Directed by Kavan The Kid (Shot on Venice Beach, CA)
(http://www.facebook.com/kavanthekid)
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Rhymes Like These
Jo Thrillz
2013
Hook written and co-performed by Alex Lambert
Produced by Ill Tall
Recorded/Mixed/Mastered by Jeff Eckert
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Dragon’s Gate is the follow-up to the Swollen Members smash hit and RDS anthem Red Dragon. The video shows a behind the scenes look at Moka and DEF as they take a tour through the RDS warehouse hunting for new gear.
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For the first time ever Birdapres has teamed up with Rob Crooks to bring you Argyle. Named for both an alternative high-school in Winnipeg and the pattern that adorns school uniforms, this eight track EP harkens back to the days of low-hanging backpacks, mind-numbing classes and juvenile delinquency. Although Bird and Crooks are well beyond their teenage years, they artfully use the theme of high-school to express the feelings of alienation and ennui that followed them well into adulthood. The poetic insight that laid the theme for Argyle came from Birdapres’ observation that most people had a friend or classmate tragically pass away during the months or days surrounding graduation. From that dark inspiration came the pensive “Bus Stop Blues,” a song that developed the overarching concept for this brand new EP. Other songs cover topics such as adolescent drug-use (“High School High”), skipping class to smoke “Cigarettes” (feat. Pip Skid) and the dreaded “Summer School.” Sonically, Argyle is contrastingly upbeat and fun. Rob Crooks, playing the role of producer in addition to emcee, took records supplied by the walking-vinyl-encyclopedia Birdapres and fed them through his sampler to create beats influenced by Krautrock to Miami Bass. Samples from classic 80s and 90s high-school movies are sprinkled throughout the EP adding a narrative that takes the listener from the first day of school to graduation and beyond. The final result is a hip-hop album unlike any other, relating the experiences of angst-ridden high-school students to the existential problems facing us as grown-ups today.
‘Feast of Fools’ was the name of a celebration, where youngsters would dress up as high authorities, politicians and powerful church figures and make a mockery of the system/religion they were enslaved in.
We start with a blank canvas and never really know where our samples or instruments are going to take us, every project is a celebration and a mockery of sorts of what people expect of us. We try to push our creative limits without holding back. And we like beer. We can’t see the Feast of Fools going down without some good beer.
