Prodigious and prolific emcee James Sobers, known professionally as BluRum13, has had an iconic career as a solo artist and a collaborative artist. He’s released two solo albums, done over 1,000 shows, and worked with such luminaries as Us3, One Self, Reverse Engineering, Bullfrog, the Russian Percussion, Resin Dogs, Ez3kiel, Groundworks, True Ingredients, and The Funginears. His legacy is celebrated in St. Petersburg in the form of a mural immortalizing his likeness after BluRum13 toured the country with One Self.
We just received a copy of his latest album Inverted Marsupials slated for release October 2013.
This album has been getting a lot of spins at the PwrMov.Es headquarters. BluRum13 has clever wordplay, intoxicating beats and tongue and cheek metaphors littered throughout the project. We definitely see influences from Mos Def, K-OS, Del and Abstract Rude over knocking beats from a variety of producers.
Our top 3 songs:
- Distortion
- T.L.O(Threat Level Orange)
- Strivin' Ft. Abstract Rude
The highly anticipated album, Inverted, was crafted during an artistic rebirth where BluRUm13 was liberating himself from genre and philosophical constrictions to find purity of expression. “I learned the thing we have in common with the Creator is the ability to create. So I began looking inward and creating for myself,” he says pensively. “Honesty is translatable. I’ve played many non-English-speaking countries where the venue is packed because the crowd gets ‘it,’ even if they don’t fully understand the language. “
Inverted boasts athletic and insightful flow and transcendent musicality. On “Threat Level Orange” BluRum13 lays it down limberly with abstract and ingenious verses like: Faith, changed from divinity ion dollars but humans hold the power of infinity/ go balance your chakras welcome to my ministry/ we bout to prey every hour to wash away the evil. “The threat is all the chaos and social programming in culture we’re subjected to from the commercial world,” he explains. “Venga” mixes hypnotic ethno musicality with smoldering rhymes for an intoxicating aural experience. The sleekly anthemic “Universal” loosely pays tribute to the late Michael Jackson. “In the studio we were watching MJ videos and inspired by how futuristic his dance moves were—people don’t do the twist anymore but they still moonwalk. We wanted to capture that futuristic element of his moves musically,” BluRum13 reveals.
Summing it up he says: “Making this album has been a real highlight for me because I made the music I heard in my head despite the pressure and anticipation. I was consumed with this album—there were a lot of sleepless nights—but it feels amazing right now,” he pauses. “It feels like a blockage was removed from my artery,” he says laughing.
Video for the single off the Inverted Album By BluRum13. Production By Conn Shawnery
and BluRum13... free download.https://soundcloud.com/blurum13/t-l-o
Video Directed by Pepe Furment
Edited by Pepe Furment
Post-production by Tomas Muñoz
Art Direction by David Montero
Cameraman: Tomas Muñoz
Audio Design by Pablo Martín
Custome Design by Nadia Balada
Original Idea: David Montero, Tomas Muñoz, Pablo Martín, Pepe Furment
Production by Eli Gonzalez, Nacho Cavanillas
