After 7 years of radio silence, music study, extensive touring and artistic exploration, louis logic will follow up 2006′s collaborative record with J.J. Brown, “Misery Loves Comedy”, with his first self-produced album on progressive indie label Fake Four Inc. Titled louis logic “Look On The Blight Side”, it’s a rap record written in an indie pop singer/songwriter style completely sample free, with original arrangements written and played by Louis. This dark collection of songs gives fans a revealing look into his long journey of self discovery. Louis takes to the road beginning in late winter of 2013 to start sharing songs from the new album live in preparation for his summer release. Check out the first shared song from the album, “A Day Late And A Dollar Short” at www.fakefourinc.com now.

Teacher-turned-rapper Random aka Mega Ran’s journey into music has taken him farther down the rabbit hole than ever imagined, with extensive tours, and releases coming at rapid fire rates. After turning heads with video game projects “Forever Famicom” with K-Murdock (2010) and “Black Materia” with Lost Perception (2011, 2012), 2013 sees Ran at his most active; releasing monthly challenge EP’s with DJ DN3, as well as touring both coasts furiously. Ran is working on a mixtape, a book and video game soundtracking for several indie titles, as well as setting up a Sega tribute album for the end of the year. Hear the new EP “Time and Space: Eternalism” atmegaranmusic.com now.

Tour Dates:

3/2 @ The Compound (House Party Show check sites for address) Richmond, VA

3/3 @ That’s How I Beat Shaq, Virginia Beach, VA

3/5 @ Conundrum, West Columbia, SC

3/7 @ Smoke and Barrel Tavern, Fayetteville, AR

3/8 @ Lola’s, Ft. Worth, TX

3/9 @ Yeti, Tulsa, OK

SXSW:

3/12 @ Spiderhouse Outdoor Stage – The Day Shift Meet & Greet, Austin, TX

3/13 @ Laugh Lounge at Austin Java – The Doozers Showcase, Austin, TX

3/14 @ Dive – Scratched Vinyl Showcase, Austin, TX

3/14 @ 512 Rooftop – Fake Four Inc. Showcase, Austin, TX

3/15 @ Spanish Moon, Baton Rouge, LA

3/16 The Feed & Seed, Lafayette, LA

3/17 @ Taste, Orlando, FL

3/18 @ Black Flower, Raleigh, NC

3/20 @ Bohemian Cafe, Baltimore, MA

3/21 @ Kung Fu Necktie, Philadelphia, PA

3/22 @ PAX East, Boston, MA (several appearances)

3/26 @ The Black Shire, London, ON

3/27 @ Comet Bar, Cincinnati, OH

3/29 @ Shadow Lounge, Pittsburgh, PA

3/30 @ Singers Karaoke Club, Solvay, NY (early show)

3/31 @ TBA, Ithaca, NY

MORE BEING ADDED!

but no time for sleep.. let’s go.

Well, while I work on THE VS PROJECT with Willie Evans Jr, New Writers Guild music, and my new album “Language Arts,” which will be both a COMIC and 3-PART ALBUM, I’ll be stopping by to drop off surprise tracks and info about the albums. FINALLY, it will be completed! 3 years, that’s how long I’ve been working on this.

SHOWS!!
Big shows coming up.. Tekkoshocon (PGH), Drunken Unicorn (ATL), PAX East (BOS) and Philly! get your tickets now!

Well thanks for all the help, and I’ll see you in the funny papers…literally!

check out this new interview with Swerve Magazine:

http://www.theswervemagazine.com/Tekko.html

New track: “Awakening” sampling Mega Man Zero:

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2011 was a defining year for me. I had undoubtedly the greatest year of my professional life, and I have you guys to thank for that!

Let’s run it down, shall we?

JANUARY.

January started off in full blast with 2 projects; First being SPY vs SPY Volume 2 with AZ producer and emcee SPAN PHLY.

(free download)

Next was the album that changed it all…

BLACK MATERIA.

Based on my favorite RPG of all time, the album featured Lost Perception on the beats, and some of my favorite artists lending guest vocals. That led to some really cool things happening, including..

Playstation: The Official Magazine.

And Game Informer, among other great press outlets.

MARCH was festival month, as we hit SXSW in Austin, C2E2 in Chicago, and PAX East in Boston.

At this time, Japan was rocked by not one, but 2 natural disasters. We tried to do our part with this song, and donated over $200 to Japan!

Around this time, I had an offer to play overseas for the first time, so we organized a trip to the UK, with your help!

MAY was a big month, that’s when I made “The Decision” and resigned from teaching.

Right after that, I dropped “TeacherRapperHero2″

and we finished up the Mirandom video for “Wednesday,”

then headed overseas in JUNE.

On our return, and in JULY, we finished up Forever Famicom DLC 2 and got ready for Nerdapalooza, where the response was amazing.

and then in AUGUST got the call of a lifetime… from mc chris.

We were asked to join the EPIC RACE WARS TOUR in the Fall.

During the tour, we released DLC2:

and when the tour ended in late OCTOBER, it was time to release the long-awaited Mega Ran 10 album in NOVEMBER:

AND as if that wasn’t enough, there was still DECEMBER!

First was a trip to JAPAN!

and then, Mirandom time!

How can we possibly top this next year????

Stay Tuned Mega Fans…

Peace!

Random

Video Game Music and Nerdcore Hip-Hop
Cat Theatre
Saturday, 4:30pm – 5:30pm

Nerds who rap? Sounds foolish… maybe. MC and gamer Random, aka Mega Ran will take you through the history of both hip-hop and video games, and explain how they both met up at a strange crossroads called “nerdcore hip-hop.” Guest Panelists include Damien “MC Frontalot” Hess, Godfather of Nerdcore and more!

Panelists include: Raheem Jarbo [Musician, Mega Ran.Com], Damian Hess [Musician, MC Frontalot/Level Up Records], Kyle Murdock [Producer, Neo Sonic Productions]
PAX is sold out, but if you’re in Boston, hit me on twitter and we’ll try to make something happen….maybe we can talk music over some Boston Baked Beans…or whatever you guys do out there.

Meanwhile, hear BLACK MATERIA on the GAME INFORMER SHOW PODCAST this week!

Speaking of, for PAX and SXSW, ALL Random albums are 20% off this week!

stock up!

SXSW? oh yeah, that thing.

K and Ran will be there all week, popping up at various events, starting with our official Showcase:
Time
Tuesday March 15
9:00PM
Venue
Flamingo Cantina
21+
515 E 6th St

click image to order.

Now, I’ve collected most of our interviews on Forever Famicom, as well as some bonus stuff, so you can check those out here.

Random and K-Murdock interview with the Find (pt 1)
In the last interview, I said: I want this album to be a bridge, for hip hoppers and for video gamers. For video-gamers who never thought they were cool enough to like hip hop, and for hip hoppers who thought they were TOO cool to acknowledge video games that aren’t called ‘Madden’ and ‘Call of Duty’. To me that’s really the extent..

This Week In Geek – Birdman’s Boombox – Interview with Random and Mike Dodd
Click here to hear the audio

1Up.com Podcast interview with Random and K-Murdock
K Murdock: It started about three years ago. To give you some backstory about how I met Ran, I was working at XM Satellite Radio as an audio engineer and on the side I hosted a show called Subsoniq that plays underground and progressive hip-hop. In the mail I had gotten a package with two CDs: The Call and the first Mega Ran album. Ran didn’t know at the time that K Murdock from Subsoniq was also K Murdock from the group Panacea. I loved both the albums but I was flipping out because I had never heard anyone do anything like Mega Ran. I hit him up on Myspace and said we should collaborate.

*BONUS!* SXSW Podcast: Nerdcore 101
Random, YTCracker, MC Frontalot and Jesse Dangerously

click here to listen to the entire panel.

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