Frequency (Canada)
Introducing Vancouver's hottest new hip hop group Frequency. Frequency takes traditional hip hop and R&B further with fresh, in-your-face beats and a no-boundaries attitude to creating music.
Frequency consists of 5 members:
Tado - mc/beat maker/producer/audio engineer
Phanyxx - mc/entertainer
Irex - beat maker/producer/audio engineer
Juss-J - mc/entertainer
Dru - r&b singer/song writer
We have been doing this for a while now and have been linked to many local Vancouver up & comers ... get ready for our ish to drop soon.
Shoutz out to our R&B side: Rodel (Drastik Records), Marecel, Juvila, Monique, Victoria, Linsay & Jess
Shoutz out to our collabees: Dyversetyle & Natjack (Keep6ix Records), G.Wu & Dirty D
The 604 is ready to blow up ...
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Frequency began with Phanyxx & Tarantado in 1999 born in the foolish drunken freestyles. They started out rapping to instrumentals provided by mainstream artists and anything else that had a solid beat.
Although their skills were sharpening in the lyrical department, it wasn't enough to be able to spit a written rhyme. There had to be more.
In August of 2003, Tarantado decided to up the game to the next level, production. He ended up going to an audio engineering school where he met Irex and soon later Juss-J. Frequency was reborn with a new kind of flavor, and now with a stronger backbone.
Things clicked from the start and withing a year, the group had enough songs for 2 albums. Again, it wasn't enough so since the summer of 2004, Frequency has been looking for gigs here and there trying to get their names out there.
By the summer of 2005, something was still missing. An attention getter. It was evident, we needed a singer. Dru was asked to join Frequency because of his ear catching sound.
Some venues include:
Mabuhay TV (television performance - Seattle, Washington)
DV8, Tonic, Fever Nightclub, Atlantis, City Limits Cabaret, The Capital Nightclub, The Warehouse, Croatian Cultural Centre, (Clubs & Venues - Vancouver, BC)
Importfest 2004 (Canada Place - Vancouver BC)
Richmond Nightmarket (Richmond, BC)
Check the website for more stuff like our music video, "Call Out My Name", shot by Phaylanx Entertainment in Vancouver.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Yes. We play clubs, special events, import shows and community centres. Our very first performance was for a tv show in Seattle that broadcast in Washington and parts of Asia ... shout out to Mabuhay TV.
Your musical influences
Music is something to vibe to, when u feel that vibe, everything just flows from there.
We mix it up ... we don't just do one kind of thing ... we're pretty versatile
What equipment do you use?
Protools, Reason, Nuendo.
