Quasimoto
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| Origin | Oxnard, USA |
| Years active | 2000 – Present |
| Genres | Alternative hip hop |
| Labels | Stones Throw Records |
Quasimoto (also known as Lord Quas) is the alter ego of hip hop producer Madlib, from Oxnard, California. Quas is known for the raised pitch of his voice as if he was inhaling helium. Another notable characteristic is Quas inter-changing with Madlib's voice.
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[edit] Career
Peanut Butter Wolf, DJ and owner of Stones Throw Records, heard Quas' demo tapes and encouraged Madlib to release more tracks under this alias. Quasimoto was featured on Wolf's My Vinyl Weighs a Ton album in 1998, on the song "Styles Crews Flows Beats." Finally, Madlib put out Quasimoto's debut album - The Unseen - in 2000. This album received much praise from underground heads and from mainstream media, making it onto Spin Magazine's top albums of the year list.
After the release of The Unseen, Madlib spent the next few years working on radically different projects such as Yesterdays New Quintet and his album Shades of Blue. Quas re-emerged in 2003, making a few guest appearances, notably on Jaylib's Champion Sound and Madvillain's Madvillainy (Madlib and MF DOOM).
Quasimoto officially returned with the Bus Ride EP in late 2004, continuing his recipe for success - keeping content simple (weed, rap, etc) and using crazy samples. Quasimoto dropped The Further Adventures of Lord Quas in 2005. Medaphoar aka MED, MF DOOM, and Melvin Van Peebles are featured on the album. The album cover features a reference to Frank Zappa's debut album, Freak Out!, a picture of super-producer J Dilla, and a picture of Wild Man Fischer, who is also referenced in one of the songs.
Early depictions of Quasimoto were taken from the movie Fantastic Planet, specfically the leashed Oms who wore red masks with protruding snouts during the first "de-om".
Many fans have noted that they did not realize Quasimoto was who he was (Madlib using vocal effects), until almost a whole year after the release of The Unseen. Some of the albums most dedicated fans assumed he was a real living person whose vocal tone was organic, albiet a little bizarre.
In an interview, Madlib said that the atmosphere and sound on the Quasimoto albums owe much to the work of Alain Goragueron the soundtrack of La Planete Sauvage and early Quasimoto video features excerpts from it. The song 'Come On Feet' sample the soundtrack to that film.
[edit] Discography
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[edit] Singles
- "Microphone Mathematics" 12" single (1999)
- "Hittin' Hooks" 7" single (1999)
- "Come on Feet" 12" single (2000)
- "Basic Instinct" 12" single (2000)
- "Astronaut" 12" single (2002)
- "Bus Ride" 12" single (2004)
- "The Broad Factor" 12" single (2004)
- "The Front" 7" single (2005)
[edit] Other
- "Chrome Children Mix" Produced by Peanut Butter Wolf, Hydrant Game (Jaylib Remix) (2006)
- "Chrome Children" Produced by Madlib, Raw Heat (Featuring Percee P) (2006)
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| Stones Throw Records |
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| Groups |
| Baron Zen | Breakestra | Jaylib | Lootpack | Madvillain | Sound Direction | Yesterdays New Quintet |
| Members |
| Aloe Blacc | Charizma | DJ Rels | Egon | Funkaho | Georgie Anne Muldrow | J Dilla | J-Rocc | Koushik | Madlib | M.E.D. | MF DOOM | Oh No | Peanut Butter Wolf | Percee P | Dudley Perkins | Quasimoto | Roc 'C' | The Turntablist | Wildchild | Gary Wilson |
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