Lokua Interview By Slow Children + Live Set
May 12th, 2008

Yet another blast from the past live set, this time accompanied by an in depth (and up-to-date) interview…
Slow Children: What was the sky like when you were young?
Lokua: The sky was a visual soundtrack for imagination. Even now i still go to the park and lay down and pretend that I’m hanging from the universe’s ceiling looking down on the sky, something like reverse gravity, the sky is a bottomless pit. Before I had thought about things like an ever-expanding universe or infinity it was all right there in front of me. I didn’t need to think to experience wonder, just had to look.
SC: Bubble helmet ah? …And what about colors?
[m_002] :: Lokua - Trails
April 7th, 2008

download zip file of the release
Lokua (Joshua Keckner) is a master of melody, texture and mood. Many are yet to experience this musician’s full scope of ability. Lokua’s earlier works consist largely of down-tempo instrumental hip-hop. Recent works branch out to include a large scope of electronic genres with a significant amount of dance material. Lokua’s sound is characterized by the richness and sincerity of its emotional content with even the danciest of tracks retaining a deep, cerebral sophistication.
A Chicago native, Lokua has fully embraced and embodied his environment. His sound is deeply rooted in the city’s music and social history and his countless live performances are imbued with contemporary yet authentic and raw Chicago culture. With a back catalog of tracks hovering in the thousands (including a number of conceptually-complete albums) and new ones being produced daily, we can look forward to a great variety of music releases in the near (as well as distant) future.
links: Lokua’s myspace contact: lokua *At* momentsound *Dot* com
cover art by ac.jazz
Old School Lokua mixed by Oneword
January 28th, 2008
Here is a bunch of beats I made waaay back in the day mixed by Oneword, a producer/dj currently situated in Portland. He makes music of his own that you can check out @ www.myspace.com/theoneword.
peace,
-Lokua
Pheromone Live @ Moment 14
October 19th, 2007
A recent minimal live set recorded @ Moment 14 on October 7th, 2007 in Chicago.
Drums: Korg Electribe ER Ambiance and Melody: Reason

Lokua Live @ Dulcenea
August 16th, 2007
Here is part of a live set I performed on Aug. 8, 2007 at Dulcenea in Wicker Park. The set is divided in two parts, the first being strictly tech-house and the second hip-hop/boom bap/dumb-n-bass/emo-krunk, whatever you want to call it. Let me know what you think!
Peace and shout out to Garo, Slava, and M50 for getting the dance floor amped before I played:) - couldn’t have asked for a better set up. I’d also like to thank Psymbolic for having us play Onomatopoeia again, not to mention every one who came out to support and shake their stankin’ asses! I LOVE YOU!!!
R.I.P. Dulcenea:(
–peace
Josh
a few pictures from the show:






Live Sets and Pictures from MOMENT 11
July 3rd, 2007
Live sets:
Slava - Korg Electribe ES
Lokua - Reason
Miles Tilmann - Ableton Live
Coyote - Ableton Live
Garo - Korg ESX machines
All sets were recorded live on July 1st @ Subterranean, 2011 North Ave Chicago IL except for Garo’s set recorded live on June 31 @ Morseland (1218 Morse, Chicago IL).
all of the sets were mastered by Slava for Moment Mastering


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