New York-based Electronic artist Gramatik drops the striking, new animated visuals for his track FUTURE CRYPTO, featuring Brooklyn-based BRANX, taken from his EP RE:COIL PT.1, prior to the launch of the digital platform SingularDTV in 2019

Electronic artist, musician, and producer Gramatik reveals his first content project as a result of his GRMTK token launch with SingularDTV in November of last year. Together with fellow artist BRANX and design studio Supermassive, he created a music video and digital booklet for his original song ‘Future Crypto.’ This bold, forward-thinking project sees the groundbreaking producer and technology advocate fusing his art with crypto culture. All of Gramatik’s new projects resulting from the GRMTK token launch, including ‘Future Crypto,’ new music, films and other multimedia content will be released on SingularDTV’s digital platform when it launches in 2019.

A collaboration with fellow artist BRANX and SingularDTV, the video for ‘Future Crypto’ depicts the history of money, starting with the barter system and advancing through the evolution of money in Europe. It then follows the Knights Templars’ first bank and the fractional reserve banking system, all the way to Blockchain technology, ending with the creation of the GRMTK token. The digital booklet provides a deeper insight into the propagation of currency from tracing its role in value transfer, building empires, funding wars, to Blockchain tech signifying the shift in power over currency.

“Our species is advancing. Shouldn’t our currency be doing the same? With this being the first piece of content being made since the token launch, and the ETH (Ethereum) raise, I wanted to explain to my fans what ‘Future Cypto’ is really about. ‘Future Crypto’ is dedicated to the importance of leaving Big Business and Big Banks out of curation and creation. Cutting out the middleman. I really think Isaac Asimov said it best with, ‘The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.’ My team and I at SingularDTV are working around the clock on new content and the further development of GRMTK. Thanks for being patient with us through the process and expect more updates regularly” – Gramatik.

The visuals for the music video were created by Dutch design studio Supermassive, the masterminds behind Gramatik’s ‘Voyager Twins‘ video. The studio describes the ‘Future Crypto’ video as their attempt to show the specific events which led to the birth of the GRMTK token.

“This piece had to be seamless to show the interconnectedness of all the events, which means no cutting between shots. At the same time, it had to be energetic and dynamic, so the visuals would really emphasize the dark rhythm of the track. The style had to be graphical yet playful, so we brought on board one of our favorite illustrator, Vincent Hammingh” – Supermassive.

In 2017, producer and DJ Gramatik, born Denis Jasarević, embarked on a venture into the cryptocurrency world with the launch of his own token, GRMTK, in collaboration with SingularDTV. As one of the few artists embracing crypto-culture and the new Blockchain-based technologies that work towards decentralization, Gramatik has emerged as a pioneer in this realm. The GRMTK token raised the maximum amount of $2.48 million (7500 ETH) in under 24 hours. As the first artist in history to ‘tokenize’ his intellectual property, the GRMTK token created a new model for funding and the artist-fan relationship.

“Future Crypto” represents a new chapter for Gramatik. Thanks to the massive success of the GRMTK token launch, Gramatik will be able to take a break from touring to focus on the creation of his next album and content curation for the entirety of 2019. During this time, Gramatik will be periodically releasing new content. Before the close of 2018, Gramatik will also be releasing the companion to his critically acclaimed ‘Re:Coil Pt. I’ EP, to be titled ‘Re:Coil Pt. II.’

SingularDTV is an EnTech (entertainment technology) company utilizing blockchain technology to create tokenized entertainment economies that empowers both content creators and consumers. Built on Ethereum, these applications provide filmmakers and artists the tools to capitalize on its proprietary blockchain-based technology in order to fund, distribute and market their content, in a peer-to-peer ecosystem, eliminating traditional funding obstacles.

“It’s fitting that Gramatik would embark on a campaign to educate fans more about the history of crypto and the promises of Blockchain,” says Zach LeBeau, CEO, and co-founder of SingularDTV. “I think I speak for all of us at SingularDTV when I say we can’t wait for our platform to launch with such exciting blockchain-centric content by our first tokenized artist”.

Gramatik – Re:Coil Pt. I EP via iTunes/Spotify
Gramatik & BRANX – Future Crypto E-Book HERE

Before Gramatik steps away from touring and heads back into the lab, fans still have a chance to catch him live at tour dates across North America including Shambhala, Electric Zoo, Life Is Beautiful, and at his annual return to the famed Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado on September the 01st.

TOUR DATES:
July 6th – 9th – We Are Electric Weekender 2018- Boxtel, Netherlands
August 10th -13th – Shambhala Music Festival- Salmo, BC
Aug 31 – Sept 2nd – Electric Zoo- New York, NY
September 1st – Red Rocks Amphitheater w/ Griffin, Haywyre, Ramzoid, Balkan Bump – Morrison, CO
September 21st -23rd – Life Is Beautiful- Las Vegas, NV
October 25th -28th – Suwanee Hulaween- Live Oak, FL

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