blocSonic News

New release: Enjoy the self-titled debut album by Jeremy Macachor

Have you been trying to find that perfect road trip album? Fear not, this may be the one! Imagine cruising through wide-open expanses, top down… this soul-seeping stuff blasting. When I say soul-seeping, I mean it. With repeated listens, this stuff will seep into you and become such a part of you,…… Read “New release: Enjoy the self-titled debut album by Jeremy Macachor”

Call for remixers for a special blocSonic and Garmisch remix event!

Before Garmisch came to blocSonic, they released two great EPs with the now defunct netlabel Go, Jukebox!. Those EPs never saw a lossless release and deserve such a treatment, so we’re re-releasing them as part of what’s currently entitled “The Garmisch EP XE”. An Xtended Edition release featuring b…… Read “Call for remixers for a special blocSonic and Garmisch remix event!”

New release: Say hello to Jeremy Macachor

Today we’re honored to welcome a new member to our family of artists, Jeremy Macachor. Jeremy is one half of the group Innocent Bandits. You may recall them from their appearance on “netBloc Vol. 30: aldartea”. After that appearance, he approached me about releasing his self-titled solo album and af…… Read “New release: Say hello to Jeremy Macachor”

New release: Introducing Joey Ripps’ “The Son of 1,000 Pardons”, hip-hop done well

In the early 80s, while in my teens, I first heard hip-hop music and it was for me… there was simply something about it that spoke to me. It was the future. It was exciting and fresh. A musical genre in its infancy that was finding its way… learning who it was. It grew up over the years… it evolve…… Read “New release: Introducing Joey Ripps’ “The Son of 1,000 Pardons”, hip-hop done well”

New release: Welcome back to blocSonic… JOEY RIPPS!

Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Joey Ripps is part of the multi-talented Just Plain Sounds crew. Depending on how much you follow blocSonic, there’s a chance that you’re familiar with JPS. If you aren’t, let me tell you that they’re quite simply the most prolific and talented hip-hop squad in the…… Read “New release: Welcome back to blocSonic… JOEY RIPPS!”

New release: Goodbye 2010, Hello 2011. Ladies & gents… netBloc Vol. 31!

2010 has been an incredible year for blocSonic. We’ve had Boots Riley on ETHX’ “Boom to Bloom” and Chuck D on Just Plain Ant’s “Rumble, Young Man, Rumble”. We’ve released our first indie and pop albums with Friends or Whatever’s self-titled debut, Garmisch’s self-titled blocSonic debut and Liam St…… Read “New release: Goodbye 2010, Hello 2011. Ladies & gents… netBloc Vol. 31!”