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Welcome to ekogirl.com. Here's the temporary page until eko gets all her shite together. Peep myspace too! www.myspace.com/ekogirl for blogs, pictures and more frequent updates and babbling! ::gigs:: ::gigs:: RADIO: KZSC, 88.1 - SANTA CRUZ --------------------------------------------------- EVENTSThursday, April 14th Saturday, April 16th Saturday, April 21st
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Sunday June 10th Saturday, June 16th August 1st-3rd August 27th-Sept 3rd ::babbling:: i have a radio show. i like words. i write stuff. sometimes my words are in magazines. i talk to people. some of them make music.. most of them love music. sometimes it's broadcast to the mass consciousness via radio. i facilitate the shaking of tailfeathers sometimes it's in my car. sometimes it's in a club. making people move makes me happy.
::mix cd:: My first mix cd, “She Wants to Move” is available at Streetlight Records in Santa Cruz as well as www.thegiantpeach.com. Here’s the tracklisting for ya’ll who were curious:
::kzsc playlist:: ::VALENTINES LOVE:: ::interviews:: Interview with Aloe Blacc: Interview with Waajeed of PPP:
::bio:: Freelance urban music opinionista, deejay and all around saucygirl, Erica Olsen aka dj eko can be found sleuthing records, plotting her escape out of the country on her next adventure, evangelizing and writing for Urb Magazine & SurfGirl magazine, debating pop culture and wondering when the next time she’ll get to see fireflies or Geisha might be. She's put down roots in Santa Cruz with two residencies, "Beat Generation" and "Therapy" as well as rocking a weekly radio show, “HipHopEthics101” every Saturday at 10:30pm on KZSC fm with a world-wide webcast that can be found at www.kzsc.org. Superstar interviews with eko and dope artists who she respects get posted up on www.thegiantpeach.com. The most recent being Aloe Blacc. Hip-hop and soul music has been her way of life since LLCool J, Michael Jackson, Run DMC, Prince, LA Dream Team, Kurtis Blow, Kwame and Egyptian Prince hit her earhole in elementary school. She's been able to travel the US and Japan on a hip hop passport of sorts (Sprite Liquid Mix Tour 2003 with NERD, The Roots & Talib Kweli) and flys to dj whenever, wherever. Having worked for Quannum, Universal Music, Stones Throw, Atlantic Records, Virgin Records, Project Blowed, Scion, Jurassic 5, Gavin, KCSB, thegiantpeach.com and Yahoo! Eko gets recognized as a source of knowledge and understanding of music and politics, shares panel microphones with Toure, Angela Davis, Jean Grae, Talib Kweli, Sarah Jones and Nelson George. She takes that knowledge and passion and transmits it through the turntables and mixer whenever the opportunity arises. Outside of the radio waves, Eko has laid down sounds from Hollywood to SF to Atlanta at events as diverse as National Poetry Slam finals, fashion industry shows and her weekly and bi-monthly residencies. Her favorite special occasions have allowed Eko to share tables with superstar selectors like ?uestlove, Dj Language, JBoogie & Sake-1. Her current sets stretch the spectrum of soul, funk and hip hop featuring artists like: Chaka Khan, SA-RA, Outkast, Slave, Amerie, MIA, Slum Village & Jill Scott. She feels lucky enough be tapped into the supportive and intimate niche communities around the country where she finds listeners, peers and dancefloors who are open to good artists outside the mainstream. Finally, after 10 years of radio has completed her first multi-genre mixtape, “She Wants to Move” available in stores and online.
::contact:: Please contact Eko for booking, interviews or mailing address. Peace!
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