Episode 02, Some Assembly Required

Episode 02, Some Assembly Required
(Featuring an interview with Steinski)
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01 Steinski and Mass Media - “It’s up to you (the television mix)”
02 Double Dee and Steinski - “Lesson 1: the payoff mix”
03 DJ Shadow - “Lesson 4”
04 Steinski & Mass Media - “We’ll be right back”
05 Steinski & Mass Media - “The motorcade sped on”
06 Double Dee and Steinski - “Jazz”
07 Cut Chemist - “Lesson 6: the lecture”
08 Steinski and Mass Media - “The xen to one ratio”
09 Steinski and Mass Media - “Wild about that thing”


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DJ Marvel

DJ Marvel

DJ Marvel is an English producer and Hip Hop DJ. He was also a member of the turntablist group, "The Wristerons (with DJ Haste)," releasing a CD titled "Flex of the Wrist," in 2000. DJ Marvel is a featured artist on compilations such as Revenge Of The B Boy, Part 2, and Return Of The DJ, Volume 4 and 5, on Bomb Hip Hop, as well as Scratch attack, Volume 2 and Global Turntables, on Hiphop Slam. He's been DJing since he was sixteen years old - check out his myspace page HERE.

Without further ado, here's the SAR Q&A with DJ Marvel...


*Name: DJ Marvel

*Are there any additional names used to describe this project: Not really... I was also the brainchild of a turntablist group called The Wristerons, which consisted of myself and DJ Haste. We recorded various tracks around 2000 to 2004 and had releases on both Bomb records and HipHop Slam. However since then I have focused much of my time learning production and hoping to start producing and remixing for different artists in the near future.

*Do you use a pseudonym? nope

*Members: Currently I work alone as a producer... but will be working on different projects with different artists.

*Tape manipulations, digital deconstructions or turntable creations: Well, I am a big fan of sampling as this was how hip hop music was originally made... and still should be made in my opinion. Being a DJ too, I always incorporate the turntable in what I do and certainly when I was working on The Wristerons music, they were all "turntable creations.”

*Another genre descriptor: Well, I can only describe what I do as creative and beautiful music. I like to sample music that captures moods and has plenty of feeling and emotion... and this will probably be the main feature of my production. I wouldn’t say that I have a particular name to describe it though.

*Location: I am from Torquay, in south west England, UK.

*Original Location: I was born in Plymouth, south west England, UK.

*What is your creative/artistic background: My background in music is pretty much all hip hop, as well as the soul, funk and jazz music used in hip hop music over the years.

*History: I bought my own turntables in 1993, at the age of 16. Firstly creating mixes and sampling records for mix tapes, until I started taking music-making more seriously, buying my first Emu sampler in 1997. Since then, I have been making various turntablist tracks and now focusing more on hip hop backing.

*Born: I was born in Plymouth, south west England, in 1977.

*Motivations: From the age of 11 (in 1988), when I was first exposed to hip hop music properly, I was hooked on the sound of scratching. My curiosity also led me to learn about sampling and production and I was amazed at how creative and clever hip hop artists were. My main motivation is to be as creative and clever as the hip hop artists of the late 80s and early 90s, when hip hop music was at its peak. I can only describe being able to scratch and creatively make music like a drug addict scoring a hit. Making hip hop music is a drug and I am completely addicted.

*Philosophy: My philosophy behind my music is mainly to have fun and enjoy what I am doing, as well as to be creative. Hip hop has no boundaries and should be enjoyed by everyone.

*How would you like to be remembered: I'd like to be remembered as someone who made a positive contribution to music. Someone who was good at what they did, gave listeners plenty of enjoyment and hopefully influenced people along the way.

*Web address: I don't have a website at the moment, but have a myspace page: www.myspace.com/marveldeejay


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Episode 183, Some Assembly Required

Episode 183, Some Assembly Required
01 Arty Fufkin – “Atoms for Idols”
02 You™ vs. Elvis – “Shook All Up”
03 Negativland – “Why Is This Commercial?”
04 Antediluvian Rocking Horse – “September Shuffle”
05 DJ Tripp – “Super Holla Tricka”
06 Forty One – “Scooby Doo, Lolita & the giant”
07 Wax Tailor - “Once Upon a Past”
08 Beige Channel – “On You"
09 DJ Marvel – “1-8-7”
10 Listen With Sarah - “Animal Boum!”
11 Totom – “Rio Grande”
12 Escape Mechanism – “Whiz Bang”
13 John Oswald - “Net”
14 David Morneau – “Sing”
15 Lenlow – “The D is for Dirt”


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Steinski

Steinski

Steinski (Steve Stein) is well known for his work with Double Dee (Douglas DiFranco). The duo produced the well known Lessons series, in the early 1980's. Since then, Steinski has produced many more sound collage tracks, both in partnership with Double Dee, and on his own. Most of the work is quite listener-friendly, yet officially unreleased, due to fears concerning copyright issues. I first heard about Steinski through the DOVentertainment release, Death of Vinyl, which features the legendary track, The Motorcade Sped On.

I interviewed Steve Stein on Some Assembly Required, about six years ago, when SAR first went into syndication. The episode originally aired in Minneapolis, at KUOM, on June 23, 2001. DJ Food heard it and used a portion of the interview in his Raiding the 20th Century composition. You can download the original episode (#02), at the SAR Blog, HERE.

Steinski's work ranges from mastermixes to sound collage you can dance to. One of my personal favorites samples commercials from radio and TV, to create a very fun, musical collage about advertising. We'll be right back was released in 1986, on Fourth And Broadway, and earned a spot on the UK charts the following year.

Double Dee and Steinski reunited in 2002 and 2006 to perform opening for DJ Shadow and Coldcut, respectively. Their work has been greatly influential, especially in the hip hop community. De La Soul, DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist, DJ Format and DJ Bombjack have all contributed to the Lessons series, or referenced them in some major way. Although there is still no official Lesson 5, the series has been continued through Lesson 7, as of this writing.

Without further ado, here's the SAR Q&A with Steve Stein of Steinski and Mass Media...


*Name: Steinski

*Are there any additional names used to describe this project: Steinski and Mass Media, or Double Dee & Steinski

*Do you use a pseudonym? Yes

*Members: Steve Stein/Doug DiFranco

*Tape manipulations, digital deconstructions or turntable creations: Digital deconstruction and nitroglycerine.

*Location: Noo Yawk, yo.

*Original Location: Money Earnin' Mt. Vernon

*What is your creative/artistic background: Ex-hipppie. Dropped out of 2 colleges, wrote advertising on staff for several years at a huge agency, functioned as a producer/creative consultant to many of the NY-based cable networks in the late 80's and 90's. Bought a lot of records and gradually learned (with the help of several long-suffering friends) how to use digital audio equipment.

*History: Since 1983.

*Motivations: I can't help it.

*Philosophy: Making trouble and having fun.

*How would you like to be remembered: With a knowing smile.

*Web address: www.steinski.com


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Episode 58, Some Assembly Required

Episode 58, Some Assembly Required

01 Steinski - “Its time to testify (mc5 mix)”
02 Steinski - “The acid test”
03 Steinski - “Silent partner”
04 The Tape-beatles - “Desire”
05 Animals within animals - “Pirates of the internet”
06 Kid606 - “Never underestimate the value of a holler (vipee-pee mix)”
07 Radio Jargon - “Radiobup”
08 Splatt - “Goddess deconstructed”
09 Sarah Jane Smith - “Stomp (live)”
10 Donna Summer - “Accept the cheap”
11 Negativland - “Guns (now)”


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