2008 Woodie Awards
DualCore
John T. Carter
Issue date: 8/22/07 Section: Opinion
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Even though they've never met in person, distance doesn't stop these guys from bringing the world amazing music. Dual Core consists of emcee int eighty from Ohio and producer c64 from the United Kingdom. The two new kids on the nerdcore block, their first album Zero One has shown that they can bring the heavy artillery, not only when it comes to the slick and dynamic beats by c64 but also with the thoughtful and beautifully delivered lyrics by int eighty. Showcased on the likes of the Awful Show and the Takeover, these talented musicians have portents of greatness already. I was lucky enough to do an online interview with them:
hex: So, what first got you into music?
eighty: At one of the room parties at Notacon last year they threw on some hip hop beats, and one of my friends made me freestyle. It was a lot of fun. The next night, people from the party were pushing me to be in the talent show. They even yelled for me to perform when the talent show was about to end. I was pretty uncertain but entered at the last second, and spit a freestyle [rap] for a couple of minutes. Surprisingly (to me at least), I won! So Notacon definitely gave me a kick-start in the right direction.
c64: I've been making music for quite a few years now. I was into hip hop, and for a while had wanted to learn how to put together my own beats, so I got hold of some music software and taught myself using the computer and some old stereo speakers. About 5 or 6 years down the line, after progression and experimentation with different bits of software and hardware, eighty came to me with idea of Dual Core. I'm a big fan of his
rhymes, which made me open to the idea. Even if some of the subject matter was going to be a bit" out there", I knew we could make some good music.
hex: So, how did the two of you meet? It doesn't seem common for a producer from the UK and a rapper from the states to set up a project like this.
Even though they've never met in person, distance doesn't stop these guys from bringing the world amazing music. Dual Core consists of emcee int eighty from Ohio and producer c64 from the United Kingdom. The two new kids on the nerdcore block, their first album Zero One has shown that they can bring the heavy artillery, not only when it comes to the slick and dynamic beats by c64 but also with the thoughtful and beautifully delivered lyrics by int eighty. Showcased on the likes of the Awful Show and the Takeover, these talented musicians have portents of greatness already. I was lucky enough to do an online interview with them:
hex: So, what first got you into music?
eighty: At one of the room parties at Notacon last year they threw on some hip hop beats, and one of my friends made me freestyle. It was a lot of fun. The next night, people from the party were pushing me to be in the talent show. They even yelled for me to perform when the talent show was about to end. I was pretty uncertain but entered at the last second, and spit a freestyle [rap] for a couple of minutes. Surprisingly (to me at least), I won! So Notacon definitely gave me a kick-start in the right direction.
c64: I've been making music for quite a few years now. I was into hip hop, and for a while had wanted to learn how to put together my own beats, so I got hold of some music software and taught myself using the computer and some old stereo speakers. About 5 or 6 years down the line, after progression and experimentation with different bits of software and hardware, eighty came to me with idea of Dual Core. I'm a big fan of his
rhymes, which made me open to the idea. Even if some of the subject matter was going to be a bit" out there", I knew we could make some good music.
hex: So, how did the two of you meet? It doesn't seem common for a producer from the UK and a rapper from the states to set up a project like this.
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