NEW RELEASE: The Audience’s Following “The Audience’s Following” is a 10 year anniversary fan club edition version of “The Audience’s Listening.” I like to call this the bizarro version follow up to ‘Audience’ as it features songs that never made the cut and demo versions of songs that did. There are also b-sides from vinyl singles plus a special mix of the original song sampled for “What’s The Altitude” by Curtis Knight. Have fun listening to the album that was almost released 10 years ago. Cut Chemist’s “Lesson 6: The Lecture” | “Now that you’re ready for your second lesson.  Let us look back and see what were the most important things you have learned from your first lesson.”  Twenty Years Ago Cut Chemist composed “Lesson 6:  The Lecture,” a 1996 recording, officially released on Jurassic 5’s breakthrough debut EP in ’97.  Fast forward to Summer School 2016, we’re blowing the dust off and reopening the text books right where we left off in ’96 in case some of ya’ll  producers forgot.

“In 1994, I released a song called ‘Lesson 4: The Radio.’  It was inspired by Double Dee and Steinski’s Three Part Lesson series in the 80s. ‘Lesson 4’ pays homage to hip hop radio mix shows that helped shape my knowledge of the culture when I was growing up.  A year later I started working on the ‘Lesson 5’ which explored the pre-rap disco breaks era.  At the same time I was doing studies on time signatures with samples.  I became fascinated with this concept so I scrapped ‘Lesson 5’ and jumped straight into ‘Lesson 6.’  I figured I would always come back to ‘Lesson 5’ at some point but never did.  ‘Lesson 6:  The Lecture’ was the last piece of my intended three part series.  It took me two years to complete with some of help from my friends.  Mumbles, Hymnal, and DJ Nu-Mark all made suggestions along the way that helped shape it into what would become a very important composition for me.  Since ‘Lesson 4’ debuted on the b-side of Jurassic 5’s first single, what better home would there be for the next in the series than on the following J5 release, Jurassic 5 EP? 

This would set the precedent for every J5 LP thereafter to include an instrumental DJ track, including ‘Swing Set’ and ‘Acetate Prophets’ where DJ Nu-Mark would join in on the fun and compose with me.” -Cut Chemist >>>DOWNLOAD “LESSON 6:  THE LECTURE EP (REMASTERED)” HERE<<< Cut Chemist presents Lesson 6:  The Lecture EP.  Remastered for 2016 this release includes his Cut’s mid-nineties opus in its original form from the original session multi-tracks with all elements intact.   Aldi Weight Loss BarsThe original track itself is sometimes confused for the 1999 major label “watered down” rerelease.  Gold Damask Duvet CoverAlso included is “Lesson 6:  Instrumental (DIY Version)” minus the cuts and dialogue plus “Lesson 6:  The Sketch” a raw and sometimes crude, unedited 15-minute practice tape that became the blueprint for this monumental lesson.  Ikea Curtain Birch

‘Lesson 6’ has become a spring board not only for the cut-n-paste style associated with Cut Chemist’s approach to production but a feel for Jurassic 5’s music as an eclectic and inventive whole. Jurassic 5 European Summer Tour 2016 Jurassic 5 is headed to Europe for the Summer.   for more up to date details! Cut Chemist on Tour MC Supernatural in Las Vegas :: Word of Mouth 2014 Supernatural Killing it for 4 minutes in Vegas during Dilated Peoples performance on the Word Of Mouth Tour 2014. Cut Cam Live in S.E. Asia on a Dig Take a trip to an undisclosed location in the far east through the eyes of Cut Chemist. He had to put the camera down eventually to look through records.Sorry, Bandcamp no longer supports the version of Chrome that you're using (12.0.742.91). Please upgrade your browser to the latest version and try again. Sound of the Police Put a group together which became Jurassic 5. Co-creator of Brainfreeze with DJ Shadow, and original member of Ozomatli.

Streaming and Download help from Sound of the Police, track released July 27, 2010 Mastering by Dave Cooley at Elysian Masters (other mastering credits include Madlib's "Shades of Blue", J Dilla's "Donuts" and tracks from Peanut Butter Wolf) Featured Product: Nobody Speak 12" Vinyl Own a limited 12” vinyl of DJ Shadow’s song “Nobody Speak” with Run the Jewels. This is the first of three limited 12" singles to be take from 'The Mountain Will Fall'.Music fans are in for a once-in-a-lifetime experience when turntablists supreme DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist celebrate the legacy of Hip-Hop vanguard and Universal Zulu Nation founder, Afrika Bambaataa on their Renegades of Rhythm tour this fall. “This has never been done before, definitely not on this scale. They’re HIS records, with his blessings. This isn’t just ANY copy of ‘X’ breakbeat, it’s THE copy, THE copy that started everything. Not just any records, the MASTER OF RECORDS’ records.” – DJ Shadow.

Using only vinyl pulled from Bambaataa’s historic collection – over 40,000 strong and permanently archived at Cornell University – DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist aim to present Bambaataa’s legacy in all its genre-busting and socially-minded complexity. DJ Shadow states, “His collection includes not just Soul and Rap, but also Soca, Calypso, Dub, Salsa…it’s obvious that this music was important to him, and it’s reflected in his own music. For example, when the Soulsonic Force is singing an African chant, it actually comes from a Manu Dibango record. That’s when being a crate-digger comes in handy – you have to be able to pick up on the references and reiterate them.” Sorting through the collection with this holistic aim in mind was daunting. “The first sort was to make sure we didn‘t leave anything important behind. We definitely over-pulled,” adds Cut Chemist. To help them narrow their selections, DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist focused on the appearance of the records themselves, “It was pretty clear what he played a lot and what he didn’t.

The sure-shots were covered with tape and the jackets were beautifully tattered; that made it easier after a while to pull records.” “The program will be multifaceted,” DJ Shadow explains. “Bambaataa as artist, exploring the influence of his classics like ‘Planet Rock;’ Bambaataa as collector, and the genre-defining breaks he discovered; and Bambaataa as peacemaker and force for social change. He influenced an entire generation worldwide, so we feel a great obligation to get it right.” Naturally, it was paramount to the two DJ’s that the tour have the full blessing and support of Afrika Bambaataa himself. “I call on all who love Hip-Hop to come out, see them, hear them,” says the Godfather. “My story is our history in DJing.” The Renegades of Rhythm tour will use six turntables and a variety of real-time effects. “It adds another performance level, real-time sampling from the record that’s being played,” says Cut Chemist. Visuals for the tour will be supplied by acclaimed video director, multimedia producer and regular Shadow collaborator Ben Stokes.

The tour will be produced by Jamal Chalabi and Backlash Management. The tour may be rooted in a historic vinyl collection, but both DJs are quick to point out that people should not come to this expecting strictly an ‘old-school‘ set. As DJ Shadow sums it up. “DJ Shadow + Cut Chemist + Bambaataa’s records + his blessings: it’s going to be epic. That’s all you really need to know.” Or, as Afrika Bambaataa puts it, “DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist are going to blow your funky mind.” Tour Dates – Click Here for Information 9/1 – Toronto, ON – Guvernment 9/3 – Boston, MA – House of Blues 9/4 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza 9/6 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts 9/8 -Washington, DC -The Fillmore Silver Spring 9/9 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage 9/11 – Charlotte, NC -The Fillmore Charlotte 9/12 – Atlanta, GA – The Loft At Center Stage 9/14 – Orlanda, FL – House of Blues 9/16 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues