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nod holmes

About Me

walk to record store. buy vinyl. walk home. sample vinyl. create loops. sequence. repeat.


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/29/2007
Band Website: contact....... [email protected]
Band Members: melvin "nod" holmes.
Influences: madlib, dilla, stevie wonder, melvin van peebles, sun ra, norman whitfield, richard groove holmes, weldon irvine, marvin gaye, eugene mcdaniels, the corporation, curtis mayfield, thelonious monk, freddie hubbard, james brown, idris muhammud, mizell brothers, archie shepp, david axelrod, norman conners, headhunters, bill withers, eugene mcdaniels, j.a.l.n. band, ohio players, rza, sly & the family stone, yusef lateef, dorothy wilson, donald byrd, dennis coffey, honey cone, meters, roy ayers, ron carter, sonny stitt, aloe blac, count bassd, breakestra, l.a. carnival, skull snaps, ahmad jamal, john coltrane, alice coltrane, dr.lonnie smith, ahmed abdul-malik, boogie down productions, epmd, bomb squad, gonzalo rubalcaba, pharcyde, wu-tang clan, ronnie dyson, badu, ynq, soulive, sharon jones & the dap kings, mos def, haiku d'etat, sly & robbie, mf doom, m.e.d., kweli, mos def, oh no, dudley perkins, roland kirk, shotgun, herbie hancock, sa ra, dangermouse, roots, melvin sparks, kenny baron, grady tate, the list goes on.........
Sounds Like: beats. jazz. funk. soul. analog. synth. vinyl. vibration. dirt. i use hardware. fuck the 'puter screens!
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

"...young rappers got disconnected from a tradition of protest ...."

"So, many of the young rappers got disconnected from a tradition of protest and decided to rap about mayhem in order to get paid." -Weldon Irvine http://www.nathanielturner.com/weldonirvine.htm Check...
Posted by on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 10:50:00 GMT