Hip-Hop Section

Est-il bien nécessaire de présenter encore Sixtoo, membre éminent du crew 1200 Hobos, acolyte de Buck 65 au sein des Sebutones et auteur de nombreuses sorties en solo (The Psyche Intangible, The Psyche Continuum, Songs I Hate…) ? Dans un monde idéal la seule mention de son nom devrait tout du moins exciter la curiosité des amateurs de breakbeats ravageurs et d’atmosphères inquiétantes. Chronologiquement Duration fait suite à Songs I Hate, mais nous invite à découvrir un pan différent de l’activité du MC/producteur d’Halifax. Contrairement à son prédécesseur cet album est exclusivement instrumental, Sixtoo ayant décidé plus ou moins officieusement de mettre un terme à son parcours de lyriciste pour raison de santé.

Nous avons rencontré les membres de cLOUDDEAD à l'occasion de la venue des artistes Mush en France.

There are some really dope tracks on this Danish hip-hop record. They talk good english, ill shit over there.

Arrakis Records (Philly) has released this year a compilation called The Spice. The label had previously released a series of 12’’ including Briz’s Blown Mind, Department of Rec's Raising Illatropolis and Kenneth Masters and Department of Rec’s Will We Ever Be Famous.

Underground MC and producer Tunsi has already released two albums on Oakland-based label Parana records (Behold a King and The Omen).

Among what French Hip-Hop has brought to us lately, we have the naive freshness of the Saïan Supa Crew on the one hand, TTC’s stern deliria on the other hand, and right in the middle of these two, you’re likely to find a sticky, rotten bunch of grey matter. These would be the Svinkels.

So this is your first time in Europe? R: yeah, this is my first time, besides an occasional airport. I’ve just recently started doing these big long tours. Before that it was some shows here and there, mostly around the Los Angeles area, and getting my music out by people dubbing tapes. Even now with the technology of cd I don’t mind. It only hurts when someone who would normally buy the cd doesn’t. But if it can actually make you discover that type of music, then it’s all good.

How do you feel about the way people approach your solo album? Because I really feel like it is hard for them to consider it as something totally independent of all your other works such as The Cold Vein, or Funcrusher Plus. Well I had a lot of really good reactions, and a lot of very confused reactions. But the thing about it is you have to understand that every time I come out with a record, half the time it’s a sound or a direction that people are completely not expecting. For instance we came out first with Funcrusher Plus, and then we came out with Little Johnny from the Hospitul and people were like "Why are there no lyrics in this ? what the fuck is this shit ???".