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About Me

What the soul knows is often unknown to the man who has a soul. We are infinitely more than we think. --Kahlil Gibran

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/27/2004
Band Members: Me and you, your momma, and your cousin too...
Influences: Everything under the sun. Where the fuck do I start? All the Ninja Tune cats (Bonobo, Luke Vibert, Coldcut, DJ Food, Cinematic Orchestra, Herbaliser, DJ Vadim, Mr. Scruff, Funky Porcini, Jaga Jazzist, Kid Koala, Blockhead, Sixtoo, etc), Anticon (Dose One, Jel, Alias, Why?, Telephone Jim Jesus, etc), the Mo Wax lineup (DJ Shadow, UNKLE, DJ Krush, Attica Blues, La Funk Mob, etc), the Def Jukies (El-P, RJD2, Aesop Rock, Murs, Mr. Lif, Cannibal Ox, etc), all the Tru Thoughts artists (Jon Kennedy, Quantic, TM Juke, Nostalgia 77, Natural Self, etc), all the dope motherfuckas on Bully (Mat Young, Moodswing 9, P-Love, Simahlak, etc), the Memphix dudes (Express Rising (Dante C), Amicabilities, Dials, Micky Ritter, Red & The Eyerights, etc), everybody on Grand Central (Rae & Christian, Aim, Funky Fresh Few, etc), the Stones Throw cats (Madlib, PB Wolf, Lootpack, Koushik, Aloe Blacc, etc), the majority of peeps on Warp (Boards of Canada, Nightmares on Wax, Prefuse 73, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, etc), Rhymesayers (Atmosphere, Eyedea, Brother Ali, etc), Quannum (DJ Shadow, Lyrics Born, Lateef the Truth Speaker, Gift of Gab, Chief Xcel, etc), Project Blowed (P.E.A.C.E., Aceyalone, Self Jupiter, Micah 9, C.V.E., Abstract Rude, Medusa, etc), Living Legends (Eligh, Scarub, Grouch, PSC, Sunspot, etc), Shapeshifters (2Mex, Xolo, Awol One, Exist, Circus, etc), Hieroglyphics (Del, Souls of Mischief, Casual, Pep Love, etc), Wu-Tang (ODB (RIP), RZA, GZA, Meth, Deck, etc), Skratch Piklz (Q-bert, D-Styles, Mixmaster Mike, Shortkut, etc), The Beat Junkies (Rhett, Melo, Babu, J-Rocc, etc), Beck, Air, Zero 7, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Thievery Corporation, Portishead, Massive Attack, Morcheeba, The Dining Rooms, Kings of Convenience, Jazzanova, Ulrich Schnauss, Diplo, The Opus, Telefon Tel Aviv, Z-Trip & The Bombshelter DJ's, Buck65, Sage Francis, Boom Bip, Four Tet, Danger Mouse, Dan the Automator, Prince Paul, Fat Jon, Diamond D, Boogie Down Productions, Signify, Daedulus, Ammon Contact, Rehash, Apenaut, Maker, Meaty Orge, Pedro, Eliot Lipp, The Roots, De la Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Digable Planets, Camp Lo, Boogiemonsters, KRS-One, Pharcyde, Zion I, Jedi Mind Tricks, MF Doom, Edan, People Under the Stairs, Jurassic 5, J-Live, J-Zone, Jay-Z, Jay Dee (how many more J's can I think of), Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Kool Keith, Cyne, Immortal Technique, Isosceles (where the fuck you guys @?), Sonic Sum, Adeem, The Molemen, All Natural, Percee P, Juice, Rhymefest, SA-RA, Greyboy, Ricci Rucker, LTJ Bukem, Soundtribe Sector 9, Radiohead, Bjork, Under Byen, Mum, The Notwist, The Books, Mars Ill, Cunninlynguists (Kno, you're the shit!), TV on the Radio, Bloc Party, Hood, Swod, Tortoise, Mercury Program, Medeski, Martin, and Wood, Secret Frequency Crew, The Avalanches, The Clash, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob & the rest of the Marleys, Augustus Pablo, Third World, Sizzla, Steel Pulse, King Tubby, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Sly & Robbie, Easy Star All-Stars, Barrington Levy, Scientist, Horace Andy, Jimmy Cliff, Jimi Hendrix, Grateful Dead, The Kinks, The Shins, Sting and the Police, Victor Wooten, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye, Sly & The Family Stone, James Brown, The Pretenders, Blondie, Prince, David Axelrod, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Donald Byrd, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, Billy Cobham, John Klemmers, Amad Jamal, Sun Ra, Tom Scott, Tommy Guerrero, Ray Barbee, Caural, Giorgio Moroder, Yann Tiersen, Alain Goraguer, Jon Brion, Sufjan Stevens, Jose Gonzalez, Tycho, and more to add later...
Sounds Like: Something you would like to listen to...
Record Label: Create Fate/Connected Conscious Collective
Type of Label: Indie