Urthlings
The Urthlings are a 518 based hip hop group originally formed in 2002 as a collaboration project between two emcees/producers Scissor Hands and John the Prophet. They released one maxi-single called "Weather Report/Do What U Do" and were set to record their long awaited EP "The Third Color". After a few years the project basically got scrapped and John the Prophet retired as an emcee/producer, moving on to a different genre of music.
Finally, the project has come back in full force in 2005 with a new list of talented, hungry emcees/producers. Original member Scissor Hands, as well as the three up & coming 518 emcees Shade Rhapsodist, Kavi & Babble Free.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Kavi - "Not yet.."
Scissor Hands - "I've done a few open mic shows & one show in Watervliet with Sev Statik, JB!! & Realistikk.
Shade Rhapsodist - "I've performed a few times infront of people, and pan handled on the streets.... but as of right now no big shows, I would love to though and I'm sure it will come in the future."
Babble Free - "I don't play live but one time this Scissor Hands kid peer pressured me into spittin this horribly written verse public in front of a bunch of people."
Your musical influences
Scissor Hands - "Soo, so much. DJ Shadow, Wu-Tang Clan, Killarmy, Sunz of Man, Portishead, Pink Floyd, Modest Mouse, Marilyn Manson, RJD2, Blockhead, White Zombie.
Babble Free - "My musical influences really very too greatly to be summarized down into a simple answer. I sort of take inspiration from all sorts of things from other artists work...analyzing what they might've thought when they did what they did. Music-wise I listen to basically anything from people I know, and everything else is just Def Jux affiliated."
Kavi - "You can learn something from anybody, thats the philosophy we take to our influences, whether its a legend from any genre of music, or any random person on the street, we study them and learn what they have that we dont, then apply that to our music."
Shade Rhapsodist - "Crosby,Stills and Nash, Sweetwater, Wax Poetic, Roni Size, Atmosphere, Grateful dead, Sublime, Granola Funk Express, El-p, Sage Francis, Bob Marley, Jedi Mind Tricks, Nelly Furtado, Alanis Morissette, talib Kweli, Common, Dispatch, Frank Zappa, Wu-Tang, Spooky Kids, Pink Floyd, Rjd2, White Zombie, Danny Elfman, the Doors, KRS one, the Beatles, Marilyn Manson, Eyedea and DJ Abilities, Twiztid, Jimmy Buffett, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Sneaker Pimps, Crustation, Outerspace, Radiohead, Goapele, James Taylor, Alice Cooper, Level Jumpers, Esham, Bjork, Natas,Sly and the family stone, Eric Clapton, Phish, 311, F.R.EEZE, Aesop Rock, Blueprint, the who, Dresden Dolls, Nina Hagen, Easy Star all Stars, eligh, Cannibal OX, Rage against the Machine, Mars Volta, Burning Spear, They might be giants, Jimi Hedrix, Scum Of the earth, Spice Girls, Cage Kennylz, Copywrite, DJ Shadow, Cranberries, The Cure, Blues Traveler, Lauryn Hill, Souleye and Overset, Chauch, and all the musicians i know or have come across in the 518 area... i listen to pretty much anything this is just some."
What equipment do you use?
Kavi - "A few computers for the majority of production, the world is full of instruments and we will find beautiful music in the oddest places."
