G&D

Grab your ticket, to the greatest show of all, as Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins unite as G&D. Through the music on their debut album The Message Uni Versa (Look Records), G&D are determined to spread love, hope and unity. "The album title means one song in the universe; we're trying to reach the masses through this album to let everyone know we are all one" explains Dudley. Georgia Anne Muldrow, one of the few female producers in the music industry, composed and played all of the music on the album. Georgia calls this record "her most deliberate project… to fool people into getting together." Recorded in their home studio, G&D reclaims the music of pioneers that came before them as they lead the new wave of contemporary soul artists. "Like Jazz and hip-hop before us, [soul] music is underground now but is poised to be the next big thing," says Terry Bello, Billboard's 2006 Music Director of the Year.

Georgia Anne Muldrow springs from a family of creative musicians, whose roots run deep in the '60s and '70s progressive jazz scene: her father invented musical instruments with Eddie Harris, and her mother performed with Pharoah Sanders. Their innovation passed to their daughter, who approaches her labyrinth of keyboards, synthesizers and various instruments with a fresh perspective every time. Georgia is seriously multi-talented and she has such an evident amount of self-confidence that comes through in her music. She was noticed early on by fellow L.A. hip-hop trendsetters Sa Ra, as well as Detroit's Platinum Pied Pipers - both who tapped her for collaborations. Georgia composed and performed all of the music on her debut EP, The Worthnothings, as well as on her full-length album Olesi: Fragments of an Earth (Stones Throw). Georgia Anne Mudrow's assimilation of classic soul, jazz and hip-hop is nothing less than innovative.

Dudley Perkins, also known as the rapper Declaime, has always been a creative force in hip-hop. Dudley challenges most music journalists, rendering useless most of the neat and clean adjectives that can usually be copied and pasted from artist to artist. In 2003 he teamed with Madlib for the A Lil' Light album and again in 2006 for the album Expressions (2012 A.U.), both released on Stones Throw. When Dudley Perkins sings, he can be humorous at times, but he also can enlighten, entertain, uplift, and heal. Perkins possesses one of the most emotionally potent voices in music, through which he's able to captivate hearts and engage imaginations as he sings about the universe in his own key of life.

The Message Uni Versa encompasses elements of soul, funk and dusted hip-hop topped off with so much optimism and raring energy that it barely contains itself. The album is a historical voyage connecting the many diverse styles and genres of black music. Anyone whose ever heard Sly and the Family Stone will understand the instant summer feel of "One" with it's warm organs and uplifting bass. On the single "Time" G&D create a bass heavy outer space p-funk jam, harmonizing in the way only G&D can. "The Message" can best be compared to a hypothetical Pharoah Saunders song with Ron Carter on bass and Nina Simone on vocals. It is both heavenly and atmospheric but firmly grounded in earthly vibrations. It is the quintessential soul of G&D's music... their "message", if you will. With this inspiring release G&D expose us to the political and social issues that plague our planet and challenge us to unite as one. This is a soul revolution and G&D are fearless.