LebLaze

Leblaze is the moniker of Atlanta DJ Ryan Raja Rasheed. Rasheed has been around for a good minute on the Atlanta/Decatur arthouse and house party circuit playing that smooth krunksoft fonk that breaks up those bullsh-y arthead conversations and drives asses to immediate twerkin’. He comes from a musical background that stretches from Steely Dan to M.F.Doom, from Dungeon family to Can, from Gary Newman to Nobody, not to mention a host of under-the-radar, obscure and old soul, funk, and R&B influences. When he is not working up the art and magics in his Atlanta studio, Leblaze stays in shape as Prefuse 73’s silent partner on tour. On Pressure, his solo debut, along with Ahmad Szabo, Leblaze brings a solid vibe in a well balanced, evenly composed sound collage – electric resin, pleasantly piercing horns and spacic strings expand, burst and dissolve under the supervision and structure of hard, carbonated Prefusian beats that keeps everything honest.