Saturday, May 25, 2013

                                             Video Blog Mentions Featuring Tapia-7ap!A
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 Wow! Hay EDM fans I am writing this update to let you know what has gone on since premiering my video for the song Bad Acid/Dancing on the stars. I already told you guys about how video aggregators have helped to spread the video all over the place.  My video has since become a topic  that bloggers have taken to discussing about on sites like hiphopfrathouse.com, thisis50.com, groundupradio.com, smoothbloggers.com( of smoothgirl magazine) and many,many more! 


The video is  talked about as innovative,outstanding,trippy and crazy! My inspiration for the  costumes has to do with  masks that are worn at festivals in Puerto Rico and The Dominican Republic called Vejigantes. These were originally made from blown up cow bladders after 1492 celebrating the defeat of the Moors by the Spanish. The masks were taken to the Caribbean where the Spanish would parade them around  to commemorate their defeat of the Moors .The indigenous inhabitants The Arawak speaking Taino indians and the African slave population saw these masks and many of these people knew the art of making masks as the African and Taino were excellent mask makers. The descendants of these groups took the masks of caricatures of Moors and made them more elaborate. They created the Vejigantes and used them as a symbol of anti Imperialism to represent these oppressed groups. It's kind of Ironic that  oppressed groups of people such as the Taino and the African slaves would identify with these masks because they were mocking the Moors which at the time these masks came about  in the 1400's the term Moor  pretty much meant anybody of dark complexion.



 I used these masks to represent My Indigenous Taino and African ancestors. In the video it is meant to reflect how we are modern day representatives and descendants of these cultures as  we in the Caribbean are a mix of all of them!

The Song is a mix of Hip-Hop and Dub-step produced and arranged by myself and the Boy Galactic! I wanted to give Electronic music and Hip hop a completely different look than it has seen before! The director of The video Albert Genao of Genao films helped me realize my vision with quality visuals camerawork and dedication. Many bloggers are appreciating the video and talking about it I would like to thank them and anyone who has supported this movement so far. Using Google alerts I have been notified about  all these features and below I have included a listing of all I could find check it out!







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