TeachONE is an emcee who grew up in the Bay Area of Northern California. Even though he has been writing hip-hop lyrics since his early teens, he is only now at the age of 27 starting to put his music out there for others to hear. This new desire to be heard has come out of two things: First and foremost is the fact that Hip-Hop has been a lifelong passion for him, and eventually it was going to come out in a public way. Second, and probably more importantly is that as a teacher his goal is to lead and inspire through action. He is currently a teacher in what most peeps consider to be the birthplace of Hip-Hop, The South Bronx. He is fortunate enough to teach three subjects he loves with a passion; English, Social Studies, and the crowning achievement a class on writing Hip-Hop lyrics. As a teacher his goal is to model the drive and desire it takes to make it in Hip-Hop while still keeping the integrity of the art form intact.

TeachONE is humble about his skills, as he has spent much of his life pursuing many goals beyond Hip-Hop that had to come first. However, in his music you will find that his goals are clearly stated: Describe the problem, take the problem head on, and create a way to fix it. His goals are to improve the lives of people who live in what most people condescendingly call the "ghetto." A product of the "wrong side of the tracks" in a fairly affluent suburb, he makes no claims on being "ghetto," but his actions always show that he has a fairly strong understanding of the struggles of the people he works for and fights for. His first goal is taken on at the micro-level every day when he steps into a classroom in the Bronx as he strives to give students of all races, cultures, religions, socio-economic backgrounds, etc the opportunity to learn what it takes to succeed in a country where the odds are invariable stacked against those who do not fit the image of the "mainstream." His next goal is to use music to shine a light on what he thinks may be some of the answers to some of the most difficult questions we face on the Macro level.

•  I can't. Stop. ...
•  Hot beats, but ...
•  There's always something ...
•  Somewhere in a dark laboratory
•  A different kind of holiday

AdDM : An ordinary decent guy, likes: minimalism, radios, 9v batteries, senselessness, cigarettes, things that go up and down, sugar, no-budget films, beer, windows in general, doors in particular, pretty things, almost-pretty things, sitdowntragedy, amplifiers, mickey mouseshaped clouds, candles, sockets, cables, helicopters, supermarkets, trees, big cities, dusty old analog stuff, National Geographic Channel, squirrels with attitude and fishing.
Likes to make: a futile attempt at producing new sounds and music in a coherent way, clutching at straws of coolness, celibrating the new cliche, delibrately rattlin' the emotional chain, creating uhm... something.
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The story of AdDM:

"PCM consumer audio recording began in June of 1978 with the introduction of the PCM-1 14-bit Betamax accessory for recording and playback of digital audio with an 80db dynamic range. One month later AdDM was born. Not soon after that the digital revolution hit the globe.

Influenced by musicians such as sonik youth and glenn branca, AdDM started experimenting with tonality and songwriting at the age of 14. All songs where recorded on consumer casetteplayers with built-in microphone.

7 Years later AdDM bought a harddiskrecording-system to
be able to record better demo's. By accident he discovered his skills in electronic music, and decided to try his hand at electronics for a few years, always, in the back of his mind, wanting to return to the music that started it all.

AdDM's debut was an mp3-release called "Six feet down to earth", a selection of sketches where he experimented by various compression-techniques
In 2004, Preocupado saw the light, and all was full circle again.

AdDM's studio, apart from some expensive hi-end recording-gear, could be described as stuck in time in 1982. 85% of AdDM's gear is as old or older than AdDM. Which is exactly the way he likes it. AdDM doesnt own an ipod. AdDM doesn't like hi-tech. AdDM likes cables and knobs."
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Other releases by AdDM:
Chamber music: selected works and sketches (2005)
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upcoming release:
+5volt trigger suicide..

•  interesting
•  weird
•  Ahaha
•  ?

John Holowach started with music after he received Rob Dougan's Furious Angels and listened to both discs through and through. He remixed all the tracks on it and put together a remix album of it. Dougan has said that he likes all the remixes, and is flattered.

He debuted his first solo album, A Basement Of Broken Dreams online in January of 2005, and it hit hard. His work has been featured all over the internet in podcasts, vlogs, music features, and elsewhere. He has also been used for a story on Current.TV and in several documentary and narrative films (both feature and short).

Holowach remixes on and off now, but he is more prolific with his original music. He is a samplist, which means he takes clips from other tracks, songs, and sounds (mostly Creative Commons-licensed) and creates something new from them. Most of his albums can be found on the Internet Archive, and his most recent effort, Fallen Angel, is available on Audiobubble.

He is also a founding (and former) member of the international Creative Commons band Tryad.

•  cool beats
•  cool mellow
•  Strong Message/Tight beat...

Writer/producer Kirby Ian Andersen records as Shinjuku Zulu as well as K.I.A., and brings in rappers, toasters, and singers of all sorts: blues, jazz, pop, soul, choir, opera, etc. to spin into his pop electronic mix. Vocalists: Caryn Green, Shawn Skeir, Shankhini, MC General, Larissa Gomes, Prince I, Sydney White, Courtney Farquhar, Sarah Daye, Giancarlo Pecchia

PRESS QUOTES:
"Breaks,house,reggae, exotic vocals...a cd that warrants repeated listens" -MONTREAL GAZETTE; "Sheer brilliance, haunting vocals...top ten CDs of the year" -GLOBE & MAIL; "Top five hit-list" -TORONTO STAR "Good dubby house, good electronic dancehall...minimalistic, melancholly..." -EXCLAIM!; "Like Kevin Yost spinning Everything But the Girl with Mad Professor remixes...a master at aural collage" -THE HERALD. "...really f**king good...brilliant" -YOUTH (remixer/producer U2, the Orb, etc)

CD DISCOGRAPHY:
as Shinjuku Zulu:
"Various Chimeras" feat. the songs Shanghai Masai, Da Riddim Griffin, Dirty Liar, We Do Supersonic
"Shinjuku Zulu" feat. the songs "That Groove", "Segue"
as K.I.A.:
"Sonorous Susurrus" feat the songs Be My DJ, Nevermine, Howdydaomaori
"Adieu Shinjuku Zulu" feat. the songs Mrs. Major Tom, Eyeah!, Box the Gnat

•  Good groove, but didn't really....
•  I Feel It!