Deuce Eclipse Celebrates Día de los Muertos With a New Track and Rap Showcase - KQED

Nov 2

Deuce Eclipse encourages america to observe loved ones portion they're inactive present with "Time is Now." (Courtesy of the artist)

With its lovingly crafted ofrendas and orangish marigolds, Día de los Muertos is simply a beauteous reminder to grant those who’ve passed portion celebrating the radical and experiences that marque beingness worthy living. In that spirit, Bay Area underground hip-hop seasoned Deuce Eclipse has a caller way called “Time is Now.”

“If I got clip and you got clip / Let’s physique thing present that we tin instrumentality to the divine,” raps the Nicaraguan American MC implicit the high-energy strum of a vinyl-stringed guitar and bursts of horns. The way is each astir nurturing the relationships that substance portion we inactive can.

Deuce Eclipse is simply a thoughtful lyricist with bilingual bars, and is good known successful the Bay Area arsenic the co-founder of the cumbia-reggae-hip-hop set Bang Data and his enactment with the late Zumbi of Zion I. On Nov. 5, helium headlines a Día de los Muertos hip-hop showcase astatine the Mission District venue Amado’s.

Joining him connected the measure is The Shop Studios technologist and rising rapper Frisco Baby, whose versatile flows person made her 1 to watch. Even though Frisco Baby’s debut medium has yet to come, she’s posted freestyles connected Instagram for 38 consecutive Fridays and appears connected Dregs One’s August album, Sucka Repellent, wherever she raps with a commanding double-time cadence alongside heavyweight Spice 1. MC Pauze — whose laidback caller way “Woo” features underground rap mainstays Professa Gabel and Equipto — Wanda Kruda, DJ Mixtek and DJ Ras Rican articulation the measure for this all-ages, intergenerational event.

The Día de Los Muertos Showcase takes spot astatine Amado's connected Nov. 5 astatine 8pm. Details here.