The Dreadnots are a Pittsburgh Pennsylvania sample-based beat and vocal driven outfit that apply experimentation heavily in their sounds. Simultaneously tapping into the elements of hip-hop, noise rock, 60’s psych, improvised/ambient music, and lo-fi songwriting, they create an unpredictable take on new school avant electronic music. Formed in 2000, they’ve released a heap of limited edition cdr’s, tapes, floppy discs, and vcd’s, along with a pressed cd, on various homespun d.i.y. labels around PA. Their songs are built on non-linear variations: found sounds, am and shortwave radio squelches, gritty hip-hop sampling, effected turntable scratching, dark drum programming, and skronky guitar blasts all blend together at different times, interspersed with calculated rhyming. Live, their use of fucked up instrumentation in the context of continually evolving and open-ended sets have allowed them the freedom to scramble genres, while at the same time perplexing those that put hip-hop in a box. This is outsider music for the inside of yr head. DreadNot Nor Fear them...
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Hola from AIO in Miami! Hong Kong, Osaka and Tokyo stand up! Just to let you know if you're in the area to check out, Arepaz Immigrante Orchestra founder, La Mano Fria art exhibition just started at Beams in Hong Kong, as well as a series of smaller exhibitions throughout Japan such as Tokyo (Harajuku & Shibuya) and Osaka (Shinsaibashi). Dates for all 4 are: 4|10 - 4|26 .. at Hong Kong (Causeway Bay) at Beams T.
And the mini exhibitions are the same dates: 4|09 - Golden Week.. in Tokyo Beams T Harajuku and Shibuya 4|10 - Golden Week.. at Osaka Beams T in Shinsaibashi. A busy year for Beta Bodega Coalition as we celebrate our 10 year anniversary of founding the first record label! Paz y Arepaz!
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As a producer, I have a new album out. It's NOT a mix CD of previously released songs... download it on iTunes TD Camp "Face to Face" Features new songs I produced and recorded with:
SNOOP DOGG, GOAPELE, NICKATINA, MAC DRE, SAN QUINN, HIERO, ZION I, BORED STIFF, DJ QBERT, BIG RICH, Z-MAN, OTAYO DUBB, SPANK POPS, PZ, PHILTHY RICH, RICK FLARE, & MORE
Proceeds go to benefit Y-Projects Youth Music Program in SF
2 NEW TRAX UP THAT I PRODUCED, (PLAY IT YOUR WAY) AND (FLY MY FRIEND) A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR THE LADIES AND FELLAS I HOPE YOU ENJOY WHAT YOU HEAR...010
OUT NOW!!!
Cig Cyde
1. "Carried Away"
Feat. Ben Andres, Avatar & 2mex
Bass: Avatar
Guitar: Ben Andres
Keyboards: Ikey Owens
2. "Overnight"
Feat. Radioinactive, Joe Dub & Liferexall
Keyboards: Ikey Owens
3. "Shadow People"
Feat. Jizzm High Definition aka All Deadly HDMC
4. "Dream"
Feat. Awol One
Tracks 1 & 2 Produced by Deeskee and Ikey Owens of Free Moral Agents
Tracks 3 & 4 Produced by Deeskee
Egg Cyde
1. "Somebody"
2. "Drippin"
3. "Water Drums"
4. "Gravitation" Feat. Liferexall
Tracks 1, 2 & 3 Produced by Xczircles and Janifive
Track 4 Produced by Deeskee
Paintings and illustrations by Chris Granillo (Royal Bird illustrations)
Cover design and layout by La Mano Fria (Beta Bodega Coalition)
ONly 300 copies.
BUY IT HERE!!
http://www.myspace.com/othrecordingshttp://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?artist=Deeskee+%26+Escape+Artists
Hip-hop in the '80s, jazz in the '60s, and funk in the '70s are all well-documented revolutionary expressions in Africa-American music. Less familiar, though, is their meeting ground in Cee Knowledge and the Cosmic Funk Orchestra in 2009, and beyond. Cee Knowledge, the Philadelphia hip-hop vocalist better known as Doodlebug of the Grammy award-winning hip-hop trio Digable Planets, adopted the moniker Cee Knowledge while studying the Nation of Islam in 1988 at Howard University. Knowledge grew up in a city full of musical traditions from the cosmic jazz of the Sun Ra Arkestra to the new Philly soul of Bilal and Musiq Soulchild and the groundbreaking hip-hop of the Roots and Eve. It was a place for Knowledge to absorb all kinds of music from early hip-hop and '70s funk to avant-garde jazz and new Philly soul. Knowledge's mind drifted south of Philadelphia for his funk sources in the music of Parliament-Funkadelic, the Bar-Kays, and Barry White. He first expressed his love of funk, jazz, and hip-hop together in Digable Planets, which won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance in 1993. At Howard University, he met Mary Ann "Ladybug" Vierra, a Brazilian-American singer from Maryland. With Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler, they founded Digable Planets in 1991 and released a highly acclaimed single, "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)." When Digable Planets disbanded in 1995 after two successful albums and a handful of warmly received singles, Knowledge felt a void in his music career. From early concerts at the Deer Park Tavern in Delaware and at the Philadelphia Music Conference, he forged the early
yooooooooooooooooo thank u's for the add brah :) truly hope yer' day has been quite splendid, dope, and proper! the layers and transcendence of yer' mix.... defys werds,,,,,
i would goooooooo insane if i twas ever deaf.... it would be the breaking point of my acceptance or existance...... i would have to live off vibrations....finding sounds n beat counts thru touch!
dn't ever put it past me tho' kinda sounds fun right now lol
hey dreadnots, i'm sorry for advertising on your page. i hate myself deeply for it. even so...
Please download my new free crap on Daly City Records - it's STUPENDOUS.
A full-length musical feast featuring me, Th' Mole, as well as exclusive "thrash-ups" by DJ 0.000001, featuring Too Short, Rush, DJ Shadow, Skream, Danny Elfman, and many more.
"This is a wicked album, an eclectic deejay mixup of varying types of music put together delicately into entirely new compositions by DJ 0.000001. It's really cool, 'cause it all runs together and sounds great. It doesn't sound like your typical artist mashups and more like original songs based on other songs... I don't know how to describe it, really. And then, scattered throughout the ashes is rapping by The Mole. My favorite track on the album is How to Be Cool (Remix), because the rapping is awesome, the beat is crazy, and the lyrics are hilarious. "
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