influences vary from WEATHER REPORT, Gang Starr, Air, Boards of Canada, Daedelus, PAT METHANY, Art of Noise, The Police, TRIBE CALLED QUEST, Nas(illmatic of course), Pete Rock, Bad Company(dnb), Raiden, RONI SIZE, DJ Premier, DJ CAM, DJ SHADOW, BLONDE REDHEAD, Stereolab, Sufjan Stevens, Air, PORTISHEAD, Autechre, David Axelrod, STEREOLAB, Free Design, Explosions in the Sky, Wire, SONIC YOUTH, SQUAREPUSHER, Aphex Twin, The Roots, Miles Davis, Rotator, Somatic Response, Brand Nubian, Milton Nascimento, CHIC COREA, Tech Itch, Max Roach, Kraftwerk, Tomita, YELLOW JACKETS, Black Moon, Ressurector, Enduser, Bjork, SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE, The Smiths, Portishead, Modest Mouse, Bogdan Raczyski. mi vida, mi familia.
The biggest influences are the pains, sufferings, joys, memorable moments as they happen. My main influence is my heart.
1984, Halloween night and the young boy is ready to put on his Go-Bots costume on, and escaping the McDonalds drive-in with a happy meal. A Blue Chevet carrying the happy four-year-old black male, and his father driving. "Hey Kurt, I have something you're gonna like." His father says with a hint in his voice that the cassette he is placing inside the deck is going to blow the four-year-old child's mind. I read the title of the album, "Are you Afraid of.." The track comes on with haunting samples, distortions, and melodies that are soft and manipulated. The song sounds like a garage with power tools creating music to the boy. His mind ventures through realms he's never viewed inside his mind. His heart races with excitement, and an energy never spoken before. He clenches harder to the empty cassette case. "The Art of Noise", as his father grins paying attention to the street going towards home. Kurtis Hairston was in no way, afraid of the art of noise. Instead he embraced it. Held tightly to it, and it became the basis behind his side of electronic music. And then, is how it began.
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Hi, my friend! I'd love to go to Brooklyn :) I'll try it next year. How are you? I'm ok. Helping my husband with his 3rd album :) I need to send it to you. And we need to talk about music again ;) Kisses!
Yo man no doubt. I'll check them out. I would like to eventually meet ya'll sometime. It would be good to meet other musicians for once. lol You should check out my boy Illingsworth He's pretty dope too.
Thanks bro, we got new stuff coming soon, So i figured I wanted to get rid of the old stuff. Yo when's the next time you doing a show. Maybe we can link up. You got twitter? Never thought i'd see myself asking that question
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