Released on Valentine's Day, "Paris That I Never Knew" is the latest single by Dereos Roads, deemed a mysterious romance partly inspired by the film The Woman in the Fifth (2011), starring Ethan Hawke and Kristin Scott Thomas. The official video can be viewed below. Stream & support the track on Spotify, Bandcamp, or wherever you prefer
Formerly known as Proseed, Dereos Roads' first single has now been released. "Age is Just (Revisited)" is a chill song with a reverberating piano melody and warm guitar riff, complemented by introspective lyrics, like a forethought to the next creative chapter. Bassist Kevin Nolan provides a smooth lo-end groove, allowing the listener to drift into the experience like sailing into the middle of the ocean. There's just something about birds and...
If you follow Proseed on social media, you might have noticed that he's been hinting at it for a couple months now...he's changing his name. It is our pleasure at Surface Level Records to introduce you to... 🎧🎤 Dereos Roads 🎸🎹 So what does that mean for the Proseed discography? All music under Proseed will remain on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Bandcamp and everywhere else. Bandcamp has been updated with a new subdomain, so gone are...
We've got some exciting news! Surface Level Records will be performing this coming Monday, Nov 14th, at Trace Brewing in the Bloomfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh. As part of the Lights Out multi-genre quarterly, Proseed & DFRNTFRM will be sharing the stage with DJ Blacklisted holding down the 1s and 2s. The band Different Places in Space, as well as Wil Kondrich & Marc Reisman, will also be performing. The show runs from 6-10 PM EST....
This past weekend we debuted our hip-hop album review discussions on Discord. Our topic was 1998's Third Eye Vision by the Hieroglyphics. Proseed, DFRNTFRM & DJ Blacklisted talked about the best moments and overall significance of the classic indie hip-hop gem. Check out the discussion below: Future discussions will be hosted on Discord and live streamed on Youtube. Have you joined our Discord server and subscribed to SLR on Youtube? Please...
One of the tracks getting the most attention from Proseed's Songs and Seven Blunders album (May 2022) is "That's the Truth," featuring international battle rap champion, Real Deal, and Reasun, host of Pittsburgh's freestyle cypher, Track Meet. In response, Proseed has created a lyrics video which will air on the Surface Level Records YouTube page at 7 PM EST. Check it out when it releases below: Until then, you can stream, download and support...
Ill Advanced, a consistent and prolific emcee and producer from Pittsburgh, PA, recently dropped the first single off his upcoming album, C’Est La Vie. The track, "Maple Terrace," has the artist reflecting on his past, returning to his grandmother's old home and neighborhood, while also embracing fatherhood. The video contains beautiful shots of the aforementioned neighborhood, home video footage, as well as his current stomping grounds, as he...
Recently, Proseed was interviewed by the online music magazine Stereo Stickman. He discussed his new album, Songs and Seven Blunders, as well as his writing and production process, and the past, present and future of Music by Proseed. Read the entire interview over at Stereo Stickman.
Following Proseed's recent release of Songs and Seven Blunders, the music blog The Bandcamp Diaries celebrated the new album, calling it a "well-rounded and extensively diverse record..." fully produced by Proseed himself, "showcasing some amazing versatility." Read the entire piece here. Songs and Seven Blunders is available to support on Bandcamp, and streaming everywhere. Prefer to wear the album? Head over to the store to scoop up the new...
.redcircle-link:link { color: #ea404d; text-decoration: none; } .redcircle-link:hover { color: #ea404d; } .redcircle-link:active { color: #ea404d; } .redcircle-link:visited { color: #ea404d; } Powered by RedCircle When I was around 15 yrs old, I built a hip-hop website. Likely hosted for free by Geocities or Tripod or one of the other major hosts in the late 90s, the site was a simple celebration of the "best emcees ever." This was the age of...
