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Individually, the collaborators of Deltron 3030 stand at the top of their respective musical disciplines; together, they warped space, bent time, transcended genre, and blew minds with Deltron 3030, an album that still stands today as one of the most important records in the annals of underground hip-hop. Del The Funky Homosapien, founder of Oakland's seminal Hieroglyphics crew, launched his career as part of his cousin Ice Cube's posse, Da Lench Mob, and gained recognition as a top-tier hip-hop verbalist with his 1991 debut, I Wish My Brother George Were Here, featuring the memorable tracks "Mistadobalina" and "Dr. Bombay." He would release three more albums -1993's No Need For Alarm, 1998's Future Development and 2000's Both Sides of the Brain - before joining with The Automator and Kid Koala for Deltron 3030. Del is also a very active member of the Gorillaz, he's Del the Ghost Rapper, notably on Clint Eastwood.. Dan "the Automator" Nakamura, the architect of the sonic landscape within which Del and Koala work their magic, first captivated the hip-hop underground with Dr. Octagonacologyst, his collaboration with Ultramagnetic MC's Kool Keith. He went on to produce Cornershop's breakout album, When I Was Born For the 7th Time, and to team up with fellow super-producer Prince Paul under the name Handsome Boy Modeling School, before forming Deltron 3030 with Del and Koala. Kid Koala, a native of Vancouver whose turntablism mixtape Scratchcratchratchatch brought him to the attention of superstar British DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut; who signed him as the first North American artist on their new label Ninja Tune. A year into his signing, Koala met Nakamura on his first U.S. tour; the two hit it off immediately, and - beginning with Deltron - Koala became one of The Automator's most frequent collaborators. Check 8-Bit Blues: https://vimeo.com/47019007 Jump in the Full Album stream at: http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/Deltron+3030/125736. Tuesday, October 1st will see the release of Event II, Detron 3030's second album. Deltron 3030 recently played a show in San Francisco's Stern Grove Park, to an audience of about 10,000, and to say it was transcendent would be flagrant under-statement. It was hip-hop, jazz, pop, and turn-tablism, with strings and horns, and all turned on its head. We are opening the guest list now for this very special performance to anyone who pre-orders Event II, available on CD, LP, and limited instrumental vinyl. Pre-order will get you priority entry and an event poster. If space allows, we will open the list first come, first serve when we're closer, but we expect this one to cap out pretty quick. Call or vist to pre-order. 562.433.4996 ***NOTE: Time was changed from 7pm to 6pm.