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King Rhythm

all the baggage attached...

About Me


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I started producing hip-hop and rhyming in '93. In '97 I added drum and bass to my arsenal. In 98' my first d&b track "Sparkz In The Sky" was released on the Evil Teen Records compilation - United States of Drum & Bass. That same year my first hip-hop 12" entitled "The Downslide" came out on Curious Electricity Records. In 2001 I had the jazzy d&b/ hip-hop fusion track "From Chill Till..." released on the Deezal Records compilation - A.a. A 12 Step Program. In 2002 I had 2 tracks on the Invisible Records/ Underground Inc release Notes From Thee Real Underground vol. 2. In 2003 my first full length album entitled "What's Left" was released on Quatermass Records. Betulla Records included the track "Ciretose" from the album on their compilation "Save the Future". Recently I had a track w/ Colorform released on his record Fragments of Youth on Bonanzagram Rec. There's a mess of other stuff in between and all around. My new record is finally done and on the way. If you dig what I'm doing give me a shout. Take care!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/7/2005
Band Website: kingrhythm.com
Band Members: mic, turntable, sampler, vinyl
Influences: Miles Davis, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Can, Yusef Lateef, The Beatles, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Boogie Down Productions, The Legendary Pink Dots, Ralph Ellison, James Brown, The Who, The Velvet Underground, Sly Stone, Charles Ives, Sonic Youth, Noam Chomsky, Saul Williams, Bela Bartok, EPMD, The Pixies, De La Soul, TV On The Radio, Duke Ellington, Igor Stravinsky, Pink Floyd, 3rd Bass, Ralph Nader, Amiri Baraka, Organized Konfusion, Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Grateful Dead, Public Enemy, Funkadelic, Brian Eno, Cornel West, Skinny Puppy, Mad Professor, Ministry, George Orwell, The Young Gods, Howard Zinn, Herbie Hancock, Grandmaster Flash, Mantrakid, Ray Bradbury, Run DMC, Faust, Wayne Shorter, Gong, Eddie Jefferson, Hawkwind, Ernest Hemingway, Helium, Mash'ta, Cannonball Adderley, Doctor Olive, Radiohead, Les McCann, The Cure, Eric Kloss, Aldous Huxley, Band Of Gypsies, Tony Williams, Secret Machines, John McLaughlin, My Bloody Valentine, Freddie Hubbard, John Coltrane, Cream, OK I gotta stop...
Sounds Like: the return of 60's hip-hop...
Record Label: quatermass records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Tour summation w/ some bad phone pictures that kinda look good

I had every intention of keeping a daily log of all things that happened during this tour, but due to the fact that my laptop was stored in the big red box and a complex unpacking of multi-leveled puz...
Posted by King Rhythm on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:18:00 PST

Cause Is Endless CD & Many Different Ways Video

As promised here is a picture of the tour CD I'll be selling called Cause Is Endless. I've spent an inordinate amount of time designing, printing, cutting, pasting and lamanating these CDs, but a was...
Posted by King Rhythm on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:44:00 PST

Tour

Right now things are crazy busy but moving well in preperation for this upcoming tour w/ Height and Jones. The move is as follows - I'll be backing up Height on the mic, playing keys and triggering s...
Posted by King Rhythm on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:20:00 PST

In a silent way

This record changed my life. I can't think of any record that I've listened to more times.R.I.P. Joe Zawinul
Posted by King Rhythm on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:07:00 PST

New Joints

I just added a couple new/ new old joints.From The Shelves is a colab with Tracy Lee Summers & Manji I did a little bit ago... It's a pretty slick 3 in one song.Many Different Ways is from years ago ...
Posted by King Rhythm on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:35:00 PST

Guest appearance on new Colorform album

A little while back I rhymed on a track produced by the dubbed out homie Colorform called Obscure Selection (check him on my top spots)This song has just been released along with a bunch of others on ...
Posted by King Rhythm on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:46:00 PST

R.I.P. James

We would not exist without you...
Posted by King Rhythm on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 04:33:00 PST

R.I.P. Syd

You are the greatest!
Posted by King Rhythm on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 03:13:00 PST

Relocation

Moving is insanity, it's amazing how much trash can be amassed over the years.The worst part is that you think it's all vital then when it's time to move you realize that you just can't keep everythin...
Posted by King Rhythm on Wed, 08 Mar 2006 12:03:00 PST