 About the Body Snatchers and crew
Baobinga (Sam to his mum) was recently named ‘Player Of The Year’ in IDJ magazine probably because he is one of the most versatile producers and DJs operating in the dance music field today. Whether in partnership with I.D. as Big Monster for Fat! creating new ragga hybrids with Tayo for Soul Jazz or producing solo on labels like Mantra, a steady stream of releases have caught the attention of some of the top names in dance music and his latest pairing with 30Hz shows that this Manchester-based powerhouse has no sign of slowing down!
Hailing from Washington, DC in the U.S of A and now a resident of Bristol, 30Hz is one busy man. Signed (individually) to Meat Katie’s Lot49 imprint and releasing his critically acclaimed debut solo long player ‘Electric Sheep’ at the tail end of 2007, James or ‘Ginz’ as he’s known to family and friends also runs two labels: Vertical Sound for his Nu-Skool Breaks outputs and Tectonic – one of the world’s leading Dubstep labels. Working alongside Planet Mu’s DJ Pinch as ‘P.Dutty’ the duo were responsible for the bass-led Dubstep anthem ‘War Dub’ which was snapped up by Universal Pictures and used on their box office hit ‘Children Of Men’, oh he recently received nominations for Best Single & Album at this years Breakspoll Awards, this is one man on a mission!
The Body Snatchers >>> Following two massive singles that have ruptured the splean of club land ‘Big Ass Miniskirt’ and ‘Freaky Ho b/w Twist Up’ and with a third vocal-led monster about to drop ‘Call Me’ featuring Lil’ Jon’s latest signing the super hype Sporty-O alongside sublime UK vocalist Yolanda (Bugz In The Attic/Massive Attack) this will be the last in a 12” trilogy before the release of the debut artist album ‘Feeling Good, Looking Nice, Smelling Right’, an album that is set to flip the script on UK Urban sounds infused with serious electronic sensibilities.
Featuring a whole host of MCs, mixed up with skits a club-based album this aint. Think Urban style music with the production standards of two geniuses, two mad professors who’ve been locked in the studio formulating a super hype hybrid sound – here’s a breakdown of who’s on the album:
Sporty-O - Hailing from Altanta, Georgia, Sporty-O is definitely one of the hottest new US rappers out there. Having just signed a deal with Lil Jon’s label BME Click to release his forthcoming album he is set to blow up on a global scale, having previously worked with DJ Lethal from House Of Pain and Limp Biskit, Sporty-O is causing big ripples across the pond.
Mr Smith – Grew up as an army brat, travelling with his parents who were stationed across America and Germany. Originally a native of Indiana, Mr. Smith relocated to Tampa, Florida where he linked up with local legend Acafool. Expect material later in 2008 from both Mr.Smith and Acafool on Passenger.
Goldmouf – Another Altanta MC making waves on the underground, Goldmouf’s mix tape series ‘Goldmouf: Street Idols Vols 1 – 5’ have seen some real heat drawn to this young player. With his debut artist album ‘The Best Thing On Myspace’ about to drop, Goldmouf is one hot new talent. He is also known to appear in the occasional movie!!!
Kamikaze – New Jersey native based in Bristol, Kamikaze has racked up performances at renowned NYC venues such as Tramps and the NuYorican Poets Café as well as performing alongside the likes of Grandmaster Flash, People Under The Stairs, Skinnyman, Smith & Mighty, Peewee Ellis (James Brown’s saxophonist) and Maceo Parker. He also performs live with fully live (i.e. no DJ) hip-hop band ‘Rawness’ currently attracting a lot of attention.
Sirplus – Legendary Bristol-based MC has supported some of the biggest names in Hip Hop including Mobb Deep, Wiley, Sway, Inspektah Deck as well as France’s Saian Supa Crew. Plus can often be found recording in Roni Size’s studio and appears on a track with Full Cycle Dynamite MC and DJ Die.
Yolanda – Bristol born and bred Yolanda is steadily building a reputation as one of dance music’s most in demand vocalists appearing on tracks with Chase & Status, Bugz In The Attic, Freq Nasty, Domu, Deekline and Krafty Kuts she is currently working with Massive Attack on their forthcoming album.
Fern Lee – Appeared on the groundbreaking Outkast album ‘Stankonia’
Frilla – more Bristol-based talent from a producer who started making beats on his Playstation 2, since then he has been developing himself as a top-level vocalist resulting in high profile support gigs for the likes of Kano, Wayne Marshall, Styles P and Lethal Bizzle. He recently competed in the Vauxhall Tribes Urban Music Competition which featured Dizzie Rascal on the judges panel, Frilla won ‘Best MC’ and supported Dizzie on his ‘Maths & English’ UK tour.
Featuring ten brand new tracks alongside previous singles and skits ‘Feeling Good, Looking Nice, Smelling Right’ is set to put the bizzounce back into the bizzangin as these two highly talented artists get ready to drop a veritable bomb from a very big height!
Names: Ginz & Sam
Ages: Timeless
Heigths: BIG
Weights: Yeah we move a lot of it.
Average Heartrate (BPM): We roll slow.
Heartrate when mixing (BPM): Aint no thang different.
Bedtimes: whenever the ho ready to go
All-time Favorite Choons: DMX – When I Come Thru
Interview
Big up mates for you hard work on you awsome new album, now out on Passenger Recordings. How long did this process of producing the album take? And how do you mates feel now with the response?
Ginz: I’d have to ask the studio engineers how long it took, we had a lot of other things to do, so we didn’t be there much. Our “mates”? You mean our Dawgs? Yeah they say real nice things about us.
Baobinga: Yeah for us the process of making an album is very similar to the process of being in the club a lot, meeting a lot of ladies, picking out a lot of diamonds. And we do that on the daily. I mean we worked hard on it - at least once a week we were in the studio, making sure the shit sounded good, like we like it.
Tell us about that crazy Official album launch party Fri June 6th at the Passenger Records Boat Party? How was it?
Baobinga: It was on a boat and it was sold out. What more can be said? We made the boat hot, then we did the same at the afterparty.
30Hz: Its how we do.
How did you two mates first meet up to form the Body Snatchers?
Baobinga: One day a passing magical dwarf told me of a great wizard of crunk who lived in the south. I went in search of him, but met 30Hz instead, who at the time lived in a cave and ate berries. Initally I was pretty disappointed, yet as time went on, truly he developed into his own great wizard of crunk. And then I realised that what the dwarf was trying to teach me was that we can create crunk from the humblest of surroundings, that the crunk is within us all.
30Hz: That's not how I remember it. I thought we met whilst shopping for diamond-encrusted monocles?
What is your backgrounds? Whera ya from?
Body Snatchers: We was born on a planet called Alpha Crunktauri, our younger years were pretty real. But as time went on, we realised that the deep wells of crunk were running dry. So to prevent a terrible future where strip-clubs are forced to convert to libraries, and where women have to make money through jobs that involve keeping their clothes on, we left our home planet and scoured the universe for alternative sources of crunk. You can watch the video record we kept of this search at www.myspace.com/thebodysnatchersuk
Do you lads have still have time tol do work on your solo beat slaming projects?
Body Snatchers: We have no comment on that matter at this time.
How can you describe your album to new listeners? Whats the concept?
Baobinga: We tried to make an album that expressed the hope, despair, beauty and sadness that is an inherent and unavoidable part of human existence.
30Hz: But that was boring as sin so we made a CD of booty anthems.
Whats your favourite tracks on your album and why?
Baobinga: Sexy Pickpocket Girl, as it shows our tender, emotional side. Pimps have feelings too.
30Hz: My favourite track is each and every track, they all different colours of the fruit flava rainbow, and to focus too much on any one would be to miss the godlike beauty of the whole.
How is your home town support for the album going?
Body Snatchers: Alpha crunkturi backing us all the way. Mainstream TV over here using Freaky Ho to advertise series 2 of 'Californication'. Dirty Sanchez (kinda like a UK Jackass) been in touch, they wanna use our shit too. Sony putting our music on they computer games. The block is hot baby!
Who did all your cool music videos? And whats your opinions on them?
Body Snatchers: We got hold of a kid, fresh out of college, and we promised him fame and fortune if he could realise what we wanted to visualise. And he done done it. But if he cross us...
How did you gentlemen split up the production of your tracks on your album? Who did what? Whats your take on your duality?
Baobinga: If I may quote Ghostface on this one, we form like Voltron. The whole is bigger than the sum of its part, understand?
30Hz: What my colleague is saying is that I take care of the studio work, while he moves the 'work' ya dig?
Whats your take on writing tunes? Do you guys just bang them out or do you have another creative process? How did your songs on the album come about?
Body Snatchers: That's like asking a chef to list the ingredients to his dishes, and give directions on how to make the dish, in some kind of 'book of recipes'! No one gives away secrets like that, you crazy?
List some of your favorite electronic producers (past/present):
Body Snatchers: Past: Our older tunes. Present: This album. Future: The next album. BAM!
What does your studio consist of?
Body Snatchers: Goblets and chains, goblets and chains. Also some engineer type we flew over from The Philippines, he makes things go.
What are you using to produce nowadays? Logic audio? Live ? Cubase?
Body Snatchers: Mostly that Philippino boy I mentioned above. He's a pretty hard worker.
What do you guys drink? How much can you drink?
Body Snatchers: We drink drank. We smoke stank. And we mack on skanks.
What would be your dream track to legally remix?
Body Snatchers: DJ Khaled feat. T Pain, Trick Daddy, Rick Ross & Plies. Its about us.
If you were stranded on an island and had a portable record player with enough batteries to play one last track,,,which track would you choose to listen to?
Body Snatchers: DJ Khaled feat. T Pain, Trick Daddy, Rick Ross & Plies.
Whats going on this summer for you two?
Body Snatchers: Drank, stank and skanks. Also some gigs. We might be in Canada, fuckin up a moose.
Shout outs: DJ Khaled feat. T Pain, Trick Daddy, Rick Ross & Plies.
The Body Snatchers new album ‘Feeling Good, Looking Nice, Smelling Right” is out now on Passenger Records along with the single ‘Call Me’ that features remixes from Lee Mortimer, Blende and Backdraft.
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WWW Links:
www.thebodysnatchers.co.uk
www.myspace.com/thebodysnatchersuk
www.myspace.com/baobinga Big shoutout to Jack Brides of www.cypherpress.uk.com
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