Scalper is Hip Hop like you never heard it before. Samples, live instrumentation and beats, all chopped and stewed with lyrics that conjure visions of epic proportions.
Scalper, originally a member of Fun-da-mental (UK) and live vocalist for 2nd Gen (UK), now working out of Aotearoa New Zealand. After 3 EPs released and various recording duties for bands across the world, the debut Scalper album "FLESH & BONES" will be released on 8TH FEBRUARY 2010 through Border Music in NZ, iTunes.com/scalper and Amplifier.co.nz. The double singles "Zero" and "Black Glory" will be available on November 23rd 2009 on iTunes.com and Amplifier.co.nz only.
Enquiries welcome regarding bookings. Contact: info@scalper7.com
FUJAKO came out of the clash of Jonathan Uliel Saldanha and Nyko Esterle, two producers obsessed with echo and bass. The first one, raised in Portugal and part of the collectives Soopa and Mécanosphère, deals with sonic alchemy, and is also known as HHY. The second one, raised in France, part of the Radon collective and a rider of the sound waves, is also known as Ripit. Both met to summon music of unlooped hip-hop, filled with spectres of haunting dub and ecstatic scapes.
LANDFORM, their first record (out on Wordsound Digital) was born in a small stone house studio in the burnt forests and mountains of Portugal, between paradise and the gate of hell, made from soundscapes and beats recorded on mostly acoustic instruments, created in an hostile -yet natural- environment. After the initial production phase in the woods, LANDFORM was then haunted by the voices of several guests such as Sensational, Seraphim, Native, Cheravif and Scalper, as well as by the additional trash turntablism of DJ Urine.
The 2nd release on NeedleSoup is out now! Kufr EP is by our long-time favourite The Rebel, masterminded by Ben Wallers of the Country Teasers. In keeping with Needlesoup's ethos of treating every release as a work of art, the sleeves are handprinted on watercolour paper & as special as the music itself. To order/for more info see our website:
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