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Terradactyl
''Terradactyl'' is the second collaborative studio album by American musicians Serengeti and Polyphonic. It was released on Anticon in 2009. Critical reception Marisa Brown of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars, calling it "an impressive, difficult, intelligent record that manages to be accessible, compelling, and nearly indecipherable all at once." She added: "Much, if not most, of this is thanks to Polyphonic, a talented producer who writes arrangements whose air of simplicity belies their complexity." Eddie Fleischer of '' Cleveland Scene'' said: "For those who complain that rap has gone stale, ''Terradactyl'' proves otherwise." Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from liner notes. * Serengeti – vocals * Polyphonic – music * Renee-Louise Carafice – additional vocals (2, 11), guitar (2), harp (11) * John Pheiffer – cello (4) * Doseone – additional vocals (6) * Buck 65 Richard Terfry (born March 4, 1972), better known by his stage name Buck 65, is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serengeti (rapper)
David Cohn, better known by his stage name Serengeti, is an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois. Early life Serengeti is the great-nephew of jazz trumpeter Sonny Cohn. He grew up in various places in Chicago, Illinois, as his parents divorced when he was 5 years old. At the age of 12, he got into hip hop. He started writing verses while attending Morgan Park High School. He attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where he became friends with Open Mike Eagle. He graduated from the university in 2001 with a degree in history. Career In 2007, Serengeti released the first collaborative album with producer Polyphonic, titled '' Don't Give Up''. The duo released their second collaborative album, ''Terradactyl'', in 2009. In 2011, Serengeti released his solo album, '' Family & Friends'', which was produced by Yoni Wolf and Owen Ashworth. Serengeti is a member of Sisyphus along with Son Lux and Sufjan Stevens. The trio released ''Beak & Claw'' in 2012 and a self-titled al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyphonic (producer)
Polyphonic, also known as Polyphonic the Verbose, is an American musician and record producer. He was born Will Freyman and grew up in Champaign, Illinois. His father persuaded him to take classical piano lessons as a child. In middle and high school, he learned to play jazz trombone. He attended college at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign before moving to San Francisco, then to New York City, then back to San Francisco, and finally moving to the Chicago neighborhood of Wicker Park. He subsequently met rapper Serengeti at a party, and the two soon began collaborating. This resulted in the album '' Don't Give Up'', which was released on the Audio 8 Recordings label in 2007. Polyphonic and Serengeti then briefly parted ways, with Polyphonic working with Ben Lamar on the Juba Dance project, before being signed to Anticon by Doseone. Serengeti and Polyphonic then released their second album together, ''Terradactyl'', on Anticon in 2009. Discography Solo *''Abstract D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renee-Louise Carafice
Renee-Louise Carafice is a New Zealand-born experimental pop singer and songwriter. As of 2014, she was based in Nashville, Tennessee. Biography Carafice was born and raised in New Zealand. In 2003, due to a severe bout of clinical depression, fears for her safety prompted the government of New Zealand to make her a ward of the state and place her in a mental institution in Auckland. Her recovery from this episode informed the recording of her debut album, ''Tells You to Fight''. This album was recorded at Steve Albini's Electrical Audio studio in Chicago, Illinois and released in 2008 on the New Zealand independent label Monkey Records. In addition, she collaborated with rapper Serengeti and producer Tony Trimm in the group Yoome, which released the album ''The Boredom of Me'' in 2008. She also appeared on two tracks on Serengeti and Polyphonic's 2009 album ''Terradactyl''. While recording ''Tells You to Fight'' in Chicago, Carafice met the Nashville-based band Heavy Cream, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Give Up (album)
''Don't Give Up'' is the first collaborative studio album by Serengeti & Polyphonic. It was released on Audio 8 Recordings in 2007. Critical reception Jason Randall Smith of '' Impose'' said: "Musically ahead of its time while lyrically speaking in real time, Serengeti & Polyphonic have created an album that will likely get better with age." Jesse Serwer of '' XLR8R'' praised Polyphonic's production, saying: "With nods to microhouse, drum & bass, dub, and ambient sounds, Polyphonic's beats have an entirely unique, otherworldly feel to them." Ben Westhoff of ''Washington City Paper'' placed it at number 6 on the "Top Ten Albums of 2007" list. Quentin B. Huff of ''PopMatters ''PopMatters'' is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers aspects of popular culture. ''PopMatters'' publishes reviews, interviews, and essays on cultural products and expressions in areas such as music, television, fi ...'' placed it at number 20 on the "101 Hip-Hop Albums of 2007 ... [...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] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drowned In Sound
''Drowned in Sound'', sometimes abbreviated to ''DiS'', is a UK-based music webzine financed by artist management company Silentway. Founded by editor Sean Adams, the site features reviews, news, interviews, and discussion forums. History ''DiS'' began as an email fanzine in 1998 called ''The Last Resort'' but was relaunched by founder and editor Sean Adams as ''Drowned in Sound'' in 2000. The freelance writing team is currently spread across four continents – North America, Asia, Europe and Australasia. The site is mostly based on contributions from unpaid writers and has an integrated forum to allow for discussion and comments on interviews, news and reviews. It also includes a user-rated database of artists and bands as well as details for most live music venues (big and small) in the UK. The site has over 60,000 registered members, and gets around 470,000 unique visitors per month. In 2006, the site launched a podcast called ''Drowned in Sound Radio''. In November 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PopMatters
''PopMatters'' is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers aspects of popular culture. ''PopMatters'' publishes reviews, interviews, and essays on cultural products and expressions in areas such as music, television, films, books, video games, comics, sports, theater, visual arts, travel, and the Internet. History ''PopMatters'' was founded by Sarah Zupko, who had previously established the cultural studies academic resource site PopCultures. ''PopMatters'' launched in late 1999 as a sister site providing original essays, reviews and criticism of various media products. Over time, the site went from a weekly publication schedule to a five-day-a-week magazine format, expanding into regular reviews, features, and columns. In the fall of 2005, monthly readership exceeded one million. From 2006 onward, ''PopMatters'' produced several syndicated newspaper columns for McClatchy-Tribune News Service. By 2009 there were four different pop culture related col ... [...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] |
Cleveland Scene
The ''Cleveland Scene'' is an alternative weekly newspaper based in Cleveland, Ohio. The newspaper includes highlights of Cleveland-area arts, music, dining, and films, as well as classified advertising. The first edition of the newspaper was published in the 1970s. ''Cleveland Scene'' provides a yearly "Best Of" list for the Cleveland and outlying areas that includes Best Restaurants, Best Clubs, Best Theater, etc. ''Cleveland Scene'' employs regular columnists as well as freelance journalists. In 2002, New Times Media, which published ''The Scene'', agreed to shut down its Los Angeles alternative paper in exchange for an $8 million payment, while Village Voice Media agreed to shut down its competing ''Cleveland Free Times'' for a smaller payment, triggering a federal antitrust investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice. Ownership ''Cleveland Scene'' was founded in 1970. In 1998, the ''Scene'' was acquired by New Times Media. In 2005, New Times acquired Village Voice Media ... [...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] |
