring a lip-lock with the DJ. “Makin’ Out With The DJ” is a leftover from the Land of the Free sessions. Brash, fast and sexy, this is bound to get loads of playtime this Summer. The track was produced by Corinne Stevie. Listen and download the track below.
I love Illustrated album covers and it seems like this trend has been resurfacing lately check out a couple of covers I really love done by some amazing artists.
Traveling exhibition Esoteric Lore continues when it’s next stop at the Auburn Ave Research Library in Atlanta, Ga opens tonight. Esoteric Lore: Visual Storytelling is a growing collective of eight female artists sharing empowering artwork that engages and responds to one sided and often times negative representations of black women in mainstream media. The collective features an array of talented painters, photographers, videographers and musicians including Corinne Stevie Francilus, Taryn Lee Crenshaw, Iman Person, Nikita Gale, Michelyah, Elizah Turner, Crystal E. Monds, and Faatimah Stevens.
By manipulating objects such as vinyl records, mirrors, wood, canvas, paper, and plastic these women are sculpting eclectic interpretations of process art. According to the artists, “focusing on the end result, we see the value in capturing the method of production. We define process art as the relationship between the creator and the created.”
This past Thursday, we celebrated three years of Art Nouveau Magazine with some very special guests. Brooklyn based rapper Theophilus London made his debut at the show will also featured showstopping performances by Tendaberry, theDOLLDAZE, Rahbi (aided by two strippers, yes strippers!), Ethereal, Aware and many many more. The scene was set to look like a circus featuring visuals from Atlanta’s visual army of GreatEclectic, Sean Fahie, Paper Frank and Corinne Stevie. Check out this video recap shot by K.D.
After the recent Little Dragon show in Miami I ran up to lead vocalist Yukumi Nagano to give her some artwork that I created for her and the band. I’ve been a fan of Little Dragon’s music since 2008 and I gotta thank my homie Tino for putting me on to their music. Thanks Allie for getting me the Machine Dreams album. Little Dragon’s music has enhanced my life in so many ways Thank you guys!
We told you we had something big planned for Art Nouveau Magazine’s three year anniversary. Feb 24, at the Deefor Centre in Atlanta, Celebrate this Brand of Insanity with us and a few special guests. For the first time, Theophilus London will travel all the way from his home of Brooklyn, NY to bless Atlanta with his signature mix of old school soul and electro hip-hop. The event also features bass infused DJ sets by GreatEclectic, Ethereal & Savvy Society, pop up performances by Tendaberry, RAHBI, BOSCO, A Ware, Corinne Stevie, theDOLLDAZE, Micah Freeman, Vina Mills, Jay Scott & Ben Carson, live art by Paper Frank and Sean Fahie and GAS Up Radio’s Guy Anthony as the host for the night. With all that and free drinks from 9-10 PM courtesy of Tree of Life you’ll want to get there early.
Tickets for Art Nouveau’s Anniversary Party are on sale now. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Please visit www.an-mag.com/3 to purchase tickets. Accept the Nouveau.
