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