The National Parcs

Hey yo! JazzFest takes a stroll through the land of Hip Hop and Grime, electronic groove and Baile Funk. It’s all about the feel, about music that speaks, about improvisation and expression. And these three young Canadian free formers will take you where you’ve never been before.

Combining video with the sampled sounds of nature and everything from Hip Hop to funk to Afrobeat and Mailan Blues, National Parcs is geared towards an 18-30 year old crowd, but will appeal to anybody with an open mind to the limitless possibilities of creativity.

National Parcs is Vincent Letellier, Chimwemwe Miller and Ian Cameron.

All three have spent time in Africa and this is apparent in their rhythms. Their live performances are stunning, and use video footage together with sounds collected from nature. Everything from sticks clicking to ice cracking and water gurgling are combined with bottle blowing, intelligent vocals, and computer-generated grooves to create a contemporary musical experience like none other.

Grand Analog

Grand Analog is unbalanced and dirty; never clean. Grand Analog is fuzzy with three coats of dust and reads like an old manual no longer in use. The music is a beautiful mess of rap’n’roll dub and soul; a hip-hop slop shop of times good and bad.

Calligraffiti, the debut album, is now available in stores and online.

Created in 2006, the Grand Analog Project is fronted by Odario G. Williams on vocals and percussion.

Varying members include Ofield K. Williams as DJ, Catalist on keys, Warren Bray on bass and Damon Mitchell on guitar.

“Calligraffiti is stocked with some of the thickest, sweatiest beats you’ll ever want your ears to drudge through…” – okayplayer.com

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National Parcs appears with Grand Analog

Jazz Fest presents the Groove Series, featuring National Parcs with Grand Analog, supported in part by Alberta Summer Games

GROOVE SERIES “geared for a younger crowd with a hip-hop funk and soul feel”