A state of Mind
新团体“ASM” (A state of Mind) 是个以HIPHOP/FUNK为主的小型欧盟团体, 团员组合FP the Funky Poet (MC), Green-T (MC), Fade (Producer), Sativo (DJ) and Lando (Flute Player). 长笛???,没错!这正在在全世界HIPHOP界起变化的一部份! 长笛,黑管,萨克斯风等铜管或木管乐器的加入,使得HIPHOP更活泼与跳跃….这正是日本系所带至欧洲的旋风…. ”ASM” 的团员彼此是在德国的一间国际学校互相认识的,他们的名字除了是团员来自不同国家,另外也表示了他们的音乐思维,是广纳四海,而他们正以”原创与游走hiphop/funk边缘”的独特性表演正在欧洲以最快的速度窜起,而更被BBE厂牌的DJ VADIM视为欧洲的“leaders of the new school” 他们的表演器材相当简单, Fade (Producer) 是Beats Maker并担任团长, Sativ与 Lando则是操作最多机器如Akai MPC, Roland SP-404, MicroKorg Keyboard, Flute, Melodica, Korg Kaos Pad, Theremin (一种电子乐器), Technics 唱盘 与Scratch 混音器(我想应该是ex那台…说那么清楚可能是在文章内顺便跟有兴趣booking的agent说明他们的器材很简单..我猜啦) ,另外FP the Funky Poet, Green-T则负责词与饶舌的部份,整体组合让他们在欧洲的hiphop界显得相当独特. 最近ASM与法国的Producer :Wax Tailor在他的新专辑《Hope & Sorrow》(销售超过40,000)合作一首单曲’Positively Inclined’,另外这只单曲的MV也被法国MTV台连续播放六周与攻占”Top 40 French national airplay charts” ,这对underground hiphop来说真是令人振奋的消息 他们目前正与Dj Vadim (BBE Music), Sadat X (Brand Nubian) Wax Tailor (decon), Wildchild (stones throw), Kid Kanevil (first word) , Bonobo (Ninja tune)积极制作第二张专辑’Platypus Funk’相信他们与这些大名合作将会有更加辉煌的成绩! 成军两年以来他们已在德国,英国,法国,瑞士,荷兰,捷克,波兰, 立陶宛everywhere in EUROPE发扬他们的音乐,现在我们就来听听他们的实力吧! ASM (A State of Mind) are an international Hip Hop collective who are rapidly making their mark on the scene through their "original and boundary-pushing" live shows, leading them to be recently deemed the "leaders of the new school" by Dj Vadim (BBE). The ASM live showcase is rooted in the unique on-stage beat production of Akai-wizard Fade, who gets busy with the MPC 1000, a Roland SP-404, Melodica, Korg Kaos Pad, Theremin, Technics Turntable and a Scratch mixer. The one-man ASM groove section is joined on stage by the mighty 6ix Toys horns (Marco Bernardis on Tenor Sax, Paul Berton on Trombone), creating a funktastic roots blend of organic neck-snapping goodness. This backdrop is the playing field where multi-national supermicrophonists FP the Funky Poet and Green-T get busy and experiment with rhyme-patterns and back and forth flows in ways that have seen them be compared to the likes of Jurassic 5, Edan, People Under The Stairs, and and A Tribe Called Quest. In the studio and occaisionally on stage, the ASM crew extends to include Sativo ..s & scratches and Nearski on graphic design.