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Prophet. A messenger of things to come. The one chosen to deliver the law. Historically, Moses was all of these things. History repeated itself at the turn of the mellennium, when we saw the emergence of a new messenger; the namesake of the one before him. Moshe, frankly honest and impossibly humble, has accepted the responsibility of leading his flock to the light. But, it now has become clear, at this stage of the journey, that we all have to pass through the darkness first.
In a matter of a few short years, producer and record label head Moshe has become synonymous with the New England underground hip hop movement. His releases, compilations and collaborations have earned him notoriety amoung critics and respect among his peers. The sound he generates is a thick amalgam of instrumental down-tempo, film noir and ambient dischord sobered by sorrow and crusted with a heavy layer of grime.
His initial releases gathered the faithful in collections such as "The Lesson", an extension of his weekly nightclub series featured the best hip hop artists in Northern New England. Though, it was wasn't until his debut solo release, "Tending to the Sheep", that he seemed to absorb this duty in its fullness.
The grim reality of this mantle is demonstrated on the upcoming, "Thinning the Herd", where Moshe challenges himself to sonically sacrifice the things that have been the closest to him. At the end of the music and the mourning, there is still a sense of hope that all can be well for the faithful. Moshe is, after all, just the messenger.
Moshe has shared the stage in many forms with such acts as Moodswing9, sole, alias, Grand Buffet, DJ Vadim, Big Punisher, Atmosphere, Sage Francis, Old Dominion, Skratch Bastid, Josh Martinez, Awol One, A-Trak, Spearhead, Adeem, Blu Rum 13, DJ Q-Bert, Brother Ali, Medicine Drum, iCON the Mic King, Yarah Bravo, Floetry, Rustic Overtones and many more. He was voted Best DJ in the Casco Bay Weekly Best Music Poll in 1999 and in the Portland Phoenix in 2005 and 2007, Best Hip Hop Act in the Portland Phoenix Best Music Poll in 2001-2002 (with kNOw Complex), in 2003 (with 12" Zombies), and 2004-2007 (with Sontiago as Sontiago & Moshe), and Best Down-tempo DJ & Down-tempo Producer in the WePushButtons Awards in 2007 & 2008. You can buy his albums at the Milled Pavement website (www.milledpavement.com) or at Revolver USA Distribution (www.midheaven.com).
-Discography-
2009 - Moshe- Thinning The Herd (2-99 Records) (COMING SOON)
2009 - Brzowski & Moshe- Like Woe (Milled Pavement)
2009 - Epic- Scarf Face (2-99 Records)
2009 - nomar slevik- Welcome To Fuckland (dis.eased wrekkids)
2009 - Various Artists- Goose Bumps 3.0 (Milled Pavement)
2009 - Estetik- Estetik (leave.music)
2008 - JamesPHoney- Hugely Overrated By A Tiny Few (Milled Pavement)
2008 - Hiss & Chambers- Making Lies (brick.city.media)
2008 - Syn the Shaman- The Cure (Milled Pavement)
2008 - Various Artists- Goose Bumps 2.0 (Milled Pavement)
2008 - Various Artists- Hold Yr Tongue (Milled Pavement)
2008 - Brzowski - Blooddrive Vol. 2:The Wreckage Between (POE)
2008 - The Tules- A Haunter’s Workshop (Milled Pavement)
2008 - Various Artists- Intel Inside (The Motherboard)
2008 - Various Artists- Survival E-Comp (Siq Records)
2008 - Aamir- Underwater Regions (Siq Records)
2007 - Various Artists- Goose Bumps (Milled Pavement)
2007 - Audio88- Ein Besserer Mensch (Himalaya Pop)
2007 - Various Artists- Offbeats 3.1 Vinyl (Subversiv*Recs)
2007 - Project Dark- The Director’s Cut (Milled Pavement)
2007 - Project Dark- …and it was black (Milled Pavement)
2007 - Taiyamo Denku- Dark Journal Of Thornwords (Chi Mil Music)
2007 - nomar slevik- Sasquatch: The Great Dying (Siq Records)
2007 - Various Artists- beats.on.the.rocks v.II (brick.city.media)
2007 - Mike Clouds- Blown Speaker Project (Milled Pavement)
2007 - Various Artists- WPB E-Comp (We Push Buttons)
2007 - Various Artists- The Motherboard E-Compilation (The Motherboard)
2006 - The Desert People- Remix the Music of Vincent Gallo
(Slit Your Wrist Music./Golden Touch Productions)
2006 - Various Artists- Broken Nightlights (Suspicious Records)
2005 - Moshe- Distance Is Killing The Memories (Slit Your Wrist Music.)
2005 - Brzowski- Blooddrive Vol. 1 (POE)
2005 - Moshe- Miles Away (Milled Pavement)
2005 - Sontiago- Abuse My Adoration (Bluecyde)
2004 - Moshe- Tending To The Sheep (Milled Pavement)
2004 - Various Artists- The Lesson (Milled Pavement)
2003 - Moshe- L’Chaim (Milled Pavement)
2003 - Sontiago- It’s Simpler This Way (Bluecyde)
2001 - Poverty- Superhuman (Trifecta)
-Awards-
2007 & 2008 - WePushButtons Awards (Best Down-tempo Act)
2007 - WePushButtons Awards (Best Down-tempo Producer)
2007 - WePushButtons Awards (Local Legend)
2005 & 2007 - Phoenix Awards (Best DJ)
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 - Phoenix Awards (Best Hip-Hop Act with Sontiago)
2003 - Phoenix Awards (Best Hip-Hop Act with 12" Zombies)
2001 & 2002 - Phoenix Awards (Best Hip-Hop Act with kNOw Complex)
1999 - Casco Bay Weekly Awards (Best DJ)
-Quotes-
"...Moshe's production is not a friendly place. His instrumentals, are often very disturbing universes, indeed... (his) music makes me kind of antsy, unnerved..." - The Phoenix
"If you still equate "hip hop" with the crap you see on MTV... maybe (Moshe) will be a final wake up call" - The Phoenix
"A musical journey into melancholia, regret and insanity" - Portland Magazine
"(Moshe)has raised dark and gloomy to a hip-hop art form" - The Phoenix
"dark and creepy production"- URBNET.com
"Moshe's music {is} filled with all the gloom of walk through a dark alley in the Maine winter" - ritalnyc.com
-Collaborations-
Sontiago, jdwalker, Syn the Shaman, Mike Clouds, A-Frame, nomar slevik, alias of anticon, Aamir of Escape Artists, Natalie, Dj Mayonnaise, Brenda Merry, K-the-I???, Brzowski, Epic, tOUCh, Ira Lee, geneva.b, Kristina Kentigian, Raina Michalovic, Todd 'the Rocket' Richard, j.hjort, Taiyamo Denku, Losaka, Mindwrecker, Cognition, Dilly Dilly, Andy Happel, Gabe FM, Bread, Paul Bosse, Confusatron, Kut Kaper, Agent8, Poverty, Rustic Overtones, James P Honey, Bleubird, Scott Da Ros, Audio88, Dray Senior, Metris, Vik44, lostsatellite, Roma, Highkoo, Brandon Miles, Hiss & Chambers, Linda Digital, Suspicious Records, Brick.City.Media, Subversiv* Rec, Milled Pavement Records.
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