June 23, 2008
“The Jazziest Constellation in Swedish Hip-Hop”
As a bit of a publicist/ journalistic hype-man myself, “the jazziest constellation in Swedish hip-hop” caught my mind’s eye this morning as I read the bio for Swedish hip-hop collective Supersci. Formed in 1996, the crew consisting of emcee/producer Arka, emcee Noun, “jazz cat” Erik L, turntablist DJ Observe, and female vocalist Remedeeh truly exploded onto the scene a full decade after its conception. After 10 years of singles and EPs, 2006 saw Supersci’s debut album Pinetrees on the Pavement. Here’s the first single On The Grind featuring Chords– a track that reached the number one spot on Sweden’s college radio list and will absolutely be featured on the next CD that I burn for the car:
mp3: “On The Grind” featuring Chords produced by Arka and Erik L
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The second single from Supersci’s debut album also became the group’s first video. Check out: Get!
Post-Pinetrees, Supersci has been– well– “On The Grind.” In 2007, the group released a mixtape (Cutting Down Trees) that featured 30 new songs; in December of ’07, the production team Flyphonic (Akra and Erik L of Supersci) also released an album; finally, Fall 2008 will bring the release of Supersci’s second LP. The only info I have on that new album is via that same bio on their own website– the rest of the web yields few results– but I’m staying optimistic for the time being. When the album drops, we’ll amend this post and hopefully feature some new stuff. Until then, stay sweet fam… we’ve got two more parting goodies:
mp3: “Full Steam Ahead”
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mp3: “Cutting Down Trees Mixtape Sampler”
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