ABOUT UNIFICATION THEORY:

Unification Theory is a band composed of musicians, visual artists, a DJ and a spoken word poet.  Each member of the group is well-known in his respective medium.  The concept of Unification Theory is street futurism: visualizing the possibilities of the future through the prisms of Graffiti, Hip Hop, Spoken Word, Digital/Video Artwork, Techno, Funk and Jazz.  The unification of these diverse creative minds builds new visual and sonic structures.  This innovative collaboration of live music, DJ mixing, digital/video artwork projections and live painting is a new form of performance.

 

MUSIC GENRE:

Jazz-Funk-Techno-Hip Hop-Electronic Music

 

BAND MEMBERS:

1. Overton Loyd: P-Funk painting

2. Man One: Graffiti/aerosol painting

3. Harleigh Cole: Afro-Cuban/Latin Jazz/Funk keyboards/percussion

4. Nomadico: Techno/Hip Hop/Jazz DJ and producer

5. Gustavo Alberto Garcia Vaca: digital projections/spoken word/sound textures

+ special guests

 

 

 

BIOS:

 

- Overton Loyd: Overton Loyd is a visual artist working in various styles including loose pen and ink drawings, cartoon illustrations and mixed media paintings: these styles are alternately known as “Expansionism” and “Bop Art”.  He is well-known for his prolific body of artwork with the legendary Funk music group Parliament-Funkadelic aka  P-Funk created by George Clinton.  Overton is a continuing active member of P-Funk and has created cover artwork and comic books for classic P-Funk albums including “Motor-Booty Affair”, “Funkentelechy versus the Placebo Syndrome” and Bootsy Collins’ "This Boot Is Made For Fonk-N”.  Overton also designed characters for George Clinton’s award-winning animated music video, “Atomic Dog” and Cartoon Network’s hit animated television series “Class of 3000”, featuring the voice of Andre 3000 (from the Hip Hop group Outkast).  His commercial commissions include artwork and designs for Capitol Records, Disney, Cartoon Network, Motown and Rhino Records; and his paintings reside in numerous private collections.  Overton’s artwork envisions P-Funk as modern mythology and continues to inspire artists and designers worldwide.  "My intention is to use art to help us expand our capacity to embrace our own humanity, as well as transcend cultural barriers,” Loyd says.  

 

- Man One: Man One is an aerosol/graffiti artist.  His bold and colorful murals have pioneered the evolution of graffiti as an art form.  His artwork has been exhibited in several museums, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, California and Parco Museum in Tokyo, Japan.  Man One's commercial commissions include murals for MTV, ESPN, Adidas, Sony and the Metro Transit Authority.  His illustrations have appeared in various publications including the best-selling “Graffiti World” art book, New York Magazine and the Washington Post.  Man One is also the founder/director of Crewest Gallery, the premiere street/underground art gallery on Gallery Row in the Downtown Arts District of Los Angeles.

 

- Harleigh Cole: Harleigh Cole is a multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, playing various percussion instruments and keyboards.  As Nat King Cole’s grandson, Harleigh has a rich jazz heritage: yet, he explores his own musical frontiers of rhythmic creativity.  He performs and records with various artists including Latin Jazz bandleader Jerry Gonzalez (from the Fort Apache Band),  Free Jazz musician Wadada Leo Smith, Funk innovator George Clinton and Afro-Cuban conguero Francisco Aguabella.

 

- Nomadico: Nomadico is an electronic musician, producer and DJ.  His Techno and Electro tracks for Detroit record labels Underground Resistance and Los Hermanos have been played in nightclubs and music festivals worldwide.  Nomadico has mixed and edited tracks for Underground Resistance, Los Hermanos, Orlando Voorn and DJ 3000. He has performed in various countries including Japan, France, Italy, Brazil, Spain and the UK.

 

- Gustavo Alberto Garcia Vaca: Gustavo is a visual artist and writer/poet.  His artwork is exhibited in art galleries and museums around the world including the Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo, Japan and the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles, California.  His writing is published in various books and anthologies including Dance the Guns to Silence published in London, England.  He has performed spoken word at numerous venues including Beyond Baroque in Venice California and the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York City.  He collaborates visually with various record labels including Jeff Mills’ Axis Records, Francois K’s Deep Space Media, and Los Hermanos/Underground Resistance.

 

 

CONTACT:

Alma Villegas