BREVNER SPEAKS ABOUT MADCHILD, THE BREVNER EP AND FUTURE COLLABORATIONS.

Baamogetswe: For the purpose of the followers, I'd start this interview by asking you for a brief breakdown of your origins, where you born where your based as current (etc)

Brevner: I'm born in Canada, but my heritage is Japanese and Trinidadian. When I'm not living out of a suitcase, Vancouver BC is home. I spent a lot of time in New York interning at various studios and doing film work for the coke boys and the late Chinx Drugz

Baamogetswe: Please tell us when your first encounter with hip-hop was, what did you hear or see that made you decide you want to pursue this as a career?

Brevner: I started writing poetry when I was 10 or so, and the first hip hop album I heard was "I am" by Nas. After hearing that I knew what I wanted to do with my life.

Baamogetswe: According do my research you have a new album out called  "Eclectricity" that Has a  West Coast Music Award nomination, what category were you nominated for? Can you tell us a little more about the album, the producers you worked with, featured artist etc...

Brevner: Eclectricity was nominated for a west coast music award for hip hop recording of the year. The album was mostly produced by myself with a couple tracks from my long-time friend and production partner Sonny Parmar.

Baamogetswe: Are you currently on tour?

Brevner: I am currently in Vancouver working on a new project.

Baamogetswe:  Before i ask I’d like to give props on your latest track "Waterloo" the production and bars are on point. What’s really on everyone dome is, "The Madchild Saga"

Brevner: To be honest the whole story is covered by the "Waterloo" track. That's what happened. I think it's resonated with people because of the brutal honesty. It's not name calling and fabricated insults like most "battle diss" records. It's more like a deposition

Baamogetswe: How are you and Snak the Ripper Affiliated?

Brevner: Snak and I are homies. I'm producing a few tracks on his upcoming album next year. We've bonded and become unlikely friends through that experience

Baamogetswe: What can we expect from Brevner in the future?

Brevner: I will be dropping a new album called the "Brevner EP" in January. I recently took down a majority of my old work in preparation because I feel that this project adequately represents where I've been, and where I'm headed as an artist. It was tough to take down my life's work to date... (Millions of YouTube views and
award nominations etc.) But a fresh start was needed.

Baamogetswe: Any artist you aspire to work with in the future, whether production or feature on the up and coming project?

Brevner: I hope to one day be a fly on the wall with Kanye West, or Thom Yorke (Radio head). Those are the musicians who I look up to most.
On the next project I've got some help from Project Pat (Three 6 mafia) king Louie (OVO) Riff Raff (Mad Decent) Rome Fortune (Fools Gold) Ant Live (TSA) Within Roots and Fembot.  Two local mega talents and some of my dearest friends

Baamogetswe:  In one word, how would you describe your sound?

Brevner: One word?  Raw.

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JUNE MARX (NYC) SPEAKS ABOUT TORCHBEARER RECORDS, NEW ALBUM "LOVE & WAR" AND FUTURE FOCUSES...

Baamogetswe: My first question would be, When was your first encounter with hip hop, what made you fall in love with the culture?

J.Marx:  I was raised in Brooklyn, New York and everybody I knew basically had their own style as far as MC'ing. Some people say I have a golden era style but that era is actually way before my time, I was raised in the "bling bling" generation not the 90's. It wasn't really music that inspired me, but game designers like Hideo Kojima & Ken Levine. A lot of MC's inspired me though since I was into both street styles and intellectual styles.
I always thought True Master & El-P were exceptional producers.

Baamogetswe: Please tell us a little more about Torchbearer Records, the artists signed, just a general breakdown of when it started, your involvement/role in the Company.

J.Marx: I founded Torchbearer Records in 2012 after my mother passed. My family scattered her ashes at the Statue of Liberty. I launched the label with the album "Seven Trumpets Sound" which features UG, Chief Kamachi, Reef the Lost Cause and more. The concept is in a world of darkness you've got to learn to light your path, to illuminate yourself. Optics @ falconiphotography.com does the majority of the visual work, and Naomi H. is the manager. In 2015 Torchbearer Records released:
Endless Winter (June Marx & Resolute)
Legendary Tactics
VVV1: Love & War
I basically run the label and do 90% of the production work at Trinity Site Studios.

Baamogetswe: Realized thru my discovery of your music that you have a large amount of followers in South Africa, do you at any point see yourself touring the continent?

J.Marx: I've received a lot of emails from Africa & I definitely see myself touring that country. I can't wait to finally link with the African fan base. I've been to Asia, the Middle East & Germany in my life. Asia, Africa & Europe are the focus for the next tour. The Heavy Artillery tour was the latest US tour.

Baamogetswe: "Love & War" being your latest project available on Bandcamp released in 2015, can we expect another project soon? who else from torchbearer can we look forward to releasing?

J.Marx: I have a lot of unreleased material that I refine here & there, Love & War took upwards of a year and some months to finish. It was being worked on slowly through the holidays, the Heavy Artillery Tour, my recent stay in the Midwest etc. I'm currently building/producing an album for an unannounced artist that will release through Torchbearer Records, I'll reveal details soon.

Baamogetswe: On the issue of the latest project, are there artist you aspire to work with?

J.Marx: There's nobody on my radar I want to work with really. On "Love & War" I featured JMega the God on a track called "Power", we've built on a few occasions as far as tracks. I produced "The War is On" featuring Merc Versus, an artist that's socially/politically conscious. I continued the military theme with tracks like "Focus" & "Tanks", both featuring Resolute. DJ TMB did scratch work on "High Voltage".
I do think producers like L'Orange, Black Milk & my brother Elhuana are talented though.

Baamogetswe: I know every artist believes their sound adds a different flavor to the Cult, how would you describe sound in one word?

J.Marx: One word? Pure. I think it's just the raw outcome of my experiences as a Man, an Iraq Veteran, a New Yorker, and an Artist.

Baamogetswe: Found work with you and Resolute, you featured on his latest album and worked together on the "Love & War" project, please explain the relationship you have with the artist


J.Marx: Resolute is from my 2nd home state, Illinois. I have family in the Midwest. I built a track "The Last of Us" for his debut album "The Last Horizon", & we also did the Heavy Artillery US tour this year. In Chicago we recorded "Endless Winter" during a snowstorm right before hitting the road for the tour which took us from Colorado's flat iron mountains all the way to Juarez city, Mexico.

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