Ben Butter (a.k.a. Hashbrown one-man band)
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Genre: Experimental / Folk / Soul
Location CHICAGO, Illinois, Un
Profile Views: 55557
Last Login: 3/15/2012
Member Since 6/9/2005
Website www.hashbrownoneman.com
Record Label Unsigned
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The music of Hashbrown is uncategorizable..."experimental folk-soul"...sometimes hip-hop...at other times, rock'n'roll. All parts of all songs are played by him. He can be found performing with a loop pedal and a bass guitar, keyboards, tom-and-snare-drum combo, percussion, and anything that makes noise as a one-man band. (See videos at www.youtube.com/ButterInChicago.) After years of appearing on countless underground hip-hop releases, Hashbrown is currently recording songs for his first solo release (to be released in spring 2011). / / / Hashbrown:::one-man band (formerly Ben Butter) is a musician, hip-hop lyricist, DJ, graphic artist, poet, and high school teacher-by-day who has improvised live with Donald Byrd, opened for Nikki Giovanni, facilitated Chicago community murals, recorded with Galapagos4, competed in National Poetry Slams, won rap battles, taught DJing professionally, been solicited to freestyle on stage and radio, blah blah blah. "I love God...I love people...I love art...I love life. Using this energy to celebrate, but educate, too. We need to have fun. At the same time, life is short...we need to grow, be responsible...and build, not destroy. That's where my music comes from." / / / Since 1994, Hashbrown (using the name "Ben Butter") has been an artist in the independent hip-hop and poetry scenes in Chicago. From 2007-2009, Hashbrown was a vocalist in the Chicago 8-piece, acid jazz band, Vertikal, with whom he played venues all across Chicago-land (and--after being together less than a year--won 2nd place in the U.S. Finals of the 2007 Emergenza International Music Festival). -
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Jesus. The Bible. family. best friends. life experiences. learning. reading. growing up on the southside of Chicago. poverty. injustice. Black people. superheroes. good vegan food. The Cosby Show. foreign languages. The Simpsons. JPUSA. 1984. Gattaca. They Live. Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Coming To America. House Party. Argentinian comic artist Quino. art, especially graffiti art, worldwide. Dr. Seuss. Greg Allen & The Neo-Futurists. everything. .. As far as MUSIC goes, all music he's ever experienced, but most noteworthy: Gospel. Hip-hop. House. Disco. Jazz. Soul. Praise/Worship. Classic rock. '90s rock. Indie rock/ punk/ pop/ post-punk. Folk. Bossa Nova. Doo-wop. Salsa. '60s ska. Dub. Turntablism. Blues. Indigenous music from around the world. Jungle. IDM. Electronically-programmed beats. Classical. BOBBY MCFERRIN. Stevie Wonder, The Winans, The Clark Sisters, Take 6, Prince, Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, Anita Baker, Sade, Ella Fitzgerald, James Brown, The Meters, H. Hancock, Y. Lateef, Roy Ayers, F. Beverly & Maze, Soul-Junk, Danielson, Radiohead, The Cure, Sufjan Stevens, Pedro The Lion, BRAID, Mineral, rainer|maria, DJ Shadow, Kid Koala, Rakim, Digable Planets, KRS-One, Pharcyde, Dead Prez, André3000 of OutKast, Eminem, The Coup, Hieroglyphics, early Gangstarr, Fishbone, Marley, Lee "Scratch" Perry, X-ecutioners, Q-Bert, Z-Trip, Kid Capri, Omar, Bilal, Imogen Heap, Rage Against The Machine, Smashing Pumpkins, Sunny Day Real Estate, Run DMC, De La Soul, Prince Paul, Main Source, Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie (his contributions to hip-hop are extremely underrated), Jane's Addiction and Nirvana a long time ago, Ani DiFranco, Grits, Mars ILL, Freestyle Fellowship, Blackstar, The Roots, Bryonn Bain, and Chicago's: Thaione, Chips Pentium, Pugslee Atomz, Kao Razen, Drunken Monkeee, Quincy Lenear, Tina Howell, Mario, Avery R. Young, et cetera. -
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