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The Witzard Premiere: Los Angeles-based Emcee & Bartender Alex Ludovico Unveils THE VIVIAN MAIER EP (#MedicineMondays2019)



Since we last spoke with Los Angeles-based bartender and A Clockwork Orange-referencing emcee Alex Ludovico, upon our premiere of "Calendar," he has released five more one-off single installments in his ever-evolving #MedicineMondays series. The, suddenly, before year's end, Alex Ludovico unleashed a brand new 10-track full-length entitled pretendtobe, which we previously teased within our "Calendar" premiere. Just this year, as part of his #MedicineMondays2019 series, Ludovico has already unleashed six one-off singles, as well as a fittingly festive 3-track EP entitled New Year's Resolutions. I've heard "through the grapevine" that Alex Ludovico is earnestly at work finishing up an EP with Brooklyn-based producer and fellow Zilla Rocca collaborator, Jason Griff (@iamJasonGriff) which should be properly released within a month or so. It appears as though, in the meantime, Ludovico has still been cranking out compositions for his ongoing #MedicineMondays2019 series; to celebrate the momentous occasion, we've linked back up to present the premiere of Alex Ludovico's #MedicineMondays2019 EP No.2, THE VIVIAN MAIER EP. "The idea behind the EP is a fear amongst some creatives that the work we create won't be remembered or appreciated while we're still here," Alex Ludovico explained to The Witzard, via email.


I'm not out for fame at all, but I would love to not be forgotten," he continued. THE VIVIAN MAIER EP's namesake, Vivian Maier, was a New York-bred American street photographer and care-giver. Throughout her lifetime, Maier lived in France, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and cities all across The US; over the course of five decades, Vivian Maier took nearly 150,000 negatives/photographs, home-made films, recordings, and collections, most of which, unfortunately, didn't see the light of day until after her untimely passing in 2009. THE VIVIAN MAIER EP is a quick 3-song lyrical assault, but Alex Ludovico definitely gets his point across and I would deem this a great place to start for first-time listeners. "It's my favorite thing I've done," Ludovico himself ecstatically boasts. I would, personally, liken Alex Ludovico's delivery and flow throughout the EP as something akin to a mix between Tha Carter II-II era Lil' Wayne, Kid Cudi, and J*Davey. Alex Ludovico's THE VIVIAN MAIER EP is currently available to stream exclusively on The Witzard, but will soon become available for streaming or purchase on Bandcamp, Soundcloud, Spotify, etc.


"Dedicated to every unsung hero and every genius that died before we found out about them..." "Vivian Maier was an American street photographer. Maier worked for about 40 years as a nanny, mostly in Chicago's North Shore, pursuing photography during her spare time. She took more than 150,000 photographs during her lifetime, primarily of the people and architecture of Chicago, New York City, and Los Angeles, although, she also, traveled and photographed world-wide.

During her lifetime, Maier's photographs were unknown and unpublished; many of her negatives were never printed. Maier's photographs were first published on The Internet in July 2008 by [Ron] Slattery, but the work received little response. In October 2009, [John] Maloof linked his blog to a selection of Maier's photographs on the image-sharing website, flickr and the results went viral with thousands of people expressing interest. Maier's work, subsequently, attracted critical acclaim and since then, Maier's photographs have been exhibited around the world.

- Wikipedia/Alex Ludovico (@alexludovico)

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