As promised in our last post, here is the Hive / @threespeak dedut of @kinofmerlin 's first ever music video: "ELAvate", filmed mostly at the Haven PDX on the last Sagittarius Supermoon.
Screenshots from "ELAvate" Music Video Production by @kinofmerlin
Music Video Plot Description:
Rhymewave finds the "Light of Hip Hop" in the Kalama woods that led him to a portal behind a tree, which exited him to a bush outside the Haven / JaJa PDX in Portland, OR. This etheric music light was then taken inside the Haven where it was passed around between all the present emcees. The message of ELAvate is we ALL RISE TOGETHER , and we are more powerful as a family... with our Kin. Find your tribe and work with other like-hearted humans... it's worth it.
Screengrab of original promo video from filming - Final Shot - end of day
This vast community collaboration with the Music and Art Portland fam took the coordination of nearly 20 people, and is a True Manifest and statement to the Power of the Cascadian community coming together as the Hip Hop Megazord... and the power of community in general.
Music Video Credits:
"ELAvate" is Kin of Merlin's first ever music video release, which features 5 Truth Hop emcees in PDX: Rhymewave, Dan O, SoCoLo, ELAmental, & Emily Ra ( @emilyra333 ).
Artist Collaborators: Danny Stevens, Justin Potts, Larissa Kuruczart, Luyah Art Lounge, Elevated Mindstate Pins, Mokshakusa, Dustin Pyne, Jordan Sundancer, Sara Swallowtail
Video Work & Edits: Emily Ra (Morningwood Entertainment), Illuminertia (Macroshift Media), Zac Woke (Lucid Vibe Media)
Set Location Offerings & Coordination: Morgan Paige, The Haven PDX, JaJa PDX, Joe Riso, Danny Stevens
About the Haven Art Collective:
OG @ELAmental photo of Danny Steven's stall at The Haven PDX
The Haven and JaJa PDX are a collective of collectives centered around spirit art and conscious music, located in one of the most unique buildings in Portland, Oregon. Community spirit and collaboration lives more here than most places in the PNW. We encourage you to join us for one (or many) of the numerous epic events held in these spaces, and to come co-create any of the events with Kin of Merlin - who were also born and exist in the spirit of collaboration.
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#SelfOwnedSouls
P.S. - Kin of Merlin was born in the Forge Fires of Collaboration... we continue to feed that spirit in everything we do - so don't ever be afraid to reach out if you have something to bring to the table.
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