Adam Rutherford on Creation, synthetic biology and hip-hop. Beastie Boys - Intergalactic. Nerdcore. Nerdcore is a genre of hip hop music characterized by themes and subject matter considered to be of general interest to nerds. Self-described nerdcore musician MC Frontalot has the earliest known recorded use of the term (to describe this genre) in the 2000 song "Nerdcore Hiphop".[1] Frontalot, like most nerdcore artists, self-publishes his work and has released much of it for free online. As a niche genre, nerdcore generally holds to the DIY ethic, and has a history of self-publishing and self-production.[2] Though nerdcore rappers rhyme about anything from politics to science fiction, there are some perennial favorites in nerdcore subject matter, including Star Wars, role-playing games, science, fantasy and computers. Music with similar themes, but different musical styles can be found in the filk genres.
Sound[edit] Several DJs have provided beats and done remixes for multiple nerdcore artists, most notably Baddd Spellah, who currently mixes the majority of Frontalot's tracks. The Hip-Hop-SciFi Connection In 5 Easy Videos. Rap for the Biopunk Era: B. Dolan Drops a Few Thoughts on the SF/Hip Hop Ultimate Alliance « The Biopunk Reader. By Wyatt Matthews When we look into Hip Hop's roots, twisted among the cables and mic chords, there has always been a mass of arteries shoved up in there that link to science fiction.
It's a contorted kinship that is often overlooked. In the '80s in particular, the cross-fertilization of shared themes and modes between the two cultures was probably more obvious than it is now. The very seeds of Hip Hop had a cosmic lacquer, from the out-of-this-world stylings of George Clinton to b-boys doing the non-ironic robot. In the '80s, we heard William Gibson noting that DJing was a form of hacking, and that urban music was sharing frequencies with the cyberpunk movement. But, what about now, in the post-cyberpunk era? Who's dropping the biotech beats? TBR: In general, what kind of media did you digest while you were growing up and developing as an artist that gave you an affinity for/tolerance for science fiction topics?
I read lots of religious texts. Christ these questions are making me think. Metrapolis : anthologie du mariage entre hip-hop et science-fiction | DumDum - Magazine 100% musique sur les Internets et dans vos cœurs. Beastie Boys - « Intergalactic » (1998) On ne va pas se mentir, les couplets du « tube » de l’album Hello Nasty, proches de l’egotrip, n’ont rien de futuriste. Mais quel refrain (Intergalactic Planetary/Planetary Intergalactic)… Et surtout quel clip!
Les Beastie érigent un pont au-dessus du Pacifique et des poncifs du genre SF : film d’invasion cheap des 50’s d’un côté, film de kaïju tout aussi désargenté de l’autre. Le tout entrecoupé par les déambulations du trio, déguisés en agents nucléaires dans les couloirs du métro tokyoïte. Du WTF Japan avant l’heure. TTC feat. TTC et La Caution signe avec ce « Pollutions » l’un des meilleurs morceaux de hip-hop SF que la France ait jamais enfanté (et non, on vous voit venir, il ne s'agit pas d'un sample d'ABBA). Dr. Derrière le personnage de Dr. El-P - « Dead Disnee » (2002) Chacun son délire en temps de troisième Guerre Mondiale approchante. Pete Miser - « Scent of a Robot » (2004) Gravité Zéro - « Progéria Solaire » (2003) MC 900 Ft. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain. Electro-industrial. Electro-industrial is a music genre drawing on EBM and post-industrial that developed in the mid-1980s. While EBM has a minimal structure and clean production, Electro-industrial has a deep, complex and layered sound.
The style was pioneered by Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, and other groups, either from Canada or the Benelux. In the early 1990s, the style spawned the dark electro genre, and in the mid-/late-1990s, the aggrotech offshoot.[1] The fan base for the style is linked to the rivethead[1] subculture. Characteristics[edit] After the EBM movement faded in the early 1990s, Electro-industrial increasingly attained popularity in the international club scene. In contrast to the straight EBM style, Electro-industrial groups use harsher beats and raspy, distorted, or digitized vocals.
In contrast to Industrial rock, Electro-industrial groups mostly avoided guitars, other than Skinny Puppy, who used E-Guitar Elements since the mid 80s in Songs like Testure or Dig It. [2] Psyborg Corp - Biopunk Lab. Grendel - Soilbleed (v.3) H.EXE - Scum of Mankind. Chrysalide - Not My World. Best Dubstep Ever [Orgasmic Vibrations]