Jesse McFaddin Featured on Melo TV News for MAGIC Feb ’12 Event Coverage

Clearly today has been a busy day of posting for the BASM blog – but well worth it!

We bring you yet another post about our client Jesse McFaddin – rocker, producer, designer, social activist & all around cool dude. Today we just received an event recap for MAGIC February 2012 from the awesome ear-to-the-ground crew at Melo TV News. Melo TV is an interview/event coverage platform that looks for what’s new and hot at some of the top events in the country. Last week they were at MAGIC and stopped by the s.l.a.t.e. show floor to check out what’s hot in the urban/street wear category for Fall 2012.

 

Melo TV dropped by the Slip&Co booth to check out the ONLY Japanese street line that presented at s.l.a.t.e! While they were there, Jesse decided to bless them with an impromptu freestyle rap in English & Japanese – which only goes to show how talented our guy is! Fast forward to 1:35 to check out Jesse’s flow! ^_^

 

For more details about Slip&Co, visit www.soundshop.bz

For more information about Jesse McFaddin & his band RIZE, visit www.triberize.net

For press/purchase order requests or other inquiries please contact:

N.America:

Big Apple Style Marketing

Attn: Dorian Smith

Email: Dorian@BigAppleStyleMarketing.com

International:

C.E. United

Attn: Cozy Mizoguchi

Email: Cozy@ceu.co.jp

Slip&Co x MAGIC Feb ’12 Event Recap!

Finally, we’re releasing the event recap for MAGIC February 2012!

This is just a quick overview of pictures, videos and links from press, interviews and events at MAGIC. Last week, we had the pleasure of helping to launch the popular Japanese men’s street wear line, Slip&Co in the US. What’s more after months of working on marketing campaigns for Jesse, his line Slip&Co and his band RIZE, we finally got to meet him. And for the record, he’s one of the coolest, down to earth people we’ve met in a long time – with a real love for milk! For the full experience with access to videos of Jesse’s interviews and more, click the link to the full piece on Issuu.com.

http://issuu.com/bigapplestylemarketing/docs/slipco_magic_recap_feb12

 

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For those unfamiliar, Slip&Co is designed by iconic Japanese rock artist Jesse McFaddin – the frontman for RIZE, a legendary Japanese alternative rock band. The line is envisioned to be a collection that could appeal to young and mature rockers & urban fashion lovers alike. With an array of graphic tees, carefully crafted button downs & jackets and premium Japanese denim, the line was well received at MAGIC. The Slip&Co booth was always full of press and buyers from the start of the show to the last day including Open Fly Magazine, Swagg Magazine, Urban Fashion Weekly, 411 Magazine and more.

Additionally, collaborating lines stopped by to visit with Jesse, namely Blackfly frames & sunglasses which has partnered with Jesse McFaddin & Slip&Co to create a collection of McFaddin “F’in Rock Star” frames.

For those who are curious, s.l.a.t.e. is the street wear division of MAGIC which is quickly becoming a focal point for the three day industry only trade show. MAGIC is an event where buyers from some of the world’s top department stores and boutiques preview and write orders for designs from established and up-and-coming lines that are showcasing men’s, women’s and accessories looks for the next season. This February, lines unveiled their Fall 2012 collections.

For more details about Slip&Co, visit www.soundshop.bz

For more information about Jesse McFaddin & his band RIZE, visit www.triberize.net

For press/purchase order requests or other inquiries please contact:

N.America:

Big Apple Style Marketing

Attn: Dorian Smith

Email: Dorian@BigAppleStyleMarketing.com

International:

C.E. United

Attn: Cozy Mizoguchi

Email: Cozy@ceu.co.jp

What Buyers Can Expect From SLIP&CO at MAGIC!

Alright, so we’re roughly two weeks out from MAGIC, when some of the retail industry’s best collections & new lines will descend upon Las Vegas. And, I just received the final line up of items that we’ll be presenting from SLIP&CO at s.l.a.t.e. at MAGIC. If you’ll be at MAGIC, come stop by the s.la.t.e. show floor and pop into booth #42120 to say “hi” and take a peak at the line! The line features vibrant prints & colors, easy fitting relaxed tees and a somewhat “retro cool” look – all combined into one easy collection. I must say, it’s the hotness & I love the artwork in the look book.

 

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SLIP&CO’s February MAGIC Preview Look Book

And yes, that’s KenKen working the SLIP&CO FT Paisley Shirt & SLIP&CO Skull Ring.

For those who are curious, s.l.a.t.e. is the street wear division of MAGIC which is quickly becoming a focal point for the three day industry only trade show. MAGIC is an event where buyers from some of the world’s top department stores and boutiques preview and write orders for designs from established and up-and-coming lines that are showcasing men’s, women’s and accessories looks for the next season. This February, lines will be unveiling their Fall 2012 collections.

As I’ve mentioned many many times, although SLIP&CO is not a new line (it’s been out since 2006 in Japan), it is new to the US market. So, buyers and press can expect to see a carefully curated collection which highlights the line’s ability to easily transition from work to play and everything in between. Additionally, we’ll also be presenting their collaborative designs with iconic hat company, New Era Caps. SLIP&CO is the brainchild of rocker, Jesse McFaddin who is also the front man for the wildly popular Japanese rock band RIZE. Jesse will also be in attendance at MAGIC, marking his first press related appearance in the US for the 2012 season.

For more information about SLIP&CO visit www.soundshop.bz

To book a booth appointment for MAGIC, contact Dorian Smith at Dorian@BigAppleStyleMarketing.com.

For more information about Jesse McFaddin & RIZE, visit www.triberize.net.

RIZE Set to Appear at Canadian Music Week 2012

For immediate release

Tuesday January 10, 2012

This week popular Japanese rock band RIZE officially appeared on the Canadian Music Week (CMW) website as one of the official acts which will perform at the week long music festival.  2012 marks the 30th year for the annual CMW event, which will be held in Toronto, Ontario. CMW will be held from March 21^st through the 25^th. The performance portion of the festival takes place in more than 60 venues around Toronto’s popular entertainment district. This year, CMW will have more than 4,500 musicians – from local to international acts representing more than 40 countries – playing to 100,000 music fans.

RIZE is a hard rock/metal band that debuted in 2000 with major accomplishments such as performing at Live 8 in 2005 and Live Earth in 2007, having their song “Zero” licensed by Coke Zero Japan/Asia, various songs used for PS2 games such as “BioHazard”, and have appeared live with NIN, Run DMC, Jay Z & Oasis. RIZE is a trio comprised of Jesse McFaddin (founder, guitar & lead singer), KenKen (bassist) and NK (drummer). Both the group, RIZE, and the individual members, are major icons in the Japanese music and pop culture scenes, influencing music, entertainment, gaming and fashion.

Lead singer of RIZE, Jesse McFaddin

2012 marks RIZE’s increased focus on their international fan base with an emphasis on North America. Their CMW performances will be their first in the region since RIZE’s previous US tour with The Kottonmouth Kings in 2003. The CMW festival is perfectly timed to coincide with the release of Jesse McFaddin’s solo project “STAND UP! Fund” and the launch of his popular clothing line, Slip&Co in the US market. Following the festival, lead singer Jesse McFaddin will appear in New York to further promote the group as well as his independent projects.

For more information about Rize its members and their individual projects, visit http://www.triberize.net.

 

 

 

For US/North American inquiries, interview requests & bookings contact:

Big Apple Style Marketing
 LLC

Attn: Dorian Smith

Dorian@BigAppleStyleMarketing.com

For International inquires, interview requests & bookings, contact:

C.E. United, Inc/Official International Rep of RIZE

Attn: Cozy Mizoguchi

Cozy@ceu.co.jp

Jesse McFaddin Kicks Off Production of Unique Crowd Sourced Album “STAND UP! Fund”

For immediate release

December 11, 2011

JRock icon Jesse McFaddin to begin production on a fully crowd sourced album

To commemorate the eleventh year since his band RIZE officially launched in Japan, popular J-Rock icon Jesse McFaddin is now releasing details for an ambitious plan to drop an album next spring where the production has been entirely crowd sourced. Throughout his career, Jesse has a history of encouraging creativity specifically within the youth demographic. Jesse’s latest solo album is entitled STAND UP! Fund and isn’t in reference to a charity but rather his desire to encourage action and creativity amongst the youth. For this album, Jesse is targeting the North American market and wants to support emerging production teams across the continent to showcase their talents in North America and Asia.

 

 

STAND UP! Fund will be an eleven-track album with a unique approach to foster creativity among emerging production companies in North America. Starting this month, eleven demo tracks will be made available on www.triberize.net/standup. Production teams can download these samples and use it as a basis for inspiration to remix the original version with full creative license. Producers can change lyrics, melodies and more. Once finished, they can then contact standup@triberize.net for instructions to submit their finished works. Jesse will then pick one user submitted version for each of the eleven tracks and begin working directly with each production team to create a polished final edit.

Production teams selected to work directly with Jesse will receive full production credits. Additionally, Jesse will also release STAND UP! Fund in Japan, which will help promote and expose the production teams to the popular Japanese music scene, which is influential specifically within the Asian market.

Jesse McFaddin is the lead singer and founder of the extremely popular Japanese rock group, RIZE . RIZEis a hard rock/metal band that has been around for eleven years with major accomplishments such as performing at Live 8 in 2005 and Live Earth in 2007, having their song “Zero” licensed by Coke Zero Japan/Asia, various songs used for PS2 games such as “BioHazard”, and have appeared live with NIN, Run DMC, Jay Z & Oasis. They toured in the US in 2003 on an “All American” tour with The Kottonmouth Kings, performing at 38 shows across the country. Both the group, RIZE , and the lead singer, Jesse McFaddin , are major icons in the Japanese music and pop culture scenes, influencing music, entertainment and fashion by way of Jesse’s clothing line Slip&Co which will debut in the US in February 2012 at the influential MAGIC – s.l.a.t.e. convention.

For more information about Jesse McFaddin, Rize & STAND UP! Fund, visit http://www.triberize.net.

For US/North American inquiries, interview requests & bookings contact:
Big Apple Style Marketing
 LLC
Attn: Dorian Smith
Dorian@BigAppleStyleMarketing.com

For International inquires, interview requests & bookings, contact:
C.E. United, Inc/Official International Rep of RIZE & Jesse McFaddin
Attn: Cozy Mizoguchi
Cozy@ceu.co.jp

Jesse McFaddin’s Streetwear Line “Slip&Co” Set to Debut at February 2012 MAGIC: s.l.a.t.e.

Thursday, November 17th

For Immediate Release:

Slip&Co Fall '11 look book featuring Jesse McFaddin on the cover

Jesse McFaddin, lead singer and founder of the popular J-Rock trio RIZE has long been viewed as a leader in music and fashion. Although mainly known for his musical stylings, Jesse created his own clothing line, Slip & Corporation (known in short as Slip&Co) in August of 2006 from his hometown of Togoshi, Japan. Slip&Co is a men’s streetwear collection with a focus on the skater lifestyle. The line is highlighted by graphic tees & shirts, graphic hoodies, premium denim and a mini collection of dress wear comprised of stylized pants and vests.

 

Slip&Co is wildly successful in Japan. Fueled by Jesse’s notoriety, the line was immediately accepted by on-trend boutique stores, specifically in the fashion forward metropolitan city Tokyo. The line has also created collaborative projects such as various limited edition caps designed for the iconic New Era brand. Additionally, celebrities in the Japanese entertainment scene have flocked to Jesse’s line, with top tier names like actor Ichihara Hayato amongst Slip&Co’s celebrity fans.

 

After years of success in Japan, Jesse’s focusing on the United States for not only Slip&Co but for his music career as well. Not only is Jesse McFaddin looking to the American entertainment scene for his next solo music project entitled “STAND UP! Fund”, but Slip&Co will officially debut at the February 2012 MAGIC trade show in Las Vegas, appearing in the popular and growing streetwear category s.l.a.t.e.

 

 

 

MAGIC is the premiere retail industry trade show in the United States, occurring biannually every February and August. Nearly $200 Million in orders is written daily and the show is considered one of the top trade shows for clothing lines world wide to exhibit. Attendees hail from over 80 countries and nearly 5000 brands will be in attendance to present previously known or new to market brands. s.l.a.t.e. is a newer division of the MAGIC trade show brand, focusing exclusively on streetwear and brings together a collection of emerging and established brands.

For more information on Slip&Co, visit http://www.soundshop.bz/

For more information on Jesse McFaddin, interview requests or to request a line sheet for Slip&Co’s current collection please contact:

For North American Inquiries:

Big Apple Style Marketing

Attn: Dorian Smith

Dorian@BigAppleStyleMarketing.com

 

For International inquires, interview requests & bookings, contact:

C.E. United, Inc/Official International Rep of RIZE & Jesse McFaddin

Attn: Cozy Mizoguchi

Cozy@ceu.co.jp

More Slip&Co x New Era Cap Collaborations for 2011!

Yes dear readers, it’s a multi post kind of day!

We were so excited about Slip&Co’s special edition New Era Cap that’s coming in January 2012 that we forgot to mention some of the other collaborative cap designs between Slip&Co and New Era that are already available or are coming later this year! All details and images are courtesy of New Era Cap Talk!

Up first we have a dual collab cap between Slip&Co x Ally & Dia x New Era  for a snapback cap that’s scheduled for release next month (and just in time for Christmas…wink wink ~_^):

Slip&Co x Ally & Dia x New Era special edition cap available December 2011

In case you can’t tell, Slip&Co’s logo is written vertically in the cross! For full details on this special edition cap, click here.

Next we have some simple but easy to pair Slip&Co logo hats also from New Era. These hats are available in three coordinated pairs: royal/yellow, navy/white & purple/navy. Personally, I like the navy/white since I like to keep it simple! So hint hint to the team at Slip&Co…your BASM supporters love your logo hats! ~_^ These hats are currently available in stores now, check the blog post for details of which stores actually carry them in your area!

Slip&Co x New Era Logo Caps - available in stores now!

For full details on this currently available cap, click here.

Jesse McFaddin’s Slip&Co x 59Fifty New Era Cap Collaboration Coming January 2012!!

So, at BASM, clearly we love writing about our clients and what they’re doing…but it’s even better when we write about someone else chatting about our client’s activities! And today is one of those days!!

On the heels of our press release on 11.11.11 regarding Jesse McFaddin’s (front man of J-Rock band RIZE) official launch in the US through his GIMCRACK and STAND UP! Fund remix and collaborative projects, we’re also pleased to note that New Era Cap Talk released details of an exclusive collaborative cap from Slip&Co (Jesse McFaddin’s street wear line) which is coming to the US in January 2012. Slip&Co is the brainchild of Jesse and embodies his rock lifestyle and love of sports – specifically skate boarding. It’s a men’s oriented street wear line based out of Tokyo and features graphic tees, denim, hoodies and a few eye catching accessories. Skater and street wear fans can rest easy knowing that Slip&Co will officially debut in the US at the influential Las Vegas based MAGIC – s.l.a.t.e. trade show in February 2012.

But before we get ahead of ourselves, let’s get back on track! On Monday, November 14th, the blog site New Era Cap Talk created a post talking about a limited edition 59Fifty New Era Cap x Slip&Co collaborative cap which will launch in January 2012. We’re so excited about this since everyone knows how influential New Era is! It’s not just a cap, but a lifestyle and completely embodies Jesse’s belief in his clothing and music being more than just a hobby or a craft but a passion that is as essential to him as oxygen.

If you’re a cap collector, we highly suggest you check out the below post from New Era Cap Talk and pre-order if you can!!

59Fifty New Era Cap x Slip&Co collaborative design launching January 2012

To view the full post visit New Era Cap Talk!