The Genie plays BitTorrent Live Studio Session
Join me Friday, December 9th at 8:00 PM PT (4:00AM GMT) in the BitTorrent Live Studio (http://live.bittorrent.com/) for a live video streaming session featuring The Genie & Diablo and VJ Biolumenence.
Current TV: “What is Scratch Guitar” (2007)
This is a short video my friend Pepe Urquijo made of me back in 2006 which was voted #1 on the Current TV website and aired on U.S. and U.K. National TV. The sound and video here are out of synch for some reason ever since it was re-uploaded and archived
The Owl Mag- The Genie: An Interview (Feb 28, 2005)
by Jason Jurgens If San Francisco were a bottle, then self-proclaimed “scratch guitarist,” The Genie, would be the mystical apparition in its belly, (sorry to play the name pun). His magical guitar style leaves you wondering, “How’d he do that?” At times it looks like he’s playing “Simon Says” or “Etch A Sketch.” He’s constantly [...]
San Francisco Bay Guardian: Making it from scratch
Making it from scratch By Camille T. Taiara ON A BALMY , late-summer night last year, during my first trip to the Middle East, I discovered the most enchanting music. It was at the modest apartment of a Palestinian artist and newfound friend who’d invited a small group over for dinner. I’ll never forget the [...]
AMOEBLOG: SCRATCH GUITAR PIONEER THE GENIE IS NEVER FAR FROM AMOEBA
by Billy Jam San Francisco avant garde guitarist The Genie, who plays tonight at 111 Minna as part of a must-see, multi-artist show featuring the Lions of Kush from St. Croix, has long been connected to Amoeba Music in some form or fashion. Like many local independent artists, he has had all of his independent [...]
SF Weekly-Local Frequency: Q&A w/ The Genie
By Jasmine Blocker SF native The Genie spent three years in the subways of Montreal creating his “scratch guitar” style before bringing it back to SF to perfect it. Working with nothing but a couple of loop pedals, a guitar, and occasionally an iPod, Genie makes a hybrid of original music and covers. He produces [...]
Montreal Mirror- Noisemakers 2004 “Out of the Bottle”
by Scott C The first time I saw the Genie perform, I simply wasn’t prepared for the spectacle. Using an electric guitar, a multi-effects foot pedal and a microphone, he was able to create a layered mish-mash of riffs, licks and tricks, backed by a looped beat box – all in a matter of 25 [...]
East Bay Express – “Doing It from Scratch” by Rachel Swan
The Genie — né Luis Monterrosa — is one of those rare, idealistic, slightly insouciant individuals who ditched a master’s program at Cal to become a street busker in Canada. And we’re not talking top-tier busking either (if such a thing exists) — we’re talking metro stations with an open guitar case. In the summer [...]
