YEA BIG + KID STATIC JIB DOOR Links: Label / Official / Publicity / Photos / Stage Plot SHOWS DATE VENUE APPEARING WITH 01.12 Tinley Park, IL - Krush Skatepark w/ The Cool Kids 01.18 Chicago, IL - The Metro w/ Rhymesayers 02.09 Normal, IL - The Kitchen 02.23 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge 02.27 Chicago, IL - AV-aerie w/ Gil Mantera's Party Dream 02.28 Riverview, MI - Rack and Roll 03.12 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle w/ Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip 03.21 Chicago, IL - The Hideout 04.08 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle w/ Grand Buffet 04.24 Urbana, IL - Canopy Club w/ Dark Meat 04.25 St Louis, MO - The Bluebird 04.26 Hot Springs, AR - Low Key Arts 04.27 Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves 04.28 Ft Worth, TX - Lola's 04.29 Austin, TX - Emo's 05.01 Orlando, FL - Backbooth 05.03 Tampa, FL - New World Brewery 05.05 Jacksonville, FL - Jackrabbit's 05.06 Athens, GA - Tasty World 05.07 W Columbia, SC - New Brookland Tavern 05.09 New London, CT - Eclectic Wear 05.10 Chatham, MA - WTF Fest 08' 05.10 Yarmouth, MA - After Prom Party @ DY High School 05.11 Boston, MA - Oxfam Cafe 05.12 New York, NY - Union Hall 05.14 Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Artworks 05.15 Dayton, OH - TBA 05.16 Bloomington, IN - The Bluebird 05.23 Dekalb, IL - The House 06.19 Chicago, IL - Sonotheque w/ The Hood Internet 08.11 New York, NY - Cake Shop w/ Bark Bark Bark 08.13 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle w/ Bark Bark Bark 08.15 Lawrence, KS - Replay Lounge w/ Bark Bark Bark 08.17 Albuquerque, NM - House Party w/ Bark Bark Bark 08.20 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo Curio w/ The Mae Shi 08.28 Chicago, IL - Schuba's w/ Mahjongg 09.20 Madison, WI - Forward Music Fest 09.21 Chicago, IL - Abbey Pub w/ Gentleman Auction House 09.22 Ft Wayne, IN - Mid City Grill w/ Gentleman Auction House 09.23 Pontiac, MI - Pike Room w/ Gentleman Auction House 09.24 Ypsilanti, MI - Elbow Room w/ Gentleman Auction House 09.25 Columbus, OH - High Five w/ Gentleman Auction House 09.27 Dekalb, IL - The House w/ Gentleman Auction House 11.13 Dekalb, IL - The House w/ Matt & Kim AVAILS DATE SITUATION Mar-Jun 2008 To Support/Package Yea Big & Kid Static are down with OCD! Together, they make retro futuristic comic book hip hop; the soundtrack for your next dance-off & the preamble to your next good times coup. When they're not hijacking your brain piece, Static travels the country jumping onto and flying off of buildings as a Hollywood stunt double; while Big practices mind control techniques over a pack of designer breed dogs. Separately, these two heroes are a force to be reckoned with but together, they are two ingredients in a recipe for world domination. KID STATIC Producing and emceeing since childhood, native South Side Chicagoan Kid Static started off at the green age of 12, making frenetic & glitchy chiptunes. Years later, he gained local recognition as the front man for the defunct instrumental hip-hop group, The Cankles, whose much lauded Goddamn!! dropped in 2005 along with Static’s privately issued solo debut Have You Seen This Man? Stunt Double by trade, Static is also an avid enthusiast of that mad French urban import parkour. No doubt, these on and off screen antics contribute heavily to Static’s sci fi, action obsessed narrative wordplay. YEA BIG Yea Big (Stefen Robinson) is a detail obsessed mad scientist of the mix reared on Ravi Shankar, bluegrass & Motown. He released his first full length CD, The Wind That Blows The Robot's Arms, in 2006 on Chicago’s Jib Door label to much confusion and praise. One dude called The Wind "an ADD trip through instrumental spaz-hop”. Yea Big has done remixes for Minneapolis avant-hip hop outfit Kill The Vultures, the 12 Apostles label, Illegal Art, and continues to produce tour only mash-up and remix ep's, the first two of which feature The Mae-Shi and Rapider Than Horsepower. THE UNION In fall 2005, Yea Big took a beating on one of Chicago’s largest hip hop message boards for reasons no one really remembers too well these days. Static watched as the crossfire obliterated this unheard of deejay and, after checking out some of his music online, invited Yea Big to collaborate with him. Drawn to Big’s atom splitting beats, Static says, “he’s doing the music I always heard in my head”. For his part, Yea Big, was mesmerized with Static’s presence. ““His voice has an energy & grit. His phrasing, texture & flow did it for me.” THE PRESENT Over the last two years of collaborating together, Static & Big have played for Michigan meth farmers, cape cod yacht rockers, snacked on cheesesteaks behind the backs of Philly vegans and played grabass and smacked hi fives with each and every one of them. Because in the world of high misadventure of Kid Static & Yea Big, the odd man out is always in. “My friend Chris hates this and describes this as ‘what death sounds like,’ so I won’t guarantee that any one person will swing on it. And yet, I wish everyone could hear it.” - Flagpole “It basically sounds like Prefuse 73 gone retarded.”- Mundane Sounds “Rolls along like the greatest party of your life upside down.” - Tangents (UK) “What Andy Kaufman did for comedy, Yea Big has done with their new album...” - Treblezine “This is the kind of thing glitch gluttons travel the earth in search of.” - Skyscraper