He's been active in the Los Angeles hiphop/drum and bass movement for the last 15 years and also had a record store[Zenbeats] for 4 years dedicated to drum and bass, hip-hop and break beats.
Aside from playing various musical instruments, Canoe's Dad and
Grandparents also collected and played records before and during his
life. Being surrounded with that positive energy, Canoe was inspired
at a very young age by their record collection. Of course at the time
he didn't know how valuable the knowledge he acquired would be and how
it would motivate him in his future. Canoe was heavily influenced in
hip-hop in the early 80's. He got into breakdancing
from kids in school and a local pool everyone use to break and pop at.
He bought his first 7" record, which was Midnite Star's "Freak-A-Zoid".
Then in 1986 his mom bought him his first tape,which was Run DMC's 'Raising Hell.
He was hooked! Since then, hiphop culture continued to pave his path into
break dancing, graffiti and his interest in production and dj'ing.
In July of 1999, Canoe took the initiative and opened the doors to a
record store called 'Zenbeats' in Whittier, California. Zenbeats
supplied records, cd's, graffiti/art supplies and smoking supplies such as
water bongs and pipes etc... The store was painted by Mear One, and the artwork itself made it onto a Dj Rectangle battle record.(during this time zenbeats also released Freestyle Fellowships "shockadoom e.p.") After 4 years, he closed Zenbeats to pursue his record
labels(raggatek/elder ancients). In summer of 2007 Canoe and Exgirl did a "Roots&Bass" dj tour in Europe, and went back for a second tour in March 2008. The "Native Resistance Tour" consisted of Canoe, Exgirl and Direct Feed. They played in Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria and the Czech Republic. You can check out pictures from the tour in the myspace pics section or on Raggatek.com
NATIVE RESISTANCE Tour footage:2008 Europe(more to come)
"Roots & Bass Tour" August 2007("Little Warriors" video)
HipHop Discography
1. "Pop's Records" (intro)
2. "Little Warriors" by Canoe
3. "Vibrate from Within" by Dudley Perkins,Georgia Muldrow, Mozaic,
David Semien(Bass)
4. "Duckin' Shadows" by Vast Aire
5. "Formless Form" by Castor Pollux & Oddity
6. "Super Galaxy Weirdos" by Canoe
7. "The Procedure" by Canoe & Mozaic
8. "Multidimensional" by Exgirl
9. "Mother Earth" by Mozaic & Canoe
10. "Brazillica" by Castor Pollux
11. "Behind the Mask" by Saafir and Mozaic
12. "Fonk Offerings" by Dudley Perkins & Canoe
13. "Blues&Greens" by The Oddibles
14. "Still Fire"
15. "Communication by Drum"
16. "Tranquil" by Mozaic
17. "The Circle" featuring David Semien(guitar)
18. "Waiting on You"
19. "Secret Stash" by Castor Pollux & Canoe
20. "Can't Run, Can't Hide"
21. "Downtempo Roads"
22. "War Trybe" by Mykah Nyne (A Work in Progress, the Album)
Jungle/Drum&bass/Dubstep/Mashup *produced by Canoe
This once all-DrumNbass label proudly presents our first DUBSTEP release! A grimey kick to the face from the terrorizts themselves, UltraBLACK! NOW AVAILABLE @ beatport.com! Check it!
YO BIG UP CANOE!! PLEASE CHECK OUT KOIAN - "DROP IT" (Glitch Hop/ Breakbeat)- NEW RELEASE ON MUTATE RECORDS !!! AVAILABLE NOW - ITUNES, BEATPORT, TRACK IT DOWN. + NEW FREE RMX DOWNLOADS: MISSY, BUSTA RHYMES, ALBOROSIE, VYBZ KARTEL, ON MY PAGE !!! THANKS
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