Saturday March 21 @7pm Erykah Badu is set to perform with the Cannabinoids at Auditorium Shores… this is a set you will NOT want to miss! What is a Cannabinoid you ask???
8 turntables, 4 MP’s, 3 laptops, 2 motif’s, 1 funk box, no rehearsal.
The Cannabinoids represent a musical exploration of the science of addiction. It’s the sensational reaction created when the synthetic combines with the organic, and The Cannabinoids are the receptors that bind the experience. The project was originally conceived when Erykah Badu sought to manifest live musical improvisation utilizing the tools of studio tracking and hip-hop production.
Inspired by her cosmic collaborations for her upcoming record due out in 2007, she reached out to musicians, DJs, and beatsmiths from her hometown of Dallas whom she felt would be able to vibe with the concept. The musical concept was improvisation. The ideological concept was akin to the studies done on cannabinoid receptors, which identified specific proteins present in the brain that are responsible for the euphoric effects of cannabis.
With each member of the group assigned a specific cannabinoid (musical role), the receptors proceed to serve as a catalyst to inspire creation in each other, and to collectively create a psychedelic, live hip-hop experience for the audience.
THE CANNABINOIDS present
“the welcome to the human brain… and the science of addiction.”introducing: (in no certain order)
1. Jah born – HU-210… as cerebral cortex aka grey matter
(controBs thinking)2. Erykah Badu – THC as sarah bellum aka meddula oblongata
(known as the ‘little brain’/controls heart rate)3. DJ Big Texas – SR141716 as sphenoid
(bone in skull that is known as ‘two great wings’)4. Head Krack – SR144528 as frontal lobe aka hypothalamus
(controls impulse/connects directly to the Master gland)5. Skin – WIN55,212-2 as fornix aka sagittal suture
(carrier of the signals/connects the 2 sides of the skull)6. Sportizm – CP-55940 as zygomatic
(articulates with sphenoid bone in skull/keeps from aka cheekbone)7. RC Williams – JWH-133 as maxilla
(part of skull that fuses 2 halves of mental symphysis)8. Symbolic one – NABILONE as somatosensory cortex
(triggers the sensation or experience of touch)9. Free – LEVONATRADOL as superior colliculus aka substantia nigra
(generator of hand eye coordination/black substance in midbrain)10. Picnic – MARINOL as corpus callosum aka white matter
(connects rt and lft cerebral hemispheres)11. A ONE – SATIVEX as cingulated gyrus
(controls emotion, memory, processing, learning)
For more info on the SXSW lineup check out tha link!
