Fake For Real – page 24

TOCA - Interview

First, I tried to contact Ceschi Ramos, whose Fake Flowers was one my favorite of last year. Or David, his brother, who’s just released a new album. But when I contacted them, all the members of Toca were available, them being the two Ramos brothers plus Tommy V. And Xololanxinxo. This was an opportunity for a joint interview with the four of them. Some of their answers got raving, particularly at the end of the interview, but some others provide us with key information about these artists’ forthcoming projects and releases.

CONTROLLER 7 - Interview

From the rerelease of Left Handed Straw in 2001 and his reapparance on Bully Records, we had almost no news about Controller 7, apart from a few beats and remixes for Sole, Themselves and Sage Francis. The release of the excellent Bumps mix was an opportuntity for us to ask him about what happened before, after and in-between.

SOSO - Tenth Street and Clarence

The newest release from Soso starts where the previous one had stopped. Once again, lyrics are about a Clarence, and this dead child whose birthday was celebrated on the gloomy Birthday Songs. Nobody knows if this story is autobiographic or not, and if the scars exposed by the rapper are real or fake. Anyway, the wounds are still hurting, judging by the album's atmosphere.

RECYCLONE - Interview

There are several news concerning Recyclone in 2005 : re-release of his Dead World and Corroding the Cellular Engine albums, preparation of a new record with Soso from Clothes Horse Records, collaboration with Second […]

EXISTEREO - Crush Groove

Released one year after the great Dirty Deeds and Dead Flowers (2003), Existereo's new album is made of the same wood. Like it, Crush Groove is full of guests, styles, and very eclectic beats. It looks like some crowded compilation; especially since it includes tracks already released on previous records

TOOLSHED - Illustrated

Illustrated is made of the same wood as Schemata, the very good album thanks to which we discovered Toolshed, in 2002. It is also of the same ilk as the previous album, an untitled one, they released in 2000. And maybe, it is similar to the group's other recordings, now untraceable. Timbuktu (MC, producer), Choke and Psyborg (MCs), B Swizzle (DJ), Danny Miles (percussionist), Andrew McCormick (bassist) and Pat Giles (guitarist) are not trying to change their recipe and flavor.

OCTAVIUS - Interview

Apparently, you’ve a past deeply rooted in hip hop. Can you tell us about these stages you’ve shared with the Lost Boys and Foxy Brown that are mentioned in your biography?

MAC LETHAL - Interview

We got in touch with Mac Lethal after reviewing his album, Men Are From Mars, Pornstars Are From Earth, on the French side of our Website, and just before the beginning of Scribble Jam 2002. He finally came back as the […]

SCIENZ OF LIFE - Interview

Now signed on Big Jus’ Sub Verse, and representing the spiritual, positive, respectful and profesorial side of rap, Scienz of Life are presenting their new Project Overground album to us.

NECRO - Interview

An interview with MC, producer, Psyco+Logical label boss and porn fan Necro, just as direct, concise, harsh and raw as he is on his albums.

DJ SHADOW - The Private Press

Six years, no less, have spent between Endtroducing… and The Private Press. And they were more than sufficient to move from one era to the next. Now that the trip hop fad is over, and that DJ Shadow's rap roots are fully recognized - thanks to the multiples releases and rereleases of his Quannum collective, and to the arrival of a new generation of indie rappers influenced by him, at least indirectly - it was time to confirm the excellence of Endtroducing… with a brand new album.

El-P - Fantastic Damage

We truly hope time will prove us wrong. But for the time being, the major piece by the man who originated hip-hop as we view it, the man without whom this webzine would probably not even exist, has nothing fantastic, and the damage has been (probably too much) controlled.

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