Cool Cat Art Gallery Presents: Live Audible Sounds & Another Rap Group & Featuring T-Shirt Designer Label: Mind Speakers

By Aaris A. Schroeder
Editor-In-Chief
Oct 21, 2007

Cool Cat Art Gallery hosts several indie and urban artists and musicians in their small gallery located on 24th St in Midtown Sacramento between I and J St. Sept. 29 became the album release party for Another Rap Group [A.R.G.], featuring members of Live Manikins and Live Audible Souls [L.A.S.] joined by Mind Speakers, a specialized t-shirt design label.

The venue was completely full as patrons were squashed together on the floor and even pouring out the back door behind the performing artists. The crowd was diverse as Cool Cat Art Gallery tends to book many different genres of music and art. Indie kids, hip-hop heads and art gallery regulars were all enjoying the talented artists together.

Several artists created the designs for Mind Speakers such as Ease1, Ospis, Andri T, Leona DeLos Reyes and Chris Fiest were set up on a long table for hip-hop heads to purchase. ARG took the stage with a live, indie hip-hop sound. You can hear true spoken word and major DJ influences in this reminiscent hip-hop group. Mr. Vibe was spinning records by mixing beats over samples and spinning them back again for a juicy, revolutionary hip-hop sound.

Live Audible Sounds brings soulful hip-hop – lots of sampling with fresh guitar samples, again a live DJ to spin everything together. Self of Live Manikins joined the stage with LAS for a song.

Nick Gatten who produces and engineers music through his production and record label, Thought Process Records for LAS and Live Manikins is a very talented individual who can implement several of the instruments he plays into his musical creations.

“I have been a nerd all my life, I have been playing for 17-years, I have played concert scores,” says Gatten.

The show was almost halted due to a leak coming from the upstairs unit. Apparently, the leak was dripping onto a surge protector that was running the musician and DJ’s equipment. Luckily a bucket came in handy to eliminate any unnecessary skips in beats or halts of sound. Check out more shows at Cool Cat Gallery at http://www.coolcatgallery.com.