Artist description Break down walls of genre: OFFBEAT MINDS use hip hop as a launching pad for their compositions, yet have found freedom in sonic + stylistic exploration. They draw upon inspiration from the past as they help shape the future: the spirits of jazz, reggae, funk, and blues are reincarnated as recombinant elements of tracks laced with healthy doses of dub, drum-n-bass, ambient, and jungle substance. Sound providers FADE and DL orchestrate the music by fusing samples, turntables, and electronics with live instrumentation. MC DAILY's lyrics are the catalyst for their arrangements: focused rhymes share the page with abstract poetics in songs that examine the soul of the underground in an attempt to escape from its depths.

Music Style Progressive Hip Hop / Electronic

Musical Influences Illbience, Beat Movement, Native Tongues, Astro-Physics, Dub Mentality

Similar Artists Kool Keith, DJ Spooky, The Roots, Beastie Boys, weTM, Roni Size, Digable Planets, Jungle Bros., Portishead, Beck

Artist History Three unique musicians cross paths while searching for outlets for their unorthodox creativity:First penetrated the sky as OFFBEAT MINDS during the 97th year of the 20th century. . . Currently convene in the Silk City - a concrete jungle shrouded by the shadows of NYC. Here, in their studio/lab known as ART DUST PRODUCTIONS, the group collaborates with other like-minded musicians to make sense of their shared disease, diagnosed as 'NEW JERSEY.' In 1998, OFFBEAT MINDS released a rough-draft of their hypothesis: 6 songs on cassette which document the group's beginnings and introduce a few of their musical theories. While much of OBM's work takes place in the lab, their field work has yielded some quite interesting results. . . This year, they've released a report of some some of this research: a live CD entitled 'ON AIR' which summarizes 3 years of live material. As the public processes this information, the group is hard at work on their most ambitious project yet: a full-length studio CD to be released later this year. (Be sure that OBM spies will be leaking info on this project as it progresses . . . always check www.offbeatminds.com for the most accurate info.)

Group Members dL - guitar, bass, sampler, electronics | Daily - vocals, words | Fade - turntables, sampler

Instruments sampler, synth, turntables, guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, voice, electronics

Albums ON AIR

Location Paterson, NJ - USA

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