The-Re-Up Podcast - Music-Art-Culture

EP.12 Corey Fonville Interview: Butcher Brown, Jazz, Drummers and Their Part of the Music Process, Growing Up In Virginia Beach, How To Make It As A Musician, New Music, and Where Jazz Music is Heading

This week we sat down with Corey Fonville, a Virginia Beach born multi-instrumentalist whose strongest skills are within the world of Drums. He’s the heartbeat and rhythm of Butcher Brown but what really defines him is the theory and cadence behind..…

EP.11 Eyezic Interview: Future Bass, UKG, Garage, House Music, Beat Production, Diversity, How To Pitch To Labels, Meeting San Holo, and Ethereal Dance Music

This week we brought in Eyezic, a DC, MD, VA based Elelctronic DJ who creates music within a few different genres including his own "Ethereal Dance Music". We talked about UKG, Future Bass, House Music, favorite performances, influences, growing up i…

EP.10 Kaelin Ellis Interview: New Music, You Are Here Start, AI, Sampling, Beat making, Florida Music Scene, and Sync Licensing

This week we had a special out of state guest, Florida born, multi instrumentalist and producer, Kaelin Ellis. He just released his latest studio album “You Are Here, Start” fresh off his tour supporting the album. We sat down and talked about how...

EP.9 SIR E.U Interview: The Ghost of Velvet, Go-Go, Beats, Washington DC Culture, Inspiration, Pop Culture, Hyperpop, and Underground Music

This week we got the chance to sit down with SIR E.U, a boundary pushing lyriscist based in Washington D.C. who creates music spanning across a wide range of sounds, genre's, and styles under the umbrella of rap music but the end product is so much..…

EP.8 yvngchris Interview: Everybody Hates Chris 2, Car Meets, Inspiration, Tik Tok, Touring, Rolling Loud, Pusha T, Something In The Water, and Fashion

ReUpAlex + BeMo Brown sat down with Virginia’s own new school rapper yvngchris, our first guest from the 7 cities (Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Chesapeake, Hampton, Virginia Beach, and Suffolk). We covered his newest studio album “Everybody...

Ep.7 Darrin X Talks Go-Go, Washington DC, the history of Go-Go, and the future of the genre

This week we sat down with Darrin X to talk about the history, culture, and musical structure that follows Go-Go Music, a Genre that was created in Washington DC. Darrin X breaks down the eras that built Go-Go Music from the 70’s to now along with a.…

EP.6 Season 1 Finale: The People’s Episode (Live Studio Audience)

Bryant “BeMo” Brown and ReUpAlex sat down with Malik Dope, Tenacious, Chad “Focus” Arrington, Togeki, Shreztah, and MartyHeemCherry for the Season 1 Finale of The-Re-Up Podcast featuring viewer-submitted interview guests from Washington DC and...

EP.5 Dieglo talks Art, Painting, Art Basel, Creative Collaborations, Flowstate, Chris Pyrate, Washington DC, Travel, and How To Make It As A Visual Artist

We sat down with Rockville, MD’s own local Artist Dieglo and creator of our studio's mural to chat about mixed media art, the DMV (DC, MD, VA), growing up as an artist, making it as an artist, traveling to Peru and Japan to make art, and Dieglo’s...

EP.4 DJ Harrison Talks Jazz, Butcher Brown, Richmond VA, Music Production, Analog Recording, Cassettes, VCU, Grammys, Genres, and the Creative Process

We sat down with Richmond Virginia's own DJ Harrison to chat about his creative process, journeys through Richmond and beyond that music has brought him, cassettes and analog recording, and his time on NPR Tiny Desk with Butcher Brown along with his.…

EP.3 Ryan Celsius Talks Ai Technology, Grammys, Trappin in Japan, Phonk, Genres, Lofi Vintage Culture, Music Production, Music Distribution, and How To Make It As A Musician

We sat down with music producer and visual artist Ryan Celsius to dig into his ground paving mixes under the Trappin In Japan visual youtube mix, Phonk, ai technology, The Washington DC Metro Area, his Label, and the End of Underground tour along wit…