Artist description More emcees than you can count on 2 hands and a half dozen gifted producers to keep them all busy.

Music Style An Intellectual approach to Hip Hop

Musical Influences Everything from Pharoahe Monch, to Stevie Nicks,Company Flow, The Doors, The Sex Pistols, Kool Kieth, Scarface, Micranots, The Descendents, Anticon and more...

Artist History Spawned from Oraclez Creed, then connected with the FrontLine, later meeting the Bufoon Circle,eventually forming The Oldominion

Group Members Onry, Sleep, Pale, Reuben A.P., NyQwil, Dialog, Snafu, Syndel, Bishop I, Gash, JFK, Tremor, Azrael, Phrum LsWhere, Smoke,Eminence,Barfly, Mako, PeGee13 & Anaxogorous

Instruments ASR-X, MPC-3000, Roland, XP-50, Rhodes, Bass, Guitar, Sony, Roland Studio

Albums oldominion "ONE" LP & new "Parallel To Hell" 12" on Seattle Label "Under The Needle Records" now available at http://foolblown.com , Sleep LP on in stores Summer 2001, Barfly & Onry's "NORMAN" LP in stores Summer 2001. Onry's 1997 release entitled "Knightingale" is currently available for purchase right here.

Press Reviews Check out what DIYhiphop.com says about ONE Under the Needle records is on to something -- following the same path that current hip-hop trailblazers Anticon have forged, Oldominion comes on the scene like Devestator, combining their individualities and forming a tight knit machine. They move their listeners quickly down the path to where underground dwells, surrounding the listener with a dynamic and extensive array of old and new-school beats and rhymes. Though the disc has its shortcomings (as, unfortunately, many efforts do), they do not do enough to overshadow the moments of brilliance. These people are preachers -- and they sell their wares with a distinctively left coast flair. Pac Northwest, a place full of cold and rain, is the background for what Oldominion proffers as it's album. Everything within the effort echoes the atmosphere, the zeitgeist, of the place to which they will bring you. On One, the group's latest release off Under the Needle, the members of the crew consistently hypnotize and tap into the collective subconscious of the listener, using the brooding and demented echoes they transform into beats and each one's unique ability to weave stories that ensnare their targets. The individuals are all very talented, and they band together to burst upon the scene. It is clear from the beginning that One is a very well thought-out and prized medium for Oldominion to spread it's word. Every rhyme is built upon a concrete rhythmic foundation; the atmosphere is set, all the poet must do is deliver the words. Deliver they do. The disc is well worth it. From the opening track, whose opening moments are a rather interesting intro, "Ezmerelda", a deft demonstration of skill by a lady, reinforcing the notion that the fairer sex need not ryde ruff to gain props. Syndel is no jewel in the rough. She shines. "Ezmerelda" is a tone-setting track, one that will get more than one listen. Sleep, however, equals Synel's efforts and ultimately pays much of his dues on the album. "Don't Kill Your Radio," in particular, showcases Sleep's ability to write rhymes that are sincere, convincing, and sharp as hell when he throws them. Destro, JFK, NyQwil, Onry, and others display a dazzling synthesis of old and new-school rhyme styles. Often switching from one to another, and sometimes back, they widen the path for future members of their community. They peacock their superiority on One's penultimate track , "We Can Drink Fire Baby." Two of the crew members toy with the audience, unearthing a chilling admonition of humanity and a stunning faith in God, it would seem, to deliver them from any evil. Demonstrated more overtly on previous tracks, this concrete faith supplies the context for the novella set within the song. Disturbingly brief at two-something, it is cut further by a five second pause, a calm before the storm that brings down the disc, a psyche-shaking admission of fear and anxiety that appears as an inescapable conclusion when the end draws us closer to our final breath, though there is a blurb hidden at the way very end. The faith aspect notwithstanding, the disc is very good. The beats entice, and the rhymes are deployed with candor and skill. Low points do exist, though. Individual tastes differ. Some tracks will get play on your radio, if on no one else's. Major labels might not heed the message slung by these new-age preachers, but anyone who lends an intelligent ear to One might. Peace.--SemanticDIYhiphop.com

Location Seattle, WA - USA

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