icky Lascaze'' (born November 23, 1992) is an American Hip-Hop DJ and producer from Brooklyn,

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who records under the name DJ Ezasscul. For a brief period of time he was a member of the rap group Supreme & Eaze with,

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rapper, Supreme Sol. DJ Ezasscul is also founder of the independent label Jazzy Peace Records.

Music career

Lascaze began producing music, at ag
14
when he was in his sophomore year of High School. His music career officially began in 2010, with the debut of his first release titled "State of Mind" on Digi Crates Records. State Of Mind, which released when Ezasscul was only 17 years of age, debuted at 23 on iTunes Japan top 200 Hip-Hop/Rap albumsand it received mixed reviews from its audience.

Jazz Meditation Series

DJ Ezasscul is best known for his Jazz Meditation series, a trilogy album, released by bot
Libyus Music
and Digi Crates Records. Jazz Meditation 1, 2 and 3 are primarily instrumental releases but feature a short amount of rappers on a few songs on the album. Jas Mace of

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is featured on Jazz Meditation 1 on the song "Time Passes". The song "When She Smiles" is a collaborative effort between DJ Ezasscul and English producer Thomas Prime. Moldovan rapper Fresh Sly, who is also another artist on Digi Crates Records, is featured on Jazz Meditation 2 on the song "Steady Vibes" which samples "A Day In The Park" by

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. Jazz Meditation 2, which was released by Libyus Music, was the only album of the trilogy to gain a review, it received 3 stars out of 5 in a review b
thewordisbond.com
Jazz Meditation 3, the last of the trilogy, features the most rappers on an album by DJ Ezasscul. Supreme Sol is featured on the song "Take It Ez", Ghostra Nostra who is also another artist on Digi Crates Records is featured on the songs "Hi (Yenny Love)" and "As Time Goes By". Similar to Jazz Meditation 2, Jazz Meditation 3 also features foreign rappers including the Iceland rap group Sonin on the song "Ez Does It" and Japanese rapper 2mo'key on the song "Phantasm".

Reception

In 2010, DJ Ezasscul released a free tribute project dedicated to Nujabes, titled "Remembering Nujabes", along with DJ Sorama, DJ B.M.C. and FreshGalaxy. Ezasscul has been featured on Tribute To Jun 1, 2 and 3, a compilation album dedicated to Nujabes by Digi Crates Records. Ezasscul's instrumentals are known for having Jazz samples incorporated into them, songs like
Lunar Winds
which samples "Moonstreams" by

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and
Tempara
which samples "Nica's Dream" by

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are perfect examples of Ezasscul's ability to mold and disguise samples used in his music. In an interview wit
Syrup Daily
DJ Ezasscul stated that

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and Uyama Hiroto were his idols along with Nujabes and

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. As a DJ, Ezasscul is known for his critically acclaimed mix-tape "92 'Til Infinity" which was featured o
thewordisbond.com
it was released February 20, 2012 and is not to be mistaken for another project released under the same name by Pittsburgh rapper

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. "92 'Til Infinity" is a full-length Hip-Hop mix-tape by DJ Ezasscul which features classics hits by various Hip-Hop acts from the golden era of Hip-Hop such as

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and

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Equipment

Ezasscul's production setup is strictly software; he uses various audio programs but solely

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to produce. Ezasscul works with

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's and

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's to achieve his sound. Programs such as Cubase, VirtualDJ and Purity help him with music production. He samples, records, digitally, via mp3's and

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's. For a brief period of time he used a MPD 24 and an MPC 2000XL. A recent interview with insidetherift features an article that display's DJ Ezasscul's equipment used to produce "Origins" and the albums that were followed after. A few included are the Tascam DM24 Digital Mixing Console, Modded Technic's 1200 MK2, Vestax PMC 05 v3, MXL 4000, Serato SL1, Sony DR-7A and a Yamaha SU700 paired with Adobe Audition, Serato and Fruity Loops.

Discography

# An Art Called Music (2010) via Independent Release # Speechless Mixtape (Mix-Tape) (2010) via Independent Release # State Of Mind (2010) via Digi Crates Records # Jazz Meditation (2010) via Digi Crates Records # The Soul Tape (Mix-Tape) (2011) via Independent Release # Jazz Meditation 2 (2011) via Libyus Music # Jazz Meditation 2: The Prequel (2011) via Digi Crates Records # Bassed On Bass (Mix-Tape) (2011) via Independent Release # Fine Hip-Hop Instrumentals (Mix-Tape) via Independent Release # Soular Waves Pt. 1 (Mix-Tape) via Independent Release # Jazz Meditation 3 (2011) via Digi Crates Records # Jazz Meditation: Trilogy (2012) via Jazzy Peace Records # Painting Today (2012) via Digi Crates Records & Jazzy Peace Records # Samurai Champloo Music Records: Arrival (2012) via Jazzy Peace Records # Origins (2016) via Dust Wax Records

References

Interview with DJ Ezasscul
Syrup Daily.
DJ Ezasscul Discography
Discogs.
DJ Ezasscul Discography
Last. FM.
Jazz Meditation 2 Review
WordIsBond.
DJ Ezasscul's Facebook
Facebook.
DJ Ezasscul's Bandcamp
Bandcamp.
Jazz Meditation Trilogy Review
Yaheard.
DJ Ezasscul iTunes Discography
iTunes.
DJ Ezasscul Audio Interview
Soundcloud.

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DJ Ezasscul Producing a Song
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