.transcending reality, consciousness, and the beyond.
UMconscious (the UM) is a very well-respected, live hip-hop band that blends original beats with poetics and melodic tribal-backed grooves, and is comprised of Johnny L (bass/vocals), Boogie B (guitar/vocals), Sibs (drums), and DJ Lush (turntables).
Shortly after releasing "The Avenue," the UM's first full-length LP, in 2008, the band won Westword Magazine's "Best Hip-Hop Band in Colorado" title. Formed in 2005, the UM had created a debut album that was described as "deliciously coherent and technical." Having rocked many premier events in Colorado
Several national acts with whom the UM has shared the stage include Arrested Development, B-Side Players, Flobots, Living Legends, Lyrics Born, Pepper, Pharcyde, and Wu-Tang Clan. The band also toured with Guru's Jazzmatazz and played the 2012 Sonic Bloom Pre-Party, hosted by world-renowned artists Alex & Allyson Grey.
Currently, the UM is in the studio wrapping up the recording, mixing, and mastering of its full-length, follow-up album to "The Avenue," which is due to be released at a long-awaited show taking place at the Bluebird Theater in Denver, CO on August 24, 2012. All in all, this is a very exciting time for the UM; the band is extremely energized to begin promoting its soon-to-be-released second album and again tour throughout/beyond Colorado.
www.umconscious.com
Best Hip Hop Group 2009 ~Westword Magazine
January Cover of the Colorado Music Buzz~ Artist to watch for in 09
Featured In URB Magazine in the Next Top Movers
Top Five Show~Rocky Mtn News
#1 Selling Album at Twist & Shout records weeks upon release
UmConscious is proud to announce that Fuse tv picked up our first video
Um…Conscious?
People often ask.What type of music is it?
"This is like Hip Hop meets Radio Head."
Producer Dick Jones, BrotherHood Studios
"After all it's art; you tell me what you think it sounds like. I'll tell you what it's not."
Johnny L of the UM.
This raw innovative group, UmConscious (a.k.a., the UM) will captivate and inspire everyone from hip hop heads to punk rockers to dump truck funk lovers.
