BIO:
Socalled is a pianist, producer, composer, arranger, rapper, singer, journalist, photographer, filmmaker, magician, cartoonist and puppet maker based in Montreal, Quebec. After several solo albums including, The Socalled Seder and 2007′s Ghettoblaster, which featured the breakout hits, “The Good Old Days” and “You Are Never Alone”, it is time for his fourth studio album entitled Sleepover.

To add to his epic repertoire of artistry, Socalled has refined his genre-dipping instrumentation into his mosaic-like Sleepover. Somewhere at the intersection of folktronica, rap, and neo-soul, lives Socalled with his featherdusted, Klezmer sampled beats. The digital album will be released on 5/17 via MB3 Records (Royksopp, The Zoobombs) with a physical to follow in the Summer. Like the many hats that Socalled wears, he has also enlisted the help of contributing artists that are legendary in their own genres, such as Roxanne Shante, Katie Moore, Chilly Gonzales, The Mighty Sparrow, Irving Fields, Fred Wesley, and C-Rayz Walz.

The building blocks to the Sleepover album are illustrated in the documentary entitled “This Socalled Movie”. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada, the documentary offers an all-encompassing portrait of the man behind Socalled and his magnetic articulation to cross boundaries, to mix old and new sounds, acoustic and electric instruments, digital and analog recording techniques, while exploring different cultures and styles, all in the service of creating something catchy, smart, hilarious, emotional and timeless.

He has lectured and led master classes in music festivals around the world, from Moscow to Paris, London to LA, Krakow to San Francisco, and has performed on every continent in the world. As a producer, Socalled has created, amongst others, “Bubbemeises”for David Krakauer’s Klezmer Madness, “Tweet Tweet”, for klezmerfunk supergroup “Abraham Inc” featuring Fred Wesley, and Enrico Macias’ latest album “La Voyage d’une Melodie”. His list of collaborators knows no generational, social, cultural or religious boundaries: he has played with, featured, recorded and arranged for Chilly Gonzales, Fred Wesley, Boban Markovic, the Mighty Sparrow, Roxanne Shante, Irving Fields, Killah Priest, Matisyahu, Theodore Bikel, Katie Moore, Enrico Macias and Derrick Carter…

DOWNLOAD:
DOWNLOAD "SLEEPOVER" MP3

CONTACT:
Melissa Nastasi

LINKS:
OFFICIAL SITE
MYSPACE

VIDEO:

Socalled || Teaser Sleepover #2 from Dare To Care Records on Vimeo.

TOUR:
9/10 - New York, NY @ The Drom (NY Gypsy Fest)
9/25 - Montreal, QC @ Pop Montreal
10/8-9 - San Antonio, TX @ San Antonio Accordion Fest
10/10 - Chicago, IL @ TBA
10/11 - Minneapolis, MN @ TBA
10/12 - Winnepeg, MB @ West End Cultural Center
10/14 - Regina, SK @ The Exchange
10/15 - Saskatoon, SK @ Amigo's Cafe
10/16 - Edmonton, AB @ Wunderbar
10/20 - Seattle, WA @ TBA
10/21 - Portland, OR @ TBA