October’s issue of Illinois Entertainer (IE) features a background story on Slavic Livins and his body of work including his time spent at Fragile Music Group (Fragilemusicgroup.com) . The story comes out just as Avant’s album “The VIII” drops, which Livins engineered. Livins also wrote and produced one of the tracks on the album “I’m […]

Platinum selling R&B artist Avant’s new album The VIII was released this Friday September 25th.  The project is lead by the single, “Special,” which has been moving up the Urban A/C charts since it debuted 14 weeks ago. This marks Avant’s eighth album release in his successful career. After working on it for many long […]

Chicago, IL, September 16, 2015  – Since its inception in 2005 FMG Studios has been building its reputation and clientele due in large part to the efforts of its co- owner/producer/audio engineer, Slavic Livins. With the release of Avant’s new album, The VIII, on September 25th, Livins debuts his latest collaboration with the R&B singer/songwriter. […]

Aphex Twin has declared that all famous people are mentally ill. The combination of adulation and insecurity would drive anyone over the edge, he claimed, including himself. “I have hung around with enough famous people to realise they’ve got a serious insecurity problem,” Richard D James told Q magazine. “I think you have to be […]

Born and raised on the streets of Kingston, Jamaica, Dame Haze (né: Damian Chaplin) is a hip-hop and reggae artist who has captivated Chicago audiences with his rhythmic flows and multicultural world view. After moving to Chicago at the age of 12, Dame Haze worked to develop his unique style which fuses the soul of […]