Mike Dennis is a classically-trained violinist and poet whose boyhood love of Run DMC, Beastie Boys and Gangstarr led him to create a unique kind of string-heavy hip hop music he refers to as Violinica. “Stop Time is the culmination of four years of writing about things that I feel strongly about and things that make me laugh. It’s the first album I’ve made that I don’t think I’ve rushed. We are launching this album in the portentous surroundings of The Spielman, where you will hear every intended detail, every hand-selected loop and instrumental line and every collaborator I can pin down for the night. And a rapping, looping violinist.” In support is Potter, who brings achingly poignant musicianship contained within his imaginative, folky shell.

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