Who is Middlefield?
Well basically, we’re a production team based out of Toronto, Canada (reppin’ Scarborough) just tryin’ to leave a musical mark on this world. Comprised of two brothas (in the literal sense of course..... check tha pic), Middlefield includes Rene (aka Comp Sci) and Raul (aka Mek Eng). Realistically, we should have been called Nerd, but unfortunately some other N*E*R*Ds grabbed the name before us (you might have heard of them before..... they’re not bad..... especially since they learned that a drum machine can have more than 4 sounds...... ;)
Being born to parents of Carribean Chinese descent meant that we were inherently exposed to much lix as well as a broad array of music & cultures from across the globe. From China to Guyanna to Trinidad and Toronto (with many stops in between), our sound is heavily influenced by these V.A.S.T. cultural roots. The end result is a musical mash-up where electronic meets accoustic, where syncopated soca infused riddems meet jazz inverted chords and where a bottle & spoon and upside down oil drums are seen as perfectly legitimate musical instruments.
While Rene holds down the IT biz on the lab workstation (see that comp sci education does come in handy), he has also been know to bang out a beat or two on tha 60. Meanwhile Raul can be found sittin’ at the Mark I 73, wah-in’ out some ghetto chord inversions (whenever he isn’t makin’ tha big power moves at his hapless dEsk jockey job).
So at the end what does this all mean? Well as you can tell from the informality above, we’re pretty chill, and are basically in this game to have fun and make some good music. If you like the sounds you’re hearin’ and wanna shoot da shhhh...... drop a message.
Peace,
Middlefield
P.S. Oh ya, we’ve had releases with Diaspora & Freerange and remixed trax for our boyz Big Brass, the Feelings Orchestra......blah blah blah..... other people up in myspace have WAY more interesting discogs, so we’ll spare you...... for now.....
