Polina Zizak "Where It Goes"

Ell is an American record producer, radio host, engineer, and DJ who is most well known for his time spent playing in the United States and Europe for concerts and tours with the likes of Afroman, ASAP Rocky, Big K.R.I.T., Curren$y, Danny Brown, J. Cole, Joey Bada$$, Juicy J, KRS-One, Logic, Slum Village, Talib Kweli, Twista, Wale, amongst others.

Ell co-hosts the longest running (“88”) North American Hip-Hop radio show “Prop Shop” on WCBN-FM, and can be heard on stations including Big City 101.3-FM Boston, WMBR Cambridge, MA, and KSHI, NM. He has been a featured performer at events hosted by MTV, Vans, Red Bull, United States Democratic Party, United States Armed Forces, and festivals including Fallas (Spain), Imaginarium (Spain), Warped Tour (U.S.), alongside U.S. tours with Big Sean’s Finally Famous, Machine Gun Kelly/ EST19XX, and Wiz Khalifa’s Taylor Gang.

When Ell is not behind the turntables, he can be found mixing FOH or monitors for tours such as 50 Cent‘s ‘The Final Lap Tour‘ with Busta Rhymes, or for artists including Cam’ron, Cordae, Do or Die, Dreamville, EarthGang, J.I.D., Jeremih, Twista, and others. Currently, he tours as a monitor engineer for Jeremih.

Ell is currently faculty at the Dark Horse Institute, Michigan Technological University, and the Neutral Zone where he teaches sound mixing, DJing, and audio engineering. He has presented Music Industry, DJing, Production, and Audio Techniques classes, workshops, and lectures at universities including Berklee College of Music, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Michigan.

With the launch of IAmEll.com, Ell offers mixing and mastering to support artist’s creativity while releasing commercial quality records for physical and digital distribution.

Credits:

TV, Film, and Media – BBC, Blue Planet, Cadence13, Crooked Media, ESPN, Guardian Life Insurance of America, HBO, Michigan Medicine, New England Patriots, Problem Areas, and more.

Studio – Cam Meekins, George Massenburg, Jamey Haddad, Lauren Spencer-Smith, Patrice Rushen, Sammy Adams, Young Money.

Live sound/ concert mixer – 50 Cent, Boogie T, Brand Nubian, Cam’ron, Chris Webby, Cordae, Do or Die, Dreamville, Dave Stone, EarthGang, Futuristic, Ganja White Night, Ghostly International, Guapdad 4000, J.I.D., Jeremih, Matthew Dear, Medasin, R.A. the Rugged Man, Rusko, Reason, Shigeto, Shawnna, Slum Village, Snails, Twista.

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Polina Zizak ‘Where It Goes’

Polina Zizak ‘Where It Goes’

Polina Zizak Where It Goes — Polina Zizak “Where It Goes”

Release Notes:

Check out all the amazing people who helped to make this possible! THANK YOU for all your support and contribution!
– My co-writer and sound-producer : AJ Ramirez. I’m so grateful our tandem was born last year in Valencia! More to come!
– Piano, keyboards, synthesizers: Min Sihu (tracks 1-5) and Ryan Kimbrell (track 5)
– Bass: Tabari Lake (tr.1-4) and Lefteris Papadakis (tr.5)
– Drums: Joshua Wheatley (tr.1-5)
– Guitars: AJ Ramirez (tr.1-3), Manu Linois (tr.4)
– Super cool arrangement and production for “Follow Me” – Joshua Wheatley
– Alayia Troutman for helping me with lyrics for “Follow Me” and “Leave Me Alone” and Dimitri Carabas for helping with lyrics for “Follow Me”
– Beautiful female choir for “Leave Me Alone”: Paula Bast, Kaya Nova, Nathalie R Hernandez,Hannah Lebel,Sarah Hau, Keturah A. Brown, Alida Mckeon
– Background vocals for my live performances: Arletis Garcia, Caleb Gore, Hannah Lebel, Kaya Nova
– Sound: AJ Ramirez (engineering and mixing), Drew Cappotto (mastering), Elliott Sabbagh (recording the choir for “Leave Me Alone”)
– Cover art: Dasha Yastrebova(photo) and Maxim Sudnikovich (design)
– Management: Brandon Jarrett
Casey Driessen, Brian Zalmijn, Enric Alberich, Olga Roman and Victor Mendoza for the guidance and mentorship!

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