Much thanx & respex to DJ Ian Head over at Everyday Beats (Brooklyn, NY) for hooking up this interview.
After reading the Q & A, please do yourself a favor and grab some of Ian Head’s mixtapes!
Dr. Umz recommended listening!
Massive shouts to Dollabin & Everday Beats!!
VV snippets by Dr.Umz
My first “official” solo instrumental album is now “officially” available on WAX! 15 instrumentals dedicated to the alluring ladies of vintage album covers, at home where they belong…on double vinyl!
You will receive a FREE MP3 Download of the entire album with every vinyl purchase from www.eardrumz.net and/or www.CrateDiggers.com! Or please email me, eardrum33@hotmal.com, if you want to place an order.
I have for as long as I have been digging for records, plastered and decorated my “lab” walls with these vixens. From Herb Alpert’s Whipped Cream and Other Delights, to Martin Denny’s Exotic Sounds beauty, Sandy Warner. These ladies have brought me a ton of inspiration over the years, that I figured it was about time, and only right, to show a little love back their way!
Even though all the sounds you hear on this record came from records in the first place, the entire process of getting these beats on wax took about 3 years. I’ve been blessed enough to have my music featured on various other vinyl releases, but this was my FIRST run at pressing a project on my own. Independent all the way, for the love, all out the pocket, but with support from a select few that I couldn’t have done this without (BRIX, Gracie, Sentric, Mamoosh, CocoDee…I love yous!). It is truly a dream come true and a amazing feeling to see what was first just a vision, form of thought, or idea, come to life!
So, dear listener, I bring to you, in 360 degree high fidelity visual sound, the stereo long player, presented in glorious double vinyl form….”VINYL VIXENS: Instrumentals Dedicated To The Alluring Ladies Of Vintage Album Covers”
Produced/Mixed/Arranged/Scratched/and Whispered Sweet-Nothings by:
EARDRUMZ THE METROGNOME for Mental Picturez Canvas, productions
Executive Produced by:
Michael “BRIX” Bambrick & G.Off Colin
for CrateDiggers.com
Cover Model & Photos by:
Graciela Torres
www.gracielatorres.com
Mastered By:
Sentric for Beat Manipulative Labs (Seattle, WA.)
www.eardrumz.net
www.cratediggers.com
*Also available on iTunes and most Seattle records spot…and peep the ads in Wax Poetics!!*
Vinyl Vixens: Mixed by EarDrumz
Full Length 2xLP available at EarDrumz.net and on iTunes.
Vinyl Vixens mixtape (2006):
This ones for the ladies of hip-hop! 60 minute mix/blends with all tracks dedicated to the Bonita Applebums, Mona Lisa’s, Roxxannes, Abigail Silks, and vixens worldwide! This was put together in promotion for my Vinyl Vixens instrumental LP…available now on iTunes, and most Seattle record spots!
You can check some select tracks from the Vinyl Vixens Lp at
www.myspace.com/eardrumzthemetrognome
TRACKLIST:
1.) Curtis Mayfield – GIVE ME YOUR LOVE
2.) A Tribe Called Quest – BONITA APPLEBUM
3.) Rotary Connection – MEMORY BAND
4.) The Fugees – NAPPY HEADS REMIX
5.) Slick Rick – MONA LISA
6.) BDP – THE P IS FREE
7.) Gangstarr – EX TO THE NEXT GIRL
8.) Al Green – I’M GLAD YOU’RE MINE
9.) Barry White – IT’S ONLY LOVE DOING ITS THING
10.) Isaac Hayes – JOY
11.) Sach – JOY
12.) Lootpack – MIS DE`JA VU
13.) Quasimoto – MHB’S
14.) Kev Brown – ALLWAYS (9th WONDER REMIX)
15.) Heatwave – MIND BLOWING
16.) Ugly Duckling – ABIGAIL SILK
17.) RJD2 – HERE’S WHATS LEFT
18.) Diamond D – SALLY GOT A ONE TRACK MIND
19.) Stetsasonic – SALLY (THES ONE REMIX)
20.) UTFO – ROXANNE, ROXANNE
21.) Roxanne Shante – FEELIN’ KINDA HORNY
22.) Jaz – HAWAIIAN SOPHIE
23.) Brand Nubian – LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME ALONE
24.) Main Source – LOOKIN’ AT THE FRONT DOOR
25.) Rob Swift – I’M LEAVIN’
26.) Soul II Soul – BACK TO LIFE
27.) Jon Hassell – G SPOT (ORGANIZED KONFUSION REMIX)
28.) Big Shug – TREAT YOU BETTER inst.
29.) Method Man & Mary J. Blige – YOU’RE ALL I NEED
30.) J-Boogie – TRY ME (THES ONE REMIX)
31.) 3582 – VANESSA FROM VENEZULA
32.) Fat Jon – YOUR PURPOSE
33.) Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf – FAIR WEATHERED FRIEND
34.) The Pharcyde – PASSIN’ ME BY (REMIX)
35.) The Roots – SILENT TREATMENT (DIPLO REMIX)
36.) Aceyalone – ANNALILLIA
37.) Aceyalone – ANGELINA VALENTINA
38.) Moka Only – GINA
39.) Slum Village – GO LADIES
40.) Blackbyrds – DREAMING ABOUT YOU