GRIOTS REPUBLIC - AN URBAN BLACK TRAVEL MAG - OCTOBER 2016
In the October Issue of Griots Republic we cover GLOBAL DESIGN! From interior to sound design we plug into the subjects that interest urban travelers. Black Travel Profiles include: Brooklyn Circus Founder, Ouigi Theodor. Up In Air Life Founder, Claire Soares. Fashion Influencer, Jason Andrew and Blogger A.V Perkins of A.V Does What. This issue also includes interviews with International D.J., DJ Super Nova and street artist and designer Jerry Gant. This is Black Travel!
In the October Issue of Griots Republic we cover GLOBAL DESIGN! From interior to sound design we plug into the subjects that interest urban travelers. Black Travel Profiles include: Brooklyn Circus Founder, Ouigi Theodor. Up In Air Life Founder, Claire Soares. Fashion Influencer, Jason Andrew and Blogger A.V Perkins of A.V Does What. This issue also includes interviews with International D.J., DJ Super Nova and street artist and designer Jerry Gant. This is Black Travel!
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here are genuine superstars with a million<br />
followers that are completely different<br />
from someone from the States<br />
who has a million followers. Why not<br />
put these people together and cross<br />
pollinate these audiences and open up<br />
opportunities for each other and each<br />
others’ domain?”<br />
As his love for music and diverse artistry<br />
grew, so did SuperNova’s technical<br />
skills. Introduced to sound design<br />
on his college campus through DJing<br />
over a decade ago, he was excited to<br />
use hip-hop to drive messages home<br />
through different art forms and tell stories.<br />
As a sound designer and music<br />
director for theater, he places sound<br />
effects, music, and more to create the<br />
auditory ambiance and tone that accompanies<br />
a play.<br />
Working with the Q Brothers, veteran<br />
writers and directors of many stripped<br />
down, hip-hop adaptations of Shakespeare’s<br />
plays, came about when readiness<br />
met with fate. After being spotted<br />
by Jackson Duran at another show,<br />
he referred SuperNova for the DJ gig<br />
for their production, ‘A Q Brother’s<br />
Christas Carol.’ Two weeks later in a<br />
phone interview, the Q Brothers asked<br />
what he would do if a homeless person<br />
fell on the train track... SuperNova answered<br />
the question correctly and was<br />
hired on the spot. Years and many collaborations<br />
later, he is to be reunited<br />
with the Q Brothers for the New York<br />
City run of Othello: The Remix opening<br />
mid-November and presented by John<br />
Leguizamo.<br />
Within this contemporary retelling of<br />
Shakespeare’s Othello, there is a lot<br />
of pressure on and trust placed in SuperNova<br />
to play Q Brother’s produced<br />
music cues and use his sound design<br />
skill set. He is as intimately involved<br />
in the play as any of the actors, while<br />
having the creative license to use DJ<br />
techniques to help tell the story. With<br />
trust factor at an all-time high, Super-<br />
Nova said, “All the music is done live,<br />
it’s not prerecorded at all… If one of<br />
the guys skips a line, they trust me as<br />
a DJ to bring it back.”<br />
Currently, SuperNova is working a<br />
seven episode documentary series,<br />
(U).S.A. that will focus on the influential<br />
South African hip-hop artists and<br />
his own adventures as an international<br />
DJ.<br />
Always on the go, his travels have taken<br />
him from South America to South<br />
Africa. After his current tour through<br />
Southern Africa, he has eyes set on<br />
Europe and Asia to explore music in<br />
those areas.<br />
If you ever had any questions about how<br />
far you could go, take it from the inspirational,<br />
always on-time, multi-faceted<br />
DJ SuperNova, “Never be content.<br />
There are so many beautiful things that<br />
are out there that we can learn from… I<br />
just feel like I’m a better human being<br />
because of traveling.”<br />
Follow DJ SuperNova on IG www.instagram.com/djsupernova