Josh the Astroknot
Greetings headz!! My name is "Josh the Astroknot" of the Hearing Aide Crew coming to represent life, love, and the pursuit of funky-fresh shit through music. The universal language of biengs. Assuming we are all here for that,....... I look forward to the journey ahead!---High Fives & Hearts--- me
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Growing up in the lower north side of Ox. Josh the Astroknot emerged in the arts of funky beats, graffiti paints and lots of culture. Breaking at the local skating rink turned his attention to the Dj booth banging out smooth breaks and nasty disco tunes. Hooked, he ended up going to music school for recording arts to further his never ending journey for the perfect sound.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Working hard behind the scenes producing, writing, ..still growing.
Your musical influences
So many, but just to name a small few. Up,Bustle and Out, The Roots, 10 ft. Ganja Plant, Donny Hathaway, Syl Johnson, Blackalicious, Dilla, Smokey Robinson, Herbalizer, Bonobo, Rymesayerz, Ubiquity records, Tru Thoughts records, Solesides, The Maker, Traffic, Bob Marley, Katchafire, Open Souls, Led Zepplin, Cypress Hill, Nas, Eminem, Jay-z, Dr. DRe, Soundproviders, Sixtoo, Dj Vadim, Tracey Chapman, Spam Allstars, Rjd2, Ray Charles, Redman, Freddie Cruger, Rage Against the Machine, OutKast, Nightmares on wax, Michael Jackson, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jimmy Hendrix, Galactic, The Fugess, LL Cool Jay, Etta James, Ernast Ranglin......................the list goes on
What equipment do you use?
Various live instruments, Logic Pro, Mpc 2000xl, Tables, Mpd24, Keyboards, Hand percussion.
Anything else?
Music is LOVe!!
