Arkive

Bio:

Arkive is one man...Noah D. Goldstein. He began his career as a hiphop DJ in his bedroom. Soon he began spinning in the local Philadelphia club scene. After his success in Philadelphia as a DJ, he proceeded to produce his own orignal music with the electronic hiphop group Crooked Soul. Following this groups inception, Arkive joined the experimental heavy metal group Architects of a Broken Design in which he makes up the electronic section of the band. His sound varies between indie Hip Hop, electronic, and melodic experimental music. Arkive has recently started a solo career as a laptop artist based out of Philly, and joined the Seclusiasis team of DJs, producers, MCs, designers, and promoters. Seclusiasis includes the likes of Dev79, Starkey, Stumble, and Generic Man to name a few. Also, Arkive has excelled in the audio engineering field working with artists such as Boy Sets Fire, Bob Dylan, Carlos Alomar, Reuban Rodriguez, Steven "Blood" Bernstein, Don Byron, The Paul Green School of Rock, Aaron "Ace" Levinson, Caveman, Jedi Mind Tricks, Silvertide, DJ Muggs, Kenny Arnoff, Ray Viera, Matt Santry and Philly's own Stargazer Lily, Starkey, The Divining, Dean Davidson, Starskream, and Fat City Reprise. Arkive has recently been appointed Vice President of Ropeadope Digital; an online version of the ever-innovative Ropeadope records...home of Charlie Hunter, DJ Logic, Tin Hat Trio, The Philadelphia Experiment, Sex Mob, and a slew of others. This label will be the lnternet extension of it's bigger brother, and feature completely original material from a group of exciting established and new artists. The variety of music heard on Ropeadope Digital is bound to be the future of music as a whole. Check out Ropeadope Records for more info, and some of the hottest gear around. Presently, Arkive is residing in Reykjavik, Iceland where he is working at one of the premiere studios in the country. Keep an eye out for Arkive wherever music is made. .. --> --> --> --> --> --> --> CDBABY LINK for CROOKED SOUL: Break Bread & Nails -->

CROOKED SOUL: Break Bread & Nails Break Bread & Nails is the debut release for electronic Hip Hop group Crooked Soul. On this album, they experiment with ruthless yet melodically beautiful beats combined with intelligently tasteful Hip Hop roots.

Member Since:

November 23, 2005

Members:

Noah D. Goldstein

Influences:

The Beatles, Radiohead, Bjork, Sepultura, David Bowie, A Tribe Called Quest, Pink Floyd, Venetian Snares, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Nigel Godrich, Geoff Emerich, Clouddead, Beck, Dizzee Rascal, DJ Qbert, DJ Shadow, D-Styles, Radar, Elliot Smith, Fionna Apple, Mike Patton, Gang Starr, Dr. Dre (Old School), Marilyn Manson, Madlib, Sigur Ros, Mum, NIN, Nirvana, Muse, Phillip Glass, NOFX, Noam Chomsky, Rage Against the Machine, Edit, Starkey, Marcel Duchamp, Cy Twombly, Wim DelVoye, Weezer, The Streets, Wiley, Kano, Roll Deep, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Stanley Kubrick, Miles Davis, Subtle, Anitcon, Sparklehorse, Jon Brion, Pantera, Outkast, Nas, Mark Rothko, Joseph Bueys, Petah Coyne, Richard Serra, Matthew Barney, Tim Hawkinson, George Gerbner, Flaming Lips, Danny Elfmann, Dane Cook, System of a Down, Paul McCartney, Einstein, Nyquist, Crooked Soul, Mendietta, Frank Zappa, Andy Warhol, Modrian, Sol Lewitt, Steve Albini, Velvet Underground, Sublime, Al Schmidt, Timbaland, The Roots, Efterklang, Alpha, Aunt Jessica, The Beastie Boys, The Dreseden Dolls, Wu-Tang, Gorillaz, N.W.A., Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Coldplay, Wes Anderson, Sun, Stars, Nature, Kiki Smith, painters, sculptors, visual arists of all kinds, chocolate, water, Phil Nicolo, my Mom, Dr. Mike Goldstein, Jackie, Stephanie DiGregorio

Sounds Like:

Bass in Your Face!

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