1.The First Record I Bought
MZ: Bloodhound Gang – Hooray For Boobies. This is the album that had ‘The Bad Touch’ as the single. This album had everything on it from ridiculous skits to heavy rock to dashes of old hip hop and epic sampling/scratching. The physical CD was coloured as a boob and it said “insert tongue in hole for stimulation”. These dudes are ridiculous but definitely original. From listening to this journey of an album it got me into all sorts of different alternative music and pricked up my rap ears.
2.The Last Record I Bought
MZ: Discourse – Megalomaniac. Melbourne producer Discourse of Crate Cartel recently dropped his album featuring a bunch of dope rappers. I had to pick up this vinyl and I am blown away by his production. We were lucky enough to make a video clip for our track ‘Welcome Home’ with Discourse a while back and I also recently saw him launch the record at the spiritual home, Revolver on Chapel Street.
3.The First Thing I Recorded
MZ: I was on holiday and my dad had a new MacBook Pro from his work that came with GarageBand. I used the in-built mic in the laptop and did some weird-ass freestyle with my brother chiming in with mouth samples and of course some off-key singing. I probably listened to it about 100 times over and over and was hooked on making it better and better. Ever since then, the hunger to make beats cleaner or recordings better has been an addiction!
4.The Last Thing I Recorded
MZ: We are playing in Sydney on the 21st and Wollongong on the 22nd and we made a promo track about the show. Threw some shout-outs to all the artists in the verse and whipped it up with some good drone footage. We had a beat on the go sampling some old orchestral songs and decided it was perfect for it.
5.The Record That Changed My Life
DJM: Sublime – 40oz. To Freedom. No words describe the impact this album has had on me. Discovering this band opened me to reggae, hip hop and so much more. This album has so much in it: highs, lows and creamy middles. Bradley’s voice and guitar work is so much about dedication and passion for music, it’s so damn inspiring. I go back to the record to sing along, as bad as I sound, and just jam to it. Track five: wicked track.
Otis High’sFreedom Of Choice is out now independently; and they play Hustle & Flow on Friday October 21.
