In the world of music, things are cool until everyone discovers them. At that point, they either become un-cool or they rise to the next level and become hip.

Chicago is on that next level-ish and Shala Esquire formally of the Universal Recording Group Qualo, guides you down a path that introduces you to the new wave scene of Chicago hip hop. Shala’s Immortal Movement Radio Mixtape (Volume One) is a collection of fresh tracks from some of Chicago’s new leaders such as Hollywood Holt, Million Dollar Mano, and Mic Terror. Each song turns up the bass, fast-forwards the tempos, and busts out sharp and comical lyrics.

Tracklisting:
1. Pump up the Volume- Cool Kids
2. Swerve and Lean- Hollywood Holt feat. GLC and Shala/Random Hollywood
Holt interview
3. Rock!- Hollywood Holt
4. Telephone- Kid Sister
5. Pockets- Qualo CNN interview with Shala (of Qualo)
6. Bang That- Hollywood Holt/Mic Terror live in Montreal
7. Hioooo- Mic Terror
8. Beat in My Trunk- Mic Terror feat. Shala and Hollywood Holt
9. Black Mags- Cool Kids
10.donotfollow (snippet)- Shala feat. Yaw
11. Crash Dummies- He Say She Say
12. Who U Wit (Mano rmx)- Steed Lord X Million Dollar Mano
13. Akebono-Low. B feat. Major Taylor’s Jai Alai Savant
14. Chocolate Tie-Qualo feat. Ace Watkins
15. Hoopty Music- Mic Terror
16. the Star- Qualo feat. Jameisha Trice
17. Pro Nails (rmx)- Kid Sister feat. Kanye West
18. The Great Chicago Winter- Shala

LISTEN TO THE MIX

<>SHALA ESQUIRE MYSPACE

For Those of you that didn’t know FMCS is based in Latvia then shame on you.

”Shit we thought you guys were based in LA or London”… is the usual reply. But that’s cool, it’s not a well known fact. If you didn’t know the East is the new West then you need to take a trip over here.

Those in the know are looking to the East for inspiration cause we know how to continue to wave the flag of individuality, new youth culture, design and fashion. To kick off some future exposure we will be doing centered around the East in the coming months, let us introduce DJ AI-VA… a one man super mash-up man in the mix.

For DJ Ai-va, the number one priority is musicality. Drawing his influences from Soul, Funk, Rock, Reggae, HipHop, Breakbeats, Baltimore club, hyphy, etc DJ Ai-va extracts the essence of all these styles, blending and arranging them in a way that’s captivating and entertaining to his listeners.

After a few years’ practice at home, in 1991 DJ Ai-va started playing at school parties, small clubs and bars. In the early 90’s DJ Ai-va played only electromagnetic tapes (the most populat format in ex-Soviet Union), later he switched to CD and vinyl. In the late 90’s together with Ozols and Gustavo, he became one of the first and, very few hip hop party DJs in Latvia. At the same time, he began to organize events and, hip hop parties in various clubs in Riga – Pulkvedis, Jim Beam, 4 Love & $ and Ultra.

As a travelling party rocker, he has played in many countries including neighbouring Lithuania and Estonia, as well as USA (Chicago, NYC, California), Canada (Toronto), Sweden and Norway.

DJ Ai-va plays hip hop, r`n`b, funk, soul, breakbeats, baltimore, hyphy, etc…

He has released various mixtapes such as:
Mass DNM mixtape 2006,
Eastern Block 2003,
Beats of the year 2002 - 2005,
European Urban Hiphop 2004,
Converse Your Life 2006

LISTEN TO THE MIX ONLY ON FMCS

Find DJ Ai-va on web:
www.myspace.com/djaiva2
www.djaiva.lv

Established DJs in Chicago prior to their alliance as Flosstradamus, J2K (Josh Young) and Autobot (Curt Cameruci) initially linked up in 2005 and started performing as a duo.

With influences rooted in punk and hip-hop, Flosstradamus has brought normally divided crowds together through their unique mixes of hip-hop, house, original remixes, and juke.

A monthly party soon followed (”Get Outta The Hood”) at Chicago’s Town Hall Pub, and within a year Flosstradamus turned a stagnant bar into the proverbial place-to-be, with lines stretching down the block as sweaty kids crowd surfed and got down inside.

National press soon took notice, including MTV, the Fader, and an URB cover story. Appearances followed at SXSW, CMJ, the Pitchfork Festival and Pop Montreal; parties for VICE, The Fader, Jane Magazine, DKNY,URB, and Puma; and performances with Clipse, Common and Rick Ross.

This year brings a full length Flosstradmus LP, a mixtape with up and coming rappers The Cool Kids, and a European tour with A-Track and Kid Sister.

LISTEN TO FLOSSTRADAMUS ON FMCS
SCION.COM
VICE MAGAZINE
FLOSSTRADAMUS MYSPACE

TRACK LIST:

1. FLOSSTRADAMUS - Intro / ZONGAMIN - Bongo Song (Mr. Flash Remix)
2. BLOC PARTY - The Prayer (Does It Offend You, Yeah? Remix)
3. PANTHERS - Long Time Coming
4. THE BLACK LIPS - Not A Problem
5. FAVOURITE SONS - Hang On, Girl
6. SEBASTIAN - H.A.L.
7. VICARIOUS BLISS - Theme from Vicarious Bliss (Justice Remix)
8. CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG - Set Yourself On Fire
9. DJ MEDHI FEATURING CHROMEO - I Am Somebody (Paris Version)
10. JUSTICE - Phantom
11. BOREDOMS - Jungle Taitei (Laughter Robot’s H*Mp Mix) Yann Tomita Remix
12. CHROMEO - Fancy Footwork
13. CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG - The Operation
14. 120 DAYS - Sleepwalking
15. BLOC PARTY - Sunday