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A VERY SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO J DILLA

FULL SCREEN The Sounds of VTech / Suite for Ma Dukes in Cedar Falls

A year ago, conductor Jason Weinberger heard Suite for Ma Dukes for the first time.  A long time fan of J. Dilla, Weinberger’s first thought when he heard the music was that he needed to find a way to perform Miguel Atwood-Ferugon’s “stunning reinventions of Dilla’s music.”  ”I’m always looking for ways to open up the traditional orchestra experience to new things anyway, so this seemed very natural.”
After a quick Google search, Jason found Miguel and sent him a message to see if there was anyway to get the Dilla pieces in front of one of the orchestras he worked with.  A few months later they met in LA and connected over Dilla, Flying Lotus, and Lutoslawski, and the rest is history.
Earlier this year, Miguel Atwood-Ferugon and the Mochilla Team flew out to Cedar Falls, Iowa to witness J. Dilla’s music being performed as part of the WCFSO’s (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra) tribute to Great American Composers.  The evening had Dilla’s music performed alongside legends Duke Ellington and William Grant Still.
“As the person responsible for programming the concert, I probably don’t have to explain how exciting it was for me to find myself performing Dilla’s music with the WCFSO.  Even more gratifying, though, were other aspects of the evening – feeling the connections emerge between Dilla and his predecessors William Grant Still and Duke Ellington, taking the orchestra outside of its comfort level and in process to a whole other level of music making, and especially offering our audience the opportunity to abandon preconceptions and discover something special.  In the words of one listener in attendance that night, ‘the music was beyond interesting, especially the movements from Suite for Ma Dukes by J. Dilla…’ we were swept along enjoying sound adventures we never could have imagined that we would enjoy.” – Jason Weinberger
Watch as this video takes you on a sound adventure and witness the magic of Dilla’s music performed on what would have been the eve of his 36th birthday to a sold out audience.  The standing ovation Miguel received was testament not only to the beauty of his work on Dilla’s music, but the power of music.  Sounds ability to open ears, minds, and hearts.
“I think Dilla would have been proud of that.” – Jason Weinberger

Turn It Up!!

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TIMELESS: A SUITE FOR MA DUKES | UNTITLED/FANTASTIC [GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW REMIX]

V-Tech & Mochilla’s Timeless Concert series gets remixed! Last week or so we dropped the Jneiro Jarel’s remix of Verocai’s Balada 45 , as well as the footage from the Timeless DVD set which featured “Untitled/Fantastic”, & today we bring you Georgia Anne Muldrow’s remix of Miguel Atwood-Ferguson’s 60 piece orchestrated masterpiece. I speak for the homies House Shoes, Dwele G & myself that this segment in the film is most touching to all of us Dilla elitists. It’s hard to not get choked up & teary eyed when the strings begin “Fantastic”. Peep GAM’s take on it…

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DL & footage of GAM flippin it after the “shoot the j… shoot it!!”…

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TIMELESS: SUITE FOR MA DUKES PRE-ORDER

On March 30th  Mochilla will release their Timeless DVD box set  to the world. This three DVD package documents (in Mochilla fashion) three individual concerts by legendary composers and producers of some of the finest music our generation has heard. Their influence has been felt by all walks of popular music, from Hip Hop to Funk and continue to inspire generation after generation.

One of the concerts mentioned was the seminal Suite For Ma Dukes conducted by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and his 60 piece orchestra playing original arrangements from the catalogue of the late J Dilla.

The good folks at Mochilla made the track “Angel” (Dwele and the Suite For Ma Dukes Orchestra) downloadable for you all. You can cop the track here.

Pre-order this box set now! Only 4000 were numbered and made, including tons of extras for the dedicated fan.

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VIDEO: DWELE FT. THE SUITE FOR MA DUKES ORCHESTRA – ANGEL

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The Sounds of VTech / Angel Feat. Dwele

Big ups to our boy Jonathan for shedding some light on this video! Anticipation for the DVD release of Suite For Ma Dukes is rising and to see a leak like this is awesome. The orchestra sounds wonderful and Dwele is in full form. Check out the Mochilla site to find out more on the release when it drops on March 30th. Turn it up!

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A SUITE FOR MA DUKES – TAKE NOTICE

March 20X needs to be here already! We have been covering the Timeless concert series since before the first show came about & since it’s completion we can only continue to cover the fact that in March 20X you can relive each series as if you were there with a very beautiful 3 DVD box set that the good folks over @ Mochilla & Vtech putting out. For those that are just joining us, A Suite For Ma Dukes is/was Miguel Atwood-Ferguson conducting a full orchestra through a select J Dilla discography in the heart of beautiful Los Angeles CA. They go in on Take Notice off of Dilla’s Rough Draft & super hip hop engineer Bob Power mixed down the audio version. After seeing this, you will circle March 30th 20X as a day you too will be awaiting.

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MORE FOOTAGE FROM ‘A SUITE FOR MA DUKES’

The more I see , the more I hate the fact that I had a gig this weekend thus preventing me from taking in this beautiful eargazmic expEARience.

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A MAGICAL MUSICAL NIGHT [A SUITE FOR MA DUKES]

Hours ago an audience was fortunate to hear the sounds of the man we all know and love, J Dilla through an orchestra composed under the direction of Miguel Atwood Ferguson.As much as I wanted to,  I wasn’t able to fly down to L.A. for this one. However Our good friend Dert was not only in attendance, but sitting front row to witness what I knew would be a night to talk about for years to come. Lucky for us, He was able to record the last memorable moments of the performance. The rest is through his eyes & words.

This is video I took at the Timeless: Suite For Ma Dukes concert. A 40-piece orchestra interpreting Jay-Dee’s wonderful work from the hits to the obscure. Arrangements by Miguel Atwood Ferguson. There were numerous cameos throughout the night but this video features Posdnous of the great De La Soul and Talib Kweli performing Stakes Is High and Illa J doing adlibs over Fall in Love. Karriem Riggins was on the drums for the 2nd half of the show. I was trying to be respectful by not taking video but at this point everyone in the place took out cameras and flashes were going off. Since I was in the front row, I might as well share a little bit with y’all. When the full concert comes out on DVD (since there was a film crew) it’s definitely a must-have for Dilla fans and music lovers alike.-Dert

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