“The Cloaks” Awol One & Gel Roc – NEW ALBUM + TOUR DATES

The Cloaks
The Cloaks

ALBUM PURCHASE LINK: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-cloaks/id848389886

Awol One (ShapeShifters) and Gel Roc (EX2) have been making quality hip hop music individually & together since the early 1990’s. Both are emcees/artists in their own right, and hail from the Los Angeles acclaimed hip hop crew, Mass Men and graff crew, Life Seen Differently. After a multitude of collaborations on each others’ albums & mixtapes alike, it was inevitable that they would form a singular alias known as “The Cloaks”, which represents a conglomerate of ideas & idioms.

As an identity, The Cloaks is a brotherhood like the neighborhood watch. Masked men from the Mass Men. B-boys & vandals with hoodies & locs. As a hip hop duo, it’s the voice & views of two veteran emcees spitting heavy subconscious raps over unrelenting production by Awkward (Machina Muerte). Conceptually, the album stays within the themes of clandestine conspiracies & facetious falsehoods with song titles such as, “Rule by Secrecy” & “Invisibility”.

The Cloaks, available today on iTunes and in record stores on April 8th, features guest appearances from Existereo, Gonjasufi, Grayskul & Abstract Rude.

Turntable work is handled by the wax fondler himself, D-Styles (Invisibl Skratch Piklz) as well as UK DJ, Sir Beanz. Surreal collagist, Albane (France), is responsible for the cover art.

The Cloaks – Tour Dates
4/9 Denver, CO – Lost Lake w  Mine+Us and Eraserfase

4/10 Colorado SECRET SHOW – Mine+Us and Eraserfase

4/11 Des Moines, IA Vaudville Mews (Early Show 6pm-9pm)

4/12 Kansas City, MO -Czar Bar w  Mine+Us and Eraserfase

4/13 MPLS, MN Cause w , Mine+Us and Eraserfase

4/14 Milwaukee,WI -STONE FLY- w , Mine+Us and Eraserfase

4/15 Evansville, IN – PG- w , Mine+Us and Eraserfase

4/16 Cincinnatti, OH- The Comet  w, Mine+Us and Eraserfase

4/17 Pittsburgh, PA -Ava Bar- w , Mine+Us and Eraserfase

4/19 Philadelphia, PA – The Fire- w , Mine+Us and Eraserfase

4/20 Brooklyn, NY -The Fifth Estate- and Louis Logic

4/21 Wallingford, CT – Cherry ST Station- ,Mine+UsEraserfase

4/22 Boston, MA Middle East Upstairs w Mine+ Us  and Eraserfase

4/23 Portland, ME – Asylum- w  Mine+Us and Eraserfase

5/3 Pomona, Ca – Greenroom – The Cloaks Record release party

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