For decades, Converse has maintained a reputation for being worldwide fashion icons. The brand recently announced their Rubber Tracks “global takeover,” which is expanding their cultural influence to up-and-coming music scenes all over the world by providing once-in-a-lifetime recording opportunities to selected artists. The announcement also included the opening of a brand new Rubber Tracks studio in Boston.
The company selected 84 developing artists from 28 countries out of 9,000 applicants to send to 12 world-famous recording studios around the globe, to work alongside some of the best producers and engineers in the business. Studios include Abbey Road Studios in London, Sunset Sounds in Los Angeles, Studios 301 in Sydney, and Toca do Bandido in Rio de Janeiro.
Among the 84 artists are Boston-based Worshipper and Verge Campus veteran Aziz The Shake.
A full list of participating artists can be found below, and more information about Converse Rubber Tracks can be found here.
白举纲 – Chengdu, China
A.J. Crew – Los Angeles, California, USA
A2 – London, England, UK
Abreact – Melbourne, Australia
Arima Ederra – Inglewood, California, USA
AZEKEL – London, England, UK
Aziz – Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
Baco Krisi and Nasty Lime – Milano, Italy
Barf Troop – Colonial Heights, Virginia, USA
Beach Youth – Caen, France
BESTiE – Vancouver, Canada
Big Eyes – Long Beach, New York, USA
Cândido – Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
ChaCha / in3 – Shanghai / Beijing, China
Chico Unicornio – Lima, Peru
coconuts 椰子 – New Taipei City, Taiwan
Coldworm – Bry Sur Marne, France
Coro Mc – Fortaleza, Brasil
DAP – Providence, Rhode Island, USA
dBURNZ & The FlashMob – Kingston, Jamaica
Denai Moore – London, England, UK
Diamond Thug – Cape Town, South Africa
Down and Outlaws – San Francisco, California, USA
Dreamr Digital – Marietta, Georgia, USA
Dude York – Seattle, Washington USA
Fever Charm – Oakland, California, USA
Flame – Santiago, Chile
Frida – Gravataí, Brasil
Gemini – Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Glass Tunnels – Seattle, Washington, USA
Grand Prize Winners From Last Year – Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Gurr – Berlin, Germany
Heatmark 热斑 – Beijing, China
Heroes For Sale – Auckland, New Zealand
Howling Giant – Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Indische Party – Jakarta, Indonesia
Indiscipline – Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Jermaine Blake and The One Drop Routz – Kingston, Jamaica
JÓGA – Będzin, Poland
jONNY CALiFORNiA – Los Angeles, California, USA
Les Passagers – Montreal, Canada
los tiros – Quilmes, Argentina
Lume – Chicago, Illinois, USA
Magaly Fields – Santiago, Chile
Mental Bend – Berlin, Germany
Motor City Madness – Porto Alegre, Brasil
murmur – Hong Kong
NOAH SLEE – Berlin, Germany
Noise Nebula – Madrid, Spain
Noonwraith – Moscow, Russia
Paperwhite – Brooklyn, New York, USA
Phobophobes – London, England, UK
Planta Carnívora – Santiago, Chile
Prateek Kuhad – New Delhi, India
Pumpkins 小南瓜乐队 – Xinxiang City, China
Reptiles – Melbourne, Australia
Ring of Gyges – Reykjavík, Iceland
Shandy Mandies – Berlin, Germany
Smash Boom Pow – Vancouver, Canada
Smokey Brights – Seattle, Washington, USA
Sound Bullet – Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Sparhawks – Hudson, Massachusetts, USA
Stxnga – St. Elizabeth, Jamaica
The Attics – Melbourne, Australia
The Belle Game – Vancouver, Canada
The Bluffs – Costa Mesa, California, USA
The Extraordinaires – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
The Lytics – Winnipeg, Canada
The Magic Gang – Brighton, United Kingdom
THE MAKONNEN SOUL – Bogota, Colombia
The Plastics – Cape Town, South Africa
the superglasses ska ensemble – Samut Prakan, Thailand
The Veggers – Uiwang, South Korea
The Wizard – Toluca, Mexico
Toneron – Vogar, Iceland
Vaya Futuro – Mexico City, Mexico
Via Audio – Los Angeles, California, USA
VIGILANTES – Sydney, Australia
Von Spar – Cologne, Germany
Water Rats – São Paulo, Brasil
Whiskey Bitches – Brooklyn, New York, USA
WILDE – Toronto, Canada
Worshipper – Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Zanillya – Almere, Netherlands
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