Hailing from Sacramento, California, the Addict Merchants are a live band that embodies the American Jazz Era harmonized with the present hustle of Hip-Hop culture. The live band, consisting of seven musical architects, not only hope to influence the world of their sound, but to encourage the notion of fundamental change into society. Due to the individual talents of each band member, The Merchant Collective seem to create the digestible complexity of integrating Hip-Hop and Jazz together quite effortlessly for the past five years. The Merchants have preformed with groups such as Mos Def, De La Soul, The Pharcyde, Heiroglyphics, Afrika Bambaataa, Aceyalone, Talib Kweli, Jeru Da Damaja, Ozomatli and many others ranging from Hip-Hop to Punk/Ska. The Addict Merchants are currently recording their next fulllength CD, which is untitled and scheduled for a fall release. The Addict Merchants contact information, show dates, merchant-dice and general group news can be obtained online @ www.addictmerchants.com.
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