Based on reviews and comments from the new album:
Madlib, Edan, Syd Barrett, DJ Shadow, Stevie Wonder, Digable Planets, Dizzee Rascal, Roots Manuva, The Beatles
Yusuf ‘Yoshi’ Misdaq is a multimedia artist in his mid 20's, born and raised in Brighton, UK.
Since 2004 he’s released 2 albums of experimental hip-hop music
From a western box (2004)
Flowers & Trees (2005)
Both albums received significant praise from respected national & international music magazines like The Wire, Stylus, Hip-Hop Connection and others. Since his last album he has been learning guitar and piano, (as well as a lot of other obscure instruments from around the world) and is scheduled to release his 3rd solo album, which is entirely acoustic, later in 2007.
He’s also a documentary filmmaker, currently (as of June-September 2007) shooting and editing a film about Brighton’s eccentric ‘Street-walkers’. Prior to this, the last film he made was shown at the Duke of York’s Cinema as part of the 2005 Brighton Film Festival (Soup For Thought (2005) a film about the nightly soup-run on Brighton beach for the homeless and hungry)
Since 2003, however, he has been working on his first novel, Pieces of a paki (July, 2007). Partially drawn from his experiences as ‘the lone Afghan in Brighton’ as well as taking full advantage of his vivid imagination, this is a coming-of-age story, set in a great Britain of the future (the year 2020!) charts the emotional journey of young Jonathan Hutton as he struggles to find his place in the strange world around him, where the prime minister is at odds with King Charles over a military invasion of Brazil, where milk floats actually float, where Richard & Judy are still presenting, where Ronan Keating is an imprisoned human rights activist and where two very strange men sit in an office on the moon, thinking about food and farting!
Pieces of a paki has already drawn comparisons to writers as disparate as Irvine Welsh, Roald Dahl, J.D. Salinger and George Orwell; Yusuf’s stunning visual style, imagery and surreal sense of humour have even been liked to that of Salvador Dali! A must-read, and a timely, inspirational book for all open-hearted citizens of ‘beautiful Britain’.
HYPERLINK "http://www.ymisdaq.net" www.ymisdaq.net
i want to invite you to my book signing on saturday afternoon, july 5th, in the borders store at 395 broadway, saratoga springs, new york. It starts at 2pm. I'll be signing copies of my science fiction novel "The Rise and Falling Out of Saint Leslie of Security." and yes, i'll have a huge hangover from the Attic of Love show, but it will still be fun. Hope you can make it.
Its kool... Coz I've recently started writing, maybe u could call it my first serious novel, but I remembered u saying enjoy wat you write, and i am really enjoying it, its from the heart. Hows ur second book getting along?
hey my frienZd EmSily saw your profnile and thinks youre holt, she wamnts you to coFntact her on ms6n mesKsenger at emily24bath@hotmail.com thankvs she said shes wa2iting
sorry! someone got hold of my info and started spamming...Good to hear from you though! I'll check out your book. Are you going back to Tysons any time soon?
Yoshi! what's up? how's the projects and life and everything? we've just moved to NY...let me know if you're every coming through... also, my new cd, 'climatastrophunk' is now available! 13 uke-rap tracks, with some serious collaborators. music that gets to the heat of the moment. let me know what you think. stay in touch - j
Yoshi im trying to reply bak to you're message akhi but something seems to be wrong with myspace today... do u have an email which i can email u at? Coz i got an idea!
Hey little brother Y! Glad to see you're making the right moves and evolving your art! Books, ..aries, acoustic guitar? This is so Yoshi I could predict that since that Moby's chopped up sample back in...1999? Anyway I'm soon off to Japan for 3 weeks, will be back after mid august...big changes coming soon into my life brother... Anyway when I return I will play you some of my new beats then...we'll maybe make another song together?
