An album project featuring Juakali's vocal upswing, Kush Arora's vigorous sound design along with Nate Mars' substantial groove inna combination to create an original and inspiring musical experience rooted in the global bass community and pushing forward to a creative future where we don't need labels - only dance floors. DBSS on Soundcloud »
Standing Firm (MP3)
Held prisoner of war, Jua Kali stands firm against his capturers. His mysterious tormentors try their hand of prying Jua from his ways. Through parallel visions the reality in the end is revealed to mirror the fantasy depiction of imprisonment. There will be a twist at the end of the video where we find Jua auditioning before a panel of judges. The judges are comprised of the same people who were also the tormentors in the previous scene where Jua was held captive. This is a visual metaphor. Drawing parallels through the two scenes, one factor remains constant. The resilient Jua will Stand Firm.
Dem City (MP3)
The city is a parallel dimension to Los Angeles present day. It is a future primitive chemical Egypt. The LA landscape merged with Babylonian themes and Orwellian surveillance. Jua's music and sound shakes the city apart in his battle of forces. The city is a machine that watches and controls the inhabitants. Through Word Sound Power you see Jua's music and voice shake the world around him. The central force of the city is the multieye cameras in the capstone of the pyramids. They watch and send transmissions through the Obelisk's to control the populace and the flow of the city. Jua leaves his performance and goes off on a mission. He weaves through the city and is followed by small hovering capstone cameras. As Jua's energy increases and weakens the grid of the city he is able to bend time / space and floats through the city. Jua begins to transform into a Lion. The pace and movements are glitchy and driven by the music. As Jua gets closer to the end of the track he enters the main central pyramid and becomes complete in his transformation into the Conquering Lion. He travels through the hallways of the pyramid until he reaches the apex where his energy shuts down the grid and we see the machine breaking and crumbling.
