Kicking off our Artist Spotlight series are some dear friends of ours from Atlanta, Street Lurkin. Ryan “Oh Snap Kid” Purcell and Lee “Hxllywxxd” Bates have long been ambassadors of the Atlanta underground movement. They took separate paths consisting of nightlife photography and video production, art design, and event promotion, among many other brave endeavors throughout the years. They found their common ground in music production and live DJ performance and soon formed Street Lurkin.
This might sound typical of many successful electro acts who create incredibly catchy, devastatingly funky, melodic electro and dubstep music, but what really separates Street Lurkin is that they are a marketing machine. In less than 2 years of existence they have played and destroyed over 100 events throughout the U.S. including Winter Music Conference, SXSW, and Identity Festival. It also helps that Ryan is co-founder along with Le Castle Vania of one of the southeast’s …
