HISTORY OF CONSPIRITUALITY 2005
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HISTORY OF CONSPIRITUALITY 2005 〰️
ON SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 2005, GEMINEYE & THE SONS OF ZADOK PLAYED AT LICK NIGHTCLUB IN DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER FOR THE M.A.W.O (MOBILIZATION AGAINST WAR & OCCUPATION) FUNDRAISER TITLED “4 THE PEOPLE”. OVER 150 PEOPLE CAME OUT TO SUPPORT, AND ALSO FEATURED PERFORMANCES BY DJ SAGE, P.O.S, NDIDI CASCADE AND SLOW DJ’S. THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST OF MANY SHOWS WE WOULD DO EACH FOLLOWING YEAR FOR M.A.W.O.
AFTER MEETING GBOXX AND JESSE MITCHELL (JESS PRESS) BACK IN 2003 THROUGH MIKE WILLARD AT THE BRUISE BOARDS AND BEATS PRIVATE PARTY, ELEMENTAL LINK ALONG WITH GEMINEYE AND SCHOOLZONE, THEY ALL MADE THE DECISION TO CREATE A NEW COLLECTIVE KNOWN AS THE GROUNDBREAKERS. JESSE MITCHELL WOULD CHANGE HIS NAME TO ATTIKUS INSPIRED BY ATTICUS FINCH FROM "TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD"), SCHOOLZONE FROM THAT POINT ON WOULD BE KNOWN AS BACKBONE, BECAUSE HIS BASS PLAYING CONTRIBUTIONS WOULD BE THE GLUE, ALONG WITH THE BEATBOXING SKILLS OF GBOXX, THAT REALLY BROUGHT THEIR LIVE PERFORMANCES TO THE NEXT LEVEL
THE GROUNDBREAKERS HAD THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF OPENING UP FOR SWEATSHOP UNION’S KYPRIOS FOR THEIR FIRST OFFICIAL LIVE PERFORMANCE, ON FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2005, AT LIQUID NIGHTCLUB AND LOUNGE ALONG WITH LAURIE BRIKER.
GEMINEYE REACHED A MONUMENTAL MILESTONE ON MAY 21ST, 2005 WHEN HE RELEASED HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM: "GEMINEYE PRESENTS AN EVENING OF CONSPIRITUALITY", SEIZING THE TITLE FROM THE LEGENDARY REPLAY SHOW WHERE AND WHEN THE TERM CONSPIRITUALITY HAD BEEN COINED. GEMINEYE ASSEMBLED A POWERFUL PRODUCTION CREW FEATURING SCHOOLZONE, PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE, AND NEW CONTRIBUTIONS FROM HIS OLDER BROTHER JASON, WHO FROM THIS POINT FORWARD WOULD BE KNOWN AS BIGBROTHER (A REFERENCE TO GEORGE ORWELL'S "1984"). BIGBROTHER PRODUCED THE TRACKS "NERVOUS", "AMBUSHED", AND "THIEVES IN THE NIGHT".
GEMINEYE FEATURED MANY OTHER LOCAL ARTISTS, INCLUDING GUEST APPEARANCES BY SHORT CHANGE, JESS PRESS, OKBAR RAS MUFASA (ZADDIK MELCHIZEDEK), SPEECHES BEYOND, AND KADMON.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8TH, 2005 GROUNDBREAKERS PLAYED A HIP HOP FESTIVAL FOR M.A.W.O. HELD AT SONAR NIGHT CLUB IN DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER, ALONG WITH SIGNIA, NDIDI CASCADE, SYCK SENSE, OSO & PABLUCCI, SUNDAY SCHOOL DROPOUTS, DJ TED D & DANI B, SPOKES, AND TAPWATER. AND ANOTHER FESTIVAL FOR M.A.W.O AT THE EDMONDS COMMUNITY CENTRE ON FRIDAY JUNE 10TH, FEAT. MAIN OFFENDERS, PLATINO LATINO PRODUCTIONS, LADY SINCERE, SUNDAY SCHOOL DROPOUTS, TAPWATER.
THE STANDARD ON THURSDAY, JULY 7TH, OPENING FOR KYPRIOS, AND THEN THEY WOULD RETURN TO SONAR ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2005, WITH NDIDI CASCADE, DEANNA, DRE C AND THE GHOS FIENZ.