Gwendal wrote:
what exactly is your defiition of "experimental hip-hop" ?
mediadrome wrote:
doing new things with old forms - pushing the limits of commercial music - new ways of using words; "experimental music" gets the idea across
Exact definitions aside, check out the following hip hop artists/releases: Mix Master Mike - 'Anti-Theft Device' 2LP (Asphodel) 1998
killer fully-realised LP of instrumental hip hop, produced by Naut Humon, taking the idea of turntablism beyond simple tricks and into advanced hip hop expressionism (or something like that).
Dj Q-Bert - 'Wave Twisters' 2LP (Galactic Butt Hair) 1988
"anything Mix Master Mike can do... i can do better", incredible hands-on vinyl & digital manipulation, like 'Anti-Theft Device' this is inspired instrumental hip hop.
Company Flow - 'Little Johnny From the Hospital' (Rawkus) 1999
mental hip hop and sticky funk produced by El-P and Mr Len, the personality and expression in this LP is amazing.
Push Button Objects - 'Trot' (off Schematic 003 12") PBO - 'Non Existant (Gescom mix)' (off Chocolate Indust. 002 12") 1999 PBO - 'Yambooze' (off 'Deeper Concentration' comp, Oxygen Music) 1998 PBO - 'Nocturnal Advice' (off Skam 011 12")
Edgar Farinas has been producing some pretty interesting hip hop inspired stuff for a couple of years, his earlier stuff was more on an electronic IDM tip... while his newer stuff is moving towards a slightly more conventional cut-up hip hop sound.
Quite a bit of music is being produced under the 'experimental/IDM' hip hop banner at the moment... I like the above releases because they play with the stylistic sounds and structure of hip hop, but still keep the tough edge and street soul that most 'real' hip hop has.
cheers ~Askew _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
