You may have heard Sha James featured on my Auteur LP or seen him in the alternate cut of The Turtle & The Rabbit — I’ve been working with him as executive producer of his upcoming debut album The New Hope, which will be released on 5/10/10. Here is the track listing and production credits:

01. Verbal Intercourse (Intro) produced by 14KT

02. Are You Ready? produced by Chase N. Cashe

03. Shades produced by Chase N. Cashe

04. Year Of The Wolv produced by Lyle Horowitz

05. The Goods (Remix) produced by Cashmere Brown

06. Black Dynamite produced by Lyle Horowitz

07. Venus (Interlude) produced by Lyle Horowitz

08. Ode To Ida (Prescription) produced by Massive Attack

09. House Party produced by Nosaj Thing

10. I’m Here produced by Nosaj Thing

11. Gibberish produced by D1

12. Damned (Interlude) produced by Nabs & Manuel

13. Sunrise produced by MidPoint & Lyle Horowitz

14. M.M.M.M.S. produced by Ratatat

The first single, “Year Of The Wolv”, drops in February. You can also catch Sha in our new film, I Love You, Mag, which drops this Spring.

5846 x MidPoint x The Public Enemy

For Promotional Use Only

MidPoint’s Edumacation LP is available for free download @ http://midpoint.bandcamp.com

Teaser trailer for “Taxi” — the first single off my album Night Creatures co-produced by MidPoint

I will be releasing Auteur on cassette tape, limited to 10 pieces and featuring a bonus cassette-only remix. More details soon.

I've been watching...I've been listening...I've been feeling...I've been knowing...I've been me.

I hope this letter reaches everyone in good spirits and health.

I’ve spent the last few weeks receiving some long overdue blessings. I put out an album (http://lylehorowitz.bandcamp.com), influenced and have been influenced by people whom I respect/admire, put new projects in motion and got a full-time job: a move that has prevented me from having to swallow my pride and move back into my parents’ house. Long story short: I spent 8 months working for a non-profit organization, and my pockets and general well-being took a hit — and while 2009 was an amazing year for me creatively, it also took a toll on my “real life” and I feel like I have damaged many of my relationships as a result. To anyone reading this who felt like I slighted them in any way this year, trust, that is probably not the case and I apologize. I’m still learning how to achieve balance in my life. Baby steps…

Moving on, 2010 is looking to be another prolific year for us. Although we’ve been fairly tight-lipped about it, I Love You Mag, our next short film, is very much still on. In fact, we start our first day of principal photography this Saturday. Drastic changes have taken place, but I believe these changes will help, not hurt, the final product. We’ve also taken on a few more scripts, so expect even more film-related content from us than ever before.

Auteur, my fourth (yes, fourth) album, racked up over 1,600 unique listeners in the first month and has been recognized by a few key blogs — a small feat for some, but a big one for me; especially if you take into account that I’ve only been doing this for less than a year. Still riding high off of being able to collaborate with some really talented artists on my last album, I am putting in even more work: working on my next solo album (Smiles Of A Summer Night), starting a group/side-project called Night Creatures w/ MidPoint and acting as an executive producer on Sha James’ debut album, The New Hope…as well as the mixtape that precedes it.

There’s more stuff to talk about, but I’ll save that for another letter. Maybe I’ll blog more. Probably not. It’s time to get back to work. More content soon, including some backlogged stuff — I promise. While you wait, find solace knowing that I am happier and more focused than I have been in quite some time. I thank each and every one of you for your kind words and support of the art that I put my blood, sweat, tears and sleepless nights into.

Regards,

Lyle

I stopped by Push Radio @ PNC FM to discuss my new album Auteur (lylehorowitz.bandcamp.com) — I brought along Sha James, who preforms the second verse of his song “The Night” acapella and spits two freestyles off the dome.