OUR MISSION
Family Banned Records was founded in 2019 with a mission to support and empower aspiring artists and use creativity as a voice for positive social change.
We sponsor and invest in music acts on the Family Banned label and host shows/events through our Dead Flow It Society series and Create With ME interactive art shows.
With each the goal is the same: to inspire new (and old!) artists to challenge their creative and personal potential and connect community through poetry and art.
OUR LEGACY
Create w/ ME 1
Performers
Artists
DJ
Photography
Congress Square Park,
Portland, ME
9/4/19
A hybrid open-air gathering of live hip-hop and alternative music, art and creative freestyling.
Chehadi the Rapper
Will Vile
Unique Unknown
Kid Calvin
Kyler Henningsen
Graphic Melee
Jackie Spencer
Aravind Kancherla
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Dead Flow-It Society 1
The 5 Spot
Portland, ME
10/18/19
An evening of conscious hip-hop and alternative music behind the now-closed doors of the 5 Spot and Philly Underground.
Performers
Unique Unknown
Mufasa the Composer
Signature Soul
Scattered Birds
Boxer's Jaw
DJ
Graphic Melee
Photography
Aravind Kancherla
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Dead Flow-It Society 2
The 5 Spot
Portland, ME
11/22/19
An evening of conscious hip-hop and alternative music behind the now-closed doors of the 5 Spot and Philly Underground.
Performers
Riga Tony
Jill Buote
Qezo Smalls
Will Vile
Chehadi the Rapper
DJ
Graphic Melee
Photography
Aravind Kancherla
Hip-Hop
House Party
Performers
Artists
DJ
Photography
Portland, ME
12/7/19
Created in association with Hidden Ladder Collective. A night of hip hop and good vibes.
Parfait
Qezo Smalls
Rigatony
Unique Unknown
Alex Crowcroft
Lee Giles
Abboth Russel
Molly Soneson
Kyler Henningsen
Graphic Melee
Matdanley Intellect
Zachary Mullen
Create w/ ME 2
Performers
Artists
DJ
Photography
Yes Brewing,
Westbrook, ME
12/14/19
An assembly of live art, music and conscious creativity in the hallowed halls of Yes Brewing.
Words of Phrase
Unique Unknown
Hannah Harleen
Sea Change
Alex Crowcroft
Lee Giles
Abboth Russel
Molly Soneson
Kyler Henningsen
Graphic Melee
Jackie Spencer
Videography
Sierra Gridley
Dead Flow-It Society 3
Yes Brewing,
Westbrook, ME
2/29/20
A night of beers, hip-hop and alternative music. Drinks and hospitality provided by Yes Brewing.
Performers
Scattered Birds
Seven Qrtrs
Paul Rainone
Peace Out Pat
J. S. Henry Industrialist
A Lunar Landing
DJ
Graphic Melee
Photography
Molly Tucker