AN EXPLANATION:
WHAT IS DOOMBAP?
Doombap is a collective of highly trained, definitively skilled, and overly prolific multi-talented artists. Each on a path to leave their respective marks, collectively and individually, on the cultural and musical art form, that we currently call Hip Hop. No, it is not dead.
Though the heart of their movement falls largely in the Hip-Hop subgenre of “Boom Bap,” they count infinite influences in all aspects of Hip-Hop; including it’s further reaching roots planted as far back as the 1950’s with the parallel evolutions of Blues, Jazz, Soul, and later, Fusion and Funk. If truth be told, any and all music may be included. Inspiration comes in many forms!
To look backward, is often the best way to realize the importance of the seeds which will grow into the future. However, to be stuck in the past,
is to deny that, what has yet to come. “The wisest man is the bridge between yesterday and tomorrow.”
WHY CHOOSE DOOMBAP?
As a collective, Doombap is quite a formidable wall of sound. As individuals, Dooombap, in all of it’s varied combinations, represents a wide array of moods, sounds, and textures.
Strength lies not only in numbers but also it’s versatility.
As each member has decades of experience both in studio and live, there is no doubt that any one of them can move the crowd. No situation is foreign nor intimidating. Confidence is an understatement. Whether sound system, traditional dj/mc combinations, or beatmaking, DOOMBAP has the evening or event covered well!
You can’t lose when you are in good hands; especially when there are 12 of them.
WHERE IS DOOMBAP?
The members, except for Distantstarr in Philadelphia, and Davu in Berlin, are all based in, and around Paris.
WHEN WAS DOOMBAP FOUNDED?
The crew, had been a vision for founding member Days since 2010. Physically, DOOMBAP has existed since mid-2019. This fact is important, as it will allow for the audience to grow alongside the crew, in relation to Days’ arrival in France from Chicago. With history’s sudden turn of events, we can all appreciate the parallels of our own realities connecting to the output of music in the Doombap camp. We have been creating soundtracks for our lives, and, in the very least, we can safely say, life, as with Doombap’s music, has been anything but ordinary for the last decade. Shared experiences are always the best though, so everyone wins. There is nothing in life like collective moments of evolution. DOOMBAP is in this for the long. “Check us now or later. We’ve been waiting for you, confidently and patiently.”
CHARLY SY
Charly Sy is a Parisian DJ of Senegalese and Spanish descent.
In 1995, he began mixing Hip-hop, House, then Jungle/Drum’n Bass.
He made his debut with Sayag Jazz Machine, a band in which he began to produce.
His scratches are inspired by world music but not only that.. he has played with Women Groove Project, Se7 (with Alix Ewandé), Yann Cléry (Mod to Zot / Potomitan), Hervé Samb, Teknic Old Skool, Faya Dub, Emmanuel Trep Kormann, Cat’s Eyes, Conquering Lion, Dendana, The Most, and Collective Mirrz.
He has also performed with Brice Wassy, Omar Pene, Minino Garay, Surnatural Orchestra, Magic Malik, Sandra N’Kake, Naissam Jalal and Osloob, Joel Bassene, Napoleon Maddox, and Sully Chamand.
As resident DJ of the Santa Crew (HH/Drum n’ Bass), he worked a number of parties at the infamous Parisian venue New Casino, from 2002 to 2008. Sy now turns to productions combining the styles of footwork and classics of African music.
At the same time, he is the current radio director at RFI. In November 2023, Charly released LIGHTS PLEASE!
LISTEN TO CHARLY SY:
DAVU FLINT
Raised in a prominent Pittsburgh jazz family; poet, emcee, producer, and instrumentalist, Davu Flint treats music as literature or film, creating idiosyncratic works of aural art, crafting a unique and compelling collection of confessions and observations. His music is autobiographical, his technique is dazzling, and his vision is pure.
Notably so, having already worked with Jesus Crise, at a distance, on a recent gem that simply must be heard; “Davu killed it.”
Davu is on another level altogether.
LISTEN TO DAVU FLINT: https://davu.bandcamp.com
DAYS
MORE ABOUT DAYS:
Days is an unstrict purist and a long-term participant in all the elements of the culture of Hip-Hop, as well as, today being a thriving, and often struggling, musician in a different land. From the city of wind to the city of lights.
Stateside, from 2000 to the present, he had, and would eventually share song featurings, tours, studio time, lodges and stages with a countless list of modern-day luminaries. Luminaries in music, such as, Cody Chestnut, Dave of De La Soul, Prince Po (Organized Konfusion), Slim Kid Tre (Pharcyde), Speech (Arrested Development), Riddlore (CVE), Myka Nyne (Freestyle Fellowship), DJ Rhettmatic (Beat Junkies), Illogic, Atmosphere (Rhymesayers), Abstract Rude (Project Blowed), DJ Vadim, Homeboy Sandman, Tableek (Maspyke), Verbal Kent, members of C2C (DMC Champions), Truth Enola, Defari (Dialated Peoples), and countless other legends. Everyone’s past makes no sense, until you can have access to a bird’s eye view.
In 2010, having reassessed his life’s path, Days continued producing music except, this time, he found himself in a new scene and carelessly without a network. Thankfully, Danny at The Find Magazine in Amsterdam, who had heard and enjoyed Days’ previous work back in Chicago in 2005 as one-half of Modill, was gracious enough to impart some connections. With the spirit of the hustle that every born Chicagoan is blessed with, Days (then still known as RacecaR) reinvented himself and sparked another zenith in an already long career. He then worked inside several projects and featurings with veteran French Jazz and Hip-Hop. Lord Faz, Pumpkin, Vin’s Da Cuero, Mentalow Records, Kohndo, Diazott, Alakazam (Zulu Nation King’s Siroko and Jow-L), DJ ATOM, C2C, Soul Square, Sax Machine (*still active), DJ Prof&cy, DJ Engym, ODT, Agata, Asagaya, Submass Crew, Masta Conga, Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra, Beat tribe Anthropoworks, producers J-Zen, Clem Beats, LeKäR, ICBM, LRS, D-os, Doombap, Lordss87, Jesus Crise, Jostereo, The Waxidermist, Paris DJ’s, Ethio Jazz legends Akale Wube, Saxophonist Etienne DeLaSayette, renowned drummer Anne Paceo, legendary poet/emcee/genius Mike Ladd, RP3:Remi Panossian Trio, Panam Panic, Horndogz, Chlorine Free, Jordan Phillipe, Ulrich Forman, award-winning pianist Cedric Hanriot, The Big Hustle, Leon Newars, Stracho Temelkovski, legendary drummer Tony Allen, legendary guitarist Kologbo Oghene,
and Roforofo Jazz, for now. However, tomorrow is always a new Days…
Organic Mind Unit, Unusual Suspects, Continuum (with Loud Zoo), Modill (EV Records circa 2005), The Green Brothers (Dove Ink Records), Langston Bukowski (Lab-o Records), Lord Faz, LëKaR, Wydow and the whole Anthropoworks family, Sax Machine (Sax Toyz Records), Jordan Phillipe, Soul Square, ICBM, Asagaya (asa6aya.com), Paris Dj’s, Nhu-Ra, EL Chavo, Anne Paceo, Blanka x Creestal, Etienne De La Sayette, Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra, Rémi Panossian, Roforofo Jazz (Office Home Records), The Waxidermist (Sound Sculpture Records), Cedric Hanriot, Soulevr (RacecaR x Krush Love), Black Collar (Blackcollarworld.bandcamp.com), LRS (lrs1.bandcamp.com), D-os (Jesuscrise.bandcamp.com), Doombap, Lordss87
ZENOVER
Born on February 1983 in New York, Zenover is a renowned emcee/producer currently residing in the Philadelphia area.
Zenover is fast becoming one of the most respected artists in underground Hip Hop. Between acclaimed solo projects and collaborative efforts as StarrSkream (with Parisian producer Le N?ko) and MAGR (alongside fellow emcee Al Mighty), Zenover has been busy carving a niche for himself in the scene that combines classic Hip Hop aesthetics and forward thinking production. As well, Zenover has paired his razor-sharp lyrics with even sharper hands in the chambers of beatmaking. In recent years, he has rained down a multitude of fresh and soulful releases via his Bandcamp. With 2024, the flood is far from over. Be on the lookout for Zenover’s Chapter 1: Fall-Winter 23′ release to be paired with his second title, Chapter 1.3!
“The more cards you hold, the more threatening you become, to the house.”
LISTEN TO ZENOVER:
JESUS CRISE
Born at the time when vinyl was still the norm, Jesus Crise is an experienced Beatmaker/Turntablist. Imagine the ancient era of the walkman and the advent and death of the mini disk. Envision DAT recordings, rappers with dead foxes on their head, and radios with real-life programmers! That is to say, this man has seen his share of both bullshit, and brilliance.
Fortunately, the 70’s made him spend the 80’s, without too much trouble getting to the 90’s, and the distinct changes in Hip Hop that would occur at this juncture!
Jesus Crise speaks thru a mix of beats and huge samples or, for argument’s sake, the much lesser known.
He has been rightfully given his own hands as tools.
In both, turntablism and scratching, he has been given his own vast land to explore. This is a land publicly explored by all… all strangers and brothers in the same art, in an intimate, mind-altering conversation.
At the end of the 90’s, he co-founded a number of groups, began an obsessive amount of beatmaking, worked his techniques, and officiated, in all, his projects with a dada tendency (he decides that where he will be allowed to scratch, he must go!).
Arriving in 2016, Jesus sees the end of the loop, and leaves for a different measure … because in the end, we always return to the beginning, and we push even further; it is THE tenant of Hip Hop!
Jesus Crise is his name as beatmaker, and Mr. Tos is his tag as turntablist. He can also be uniquely credited for the creation of the phrase, “Dooombap.”
A genius, nodding just on the better side of madness.
“Once you have had a taste, your world will change.”
LISTEN TO JESUS CRISE: https://Jesuscrise.bandcamp.com
JOSTEREO
Influenced by life,
Jostereo loves to go left of the beaten path.
Self-taught Beatmaker, sound fighter, and born arranger, Jostereo explores the world(s), seperating and reconnecting dissimilar sources to draw his inspirations.
He uncovers new possibilities and concepts previously un-thought and unheard.
He has worked with an international array of guest collaborators including Thavius Beck, Riddlore (CVE, Project Blowed), Bluebird, Baracuda, Noah23, Maintenance Crew, Radius (ETC Records), and others.
Jostereo stands out with a purely concentrated high level of forward thinking eclectic sound.
The type of sound that stays with you after the song has ended, echoing a simple phrase softly in your ear, over and over….”it bumps!”
LISTEN TO JOSTEREO: https://jostereo.bandcamp.com
THE WAXIDERMIST
The Waxidermist has a touch for everything. Already a talented bassist and double bassist, he has met the road with Guts, Erik Truffaz, The Herbalizer, ASM, Elodie Rama and Anna Kova, whom he currently accompanies.
He is also a Beatmaker and largely passionate of vinyl. His primary influences are Hip-Hop, Funk, Soul and Jazz, but he is constantly unearthing some eclectic rare groove, sourced from a pure musical knowledge attained only by those who have put in the time digging.
He has most recently released his first EP and album, “The Origami Case” to a nice amount of fanfare including of all people, Will Smith!?!
The Waxidermist delivers up a mixture of both urban groove and airy melodies, in the true spirit of Hip-Hop.
The follow-up to The Origami Case, Tribe, will be out this year.
“The Waxidermist has been ready to infect the world, and he has a posse.”
LISTEN TO LAWKYZ: https://thewaxidermist.bandcamp.com
MIKE LADD
Writer and music producer, Michael Ladd was born in Boston MA. He received an MA in poetry from Boston University. He has published in several literary magazines including “Long Shot Review” and “Bostonia”. His work is also featured in the book Swing Low, Black Men Writing and several anthologies, including, Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Café, In Defense of Mumia , Bum Rush The Page, Pour La Victoire , Everything But the Burden , Chorus: A Literary Mixtape and Rip It Up, Essays on Black Rock in the U.S..
Michael is the writer and producer of fourteen albums, among them, Easy Listening For Armageddon (Scratchie/Mercury records), Negrophilia: The Album (Thirsty Ear), Father Divine (ROIR) The Infesticons, Bedford Park (Big Dada) and GAIN with Tyshawn Sorey, Jeff Parker and High Priest(RogueArt). He has performed at venues throughout the world including, The Apollo, The Metropolitan Museum, Erving Plaza, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Le Théâtre de Châtelet and L’Olympia in Paris.
As a Fellow at the Institute for Arts and Civic Dialogue at Harvard University, Mr. Ladd produced and directed Blood Black and Blue, an audio documentary/performance about Black police officers in the United States. He is currently revisiting this project in collaboration with Philadelphia Mural Arts. He also Directed and produced in collaboration with the Kitchen, Domestica, a crooked opera. At the Asia Society, Ladd worked with pianist Vijay Iyer on In What Language, a project about people of color in relation to globalization in the context of airports. Their following project, Still Life With Commentator had its New York premiere at Brooklyn Academy of Music. Harlem Stage presented Holding it Down a song cycle dedicated to US. Veterans and Iraqis coming to terms with the past 10 years of war by examining their dreams. The recording of Holding it Down has received several awards including best Jazz recording in 2014 from SESAC and the Charles Cros award in France. In 2015, with composer Antoine Berjeaut, Ladd created Wasteland/Satchmokovich an improvised concert and projection of Ladd’s graphic novel about Black Americans in the Soviet Union.
An incessant collaborator in recent years, Mike Ladd can be heard frequently on French radio stations with numerous projects spanning everything from Jazz to Hip Hop, Afrobeat to Punk to Pop. Since teaching at Sciences Po. in Paris, Ladd continues to work extensively with youth in Parisian suburbs such as Nanterre, Aubervilliers, Pantin and Saint Denis.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT MIKE LADD: https://mikeladd.fr
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