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[NEW MUSIC] Substantial - Beyond the Stage (Instrumental) ft. Uyama Hiroto

Substantial 'Beyond the Stage' (Instrumental) featuring Uyama Hiroto | Exclusively on Chillhop Music

New music produced by Substantial featuring fellow Nujabes collaborator and composer, Uyama Hiroto. Beyond The Stage is the latest single from his upcoming instrumental album The Garden which will be releas on May 18th but is available now for pre-order.

Beyond The Stage is an airy, virtual voyage into the nightlife beyond mics, stage lights and soundboards. Substantial states that BTS "is an organic, melodic interpretation of the heartbeat of the nightlife. The things that motivate players, socialites and everyone else in the scene, scouring hole in the wall lounges and bars in search of the perfect vibe."

BTS was released a week earlier courtesy of the good folks at Chillhop Music. Although, it's exclusively available on their YouTube channel right now, the single releases on all streaming sites next Friday, May 1st along with the full version on the song with vocals from Substantial and Stephanie Gayle (formerly known as Steph, The Sapphic Songstress).

Substantial AMA | Hip-Hop Discord discord.gg/hiphop

Q&A session (AMA) with Substantial, hip-hop artist, activist, 1/2 of Bop Alloy, and eternal friend of the late Nujabes and DJ Deckstream. All rights to audio go to Substantial, Sub Art & Music, and anything licensed/affiliated/owned/copyrighted by Substantial himself under his bearing. Shout out to our friends over at https://www.reddit.com/r/Nujabes/ for keeping it locked down! The Garden, releasing 5/18 substantial.bandcamp.com/album/the-garden Website: www.iamsubstantial.com YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/SubstantialMusic Twitter: twitter.com/IamSubstantial Instagram: www.instagram.com/substantialmusic/ Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/5FmThJ74ycmeBdQnu4Cfcw

In case you missed it, check out this Q&A session (AMA) with Substantial and Hip-Hop Discord (discord.gg/hiphop) from earlier this week. They discuss Subs influences, the upcoming album and offer advice to young apiring recording artists.

Lastly, to the Super SUBporters who subscirbe to Substantial's Bandcamp page, be sure to log in and check out the previously unreleased music video for Spilled Milk from Home Is Where The Art Is which stars Substantial's oldest daughter Serenity when she was only 3 years old! It'll surely put a smile on your face and make you laugh out loud.

"I'll see you soon but talk to you sooner." - Substantial

[NEWS] Substantial featured in a new video game!

Awesome news! Substantial has an all new song featured in a new, yet to be released video game called Renaine! The game is about overcoming failure and already has a demo version available online which Sub's oldest daughter is already hooked on. Back the campaign if you can and help get the word out. One of the stretch goals is to make this available on the Nintendo Switch!

Here's a little more about Renaine...
"Guide Aine, the Phoenix Knight, on her impossible quest through Lineria's colorful kingdom as she sets out to avenge her friend, Ren."

As mentioned before, the game features new music from Substantial. Composer and instrumentalist Mason Lieberman reached out to Sub and collaborator DJ AAROCK to contribute to the game's original soundtrack. After hearing samples of Sub's first instrumental album The Garden, they commissioned him to remix a song from the soundtrack called East West Mountain (Act I). Sub remixed and produced a fresh take on the track, dropped new verses, plus a hook with DJ AAROCK adding cuts to give us East West Mountain (Act 2) - One Way or Another. 

Thank you for clicking on the Renaine Kickstarter (OR for finding us live at PAX East!). I am thrilled to share with you today a selection of six tracks from the upcoming Indie Platformer-RPG, Renaine! 1. Aine (The Main Theme of Renaine) Our journey begins with the menu theme, presented here in its original arrangement. To me, this theme best represents our courageous protagonist, Aine. Her hopeful demeanor in the face of darkness is represented here by the violin. 2. Shellwood Forest (Act 2), Tournament Arc - Make Way For Me Our second offering is Tournament Arc's Latin Jazz reinterpretation of the Sherwood Forest theme. Featuring the steady patter groove of David Gibson McLean's drum performance, Tournament Arc presents a thoroughly-chill atmosphere, helping to relax you for the light drizzle present in Shellwood Forest's second act. Solos are credited to Trevor Alan Gomes, Yousef Mousavi, and Jess Destramp, respectively. 3. Trekked Desert (Act 1) This level may not be in your demo today, but that doesn't mean its presence can't be felt in your Kickstarter! Groovy with a very worldly feel, traditional African and Asian percussive instruments help to ground this track with an accessible-yet-unique atmosphere. 4. East West Mountain (Act 1) A mountain equally covered by traditional Japanese imagery (oni, shrines, a very Mount-Fuji aesthetic) and Western fusion (American construction, graffiti, and enemies) deserved a track with callbacks to both styles. Percussively grounded in the mid-90's, this track uses Western orchestration techniques (string writing, band instrumentation, Wah guitar lines) with a distinctly Japanese blend (Rock shakuhachi lead, quartal writing, traditional Eastern ornamentation and instruments). 5. East West Mountain (Act 2), Edo Bushido - One Way or Another Edo Bushido can't be stopped. Remixing the original East West Mountain theme in their exceptional style, One Way or Another provides a lyrical perspective on Aine's thoughts. Our current version features verses from Substantial, with additional scratches from DJ AArock. 6. Trevor Alan Gomes - Aine (Solo Piano Arrangement) No one knows piano arrangements like Trevor Alan Gomes, and it has been one of the great pleasures of my career having him reinterpret one of my themes. His tender performance, vigorous passion, and clarity of harmonic approach result in a track that I'm not the least bit afraid of admitting has become a personal favorite of mine. This performance does not represent the final performance, as this will ultimately be tracked in a to-be-announced recording studio on a rather special piano!

Enjoy, be sure to pass it on and look out for Mason Lieberman on Sub's new album The Garden coming soon. Pre-order your copy today.

[NEW SINGLE] Substantial - Full Bloom (V2)

Substantial - Full Bloom (V2) The first single from Substantial's debut instrumental album, The Garden, which drops April 27th and is also officially available for PRE-ORDER today! LINK BELOW SIGNED CD, VINYL or SUPER PACK: http://bit.ly/subgarden VINYL (BEST INT'L SHIPPING RATE): http://bit.ly/subgardenwax

The first single from Substantial's debut instrumental album, The Garden, which is also officially available for PRE-ORDER* today! Until the full album drops on April 27th, you can stream it on Bandcamp, Spotify and other streaming services.

*For those international vinyl lovers who'd like to save money on shipping, you can pre-order yours HERE. 

[NEW MUSIC] Substantial - Seeds EP (Produced by Substantial)

Confession: I am the most self conscious music producer ever. I produced my first beat when I was 15 years old and never looked back. But even though I have been making instrumentals virtually nonstop for two decades, these days, I have only really shared them with my students and officially released even less. 

Fast forward to 2017. In the past year or so, I have made more beats than I have written songs for the first time since I was a student at Suitland High School. I decided to embark on a mission to produce my first ever official instrumental album, entitled, The Garden due to be released in Spring 2018. But before there can be a garden, we need seeds to plant. Enters the eight track EP, Seeds featuring seven instrumentals and one remix. The project consist of several old beats I produced with a few new tracks and an insane remix I was challenged to do for Tonedeff. 

Photo by Rachelle Etienne-Robinson

Photo by Rachelle Etienne-Robinson

They say the holiday season is the time for giving and I couldn't dream of a better way to close out the year. So, consider this project my gift to you. 

Listen. Enjoy. Share. 

Stay in PEACE.
Sub/Stan

Unreleased Track 'Immortality' + Kickstarter Update

New Unreleased Music
SUBSTANTIAL - IMMORTALITY

With less than a week left for the #SubOnWax Kickstarter Campaign, I've decided to make this once "SUBporter Exclusive" song available to everyone for supporting the campaign. This is one of several unreleased tracks from 2008's Sacrifice and because I am a man of my word, I will still gift everyone who backs the campaign another previously unreleased track from Sacrifice. 

ABOUT IMMORTALITY
I finished this song back in the Spring of 2006 and it was originally suppose to be the last track on my sophomore album, Sacrifice. Unfortunately, I lost contact with the producers (The Deffenders) when it was time to finalize and release the album a year or so later and it's remained in the vault ever since. Back in 2011, I got the song remixed by M-Phazes, but when he sent the beat, I loved it, but felt like it didn't work as well as the original track. So instead, I used the remix beat for Grateful on my third album Home Is Where The Art Is, which is why the song themes are similar. 

11 years later, this is hands down one of my favorite songs I've ever recorded. Now it's yours! By the way, it should be available on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, Tidal and everywhere else by the weekend but you can download it right now exclusively on Bandcamp.

KICKSTARTER UPDATE: As of 12AM (EST) last night, we are 86% backed with 6 days left! We're almost there!

Click the image above to pledge today.

Click the image above to pledge today.

Lastly, I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Crowdfunding Cast to talk about my new Kickstarter Campaign. Listen by clicking below.

That's all for now. I'll see you soon but talk to you sooner. - Substantial

[KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN] Substantial's 1st & 2nd Album Limited Edition Vinyl →

KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN TO PRESS SUBSTANTIAL'S 1ST & 2ND ALBUM
LIMITED EDITION VINYL

My debut and sophomore LPs are requested on vinyl more than any of my other solo releases. To This Union A Sun Was Born is overdue for a repressing and Sacrifice, which celebrates it's 10 year anniversary in January 2018, has never been pressed on vinyl. This thirty day campaign, which began yesterday during #SubstantialSundays, is my effort to raise $10,000 to make both records available and easily accessible to diehard SUBporters and vinyl lovers around the world.

I've created some really awesome rewards for you all. Check them out and help me spread the word! Please use the hashtag #SubOnWax when sharing the link! Thanks!