Show: Heat Rocks Guests: Cut Chemist
"Say go DJ, cause that's my DJ..." - Weezy
Cut Chemist is nice with the wax, nice with the loops, nice on the decks. A central figure in West Coast hip hop (Jurassic 5, Ozomotli) and the art of turntablism, both he and his record collection are legendary. While he joined us to talk about British funk pioneer Cymande's 1972 self-titled debut, our conversation covered a myriad of topics including Cut's journey as a crate digger, a record he may or may not have pilfered in 1987, the influence of Chuck Chillout and DJ Red Alert on his development as a DJ, Cymande's seamless genre-fusing and the band's relationship to hip-hop. Needless to say, we went in.
About Cut Chemist: https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8225523/cut-chemist-i...
About Cut's latest album, Die Cut https://daily.bandcamp.com/2018/03/13/cut-chemist-die-cut-interview/
Oliver's Rolling Stone interview with Cymande: http://rol.st/1U3YpYS
Cymande website: http://www.cymandeofficial.com
Show Tracklist (all songs from Cymande unless indicated otherwise):
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