EXILE

Sat 3/6/10, 6-8p | In-Store at Jugrnaut (Chicago)



Sat 3/6/10 |

Bring That Beat Back Volume II

Ft. Blu & Exile + Tanya Morgan + More

Subterranean - Chicago



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VIMBY - EXILE



New video from EXILE RADIO Directed by EXILE, editing and FX by Wayne Simbro, photos Tony Browning



EXILE / were all in power



Aleksander "Exile" Manfredi, is not the first

in his family to create music. Father Albert Trent Manfredi (R.I.P.)

had released some now sought after 45's in the early 60's and grand

father Alberico Manfredi tought music and played in bands ranging from

Mariachi to traditional Italian music.  At an early age Exile learned

to play the accordion  while living in his grandfathers garage only seeing his father time to time. Exile's

father was experimenting with drugs at the time so he left to live

with his mother and sister in a 2 bedroom section 8 apartment with no

car, and only enough food Welfare checks and food stamps would buy.

It was during these times he sought refuge in music.

Exile was first introduced to Hip Hop from roller skating rinks

and the movie "Breakin." Later for Christmas his cousin gave him his

first 2 tapes The Sex Pistols Never Mind The Bollocks and LL Cool J

Radio. After that his love for hip hop grew into trying to create it himself.

It started with a beat box in the 5th grade as well as trying to

scratch on a home stereo system. He would hold the tape button down

while pressing the phono button which cut the music on and off

creating a transformer scratch as he moved the record back and forth.

Starting from the 6th grade exile knew what he wanted to do, make music.

With no money and no knowledge of where to acquire the equipment,

Exile took it upon himself to find out how to make beats. With one

turntable and  two tape decks he figured out the art of creating tape

loops at the age of 15. After honing his skills as a turntablist with

no mixer, he finally purchased a mixer with a one button sampler and

a four track. Later at the age of 18 Exile met then 16 year old rapper

Aloe Blacc and began recording songs on the four track and selling many albums

with there music on one side and a mix tape on the other. Together they formed

Emanon and have been making music ever since. The two later met then

19 year old rapper blu who started to work with Exile on his solo effort,

Dirty Science, with tracks featuring artists ranging from Slum Village, MED to Ghostface Killa.

Right after thier first studio session the two started to talk about an album

together, later making the critically acclaimed classic blu and Exile's

Below The Heavens. After production work with Mobb Deep, Jurassic 5,

Akon, Snoop Dogg and others he continues to excel in the art with instrumental

projects coming out later this year,another Blu album, another Emanon LP and a

few surprises guaranteed to catch people off guard. Keep your ears open.

Exile has just begun.



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Exile "Milli" Video from Jonathan Kim on Vimeo.