ARCATA, CA Seattles Tito Ramsey will be traveling to Arcata as part
of his two-week west coast tour to debut music from his
recently-released electro-soul-pop album. Titos creations are a
synergy of aggressive pop, electronica, and soul, often drawing
comparisons to Jeff Buckley and Little Richard. He has played shows in
London, Amsterdam, Paris, Barcelona and many cities around the US. He
has shared the stage with various well-known musicians, from The Head
and the Heart to jazz great Yusef Lateef. Tito Ramsey will perform
live at Blondies on February 28.
In college Tito studied modern jazz and composition, allowing him the
opportunity to study with Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, most well-known
for writing string arrangements for Marvin Gaye. Since then, he has
collaborated with hordes of talented musicians writing music for film
and theater, rock bands and a string quartet. But, in 2007, the loss
of a dear friend left Tito searching. He focused his energy on
exploring new ways to make music, collecting electronic instruments,
and honing a new sound. He has seamlessly blended this new obsession
with electronica and his older soulful writing. And now he cant stop
dancing.
A delightful trip outside of our usual listening patterns&.With a
voice that can sound quite a bit like Win Butler, Hi Lo at its most
epic moments sounds a bit like what Arcade Fire might have sounded
like if they had come out in the synth heavy 80s. Postcard Elba
Meticulously-crafted beats and charisma as a soul man. Another
Rainy Saturday
Lyrically, rhythmically, sonically, and in terms of musical
complexity, this is smart, interesting, sophisticated music. But at
the same time especially having seen Ramsey perform this stuff live,
pumping his head up and down manically as he switches between
keyboards, foot pedals, drum pads, and microphone most of it is in
service to the rhythm. Ball of Wax
See Tito Ramsey live at Blondies on February 28. Doors are at 7:30pm
and it will be FREE. The event is open to all ages.