
VPI PRODUCTIONS
Made up of 2 Europeans and 1 American, VPI PRODUCTIONS a.k.a. V.I.P Produzentrum, INC. (meaning, very Important People, in the center of production) are just that. With 10 years of producing and DJing between Them, VPI offer an upgrade to traditional hip hop, utlilizing all of their influences from Kayne, Pete Rock, 9th Wonder, Parliament Funkadelic and James Brown to inspire a new sound of music.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
ULLIVERSAL- producer since 1997 , he has produced tracks for:
Captain Gips - DemoTape
Captain Gips - Schluss mit Lustig - 5 track Vinyl
Diebe der Zeit - LP is comming soon
Ulliversal is currently working on his solo project, "Masters of the Ulliverse" as well as a collabo cd with rapper Docotor Oscify.
DJ HOME:
Djing since 2000
Beat-producing since 2001
G1
Recording Engineer since 2003
Producer Since 2003
Musician since forever.
CEO of New Ground Collabo- 2002
Worked with artists: Vanessa Norwood, Rubix, Stan Blade, Docotor Oscify, and Isotope.
G1 is currently working as an producer with the the Chosen Few Corp.
G1 will be releasing "Essence of the Beat," a compilation fo the works g1 has done with other musicians, rappers and singers.
Your musical influences
g1- Parliament Funkadelic, Prince, Chante Moore, Neptunes, B.I.G. James Brown, Timbaland, Missy Elliot, Pete Rock, Dj Premier, Guru, Ally Shaheed Muhammed, Mutt Lange and Jimi Hendrix.
Ulliversal- Rjd2 , J-Zone , Masta Ace , Show & AG , Aesop Rock , Copywrite , Godfather Don , Kool Keith , Dilated Peoples , Pete Rock , 9th Wonder , Vast Aire , Jeru the Damaja , Kutmaster Kurt , MF Doom , Madlib , Talib Kweli , Defari ,Hi-Tek
Dj Home- Dj Qbert, Mixmaster Mike, Dj Revolution, Dj Premier, Dj Stylewarz, Aesop Rock, RJD2, Jurassic 5, Jeru the Damaja, Godfather Don, Kool Keith, Motion Man, Masta Ace, Talib Kweli, Necro, MF Doom, Missy Elliott, Timbaland, Snoop Dogg
What equipment do you use?
Ulliversal- Akai-s-20 - akai mpc xxl2000 , delta 410 , Audio Technika 4040sm , mb 33 bass , Behringer 16 channelmixer , and a lot of software
DJ HOME- Technics 1210 MKII, Ecler HAK320 Battlemixer, Eurorack ub1002, M-audio Delta 410 Soundcard, M-Audio O USB MIDI Controller, software.
G1- Drums, keys, guitar, Cubase, Fruity Loops, Reason, Nuendo, Pro Tools.