Hydroponic Sound System

Hydro is the hub of production team/lab rats Rube and Skin. The first release, Routine Insanity, dropped on Sound Evolution/Universal in October of 2000 and garnered much love from URB, XLR8R, CMJ and the like. RI is a soulful amalgam of Hip-Hop, Dub, and all relevant electronic dancefloor goodness. Rooted in the classic dusted drum sound, Hydro enlisted the talents of Headkrack, MYK, Soule, Cold Cris, Grand Supreem and Skwod X and blended them with high caliber studio musicians. Bavu Blakes, Chucky Sly and Azeem came into the fold and Hydro launched their own Alternate Take Records to put out "grids/loops/intersections," as well as the Central Standards (Rehash, Hydro, Com:plex, Rerog, Equipt & Polyoctopus) and Southern Borders Soul Music (Strange Fruit Project, Headkrack & The Are, Bavu Blakes, Nicknack, & Hydro) compilations. Remixes have been done for the Bastard Jazz and icon.recordings labels and assorted releases have dropped on Bomb Hip-Hop & Swedish Brandy, which will be the home of the new full-length CD, Mixtape Mentality, to be released in Spring of '06. Sign up for the Hydro e-letter at http://hydroponicsoundsystem.com or http://www.alt-take.com.