Live Manikins will be rocking live at the Cannabis Cup in Richmond, Ca - 6/22

Peace fam,

Hope all is well with you all. We have been heavy shaping and molding the band for this next event. It will be on June 22nd, 2013 at the Cannabus Cup in Richmond, Ca presented by High Times. We are mad excited and we hit the stage around 6pm. Headliners will be Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, and Gza from Wu Tang! For more information hit up the website:
Cannabus Cup

Respect,
Live Manikins

Thursday @SacHarlows May 2nd benefit show!!!

TPR & Harlow's presents:
Live May 2nd @ Harlow's
OPIO of Hieroglyphics x Souls of Mischief w/ special guests
LIVE MANIKINS
DLRN
TPR (TRIBE OF Levi, Nome Nomadd, Agustus ThElefant, Old Ghost BBoys Matt Cash & Red One) & more tba!
$10 @ the door
Portions of the proceeds will go to benefit the opening of the first Kiddie Hop Academy which will specialize in giving low-income families quality childcare as well as providing an early education curriculum that includes everything from basic math and phonics to astronomy, geography, mediation and universal life teachings. PLEASE SUPPORT! Share, donate, contributions are welcome in all forms and we have already been laying the groundwork. Peace and blessings.



Live Manikins

Binge Video: Self - (A)Maze featuring Kasi Jones (360p)

Peace,

Self entered one of his singles off his upcoming album titled "The Birth" in the Talib Kweli x Binge speak up contest.

Binge Video: Self - (A)Maze featuring Kasi Jones (360p)

Why Are We Doing This?

Too often, videos merely glorify violence, negativity, and ignorance in society and hip-hop life. We know there are thousands of individuals who will never get their shot to be heard, simply because they don't follow the negative trend in the media industry or think they will not be recognized for their talent. So "Speak Up"!!

#FullCanvas

Concert in the Park 2013

The official announcement has been made and yes we are bringing out full band experience to the Concert in the Park 2013 on May 17th, 2013. We are thankful for the opportunity so shout out to Play Big Sacramento. Now for you all, supporters aka our family, we are building an intense set for you all. We are steady at work building by far the best Live Manikins experience to the concert along with a few tricks up our sleeves. Stay tuned and once again a big shout out thank you to the supporters out there. Without ya'll we wouldn't get this opportunity. #Word2mutha

~Live Manikins
"A full canvas experience"

Show! Cosmic Slop DJ set

On March 8th inside of Marilyns on K, come out for the "Raw Radio Showcase" showcasing Sacramento's talent live for the night. The artist featuring during this segment will be: Live Manikins (prevuing a remixed boombap cosmic slop DJ set) Carla Flemming The Gatlin Hurrikane Da Poet Clark This event is sponsored by: Valley-Hi Vinyl, Sac Report, A.R.L. Entertainment and Raw Radio show. Doors open @ 9pm for the 21+. Tickets are $10.00. Shall be a fun night!

#FullCanvas #Sammies

Waddup ya'll One love and blessings to the fam. Self here still in the field with Live Manikins pursuing this dream. We had a lot of great shows with our 9 piece collective, gathering this many members on the same wave length has been a blessing. From having Marc (drummer) Jupiter (Keyboardist) Josh (Guitar) Andrew (Bass) DJ Rated R (Turntablist) Runt Rock (Emcee) Self (Emcee) JRockit (Emcee/singer) Flavius (Emcee) to form this group is a journey. Opening new expressions and levels of music. Hip Hop is what we all came together on yet the heavy influences from Rock, Jazz, Blues, House, etc. Well I am here dropping some gems on what we have for you coming up. We celebrated the past, word up and we all lived and floated. Now is for the cloud 9 of the future, in other words the new high.

From the City of Trees aka Sacramento aka The Capital, aka West Coast (dubs up) we have been nominated for the Sacramento Music Awards. It is called "The Sammies." The Sacramento Music Awards (Sammies) are here and the VOTING HAS STARTED. Now the award show is OCTOBER 12, 2012 at ACE OF SPADES, during this time we will need your support to make the event as big as possible. WE HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR BEST HIP HOP/RAP & for ARTIST OF THE YEAR. Along with that our DJ RATED R (LiveManikins/Sleeprockers/Heiro Emporium) was nominated FOR TURNTABLIST & DEEJAY. Even DJ Rated R's crew SLEEPROCKERS was nominated FOR RELEASE OF THE YEAR for "Machine Language" w/ Tajai of Hieroglyphics. Now this is when WE NEED FAM TO VOTE VOTE VOTE. We need to keep this going and this time it is really simple to vote. Just go to ••• www.Sammies.com ••• and login with the facebook and bam! you in!! Much Love and shout out to all ya'll for the support, because of you we are able to live, create, and build and that's real talk. Word to motha yo that is all love. Lets do this! one love and LM #FullCanvas

1st quarter - #FullCanvas

Peace and waddup! Well the first quarter of 2012 has came to a close and it has been one hell of a run so far. With the expansion of our live experience by adding a full back-line (shout out Erin, Mark, Jeff and Jupiter) and our experimental shows, we have been having a blast. Bringing you our album #FullCanvas in the most visual/musical way has been our mission. Let's recap some of the events that has come to pass. #420

We were apart of a 420 show and teamed up with www.saccannmove.org to present this show along with the Arden Park Roots. This show took place at Harlows. Here is a little snippet from the Sacramento News and Review about this show:
"It’s Midtown’s premier 4/20 party. There will be tunes from Sleeprockers, Live Manikins and Arden Park Roots at this Friday-night celebration at Harlow’s. Selekta Lou will be deejaying all day, and there will be art and dancing, of course. The first 100 people in the door get prizes and gifts. High holidays, indeed. It starts at 4:20 p.m. and goes all night. This is also a good place to find and sign the Committee for Safe Patient Access to Regulated Cannabis ballot-measure petition to bring medical-cannabis dispensaries back to Sacramento County. Harlow’s, 2708 J Street; 4:20 p.m.; $24 for an all-day pass, $12 for Arden Park Roots; 21 and over; www.harlows.com; www.saccannmove.org"
- To summarize this show, it was a blast and here is a clip of our song Saturday complete with a horn section brought by our homie Anthony Coleman Live Manikins - Saturday
#RecordStoreDay - April 21st live at Dimple Records
Shout out to Van at Dimple Records on inviting us out to rock with ARG x Sleeprockers and DJ Los on record store day. We bbq'd like some real men and rocked music. Here are some flicks from the event.

#Simplistic Big Band takes Harlow's stage Sunday x Live Manikins
Speaking on our friend Anthony (who brought the horns), he invited us out to do a rendition of our song "These Days" backed by a 23 piece band which was amazing. Read more here: #Simplistic

#Sleeprockers x #Hieroglyphics live at CSUS

- Want to give a shoutout to Sleeprockers for inviting us out to perform our song #Diskjock off of #FullCanvas with them. It was dope and we were glad to share the stage with Heiro, Task1ne and of course the Sleeprockers!

#Capital performance. Yes you heard right. We performed at the Marijuana March that was at the Capital May 5th. This march was for better reform on marijuana regulations and we were proud to be apart of this.

#FullCanvas - We thank you for your continued support through the first quarter of 2012. We have been working hard presenting our dreams and ambitions to you and we appreciate the feedback, love, good looks, and daps along the way. #Respect and #FullCanvas