Blaque Dynamite

blaque dynamite

In a world of constant repetition and formulaic goals, there stands one young man's quest to exist however he wants, in any manner he deems fit. The mundanities of life hold back the true potential of this creative genius until he reinvents himself as a boundless force to be reckoned with: Blaque Dynamite. He is a guy who makes things come to life. He is a verified badass: "You gotta look badass. If you don't look badass, it's going to be hard for you." He is that guy.

With his debut album Killing Bugs, the drummer/vocalist/producer cleans out his closet and defeats the "insects" that plagued him in order to present to the world a worthy adversary keen on fighting off the transgressions of his own life: past, present, and future. But like many of the crusaders that preceded him, the tale begins with self-reflection, before Blaque Dynamite (a.k.a. Mike Mitchell) was fully realized and evolved into a more mature state of being. "I was a dick. No one else but me."


"For me personally, when I listen to recordings with two or three things in a row that sound similar, I get bored. To keep my attention, it needs to be changed," he explains. "The way I record is not for me to make an album for people, I'm making an album to explain to people where I come from musically. There are billions of people on earth, so there should be billions of different ways to express music."


The music presented on Killing Bugs has its own inner conflict to deal with. Instead of many personalities battling for control of the same vehicle, a vast array of musical genres -- spanning rock, hip-hop, jazz, and more -- compete for their own recognition in an unexpected harmonious statement. The songs themselves are the individual heads of the Hydra, and the album is its inscrutable body.

The complexity of the songs and the differences of emotions they bring from track to track demand undivided attention, much like the focus needed to defeat the many headed beast of mythos. "From song to song, everything goes from style to style," Blaque Dynamite explains. "If you continue to listen, you get more comfortable with it. Things happen in waves."


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  • Blaque Dynamite – November 13 at Nublu - Revive Music Presents Blaque Dynamite’s Killing Bugs — Album Release Party Monday, November 13 at Nublu Release Celebration November 13 at Nublu  151 Avenue C, New York, NY Doors: 9:00pm | Show: 10:30pm Tickets: $10 ADV. | $15 D.O.S. Personnel: Mike Mitchell, drums RC Williams, Rhodes Beka Gochiashvili, synth Jon Bap, guitar Gax Merl, bass Frank Moka, percussion Pink Siifu, DJ * * * “One of the most daring and forward sounding debuts I’ve…
  • OUT TODAY: Blaque Dynamite’s “Killing Bugs” on Ropeadope - Drummer Mike Mitchell Reinvents Himself as Blaque Dynamite, Encourages and Embraces the Unorthodox on Hydra Rock/Hip-Hop/Jazz Debut Record   Killing Bugs, Available November 10 on Ropeadope   In a world of constant repetition and formulaic goals, there stands one young man’s quest to exist however he wants, in any manner he deems fit. The mundanities of…

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Killing Bugs


Record Label: Ropeadope
Release Date: November 10, 2017