Jazz & Funk from the 70's, like Gil Scott-Heron, WAR, Colosseum, Herbie
Hancock, John Coltrane, Lalo Shifrin, Donny Hathaway, Shuggie Otis, Jon Lucien, The Meters, Max Roach, boh! Actually too many to mention here.
HipHop from the likes of De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers,
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5, Kurtis Blow, Eric B. & Rakim, Public
Enemy, EPMD, Gang Starr, Paris, Master Ace, KRS-1, Ice Cube, LL Cool J, Die
Fantastischen Vier ...
Early Jungle and Drum & Bass
Sounds Like
Vinyl
Young Ax (Higher Ground EP)
Higher Ground // Let's Go
Both Sides // Into The Deep Santorin 2007/08
Young Ax // Hanuman Tribe
Soulsearchin' // Feeling Good
Rewind (Young Ax Sugar Rmx) Beatalistics 2007
Born and raised in Berlin's beautiful "green district" Koepenick, he first
fell in love with music when he saw the movie "Beat Street".
He started playing/mixing records with tape decks & old turntables and
became a passionate breakdancer. His Hip-Hop mixtapes even got him to
play on the local East-German radio and after the wall came down he finally
was able to get hold of some technics and lots of vinyl ... He began
spinning at parties and played with a Hip-Hop crew called "No Solo".
In the early 90's Jungle came from London to Berlin and Alex was absolutely
hooked by the phat bass and rolling beats of the sound that got played by
the likes of Kemistry & Storm at locations like the legendary "Toaster". It
inspired him a lot and he wanted to create his personal version of this
exciting music. He got himself some used analog equipment and started
finding his own Funk, Jazz and Hip-Hop influenced style.
It really kicked off with Young Ax's first release on the Tuebingen based
label Santorin called "Sunrise".
"Alone/Sunset", "Confused" (vocal track with musicians), "Slick!" and
tracks for two CD-compilations followed. Improving his skills he found
his characteristic soulful sound. In 2004 "January" was released on
Nu:Tone's label BrandNu which attracted interest of the UK labels.
"Something Wonderful/Listen Up!" followed on Critical Recordings as well
as "Midnight Sun/In My Neighbourhood" on Santorin, "In The Groove" on
Vibez, "Funkee Fresh" and "Soulsearchin" on beatalistics.
The debut album "Higher Ground" on Santorin hit the shores in late
2007/early 2008 - an extensive showcase of Young Ax' material.
hey ax, hoffe alles geht steil. die 2 neuen sind ja sowas von sommer sommer sommer. System Of Survival: piano - bassline - rolandsound perfekt. Winter In July: das Intro und die melo sind hammermäßig!!!! Kurzum, es triggert, es rollt, es gefällt. Behalte deinen Sound unbedingt bei. 'cause that's the ax.
hi, ich find "winter in july" echt gut, würd echt gern wissen wann man die platte kaufen kann. auf ne antwort würd ich mich freuen. schöne grüße aus oldenburg
Mate!I love Winter in July!!!one of the best tunes of Yours...:) Keep on rollin!I hope You get here again soon! BIG UPS from Budapest,Hungary!:) Consequences/Adam
Tolle Idee also von mir aus könn wir los legen dann machen wirs aber zusammen :D das lick ist da ich kanns auch spielen ^^ bass kann ich auch einspielen wenn du willst nur hab ich noch keine richtige reienfolge die könn wir ja zusammen machen :D
hiho ax,...hoffe s'geht gut voran...jedenfalls macht dein profil-gif mal den eindruck...zurück zum mützentrück,..hehe mit der higher ground gehts bei mir in den sommer, dein sound ist unverwechselbar,..big up!!! gruß abso;)
Into the deep? Yeah ov course! Bought loadsa your stuff off Santorin, Some of its a bit unorthodox but its your oldskool style of choppin beatz that keep me hooked! lol... Keep us posted on any nu flavours u got bubblin! Nice 1! (",)
