BLACK SATURN
Black Saturn hails from the DMV (District of Columbia/Maryland/Virginia).
In 2006, he debuted with his self-released EP, 'Birds in the Morning'.
Since that time, his experimental, hip-hop, industrial, noise and dub influenced sound
has graced numerous podcasts, collaborations, net labels and radio airwaves.
In 2012, Black Saturn released his autobiographical album of life lessons
'Ned Jackson is my Little Brother' (ALRN030). Described in a Foxy Digitalis
review by Chris Trowell ‘as a financial crisis Sun-RA; folk wisdom
eccentricities merged with interplanetary black consciousness and bleak
recession era urban reality’. Making his second appearance at the experi-
Mental Festival 4 (Brooklyn, NY). Accompanied on stage by dancer Jillanna
Richcrick, Black Saturn’s performance of tracks off of 'Ned Jackson is my
Little Brother' (ALRN030) for the first time in front of an audience drew a
generous response in donations after his set. Joining the
Hip-Hop/Concrete/Dub/Industrial project of Nyko Esterle “Ripit” & Jonathan
Uliel “HHY” from Belgium/Portugal known as <>bFujako. Brought further
attention to 'Ned Jackson is my Little Brother' (ALRN030). On they’re
Oct/Nov European tour billed as ”Fujako feat. M.C. Black Saturn. With tour
dates in France, Italy, Austria, Germany, Switzerland & Belgium. Opening for
underground music heavy hitters, Hip-Hop veteran Sensational of “Jungle
Brothers” & ”Wordsound Recordings” fame at the Small but Hard Label
showcase in Berlin. And Death Grips in Brussels at Magasin 4.
Black Saturn is also known for his collaborative effort’s with, Kansas
City, Mo based musician Christophe Gilmore (FluiD).Together they are known
as Black Saturn vs. subduxtion and have multiple releases available on
Alrealon Musique.Their releases received very favorable reviews as well as
extensive airplay in North America and Europe. In 2010, the duo did a brief
string of preformances in the US; culminating in their appearance at Noise
Shock:Abstract Art and Music Festival (East Moline,IL).
Appearing on the critically acclaimed FluiD CD 'Envisioning Abstraction:the
Duality of FluiD' (ALRN008). And contributing to the New York
experimentalists PAS Musique release 'Reconstruction' (ALRN023) with vocals
& video. Are two of Black Saturn’s most notable collaborations.
His most recent activities in 2013 include.Collaborating with [ówt krì] on his
new release 'The New Seed' (ALRN041).And providing the word sound for the
online collaboration project Omega Dub Experience.
Generation of the Figtree is the title of Black Saturn’s new
project for 2013 a release date has yet to be named.
