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A New White
''A New White'' is the first studio album by American hip hop sextet Subtle. It was released on Lex Records in 2004. "F.K.O." and "The Long Vein of the Law" were released as singles from the album. The album peaked at number 55 on the CMJ Top 200 chart, as well as number 10 on CMJ's RPM chart. Critical reception Brian Howe of ''Pitchfork'' gave the album a 7.8 out of 10, describing it as "an chimera cobbled together from live and programmed drums, electronic strings, keyboards, samplers, guitars, woodwinds, and Doseone's chameleonic flows." Lee Henderson of ''PopMatters'' gave the album 7 stars out of 10, saying, "Subtle provides you with some of Doseone's best lyrics and art since his work with Boom Bip, accompanied by some of the best compositions anyone has created from the Anticon unit all told." Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from liner notes. Subtle * Dax Pierson – keyboards, sampler, melodica * Alexander Kort – electric cello, acoustic cello, electric bass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subtle (band)
Subtle was an alternative hip hop sextet from Oakland, California. It consisted of Adam Drucker (Doseone), Jeffrey Logan ( Jel), Dax Pierson, Jordan Dalrymple, Alexander Kort, and Marty Dowers. The band was formed in 2001. While considered by the artists to be "genreless", Subtle had close ties to the hip hop and indie music scene. Although both Doseone and Jel are members of Anticon collective, Subtle was not on the Anticon label roster. Subtle was signed to Lex Records. Personnel The six member band consisted of: * Adam "Doseone" Drucker - vocals and samples * Jeffrey " Jel" Logan - sampling, drum machine * Jordan Dalrymple - drums, guitar, synth and vocals * Dax Pierson - vocals, keyboards/ synths, harmonica, autoharp * Marton Dowers - winds, synth * Alexander Kort - electric cello History The Season EPs and ''Earthsick'' Subtle began in 2001 when Dax Pierson, an employee at the Amoeba Music record store in Berkeley, CA., met Adam Drucker at the record store. Drucker i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doseone
Adam Drucker (born April 21, 1977), better known by his stage name Doseone, is an American rapping, rapper, hip hop producer, producer, poet and artist. He is a co-founder of the indie hip hop record label Anticon. He has also been a member of numerous groups including Deep Puddle Dynamics, Greenthink, Clouddead, Themselves, Subtle (band), Subtle, 13 & God, Go Dark, Nevermen, and A7pha. History Doseone is known for his extensive collaborations with other Anticon members, forming numerous groups and performing guest spots on others' releases. He has recorded with many musicians including Mr. Dibbs, Aesop Rock, Slug (rapper), Slug, Sole (hip hop artist), Sole, Alias (musician), Alias, Jel (rapper), Jel, Odd Nosdam, Why? (American band), Why?, Fog (band), Fog, Boom Bip, The Notwist and Mike Patton. He has also released several solo albums, including the spoken word album ''Soft Skulls'' and a combination audio CD and poetry book ''The Pelt''. Early in his musical career, Doseone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Debut Albums
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest composite number, its proper divisors being and . Four is the sum and product of two with itself: 2 + 2 = 4 = 2 x 2, the only number b such that a + a = b = a x a, which also makes four the smallest squared prime number p^. In Knuth's up-arrow notation, , and so forth, for any number of up arrows. By consequence, four is the only square one more than a prime number, specifically three. The sum of the first four prime numbers two + three + five + seven is the only sum of four consecutive prime numbers that yields an odd prime number, seventeen, which is the fourth super-prime. Four lies between the first proper pair of twin primes, three and five, which are the first two Fermat primes, like seventeen, which is the third. On the other hand, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jel (rapper)
Jeffrey James Logan (born May 7, 1978), better known by his stage name Jel, is an American hip hop producer and rapper. He is co-founder of the record label Anticon. He has been a member of Presage, Themselves, Subtle, and 13 & God. Biography Jel released his first solo album, '' 10 Seconds'', on Mush Records in 2002. The album is titled after the limited sampling time of E-mu SP-1200. It features contributions from Dax Pierson, Odd Nosdam, Doseone, and Alias. His second solo album, ''Soft Money'', was released on Anticon in 2006. The album features contributions from Dosh, Wise Intelligent of Poor Righteous Teachers, and Stefanie Böhm of Ms. John Soda, among others. He released his third solo album, ''Late Pass'', on Anticon in 2013. Style and influences Jel is primarily a producer. He is known for his use of SP-1200 and MPC2000XL to create drum beats with little or no sequencing like playing the drums live via the sampler pads. He has produced numerous tracks for undergrou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Dalrymple
Antonionian (born Jordan Dalrymple) is a multi-instrumentalist based in California. History Jordan Dalrymple has been a member of Subtle and 13 & God. He released the debut album, ''Antonionian'', under the alias Antonionian on Anticon in 2011. Discography Redacted Choir * '' Redacted Choir'' (2021) Antonionian * ''Antonionian'' (2011) * '' The War EP'' (2012) * '' Versions EP'' (2013) * '' Extremes EP'' (2014) * ''Arrhythmia'' (2019) Subtle * ''A New White'' (2004) * '' For Hero: For Fool'' (2006) * ''ExitingARM'' (2008) 13 & God * ''Own Your Ghost'' (2011) Contributions * Clouddead - "Mulholland Instrumental" from "Dead Dogs Two" (2004) * Doseone - "The Tale of the Private Mind" from '' Ha'' (2005) * Themselves - "Daxstrong" from ''CrownsDown ''Crowns Down'' (stylized as ''CrownsDown'') is the third studio album by American hip hop duo Themselves. It was released on Anticon in 2009. A remix version of the album, ''Crowns Down & Company'', was released in 2010. Critical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dax Pierson
Dax Pierson (born 1970) is an American musician from Oakland, California. He has been a member of Subtle and 13 & God. Life and career Dax Pierson worked at Amoeba Music in Berkeley, California for 10 years. He has been a member of Subtle and 13 & God. In 2005, he was seriously injured and left paralyzed from the chest down when the Subtle tour van hit a patch of black ice in Iowa. His musician friends and promoters subsequently organized a series of tribute shows and benefit albums. In 2009, he sued Ford Motor Company for faulty design mechanics, arguing that the defective seat contributed to his life-threatening injuries. A federal court jury awarded him $18.3 million ($12.3 million for medical expenses and lost earnings and $6 million for pain and suffering). He released ''Live in Oakland'' on Ratskin Records in 2019. Discography Studio albums * ''Intro To'' (2002) * ''Pablo Feldman Sun Riley'' (2006) * ''Nerve Bumps'' (2021) Live albums * ''Live in Oakland'' (2019) Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anticon
Anticon (often styled as anticon.) is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1998 by seven musicians and manager Baillie Parker. It is now collectively owned among six musicians, co-founder Parker, and manager Shaun Koplow. The original musicians signed to Anticon were once referred to as the Anticon collective. History The label's roster of artists has been described as "the hip-hop equivalent of post-rock" and "avant-garde hip-hop". Releases feature material created by its members, affiliates, and extended musical family. Although Anticon cohered originally within alternative hip hop circles, Anticon's founders have become only tangentially related to hip hop, and the label has begun releasing music in the indie rock and electronica genres. Artists signed to Anticon are based in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The artists within the collective have been known to perform and release music in solo and group form. Arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boom Bip
Bryan Charles Hollon (born June 22, 1974), better known by his stage name Boom Bip, is an American record producer and musician. He is one half of Neon Neon along with Gruff Rhys. He is based in Los Angeles, California. Biography Boom Bip started his career as a DJ while attending college in his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1998, he released a collaborative EP with DJ Osiris, titled ''The Low End Sequence EP'', on Mush Records. In 2000, he released a collaborative album with Doseone, titled ''Circle'', on Mush Records. Boom Bip's debut solo studio album, ''Seed to Sun'', was released on Lex Records in 2002. It featured guest appearances from Buck 65 and Doseone. In 2004, Boom Bip released a compilation album, ''Corymb'', which included remixes by Boards of Canada, Venetian Snares, Clouddead, Lali Puna, Four Tet, and Mogwai, B-side tracks, and tracks from Peel Session. Having moved to Silver Lake, Los Angeles, Boom Bip released his second solo studio album, '' Blue Eyed in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CMJ New Music Report
CMJ Holdings Corp. is a music events and online media company, originally founded in 1978, which ran a website, hosted an annual festival in New York City, and published two magazines, ''CMJ New Music Monthly'' and ''CMJ New Music Report''. The company folded around 2017, but was bought by Amazing Radio in 2019 who will bring back the CMJ Music Marathon in New York, along with other new live and live-streamed offerings. The letters CMJ originally stood for ''College Media Journal'' but was also often considered short for ''College Music Journal''. History and operations The company was started by Robert Haber in 1978 as the ''College Media Journal'', a bi-weekly trade magazine aimed at college radio programmers in Great Neck, NY. The first issue was published on March 1, 1979, and featured Elvis Costello on the cover. Staff would often describe these early issues as "a bunch of photocopies stapled together." A year and a half later, the magazine was able to create the first a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XLR8R
''XLR8R'' (pronounced "accelerator") is a website that covers music, culture, style, and technology. It was originally also a print magazine. History and profile ''XLR8R'' was founded as a newsprint zine in 1993 by publisher Andrew Smith in Seattle. It has offices in San Francisco and New York City. While ''XLR8R''’s initial focus was on electronic music, it has widened its scope to include indie rock, hip-hop, and reggae/ dancehall music as well as related trends in style, art, fashion, and technology. ''XLR8R'' was published 10 times per year and distributed internationally. Special issues included a Music Technology issue, a year-end "Best Of" issue, and an entire issue devoted to the music scene of a particular city (Berlin, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City, etc.). Subscribers receive ''Incite'', a free monthly CD of tracks hand-picked by the magazine's editors. Standout features of the publication include "Audiofile," a collection of short pieces on u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stylus Magazine
''Stylus Magazine'' was an American online music and film magazine, launched in 2002 and co-founded by Todd L. Burns. It featured long-form music journalism, four daily music reviews, movie reviews, podcasts, an MP3 blog, and a text blog. Additionally, ''Stylus'' had daily features like "The Singles Jukebox", which looked at pop singles from around the globe, and "Soulseeking", a column focused on personal responses in listening. Even though they never reached the readership of other music magazines such as PopMatters or Pitchfork, they still had a very consistent and fired-up audience. In 2006, the site was chosen by the ''Observer Music Monthly'' as one of the Internet's 25 most essential music websites. ''Stylus'' closed as a business on 31 October 2007. The site remained online for several years, but did not publish any new content. On 4 January 2010, with the blessing of former editor Todd Burns, ''Stylus'' senior writer Nick Southall launched ''The Stylus Decade'', a web ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
