Music:
Member Since: 5/28/2004
Band Website: lftb.net or ophotn.com
Band Members: Branded : Designs, Art, Marketing, Thinks He's Cooler Then He Really Is.
DJ Stere0type6 : D.J., Cuts, Marketing, Orginal Hipster Because Playboy Told Him So.
CLEEN : MC, Writer, Accounting, Not-A-Poet.
BenYomen : MC, Writer, Marketing, Politcal Tyrant.
Subhumanoid : Toasty Playboy Fo' Real.
Ofcelfe : MC, Producer, Thinks He's Hot But Really Not, Dreamkilla Fo' Realla.
Gkwong : The emo photo gal, artist, thackers sidekick.
LFTB: The rest of the crew Ophotn represents.
Zenoscope: Bob Low Films and sPeak. Soundtracks
Plural Clarity - Gettin Crunk While Ridin Dirty
Elephant Gerald - The Butcher and Founder
Demune - Looks Good In Hats and Can Talk Really Fast
Morb One - The Lingo Man
Precise One - Runs the Desert
June Howard - CEO freals
Influences: Anticon, Hot Karl, Sage Francis, Buck 65, Atmosphere, Styles of Beyond, Lexicon, Aesop Rock, Qwel, Ugly Duckling, Edan, Dorian Three, Glue, Eyedea and Abilities, Saul Williams, System of a Down, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, DJ Z-Trip, Deftones, Outkast, Bad Brains, Johnny Cash, Fishbone, Pennywise, Rancid, Amon Tobin, Kid Koala, Stevie Wonder, Citizen Cope, Lamont Dozier, Jack Johnson, Billie Joel, Jurassic 5, System Of A Down, Beck, Hot Karl, eastmountainsouth, Ninja Tunes, De La Soul, Willies Conception, H.I.M., Scientist, Jah Shaka, Bob Marley, Suicidal Tendencies, Rhian Benson, Joss Stone, Van Hunt, Cibo Mato, Outkast, N.E.R.D., Eels, Mac Lethel, Beatles, Beastie Boys, Pharcyde, Prince Jammy, Mad Professor, Bad Religion, The Vandals, Def Jux, Radiohead, Liars, Mars Volta, Life For The Better, DJ Shadow, RJD2, Weezer, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, DJ Q-Bert, Beastie Boys, Adult., Interpol, AFI, The Stills, The Shins, Snow Patrol, Danger Mouse, Beck
the faint, broken spindle, books on tape, blood brothers, radiohead, buck 65, liars, yeah yeah yeahs, mars volta, life for the better, dj shadow, rjd2, weezer, liars, iggy pop, tom waits, johnny cash, the shins, dj q-bert, beastie boys, adult., interpol, afi, the stills, the shins, M 83, snow patrol, danger mouse, saul williams, beck, death cab for cutie, the pixies, sage francis, eyedea and abilities, shapeshifters, elliot smith, clinic, dfa, the rapture, the moving units, interpol, justin riner project, popbandalice, her space holiday, awol one, dj food, ninja tune, kid koala, freestyle fellowship, the faint, pretty girls make graves, cat power, the black keys, white stripes, amon contact, prefuse 73, nada surf, galapagos 4, granddaddy, morse code, glue, themselves, illogic, blueprint, xo, anticon, definitive jux, silversun pickups, earlimart, kennedy, dandy warhols, david bowie, dj krush, Milosh, Calamalka, Dntel, Nobody, Mia Doi Todd, Ammon Contact, Adventure Time, Soulo, Chessie, John Tejada, Thomas Fehlmann, Damon Aaron, Build An Ark, Najite, Languis, Meanest Man Contest. Also, Sun Ra, Ethiopiques, Joanna Newsome, Sa-Ra, Coco Rosie, Devendra Banhart, John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Dorothy Ashby, Brian Eno, Velvet Underground, Caetano Veloso, Aphex Twin, Iron & Wine, Fela Kuti, Can, Silver Apples, Burning Spear, King Tubby, A Tribe Called Qeust, Kool G Rap, Kanye West, Gang Starr, B.I.G., Vashti Bunyan, Lali Puna, Nina Simone, Cat Power, Stevie Wonder, Madlib, Jay Dilla, Dabrye, Belle & Sebastian, Koushik, Dungen, The Beatles, Lee Perry, Oh No, Daniel Johnston, Phil Coran, Andrew Pekler, Superpitcher, Bright Eyes, The Shins, N.E.R.D., Blaze, Fennesz, KMD, MF Doom, DJ Premier, Carl Craig, Dimlite, Archie Shepp, Linda Perhacs, Nick Drake, Ras Michael, Eric Dolphy, Rythm &; Sound, Charles Tyler, Max Roach, Brigitte Fontaine, Anthony Braxton, Drexciya, Kraftwerk, J-Live, Common, Grand Puba, Pharoahe Monch, Mos Def, Craig Mack, Outkast, Fruit Bats, My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth, Slint, A Hawk &; A Hacksaw, The Residents, The Roots, Candi Station, Ray Charles, The Pixies, el-p, dj signfy, boom bip, mf doom, piegion john, mars ill, mr. dibbs, slug, octavius, tv on the radio, mum, sixtoo, amon tobin, blockhead, voodoo glow skulls, weezer, the rapture, atmosphere, catpower, busdriver, silversun pickups, qwel, sole, dose one, jel, odd nosdam, automata, automator, kool keith, kutmaster kurt, the locust, hive, aceyalone, devo, the talking heads, beans, subtitle, beastie boys, glue, adeem, jupitersciples, bang bang bunny, dance dance disaster, dthe vandals, portishead, fishbone, public enemy, mile davis, interpol, godspeed you black emperor!, galapagos 4, qwel, offwhite, fisher j. price, hong kong kaviliers, shrodur, grand buffet, charles mingus, bad brains, automator, aesop rock, anti-pop consortium, restiform bodies, bizzart, black flag, bjork, inor threat, fugazi, city of caterpillar, del the funkey homosapien, eyedea and abillities, soul junk, postal service, the clash, sex pistols, nirvana, fog, ornette coleman, subtitle, labwaste, of monteral, p-love, Soft Pink Truth, End, DJ /rupture, Sickboy (Milkplus), Knifehandchop, Kid606, Numbers, Total Shutdown, Electric Company, Uprock Rhizome + Aphasia Group, Nathan Michel, Dwayne Sodahberk, 8 Frozen Modules, Mochipet, Dynasty, Drop the Lime, Stars as Eyes, Crack: We Are Rock, People Like Us/Wobbly/Matmos, Nudge, Original Hamster, Rip Off Artist, Ziegenbock Kopf, The Bug, Com.a, MAIN, Black Dice, Max Tundra, Cex, Xanopticon, Gold Chains, Pimmon, Lesser, Erase Errata, Kevin Blechdom, Blechdom from Blectum, Merzbow/Kouhei Matsunaga, Dalek, Aelters, Dat Politics, Timeblind, Joseph Nothing, Masami Akita / Zbigniew Karkowski, SHOCKOUT, VIOLENT TURD, RAZOR X, busdriver, bloc party, self-jupiter, omid, daedalus, american analog set, andrew bird architecture in helsinki, bronnt industries kaptial, caribou, the decemeberists, electrelane, elizabeth anka vajagic, espers, final fantasy, jackie-o-motherfucker, josé gonzales, low + dirty 3, m. ward, martin grech, mice parade, mugison, of montreal, outhud, part chimp, regina spektor, salaryman, shipping news, spoon, the swords project, télépopmusik, the third eye foundation, white out w/ jim o'rourke and william winant, van der graaf generator, arab strap, the jews, deer hoof, rubber o cement, Year Future, 400 Blows, Arab On Radar, Defacto, I Am Spoonbender, Melt Banana, Fatal Flying Guilloteens, Hello Astronaut, Goodby Television, Skull Sküll, The Home Recording Project, aLUnARED, AN ALBATROSS, ARMATRON BEAUTIFUL, SKIN CHROMATICS, COAXiAL, THE CONVOCATION OF..., CUT CITY DEAD AND GONE, DEFACTO, FREE MORAL AGENTS, GOGOGO, AIRHEART, HEART OF SNOW, THE HOLY KISS, i am spoonbender, JAGA JAZZIST, THE JAI-ALAI, SAVANT JR, EWING, KILL ME TOMORROW, LE SHOK THE LOCUST LOST KIDS THE MARS VOLTA, MELT BANANA, MOHINDER, NEON KING KONG, OMAR A. RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ, OMEGA CINCO, OUTHUD THE PATTERN, PHANTOM LIMBS, Pleasure, Forever, Red Eyed Legends, RHYTHM OF BLACK LINES, SEMIAUTOMATIC, Soiled Doves, The Starlite Desperation The Starvations, Subpoena the Past, SUNSHINE THIS MOMENT IN BLACK HISTORY, VANISHING, VAZ VERONICA, LIPGLOSS & THE EVIL EYES, THE VSS VUE XBXrX Year Future, The VSS, Dead and Gone, Talk is Poison, Angel Hair, Living Science Foundation, Famous Men, faust, neu, charisma, mice parade, nation of ulyses, clikatat-ikatowi, this heat, kraftwerk, silver apples, can, boards of Canada, tangerine dream, john cale, brian eno, Fela Kuti, caberet voltair, suicide, blonde red head.Branded
Sounds Like: CLEEN - "I'd Like To Get To Know You"the films of Zenoscope Productions....."Dark Sunshine"
directed by Bob Low
score by sPEAK. (aka elePHANT Gerald)"All The Above Stranger"
directed by Bob Low
score by sPEAK. (aka elePHANT Gerald)"MAN"
directed by Bob Low
starring BenYomen
score by sPEAK. (aka elePHANT Gerald)"BITCH"
directed by Bob Low
music by sPEAK. (aka elePHANT Gerald)
from the double ep, 'VOID""West Coast Blues"
directed Bob Low
music by BenYomen
from the Lp, "Circles in which we walk""Destruction Exhibition"
directed by Bob Low"Shadow"
directed by Bob Low
music by sPEAK. (aka elePHANT Gerald)"Magic In The Plant"
directed by Bob Low
music by Banana 9
Record Label: O P H O T N RECORDS
Type of Label: Indie
