Oh this is so great! We are finally in the studio working on our first release! This is so exciting! We have been waiting for this moment for a long time and it's HERE. We are going to have a lot of surprises on this disc as well as some familiar faves. Stay tuned for updates and studio pix as we go thru the process!

coming soon....

The Mass Industry Committee nominated R&B/Soul/Hip-Hop act Velvet Stylus as a contender for the Best Live Group Category at the First Annual M.I.C. Hip-Hop Awards. Velvet Stylus is the only nominee in the category who are not fronted by an M.C., though the group backs rappers on a regular basis. The event takes place on 6/17/06 at the Back Bay Events Center, 180 Berkeley Street Boston, MA at prompty 6:17PM! Voting takes place until June 10th, 2006 at Massive Records 1105 Mass. Ave in Cambridge, MA and at Shockwave, 5 Washington Street, Dorchester, MA. You may also VOTE ONLINE by registering as a user on the M.I.C. forums. For registration and voting links please visit http://velvetstylus.tripod.com For all other M.I.C. information please visit http://www.massindustrycommittee.com ###

Project: Think Different will present a live version of it's EmPOWERment: the power to break you free Compilation CD at Harpers Ferry! Sunday May 14, 2006 Doors at 7PM Harpers Ferry 156 Brighton Avenue Allston 18+ $5 Scheduled to perform are Velvet Stylus, Lyrical, MC Exposition, Lauren Flaherty, Melissa Li, Sad Marvin, Heist, Shuman, Sofia Snow, Media Fiend, Iyeoka, and The Foundation Movement. Music that is empowering for social change, and friendly for all audiences, this will be a lovely cap for Mother's Day! Hope to see you there! Darcie, James, Tony, and Jay

Thank you to everyone who came out to support Hip-Hop Anonymous last night - we had a blast playing for AfroDZak (a real good sport after surgery and ALWAYS on point!!) and One Love (they've really got it TOGETHER - niiiiiiice!) plus backing Brent from Melodesiac ( he can SANNNNNG!), AfroD, Metaphorick (you KNOW you got skillz for dayz), and Lucky Dice on the cipher. (Dice, hope you had a good time, man - it was on the fly and people in the house were like "wow that cat's really GOOD!") Darcie really appreciated the cake and card from the M.I.C Fam - NICE! We regretted we could not serve it up - we didn't think to bring plates and forks... :( BUT the cake is beautiful and she really was so honored! Stay tuned for more updates on Hip-Hop Anonymous at http://www.myspace.com/hiphopanonymous Thanks for making March 21 a Night to Remember

Our very good friend, Boston Hip-Hop artist DL, released his newest album entitled THE SUPPRESSION. The CD comes with a bonus DVD featuring some "home movies" of DL and some of Boston's finest MCs in casual and performance settings. DL was kind enough to feature the WHOLE performance that we did with him at the Middle East when he opened for Royce da 5'9 and Devin the Dude. Working with DL means a lot to us and we thank him for including us in his shows and on the DVD SO GO GET IT! http://www.daniellaurent.com/finallyhere.cfm And watch for DL on March 25, 2006 at the Middle East Downstairs as he opens for Sony artist JOE BUDDEN and Boston's own DRE ROBINSON who recently penned a major-label distribution deal. For prices and directions please visit http://www.mideastclub.com