Dual Core is a
hip hop duo composed of American rapper int eighty (David Martinjak) and British producer c64 (Chris Hunger). Their music is often categorised as
nerdcore
Nerdcore is a genre of hip hop music characterized by subject matter considered of interest to nerds and geeks. Self-described nerdcore musician MC Frontalot has the earliest known recorded use of the term (to describe this genre) in the 2 ...
(a subgenre of
hip hop music).
History
Martinjak, from
Cincinnati
Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state lin ...
, met Hunger, from
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ...
, in 2003 on an online music forum.
They collaborate via the internet to produce their music. Hunger produces beats and sends the files to Martinjak, who records his vocals and uploads them to a server, Hunger downloads these files and uses them to mix the tracks.
Dual Core are unusual for a nerdcore act in that it is composed of a rapper and a producer; most nerdcore rappers also produce their own beats.
Martinjak and Hunger did not physically meet until after 2007.
The song "All the Things" appears in 2016 video game
Watch Dogs 2
''Watch Dogs 2'' (stylized as ''WATCH_DOGS 2'') is a 2016 action-adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is the sequel to 2014's '' Watch Dogs'' and the second installment in the '' Watch Dogs'' series. It wa ...
.
Band members
* int eighty (sometimes "int80") — David Martinjak
* c64 — Chris Hunger
int eighty's stage name is based on an
x86 assembly instruction ("technically 'int 0x80.'") while c64 refers to both the
Commodore 64 computer and a combination of his first initial and his height (6 ft 4 in).
Discography
*
Zero One' (2007) - album
*
Super Powers' (2007) - compilation album
*
Lost Reality' (2008) - album
*
Next Level' (2009) - album
*
All The Things' (2012) - album
*
Downtime' (2017) - album
References
External links
Official website*
Nerdcore artists
Musical groups established in 2007
Hip hop duos
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