After R. Kelly probably just Jesus. I owe the following people nothing and hereby wish to sever all ties with them:
DJ Mu-Gen, Z-Trip, DJ Shadow, James Brown & The J.B.'s & anyone ever associated with them, Han Solo, Bernard Purdie, Al Green, Vybz Cartel, ODB, Spiderman, Marvin Gaye, The Rolling Stones, Sharon Jones, DJ Pete Jones, Spike Jonze, Tom Jones, Dean Jones, Stormtrooper Clones, Dostoyevsky, Cut Chemist, J5, Box-fresh kicks, Dante Carfagna, Express Rising, Stezo, Double Dee & Steinski, Asterix, Pete Rock, Peter Daicos, Stan Magro, AC/DC, Gangstarr, Led Zeppelin, The Roots, Pong, Jim Henson, Bill Withers, Donny Hathaway, The middle eight in The Turtles 'You Showed Me', Dexter Gordon, Mike Whitney's Hair, Tom Selleck's Moustache, Curtis Mayfield, The Beastie Boys, The Beach Boys, The Lost Boys, Little Boys (Cocktail Frankfurts that is), Capelton, R.L. Burnside, Jazzy Jeff, De La Soul, Martin Scorcese, Sun Ra, 'The Dude', people who make me pancakes when I'm hungry, Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka , The Junkyard Dog, The Junkyard Band, The Band, The The, Agent 86, S.O.U.L., Vernon Garrett, Betty Davis, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Alex Chilton, Public Enemy, Cold Chillin' Records, My Mum, the impressive and delicious range of soups My Mum makes, Neil Young, Captain Beefheart, P. Diddy telling me how to 'get my sexy on', San Andreas - the game, India - the place, Africa - the song by Toto, Jay Dee, the whole Quannum crew, those crazy bastards in Japan that have all of the records. Really, all of them, Troma cinema, Paul Humphrey, James Gadson, all funky drummers everywhere, Cornelius, Large Pro, Ultramagnetics, Paul C, Paul Nice, Ned Kelly, Herman Kelly, Herman Munster, John Steinbeck, David Axlerod, The Meters, D.I.T.C., Kon and Amir, Doug Barwick, any artist who ever committed their music to wax - especially if it's a 45 with a break on it...
Sounds Like
Exactly like every other DJ and band in the world, if they were all playing at the same time over the top of each other.
dj manchild. who's king baby?
Let's start at the beginning...
20 billion years ago
A minor scuffle between God, Buddha, Allah, The Jewish version of God and those 20 million Hindi gods results in a giant explosion that creates the entire universe. It is accompanied by impressive and foreboding classical music.
19 billion years ago
A secondary explosion creates the first Manchild.
5 billion years ago
Primitive life-forms first move from the sea to land, where they discover the pre-evolved Manchild strolling about in a smokers jacket with a pipe and a copy of 'Juggs'.
3.5 million years ago
Human-like creatures begin to walk the earth, hunting with rudimentary clubs and spears. The woman wear very little clothing and are greatly impressed by the Manchild's dapper ways and smooth veneer, much to his pleasure. However he is unfortunately killed in an incident involving three cave ladies and the forgetting of 'the safe word'.
7 BC
The second Manchild is discovered in a Moroccan marketplace stealing fruit and haberdashery. It is obvious that he has formidable party-rocking DJ skills from the moment he is discovered but sadly his hands had been chopped off by law officials. He is bound, gagged and thrown into a river.
1877
In an effort to improve his chances with the ladies, Thomas Edison invents the phonograph. However he forgets that DJ's won't be cool for another hundred years so he returns to his celibate life of inventing light bulbs and combustion engines
1973-7
DJ's Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa, amongst others, invent the concept of over-the-top, self-aggrandising names. This influences society greatly.
1987
A small child in Australia celebrates his birthday. Two men appear at the door holding a record, the soundtrack to 'Young Einstein'. The record is bright pink. The child demands that they give him 'his record' because he 'needs it'. They at once realise that they have found the third Manchild. There is much celebration. The child goes around and demands everyone give him their records. He experiences varying degrees of success.
2006
A brief foray into the field of moustache growing and wearing proves unsuccessful and Manchild realises his true calling is making people shake what their mama's gave 'em. After attempting to achieve this by simply standing on the street and yelling instructions at passers by, he decides to put his formidable record collection to good use and begins to rock parties like few have seen before. Taking funk, hip-hop, soul, rock, indian go-go, dancehall and whatever else, he excites dancefloors all across Melbourne, making men damn his name in jealous fury and ladies breathily whisper 'Oh Manchild, you make me so...' before it becomes too much and they faint.
Things To Check
DJ Manchild and DJ Mu-Gen's radio show 'The Breakdown'on PBS FM 106.7. On every Friday 3-5pm streaming here, or peep our playlists.
This is one of my favourite outlets - I get to play all kinds of records that aren't neccesarily floor-fillers but great music nonetheless. Expect lots of dusty old funk and soul 45's, obscure album cuts, rare late 80's hip-hop and of course a few classic party starters. The first hour or so is usually dedicated to funk both new and old, then in the second hour we start to branch out a bit more into hip-hop, maybe a dj set, who knows! Definately the best way to start your weekend so as Nas and Kool & The Gang might suggest - get down!
The Inflatables debut album will be out soon so keep ya eyes and ears open. We are a six piece hip-hop/funk band with two MC's/singers, drums, bass and two DJ's. Lot's of interplay between the DJ's and band, kind of like a hip-hop DJ set with a band.
- Turntables/MPC - DJ Manchild & DJ Mu-Gen
- Vocals - MC D-Fro & MC Jeremedy
- Bass - ZedSix - bass
- Drums - Defcon
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Caveman Science comprises four members - two MC's, two DJ/producers. Primarily sample based hip-hop productions, drawing inspiration and samples from all possible sources.
- Turntables/MPC/production - DJ Manchild & DJ Mu-Gen
- Vocals - MC D-Fro & MC Jeremedy - vocals
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Supports of note
Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings (US), Black Keys (US), DJ Roc Raida (US), Tim Dog (US), Labjacd, DJ Rafik (GER), Illzilla, Betty Harris (US), DJ Z-Trip (US), Aloe Blacc (US), DJ Dexter, Cookin' On Three Burners, Eddie Bo (US), Ohmega Watts (US), Marc Hype & Jim Dunloop (Germany),
FINALLY!!! The live video of Mr. Confuse & The Confusers playing at the Mephisto Club in Hannover Germany on 27th September 2008 is ready. It was the album release concert of the Mr. Confuse album “Feel The Fire” released on Légère Recordings as DLP, CD and digital in September 2008.
New 5 track nu jazz/broken beat & soul 12 inch vinyl only limited edition release on Mukatsuku Records is out now by Guynamite !
Press Said...
This EP will take your breathe away - 4 out of 5 -DJ Magazine
Fantastic vocalists.5 soul drenched tracks to fall for-IDJ Magazine
Sounds great.One of my favourite singles right now'-XLR8R Magazine USA
DJ's supporting.... Gilles Peterson-National radio 1 Patrick Forge -Kiss Fm Simbad Michael Ruetten Soul Patrol Yoshihiro Okino -Kyoto Jazz Massive Jazzanova etc etc
Cut & paste this link to see and hear Mukatsuku releases including this one now !
Spank Rock and Benny Blanco - Bootay Bitch Beat (Megasoid Rmx) The Nextmen - Move Too Short - Blow the Whistle DJ Quick - Sweet Black Pussy Paris Wells - Walk on the Wild Side Big Daddy Kane - Stop Shammin' MC Breed - Ain't No Future in Yo' Frontin Kenny Dope - Boomin' on Ya Jeep Lupe Fiasco - I gotcha (Kraddy Rmx) Ice Cube feat Das EFX - Check Yo Self The Go! Team - Grip Like a Vice (Burnt Clay Rmx) Koolism - Stage Presence Krs-One - Hip Vs. Rap (Acapella) Modeselektor - 2000007 feat TTC Ying Yang Twins - Wait (Ghislain Poirier Rmx) Juggle Method Man - Fire Deltron - Positive Contact Cypress-40 - Tell Me When To Kill a Man Aphletik - Let's Do This Lil John - Let it Roll
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