hope to see you out this saturday.

Broad Ripple Music Fest

• BRMF 2010

The fourth annual Broad Ripple Music Fest is just around the corner! On October 16th Indy’s favorite cultural community mecca will become the canvas for over 200 local, regional and national artists performing on 20 stages!

• Audio Recon Showcase

We are honored to be a part of this huge event and are hosting a showcase @ Local’s Only, one of the hippest venues/pubs in the area. Our event will be a night of innovative independent hip hop featuring performances from 9 diverse acts including special guest Chicago MC and Anticon recording artist, Serengeti. Doors open @ 8pm w/ DJ Deadrisk on the decks. Show starts @ 9pm sharp!

GO HERE for a detailed list of the artists performing at our showcase and their timeslots.

• Heavy Gun Hip Hop Stage / Beat Battle Round 2

Our friends @ Heavy Gun Blog will be hosting their 2nd annual producer Beat Battle and an all ages Hip Hop stage @ Savvy Salon starting @ 1:30pm in the afternoon. So, we encourage you to go out and get your BRMF wristbands, which will get you into all of the participating venues for BRMF.

Throw all of your misconceptions about local music / hip hop out the window. Right now there are some amazing sounds coming out of our often forgotten state! Our 2 showcases combined will make for an entire  days worth of dope hip hop music right here in the heart of Indiana! This will be an epic event to say the least. Please come out and support the artists that are working hard  to represent the midwest in an original and artistic way.

Please visit the official BRMF website for the entire schedule of events.

Yo! AR Raps

I wanted to share with you this WORLD PREMIERE of a DIY video I made for ‘This Is Energy’ from my new album the Jabberbox. This is me, feeding my dogs, mowing my lawn, and watchin’ my “squirrels” dance… enjoy!

Here’s a little collection of videos from Audio Recon representives, TJ Reynolds,  Mystery School (Invisible Inc), Richard Cook (wormusic), Whois Louis, and S.a.i.n.t. Recon for your lazy Sunday viewing/listening pleasure.

Fall Shows 2010

We haven’t put together a show in while so we thought we’d come back swinging in September.
September 3rd–THE NOW SCHOOL at the Vogue in Indianpolis,IN
starring Andy D (roaring colonel records), TJ Reynolds and the Freehand Orchestra (audio recon), Yeti-One  as The ALGEBRAISTS (audio recon), DJ Shiva (subterror), Oreo Jones (Heavy Gun), with special guests the Breakdown Kings and the Audio Recon All-Stars featuring S.a.i.n.t. RECON, Lorax, Id Obelus, Richard Cook, Eratic, Whois Louis, and DJ Deadrisk

September 10th–Audio Recon Live in conjuction with Bloomington Hip-Hop Congress at Bear’s Place-Bloomington Indiana
Yeti-One-Ace-One-Id Obelus-and more TBA

September 22nd-e. Brown’s B-day session-The Melody Inn-LIVE session featuring a crazy deep lineup of musicians and emcees colaborating -improving-jamming!

More anouncements coming soon!

Plan9… this Saturday @ Local’s Only!

Come out and support some of the freshest hip hop artists in Indiana!

TJ Reynolds’ Sugar on the Tongue

This socially conscious m.c. from Indianapolis has been making his impression within the local arts and music scenes as a member of the Undefeatable Beats, the Philosophy and the (Re)Collective Company amongst other projects. We are proud to release his first solo album which is now available for digital download via Amazon.com (more vendors coming soon)

learn more about TJ Reynolds from this insightful article @ Nuvo

vote for the best of indy

Nuvo’s annual “Best of Indy” ballot is here. Please take the time to cast your vote for who, what, and where is the best in the city of Indianapolis. You should notice some familiar Audio Recon artists in the ‘Music and Nightlife’ section (i.e. Kate Lamont, Sarah Grain, Grumpy Old Men, and TJ Reynolds).

a message from TJ Reynolds – Release Concert

Hello, beautiful people, This is TJ Reynolds with a reminder that my album release concert is coming up THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, April 9 at Radio Radio (1119 Prospect Street, INDPLS 46203). Doors open at nine, and an $8 cover also gets you a copy of my brand spanking new album Sugar on the Tongue. It might be a good idea to get there a bit earlier so you can make sure you are able to get in; this will be a big one. Opening the show will be Twin Monster, one of the tightest and most creative hip-hop outfits to emerge in the last few years. I will be playing with the entire Freehand Orchestra; Joseph Lehner on kit, Sarah Grain on vocals and electric guitar, Mina Keohane on keys and vocals, and Poncho Hedrick on bass. Also joining us will be Brian Hoover and Hubert Glover lacing some sweet horn lines on top of everything else! Yowza. There is also a rumored appearance from megaptera novaeangliae, but you didn’t hear that from me. It is a dual release, too! My sis Teresa, who is singing on a lot of songs on my album, has flown in from NYC for this show. On Friday she will be releasing “Aflame”, an EP of all original songs that we’ve written and I’ve produced. If you can’t make it Friday, we are playing a free all-ages show at 2pm this Sunday, April 11, at Indy CD & Vinyl. And if you can’t make either one of those, that music will be available on every major online site in early May, thru the awesome folks at Audio Recon.  Also,  pick up a copy of Nuvo or go to www.nuvo.net .

 Thanks, TJ Reynolds

Circle City – The Broken Comb MixTape

check out this dope mixtape featuring a handful of Audio Recon artists amongst an extensive cast of hip hop heavyweights!

You can talk to all the Circle City artists via Twitter: @CircleCity317
To download this mixtape for free send an e-mail to: CIRCLECITY317@gmail.com