NONGENETIC (OF SHADOW HUNTAZ) & COOPTROL "HEMISPHERES, VINYL

You want food for thought, his mind’s a banquet. He can be found running in the shadow across the sprawl of greater Los Angeles. A hungry, gifted MC, filling his gut on the fleshy under belly of hip hop, with a international standing.

• His eclectic styles are described as «vocal science non-fiction. Whether electronic or hip hop, Nongenetic finds homes in the undiscovered, rarely hear but never forgotten, idiosyncratic sounds of new music, be it on electronic or hip hop.

• NONGENETIC works worldwide with various labels and hip hop-acts (e.g. Shadow Huntaz’/Skam, Kitt-Yo) and is a favourite MC of many established producers such as CHRIS DE LUCA, ALEX SMOKE, PLATINUM SELLING ARTIST or FUNCKARMA. He regularly tours in England, Europe and Japan.

• Spezialmaterial is excited to announce the release of remix record of HEMISPHERES . In 2009 Cooptrol (Urugayan producer and Spezialmaterial artist) and Nongenetic teamed up to generate the ultimate hip hop and dubstep mixture. Dark and powerful music, in which bashing rhythms and huge basslines reinforce the relentless flow of mindpiercing words and food-for-thought lyrics. The vinyl contains the two original tracks as well as four remixes by the Spezialmaterial Acts. PERSON, FELDERMELDER and BIT-TUNER remixed “War”, INTRICATE created a new Version of “Revolution”.

FELDERMELDER is the one-man project of Manuel Oberholzer, director of a multitude of analogue and digital equipment, with which he roams the planet as part of various collaborations. As FELDERMELDER he creates music that was once aptly described as «the lost art of keeping a secret.

BIT-TUNER is one of Switzerland’s most innovative musicians today. His electronic music could be labelled dubstep since it pushes boundaries beyond hip hop and darkcore. He released four albums together with Swiss MC Göldin, worked with Omega Takeshi, audio88 and Sensational and composed scores for the dance theatre in St. Gallen.

PERSON (Michael Eberle und Dominik Brun del Re) create cryptically interlocking rhythms with sophisticated sound backdrops and fragments of melodies. Exploring the wealth of everyday noises, Person collect and file noises to then modulate and reintegrate them into their tracks. With pop-influenced arrangements as well as chaotic sound structures PERSON aims to expand the musical focus. So far, PERSON’S studio productions can be heard on two albums as well as on Spezialmaterial Samples 1 – 4.

The abstract duo INTRICATE is Thomas Federspiel und Fabian Stübi. Their four Albums on Spezialmaterial were released to great critical acclaim. Other projects were completed with Mark Broom (London) and released on Speaker Attack. In 2004, INTRICATE was commissioned by Pro Helvetia for a composition.