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Houndstoof Haircut by Promise
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Influences
Womyn, Sour Diesel, Pure Chocolate, Mushrooms, the Internet, the Block, Gravity, Ancestors, the Third World, the First World, Software, Acid, various Libraries....
///FUTURE Releases
Firewalk with Us Remixes
Firewalk with Wii (Moor Fiyah)
American Lion in Paris
///NEW Releases
What's Really Rad? the Gray Plague LP ///the debut full length Itunes Amazon
Xlr8r Incite CD 55 /// Compilation Limited Edition
Welcome to the Circus
Remix EP///maxi single itunes
(((((((Os Crunc Tesla)) (((((((Musica e Collabs) (((((((SIN VIDEO))))))) ..
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A very very long time ago, There used to this emerging form of youth music that energized a generation. Crunc Tesla's Whats Really Rad? LP propels us back to this point of origin. The music, produced by Atlanta-bred Brooklyn transplant Dj Raedawn, is a reunification of todays fractured rap-techno pedigree. Simply put, it is a kinetic energy burst somewhere along the order of Outkast, Squarepusher and The Pharcyde. Acid basslines, gypsy organs, tweaked synths and samples melt onto grimey beats with creamy rapid-fire lyrics that flicker from dark to brilliant. The bipolar fusion of tones melds remnants of middle eastern melodies with dirty south drum kits, dancehall riddims, intensive broken beat editing with even a twist of baroque and crunk bass driven Santeria. What makes it even better is that the vocalists are actually from these areas hailing from Jamaica, Baltimore, D.C., Atlanta and New York. Tes, the Brooklyn-born Lex MC turned french indie-rap icon, delivers the most poppy cut, "Say What You Wanna", while Daddy Foxxy stars on a baltimore club tinged dancehall banger "Voodoo Sound". The cherry on top of this chocolate rap sundae is the melodic genius of M.Sayyid of Airborn Audio and the Antipop Consortium who appears on the afro futurist neo-soul ballad "Lately". Imagine Wu-Tang Clan crashing a nu rave at midnight and you might have some idea how this album is gonna hit the masses. Some journalists might call this record American Grime or something, but honestly, I think this is simply men and women with freedom.
Grandson of an African American Baptist preacher born in Jim Crow Mississippi, Dj Raedawn(aka Crunc Tesla) got the Callin to grace stages at the age of 4 playing the violin {though he prefered Nintendo} . He later moved on to the trombone around age 10 unknowingly following in the footsteps of his great-uncle Mel Wanzo (R.I.P) of the Count Basie Orchestra. He later left his highschool jazz ensemble to fully pursue his lust for djing and electronic composition. Besides being a seasoned DMC vet and mixtape maestro to many, he developed the Turntablist Transcription Methodology with his chums Ethan Imboden and Battlesounds' creator John Carluccio. This unique notation system for electronic/dj music has been developed into software, used in music courses around the world and has been featured by the likes of Time, CNN, Blackbook, XLR8R...yatayatayata. At Skratchcon 2000, Q-bert knighted him with the Dj Q-bert SkratchMaster Award from the Global Skratch foundation. Far from a scratch nerd, Raedawns assaulted stages and dancefloors from the legendary Apollo Theatre to the most dank techno til 10 in the morn coke den party in Berlin. Crunc Tesla has collaborated with artists such as Mos Def, Fat Lip, Antipop Consortium and Angelbert Metoyer. Raedawn, also known as Jordie Laforge, has a number of alias groups as well as being the founder of the dynamic multimedia label called Luv Technologies. Having opened for a wide spectrum of artists, from Stereolab to Dizzee Rascal to the mythical Red Alert (I wont even mention Dead Prez, a Bright Eyes US trek and playing head to head with Aphex twin at a fest in Den Haag), Raedawn's performances have defied genre and moved generations of audiences. The lovable lionheart ATLien has been hiding out in a post modern post production chamber somewhere in East Williamsburg Brooklyn.
Videos(((includes cameos)))
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"New York thump king"
- Xlr8r Magazine
"Corporate America is not going to love him."
- Dazed & Confused Magazine
"...he's like the techno Kanye West"
- Teki Latex ///;;, Institubes Records
"Is that food vegan?"
- Russell Simmons ///;;, Def Jam Records/Activist
"i like your 'sample' vidéo"
- Mr. Oizo ///;;, Famous French Director/Producer
"It's gonna be drum & bass right?"
- Björk ///;;, Super Supreme Diva/One Little Indian Records
(speaking to Tes Uno) "I just bought your vinyl! Can you please sign it?!"
- Justice ///;;, Ed Banger artists
"I've been listineng to that mixtape you gave me..."
- Conor Oberst ///;;, Grammy winner/Saddle Creek Records
"I'm feelin the vibes from that cd you gave me."
- dj Blaqstarr ///;;, Super Producer/Mad Decent artist
"Where did you get that necklace?! I love it!"
- Jeremy Scott ///;;, Fashion Designer
"Can I touch your necklace? Whats it mean?"
- Lady Sov ///;;, Def Jam artist
"bone tones. Serious floor damage"
- Drop the Lime ///;;, Trouble & Bass Records
"yo dog....your cd is sick !"
- King Britt ///;;, Super Producer/Five Six Media
"What do you use to make your music?"
- Liv Tyler ///;;, Actress
"I love your hair..Can I touch it?"
- Kesh ///;;, Fashion Designer/DJ
"Dope new sounds"
- Busy P ///;;, Ed Banger Records
"Cheers"
- David Bowie ///;;, Legend
"...die wieder einmal beweist wie krank Hip Hop eigentlich ist. Ein Typ namens DJ Raedawn machte sich vor einigen Tagen auf, um Rapper Papoose und Hot 97's DJ Kay Slay live in der New Yorker Venue S.O.B.'s zu sehen." - Mtv.de ///;;, full story (german/english)
"...Laine, Raedawn, and a DJ named Mosco, started clapping to make "their own music." As the police began leaving, the crowd cheered. That did it. The police issued disorderly conduct tickets to Sanchez and Mosco and arrested (but later released) Mosco for not having ID." - The Village Voice ///;;, full story (english)
"Zwischen Afrobeat-Futurismus, Hyperkubismus
und den traurigen Tropen verschmelzen.....Kopismus, veganer Okkultismus, kindlicher
Spieltrieb oder nur Performanz-Spielwiese
des Masterminds?" - De:Bug magazine ///;;, full story (german)
"...so far, it's the novices who are using the system. Maybe the new notation will pack the streets with Suzuki-style Djs, but Raedawn is undeterred, ""A language is the voice of a people and should never be ignored,"" he says, "" We are simply trying to bring the turntablist dialects together to form a language on which our civilization can be built"" - Blackbook magazine
notable Tours & Festivals _2003/// Lex Records festival at Camden Centre /// feat. Dangermouse w/ Gemini, Boom Bip, Tes w/ dj Raedawn, Jel & Dose One, Fat Jon and dj Signify _2004/// The Grey Album EU+UK Tour presented by Lex Records /// feat. Dangermouse (w/Gemini +Fort Knox), Prince Po, Tes w/ dj Raedawn, Sage Francis & Tacteel _2005/// The Digital Ern US Tour /// feat. Bright Eyes, The Faint & Airborn Audio w/dj Raedawn _2006/// Montreux Jazz Festival 40th Anniversary /// feat. Gnarls Barkley, the Black Eyed Peas, Kid Rock, Atmosphere, M.Sayyid w/ dj Raedawn & Brother Ali _2006/// Jelly Nyc presents the McCarren Pool Festival ///(the 1st show!) feat. Le Savvy Fav, Dragons of Zynth w/Raedawn Phoenix and Proton Proton _2007/// David Bowie presents the Highline Festival at Highline Ballroom/// feat. Secret Machines and Dragons of Zynth w/ Raedawn Phoenix _2007///New York Central Park Summerstage Festival/// feat. Television, Apples in Stereo and Dragons of Zynth w/ Raedawn Phoenix _2007/// Sesc presents Colaboratorio in São Paulo, Brazil /// feat. High Priest w/ dj Raedawn, Mamelo Sound System, Naçao Zumbi and Hurtmold _2007/// State-x New Forms Festival /// feat. Aphex Twin, Wiley, Crunc Tesla and Jackson & his Computer band _2008/// Solar One presents the CitySol Festival /// feat. No Surrender w/Raedawn Phoenix, Dan Deacon, Tonya Morgan and more
