The biggest difference for the Dallas rapper at this performance, of course, was the fact that he was joined by a live backing band called Mixed Magyk for this one. Likewise, -topic stepped his game up for this show, too. Where does that distinction end? When Sellers began beating on toms along with his mostly pre-produced tracks? When he began singing and dancing around like a wonderfully engaging goofball? Whether folks tended to buy in to the many “Roger Sellers Is Not a DJ" stickers that now plaster the venue, he certainly opened a dialogue. We're guessing very few people left without having at least one perception changed.įor us, that happened during Sellers' opening set, where the multi-instrumentalist aggressively challenged the concept of what it means to be a quote-unquote DJ. As impossible as the prospect of locking down a precious square foot of standing room inside of Three Links' 200-capacity room seemed given the high RSVP count to this concert, enough folks braved the 40-degree weather of the night along Elm Street and all the way down to the 7-Eleven at the end of the block regardless - and many even remained there long after most would have given up hope.įor those lucky enough to make it inside, though, any inconvenience would prove well worth it. Then again, the point could also be made that standing in lines was the real theme of this January show that, yes, we curated. And, for its part, the crowd was more than eager to have its own boundaries expanded.
If there was a theme to Friday night's Red Bull Sound Select showcase at Three Links, it was one of challenging performances.Īll three artists on the bill - headliner Thundercat, local emcee -topic and Austin producer Roger Sellers - were intent on pushing the limits of their respective genres at this show. The bassist’s sophomore album “Apocalypse” arrived in 2013 and received an across the board positive response from fans and the musical press alike. Bruner subsequently contributed on label mate Flying Lotus’ “Until The Quiet Comes” in 2012, and “You’re Dead” in 2014.
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The album was produced with the help of Flying Lotus, can be heard to take inspiration from ’70's fusion artists including Stanley Clarke and George Duke, and earned the musician a series of acclaims. In 2011 Bruner released his debut solo album “The Golden Age of Apocalypse”. 2” in 2010, and the same year began his fruitful relationship with Flying, Lotus contributing both bass and vocals to his album “Cosmogramma” in 2010. The talented bass player also worked on Badu’s follow-up album “New Amerykah, Pt. 1”, J*Davey’s “Dirty Love”, Sa-Ra’s “Love Czars” and Snoop Dogg’s “We Rest in Cali” to name a few in a host of collaborations.
It was during this time Bruner found an audience for his acrobatic and elaborate playing style, later becoming the go-to session musician for artists in the black vanguard and subsequently worked on Erykah Badu’s “New Amerykah, Pt. Bruner’s earliest musical excursion was in the boyband No Curfew before joining his brother as a member of the L.A. known as a Grammy-winning drummer, who has worked with the likes of Kenny Garrett and Stanley Clarke. Bruner grew up in a creative and musical family, with his father Ronald Bruner Sr., an established drummer known for his work with Diana Ross and the Temptations, and his brother Ronald Jr.