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Pegz
Tirren Staaf, otherwise known as Pegz (or MC Pegasus), is an Australian hip hop artist and producer hailing from Melbourne, Victoria. He was the CEO of Obese Records—the record label responsible for artists such as Hilltop Hoods, Downsyde, and Bias B. Biography Tirren Staaf has said that he was named after Tiran Porter, former member of the Doobie Brothers. Pegz has been a part of the Australian hip hop scene since 1992, and has released four full-length studio albums. As a teenager he was first a graffiti artist before becoming a rapper. In 2000, he got a job at Obese Records, a specialist hip-hop music store in Prahran. He released his first recording, an EP, ''Pegasus'', on the Obese label in 2001, followed by a studio album, ''Capricorn Cat'' in 2003 and ''Axis'' in 2005. In 2005, Pegz toured nationally with Australian Hip Hop Milk Bar Stars (Pegz, Muph, DJ Bonez and Plutonic Lab). Upon releasing his third solo album, '' Burn City'', in 2007, Pegz nominally ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obese Records
Obese Records was a record label that released music from the Australian hip hop genre. It was the largest Australian independent hip hop label, including performers Pegz, Thundamentals and Dialectrix. Obese Records also operated two retail stores in Melbourne, a record distribution company, a soul imprint named Plethora Records, and operates the artists' management and touring company Obese Records Artist Management. History Founding as OB's record store Obese Records was founded in 1995 as a small record store called OB's by Ollie Bobbitt, in the Melbourne suburb of Prahran. Specialising in hip hop music, the store changed its name to "Obese Records" after Bobbitt sold the business to Shazlek One. In mid-2002 the store was bought by Melbourne-based artist Tirren Staaf (a.k.a. Pegz) who transformed it into a record label. According to Pegz, there were few other labels specializing in Australian hip hop at the time, and none putting significant funds into marketing. Pegz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axis (Pegz Album)
''Axis'' is the second album released by Australian hip hop artist MC Pegz. It was released in 2005, 18 months after his debut album. This recording features appearances from other Australian MCs, including Hilltop Hoods, Hyjak N Torcha, and Debaser (Ethic and Sapient). Track listing All tracks written by Tirren Staaf and Leigh Ryan unless otherwise noted. # "Intro" (Tirren Staaf) – 0:30 # "Chechen Gorilla" – 4:06 # "Back Then" (Tirren Staff, M Lambert) – 3:28 # "Cro-Magnon" (Tirren Staaf) – 3:03 # "This is for Life" (featuring Hilltop Hoods) (Tirren Staaf) – 3:56 # "What Would Happen?" – 4:15 # "Fuckin wid Pegz" – 3:45 # "Two Sides of the Map" (featuring Debaser) – 3:34 # "The Last Bushman" – 3:21 # "Blink of an Eye" – 3:11 # "Put the World on Hold" – 2:55 # "Mad Luv" (featuring Hyjak N Torcha) – 3:27 # "Living on Earth" – 2:43 # "Zenith" – 3:21 Credits * Artwork – Mexi * Mastered – Chris Chetland (Kog Mastering) * Photography – Andrew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plutonic Lab
Leigh Ryan, better known by the stage name Plutonic Lab or sometimes as Pluto is an Australian music producer, engineer, artist & performer. He is also one half of soul/pop duo “''SoundsLike FRANCO''” with vocalist Natalie Slade, one third of Canadian/Australian rap group “''SHWING''” with BBRC members Roshin & Bronze as well as the international tour drummer for the group ''Hilltop Hoods''. Pluto has collaborated with Ladi6 (NZ), Black Milk (US), G-Love (US), Guilty Simpson (US), Wiley (UK) Miles Bonny (US), Natalie Slade (AU), Notes To Self BBRC (Canada), Coma-Chi (Japan) Renee Geyer (AU), Drapht (AU), Hilltop Hoods (AU), Dialectrix (AU), Speech Debelle (UK), Task Force (UK), Fat Lip (US), Eternia (Canada), The Grouch & Eligh (US). Early life and career Plutonic Lab began drumming at the age of 10 and performing shows at 14. He obtained an honours degree in Sound Design/Media Arts from RMIT University, studying under Australian film composer/artist Philip Brophy a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burn City
''Burn City'' is an album released by Australian hip hop artist MC Pegz on 15 October 2007. This recording features appearances from Australian MCs Drapht, Funkoars, Muph, Vents and others. Californian MC Planet Asia also collaborates on the track "Diligent Music". It peaked at No. 70 on the ARIA Album Chart, No. 10 on the ARIA Urban Album Chart and No. 4 on the ARIA Hitseekers Albums chart. The album's tracks were featured on national radio station, Triple J. According to Khalil Hegarty of ''The Age'' declared that Pegz "has made the Australian hip-hop scene his own." During 2008 he toured Australia to promote the album. Reception Khalil Hegarty of ''The Age'' reviewed ''Burn City'' where Pegz "gives his all, but never sounds like he's overdoing it." Hegarty elaborated, that the album is "his acceptance of the glory and a motivational speech for the team that is the local scene." Toby Walker rated it at 7.5/10 and opined that " eholds it down tight in his area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dialectrix
Ryan Leaf, better known by the stage name Dialectrix, is an Australian hip hop artist from Sydney. He was a member of Down Under Beats Crew (DUB Crew) and, since 2008, has been a member of Gully Platoon. In addition to his musical career, Dialectrix works in the construction trades. He was introduced to hip hop culture through skateboarding during adolescence. Biography Solo Dialectrix has released the solo albums ''Cycles of Survival'', ''Audio Projectile'' and ''The Cold Light of Day''. The All Aussie Hip Hop site describes Dialectrix's song "Fly On the Wall", from ''Audio Projectile'', as: . . . a landmark track in the Dialectrix cannon. A bona fide throwback song, Dialectrix raps from the perspective of a fly- observing and judging humanity from an insignificant point of view. The song is in direct parallel to the working man's plight and the feeling of helplessness that comes with being able to see everything, but being powerless to change it. Dialectrix has supported ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DJ Bonez
George Kordas, better known by the stage name DJ Bonez, is a hip hop DJ and producer, originally from Sydney and currently based in Melbourne, Australia. DJ Bonez has been described as being at "the forefront of Australian DJing culture as a performer and also catering to DJs worldwide with break beats and scratch records". Career Bonez began creating four-track mix tapes and CDs for the underground hip-hop scene in the late 1980s, while studying at high school. By the age of 17, hands, he had expanded his skills and started performing as a club and scratch DJ in venues across Australia. In 1995, Bonez made the transition to producer. Having honed his skills as a DJ, he performed turntable trick routines and began producing battle records. By 1997, Bonez had made a name for himself, appearing in a documentary, ''Basic Equipment'', made by Paul Fenech. In 1999, Bonez started making beats with a group named the Dominion Crew. He also supported groups from the US who toured Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gully Platoon
Gully Platoon are an Australian hip-hop group, composed of Pegz (Tirren Staaf) with Joe New (Joseph Newberry) and Dialectrix (Ryan Leaf). Biography Tirren Staaf, who is also the CEO of Obese Records, founded the group in 2008. He realised his ambitions when Ryan Leaf (originally from the Blue Mountains) came to Melbourne to record the video of his song "Outcast". Soon after Joseph Newbury also from Down Under Beats, the first Australian hip hop group to win Triple J's Unearthed competition, joined the duo. Signed to Obese Records, they released their debut album, ''The Great Divide'', in 2009. The album was the culmination of six months of work from Staaf, Leaf and Newbury who did all the writing, and the production and mixing talents of J Squared, Plutonic Lab and J Smith & Dutchman, as well as vocal help from Kel Timmons, Cisco Tavares and Kulaia. ''The Great Divide'' reached #18 on the ARIA Top 40 Urban Album charts. The first single to be lifted from the album is "Nothi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilltop Hoods
Hilltop Hoods is an Australian hip hop group that formed in 1996 in Blackwood, Adelaide, South Australia. They are regarded as pioneers of the " larrikin-like" style of Australian hip hop. The group was founded by Suffa (Matthew David Lambert) and Pressure (Daniel Howe Smith), who were joined by DJ Debris (Barry John M. Francis) after fellow founder, DJ Next (Ben John Hare), left in 1999. The group released its first extended play, '' Back Once Again'', in 1997 and have subsequently released eight studio albums, two "restrung" albums and three DVDs. Six of their eight albums have peaked at number one on the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) Albums Charts, recently setting the record for most No. 1 Albums by an Australian band or group: ''The Hard Road'' (2006), ''State of the Art'' (2009), ''Drinking from the Sun'' (2012), ''Walking Under Stars'' (2014), '' Drinking from the Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung'' (2016) and '' The Great Expanse'' (2019). Three t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Hip Hop
Australian hip hop traces its origins to the early 1980s and is largely inspired by hip hop and other urban musical genres from the United States. As the form matured, Australian hip hop has become a commercially viable style of music which is no longer restricted to the creative underground, with artists such as The Kid LAROI, Manu Crooks, ONEFOUR, Iggy Azalea, Hilltop Hoods, Bliss n Eso and Youngn Lipz, having achieved notable fame. Australian hip hop is still primarily released through independent record labels, which are often owned and operated by the artists themselves. Despite its genesis as an offshoot of American hip hop, Australian hip hop has developed a distinct personality that reflects its evolution as an Australian musical style. History Early years (1980s) In 1982, the music video for Malcolm McLaren's track, "Buffalo Gals", was shown on the Australian television music show '' Sound Unlimited''. The music show was broadcast on Network Seven. The clip was st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Hip Hop
Australian hip hop traces its origins to the early 1980s and is largely inspired by hip hop and other urban musical genres from the United States. As the form matured, Australian hip hop has become a commercially viable style of music which is no longer restricted to the creative underground, with artists such as The Kid LAROI, Manu Crooks, ONEFOUR, Iggy Azalea, Hilltop Hoods, Bliss n Eso and Youngn Lipz, having achieved notable fame. Australian hip hop is still primarily released through independent record labels, which are often owned and operated by the artists themselves. Despite its genesis as an offshoot of American hip hop, Australian hip hop has developed a distinct personality that reflects its evolution as an Australian musical style. History Early years (1980s) In 1982, the music video for Malcolm McLaren's track, "Buffalo Gals", was shown on the Australian television music show '' Sound Unlimited''. The music show was broadcast on Network Seven. The clip was st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muph & Plutonic
Muph & Plutonic is an Australian hip hop group. It is composed of MC Muphin (Dan Young, also known as "Muph") and DJ–drummer–producer Plutonic Lab (Leigh Ryan), both of whom released several solo albums before joining together to form a combined act in 2004. Biography Plutonic Lab Leigh Ryan, better known by the stage name Plutonic Lab, began drumming at the age of 10 and performing shows at 14. He released his first solo album in 2001, with others to follow in 2004 and 2005. He has produced beats for many Australian and international artists and performed at a number of festivals. Muphin Dan Young, better known by the stage name Muphin (pronounced as "muffin") or Muph for short, first came to notice by winning the 2001 Victorian Verbal Mechanics Freestyle Battle Competition and since then performing countless live shows. "I'm kind of an introverted guy, except for my music, that's my one main outlet where I feel comfortable saying whatever I feel. When I get up onstage, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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