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Bulletproof

by Diamond Ortiz

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LoveME_22 Thank you for bringing that West Coast heat🔥🔥🔥😎🎹🎶🌴🔥🔥🔥❣️ -love your biggest fans- ❣️🙋🏻‍♀️💁🏻‍♀️ Marcela n Nathalee (mother n daughter) Favorite track: Devoted To You.
DJ_BLOODY
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DJ_BLOODY its a real masterpiece...thanx for this....cant stop poppin & lockin... boooomin Favorite track: Freak Of My Desire.
willd83
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willd83 My GOODNESS. What a BANGER of an album. I DJ'd a housewarming party and the lady of the house requested some Funk. I played the classics, a lot deep cuts from 80-85 and ended my set with 5 of your FIRE tracks. Thanks for sharing your Funk, Good Sir! Favorite track: West Coast Bounce (California Knows How To Party).
picrew
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picrew The music seems new and refreshing. The vinyl came with a nice static cover with a plastic sleeve cover free of charge! Just shows how much the artist cares about his customers. Favorite track: Show You A Thing Or Two.
jtorres78
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jtorres78 I got my order and cant wait to play this Funky album at the next Funktion! KEEPINGFUNKALIVE! Favorite track: West Coast Bounce (California Knows How To Party).
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  • Bulletproof CD, Poster + Sticker Bundle

    Super limited deluxe Bulletproof CD (shrink-wrapped), Full size/Full Color 12x18 Bulletproof poster fold-out (featuring original art by Esteban Swayze), and Two (2"x 2") Diamond Ortiz stickers.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Bulletproof via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Limited Clear, Hand-numbered LP + Sticker
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    ONLY 50 AVAILABLE ON BANDCAMP & IN STOCK NOW!!

    Limited Clear LP, Hand-Numbered + Sticker

    For some, the funk is inescapable, and multi-instrumentalist, talk box artist, and production wizard Diamond Ortiz is one such lifer. His musical output reveals both the deep impact the genre has had on him creatively and his passionate desire to keep pushing the style forward.

    Bulletproof, Ortiz’s seventh full-length release is his most complete musical statement yet, further solidifying the direct lineage to the music he represents. Ortiz may have made a name for himself as a music industry secret weapon on talkbox, but his music as a solo artist -- which he typically writes, records, arranges, produces, and mixes himself -- shows he’s equally skilled at all other aspects of the creative process.

    On his latest, Ortiz expertly showcases his songwriting and studio expertise, peppering the varied sounds on his ten-song set with a thoughtful addition of diverse layers. You’ll hear anthemic choruses that recall the best of boogie’s early ‘80s heyday, slow-burners that sound like GAP Band sitting elbow-to-elbow in studio with Egyptian Lover, and new-school slaps that can still trace their sonic DNA back to old-school architects Zapp and Funkadelic.

    Seduced by the sounds he heard while listening to his older brother play alongside sessions players from Sly & The Family Stone, Tower of Power, and Funkadelic, Jeremy Diamond-Ortiz was an early convert to the funk and soon started playing bass for his family’s homespun funk band. After gaining plenty of stage time within the Bay Area funk scene, Ortiz dropped his solo debut, Loveline, in 2016 on MoFunk Records. His expert musicianship has made him an in-demand session player in LA, where he’s collaborated with Snoop Dogg, Green Lantern, Nipsey Hussle, Kamaiyah, Lil Rob and Zapp, and many many more.

    As a true believer of the street funk sound he represents, he’s a relevant torchbearer for a new generation of electronic funk, synth-funk, boogie, hip-hop, g-funk and R&B, with Ortiz poised to stand at an intersection between classic funk and its many future directions.

    Bulletproof’s limited run will include 100 copies pressed to yellow vinyl, 100 pressed on clear vinyl, and 300 on black vinyl. Cover design by Esteban Swayze.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Bulletproof via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Limited Black, Hand-numbered LP + Sticker
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    ONLY 100 of 300 AVAILABLE ON BANDCAMP & IN STOCK NOW WITH FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING!

    Limited Black LP, Hand-Numbered + Sticker

    For some, the funk is inescapable, and multi-instrumentalist, talk box artist, and production wizard Diamond Ortiz is one such lifer. His musical output reveals both the deep impact the genre has had on him creatively and his passionate desire to keep pushing the style forward.

    Bulletproof, Ortiz’s seventh full-length release is his most complete musical statement yet, further solidifying the direct lineage to the music he represents. Ortiz may have made a name for himself as a music industry secret weapon on talkbox, but his music as a solo artist -- which he typically writes, records, arranges, produces, and mixes himself -- shows he’s equally skilled at all other aspects of the creative process.

    On his latest, Ortiz expertly showcases his songwriting and studio expertise, peppering the varied sounds on his ten-song set with a thoughtful addition of diverse layers. You’ll hear anthemic choruses that recall the best of boogie’s early ‘80s heyday, slow-burners that sound like GAP Band sitting elbow-to-elbow in studio with Egyptian Lover, and new-school slaps that can still trace their sonic DNA back to old-school architects Zapp and Funkadelic.

    Seduced by the sounds he heard while listening to his older brother play alongside sessions players from Sly & The Family Stone, Tower of Power, and Funkadelic, Jeremy Diamond-Ortiz was an early convert to the funk and soon started playing bass for his family’s homespun funk band. After gaining plenty of stage time within the Bay Area funk scene, Ortiz dropped his solo debut, Loveline, in 2016 on MoFunk Records. His expert musicianship has made him an in-demand session player in LA, where he’s collaborated with Snoop Dogg, Green Lantern, Nipsey Hussle, Kamaiyah, Lil Rob and Zapp, and many many more.

    As a true believer of the street funk sound he represents, he’s a relevant torchbearer for a new generation of electronic funk, synth-funk, boogie, hip-hop, g-funk and R&B, with Ortiz poised to stand at an intersection between classic funk and its many future directions.

    Bulletproof’s limited run will include 100 copies pressed to yellow vinyl, 100 pressed on clear vinyl, and 300 on black vinyl. Cover design by Esteban Swayze.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Bulletproof via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Limited Translucent Yellow LP, Hand-Numbered + Poster + Sticker
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    ***Limited BANDCAMP ONLY TRANSLUCENT YELLOW Edition***
    ONLY 100 AVAILABLE & IN STOCK NOW WITH FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING!

    Limited Translucent Yellow LP, Hand-Numbered + Poster + Sticker

    For some, the funk is inescapable, and multi-instrumentalist, talk box artist, and production wizard Diamond Ortiz is one such lifer. His musical output reveals both the deep impact the genre has had on him creatively and his passionate desire to keep pushing the style forward.

    Bulletproof, Ortiz’s seventh full-length release is his most complete musical statement yet, further solidifying the direct lineage to the music he represents. Ortiz may have made a name for himself as a music industry secret weapon on talkbox, but his music as a solo artist -- which he typically writes, records, arranges, produces, and mixes himself -- shows he’s equally skilled at all other aspects of the creative process.

    On his latest, Ortiz expertly showcases his songwriting and studio expertise, peppering the varied sounds on his ten-song set with a thoughtful addition of diverse layers. You’ll hear anthemic choruses that recall the best of boogie’s early ‘80s heyday, slow-burners that sound like GAP Band sitting elbow-to-elbow in studio with Egyptian Lover, and new-school slaps that can still trace their sonic DNA back to old-school architects Zapp and Funkadelic.

    Seduced by the sounds he heard while listening to his older brother play alongside sessions players from Sly & The Family Stone, Tower of Power, and Funkadelic, Jeremy Diamond-Ortiz was an early convert to the funk and soon started playing bass for his family’s homespun funk band. After gaining plenty of stage time within the Bay Area funk scene, Ortiz dropped his solo debut, Loveline, in 2016 on MoFunk Records. His expert musicianship has made him an in-demand session player in LA, where he’s collaborated with Snoop Dogg, Green Lantern, Nipsey Hussle, Kamaiyah, Lil Rob and Zapp, and many many more.

    As a true believer of the street funk sound he represents, he’s a relevant torchbearer for a new generation of electronic funk, synth-funk, boogie, hip-hop, g-funk and R&B, with Ortiz poised to stand at an intersection between classic funk and its many future directions.

    Bulletproof’s limited run will include 100 copies pressed to yellow vinyl, 100 pressed on clear vinyl, and 300 on black vinyl.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Bulletproof via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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released December 1, 2020

All instruments (synths, guitars, bass, drums), all Vocals/Talkbox/Vocoder performed by Diamond Ortiz.
All songs Produced, Written, and Arranged by Diamond Ortiz.
All additional and background vocals by Reality Jonez.

Cover art by Esteban Swayze.

All material ©2020 Raise The Roof Records

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