La Maison Des Jeunes de la Côte-Des-Neiges
and the Studio NoBadSound
present

                                                                                                                                                    
NBS CREW
The NoBadTape Vol. 1
The Official Launch

MARCH 5th, 2010
OFF THE HOOK GALLERY
1021a Ste Catherine Ouest
3rd Floor
Montreal, QC
H3B 1H1
$3
5:00 - 8:00pm

opening act:
Slam / Poetry / Open Mic



Studio NoBadSound was created in 2007 as an initiative of the Maison des Jeunes de la Côte-Des-Neiges. It was developed with the intention of offering young aspiring musicians a venue where they could develop their musical talents and express themselves artistically. The studio is located in Côte-des-Neiges (the most multicultural neighborhood in Montreal) and includes a small recording studio, a rehearsal space, and acts as a performance venue as well. It offers the youth of the neighborhood a wide variety of music based workshops each week which include beat boxing, rapping , writing lyrics, voice lessons, music production, DJ and performance skills.

In 2009, it began producing music of professional quality which could then be released on record. This initiative offered the young members of the studio the opportunity to work directly with the staff (who all have musical backgrounds themselves) to create, record, and develop musical projects that express conscious lyrics and thought provoking view points.

Studio NoBadSound's debut project is a 6 track EP titled, "The NoBadTape Vol. 1", which features 5 young Hip-Hop artists between the ages of 15 and 18 years old from CDN ( Lokita, Outsider, Jay-Cee, Vinh-Set, and Kem-J ) who joined forces over several months to create the group NBS CREW. These young talents express themselves in 4 languages ( French, English, Spanish, and Tagalog) and explore various subjects that are close to their hearts including : Love ( LOVE ), Unity ( Be Yourself ), the neighborhood of CDN( King of the day ), and simply the music that inspires them ( What We Love To Do). The musical production on the album is provided by two of the studio's animators(Syde Barrow, the studio director, music producer and French Dj and TR3S, a Montreal based music producer of Moroccan descent). The record also includes the talents of Lou Piensa and Meduza from Nomadic Massive and the vocals of Def, a Senagalese singer from the group Prodiges Galsen and DJ PH from Marseille, France.

The album was mixed and mastered by Moonstarr who is a local music producer, Dj and Public Transit Recordings Label founder.


For any questions or for interviews please contact

 Sarah Linhares ou Syde

514-657-3732