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Dixie

Every ear should smell of DIXIE...

About Me

Fronted by singer/song writer Amy D and DJ/Producer Jimmy Mixit , Dixie started life in the summer of 2005 in a studio in Battersea.Coming on like the illegitimate lovechild of PJ Harvey and Timbaland, Dixie pay scant attention to genre. Using samples as well as live instrumentation, the Dixie sound is infused with elements of Hip Hop, Electronica, Rock, Grime, Reggae, Disco and pretty much anything else that moves them.As a live act Dixie strips it back to the classic Hip Hop aesthetic of two turntables and a microphone, with a whole heap of attitude and intriguing experimentation...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/12/2006
Band Website: djdub.co.uk
Influences: Hot tarmac, Dizzee Rascal, Zebras, Kwame Nkrumah, Pythogoras Theorem, Prince, Isaac Newton and the Law of Gravity, expressive folk, Grace Jones, The Goonies, HeMan and Shera, Public Enemy, the Liar Bird...extraordinary creature, the Suffragettes, Monie Love, Greenpeace (the charity and the DJ), Jimi Hendrix, Salvador Dali, Eva Cassidy, Fried Plantain, Diana Ross, Janet and Michael, Outkast, Bishop Desmond Tutu ....
Sounds Like: ...Nomadic musings on freshly cut grass...
Type of Label: None