Le.vel Heads [leh-vel hedz]
noun
1. A group of artistically motivated youth who have come together for a short while to collectively work toward making art their primary hustle. Level Heads is a family of hard-working, talented youth who bring such extreme levels of dedication and beauty to their crafts that if held alone, disrupt the balance of their practices. Having found each other in the Twin Cities over the past four years, these artists have also found a collaborative, familial approach to their art that yields material of an extra-terrestrial quality and pushes their individual limits. With each artist bringing a unique set of talents to the table, Level Heads is more than your average group of young professionals: We are an artistic collaborative celebrating diversity and embracing the multimedia reality of 2010. We also recognize that nothing lasts forever, we are young and no one person's path is the same for the whole group. A large part of our ethos focuses on remaining grounded, mentally battling the temptations of shallow wants and the biproducts of a society driven by money, fame and luxury.
2. The first full-length album from Lipset. Executive produced by Logan "Lokes" U'u for Sol.Play.Productions (www.solplayproductions.com) and co-executive produced by Lipset himself. While making the album Lokes and Lipset focused on the natural balance of life, paying special attention to the obvious role that trying to maintain a steady balance plays in both of their day-to-days. The first single, "Distortion," is a playful tell-all of the struggles that come from falling victim to vice while trying to remain righteous and walk a respectable path. Following the same theme, the album starts with a song titled "Outro (Credits Roll)," a song whose beat was made to be the first song on the album but whose lyrics were written like it was the last. Conversely, the last song on the album, titled "Intro (Title Track)" was written to a third party, unusable beat. When Lokes heard the lyrics and brought up his idea of what beat of his would be perfect for the lyrics, it was a beat he had designed to be the last track on the album. It was by fate that the album ended up running backward so well, that's the balance of the Level Heads LP.
