soul family
we're a 7-piece band, at first listen people think we use drum machines and synths and stuff but we don't.this is a full-on band,its hiphop/rap with a full band backup...no singing.that's why we call our music "power hiphop".each and everyone of us got totally different influences.that's why u might hear a hint of rock,hiphop,and stuff in between.
skwiza -rap
jong -rap
dinowart -rap
undatone -guitars
DJ jay -turntables
achoy -bass
impong -drums
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
skwiza and undatone use to be in a band together.while the other members belonged to different bands.by 2000 skwiza and undatone were gettin into hiphop and they noticed that evrytime they go to concerts and there's a hiphop group(mc's and dj only lineup)their performance is always overshadowed by the rock bands coz there's just no intensity, the audience would get bored,some of them even get boooood!the audience in CDO are so hard to please if they don't like what their hearing and seeing they'd take u off the stage literally.but ul know when ur kickin ass coz ul make them go crazy.so we thought y not make a hiphop band that could go head to head with the rockbands?y not make a hiphop band that has the same intensity as the rockbands,especially on stage and also to be different.so we enlisted dinowart and jong to rap with skwiza.then jong asked achoy and impong to join in.then we started performing.doing covers of cypresshill and kottonmouth kings.DJ J saw us perform once and he thought he needs to be in this band so we took him in.we started makin our own stuff for our EP early 2002 then middle of that year we went to cebu and recorded 3 songs at the Backyard Studios...
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
we use to...we'll definitely be doing it again...
Your musical influences
cypresshill,anthill mobb, masta plann,rage against the machine,dilinquint habits,kottonmouth kings,deftones,soundgarded,duranduran,pinkfloyd,tool, korn,dr dre,beasty boys,neil young,nuncyspungen,urban dub,frank...the undaground music movement of the south
What equipment do you use?
all sounds made by :guitars, bass, drums and turntables
Anything else?
we're the southbound locos and we're lookin for the good shit!!!
CDO,dirtysouth represent!!!!
