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Exclaim MAGAZINE (Nov 2011)_ ONE DAY SOON

Exclaim Magazine, Nov 2011 by Kevin Jones Quoted text.. After a long, winding road paved with an expansive collection of introspective musings, reflective observations and ever-developing melodies spread over the three mixtapes that have surfaced since its inception, Toronto, ON poet/MC Ian Kamau’s long-building One Day Soon is finally ready to taste daylight. Distilling the […]

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SWAY MAGAZINE (Fall 2011)_ ONE DAY SOON

Sway Magazine Fall 2011 issue article by True Daley Quoted text.. Ian Kamau is not a man of many words. He tends to let his art speak for itself. Initially a member of the hip-hop collective Pangea Project, he has since released a series of solo mixtapes, with 2010’s Love and Other Struggles being the […]

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1 Love TO_ ONE DAY SOON

1LoveTO original post Oct 7, 2011 Quoted text.. Toronto’s own Ian Kamau releases his self-produced, first full-length album entitled “One Day Soon”. It’s available in both digital and physical formats. Make sure you get your copy and continue to support Toronto talent!

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Manifesto Festival_ One Day Soon

Manifesto original post Oct 8, 2011 Quoted text.. After three years of work One Day Soon is finally here. Today (Oct 7) is my fathers birthday. People who purchased the physical CD will read in the (32 page hand-written) booklet that I dedicated this album to my parents. Without them there would be no me, […]

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The Village (Full Video)_ (One Day Soon)

Ian Kamau_ The Village (One Day Soon) from Ian Kamau on Vimeo. This video for The Village is the first full video of of the album One Day Soon. The video was directed and edited by Marcos Fantu, who lives just down the street from me in Esplanade. Both the song and the album are […]

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The Village Trailer_ Dir: Marcos Fantu

The Village Trailer (One Day Soon) from Ian Kamau on Vimeo. This is the trailer for The Village Video shot by Marcos Fantu. The song is the first full video off of the album ‘One Day Soon.’

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The Village_ Still Life

This is a small clip that was created at the first Gathering that myself and a small army of volunteers created on Sept 9, 2011. Those that came were asked to paint a house and put their name or some statement inside of it and as each person contributed their house it slowly became a […]

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11/11/11 (event promo video)

11/11/11 Ian Kamau / Keisha Monique (event promo) from Ian Kamau on Vimeo. This little video was directed and edited by myself and shot by Andrea Roberts. I am officially releasing ‘One Day Soon‘ on 11/11/11 (November 11, 2011) with my friend Keisha Monique who is pre-releasing her first book entitled ‘Because We Were Born.’ […]

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Pandora’s Box_ One Day Soon CD (Promo)

Pandora’s Box (One Day Soon CD promo) from Ian Kamau on Vimeo. A little while ago I saw collective called Ortega Cartel shoot a little video with Sixteen Pads Films that featured an artist opening up a box of CDs. I took note, good little idea. This video shot by Andrea Roberts is a quick […]

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The Girl (3 of 3)_ City & Colour Cover

This is the third and final version of ‘The Girl’ originally written and performed by Dallas Green (City & Colour). This version of ‘The Girl’ was shot by myself and edited by Andrea Roberts and myself unlike version one and version two that were both shot by Nabil Shash. The release of this video signals […]

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