The Hard Chill: Murr Interview and Mix
Posted: November 19th, 2009 | Author: s-boogie | Filed under: Props and Praise, ShoMerde Radio | Tags: Da Grassroots, LAL, midismalls, murr, murr mix, sex, Toronto Hip Hop, Toronto techno, Voice |
Meet Nicolas Murray aka Murr aka midismalls aka the Black Kermit (Blermit). He’s pretty much ground zero when it comes to underground music (though he wouldn’t say that). Founding member of seminal T-dot hip hop group Da Grassroots; founding member of T-dot mainstay’s LAL; film and theatre composer, techno maestro he’s basically the musical equivalent of the bastard love-child produced from the pop cultural menage a trois of R.D. Burman, R.Kelly and Howard the Duck.
SM: Strawberry sandwich or Mango lassie?
Murr: strawberry sandwich …Mango lassie’s are always too sweet
SM: Explain what the phrase “big Hip Hop drums” means to you…cite examples
Murr: drums that are recorded with lots of room tone ..like they were recorded in a church or a cave
like most of what you would hear on a stax record ..Late 60’s early 70’s ..
SM: You’ve hung out with famous people, tell me about a run in with an almost famous where they had you shook for a moment.
Murr: I met smooth b (nice and smooth) backstage at the rocksteady conference once …meeting a people from your teenage years can be
very sobering…
SM: What colour is your bathroom?
Murr: yellow with green floors
SM: List off four records that you would use to seduce an older woman…
Murr:
Sade Love Deluxe
Lewis Tayor S/T
Massive Attack Protection (ed:amazing vid!)
D’Angelo Brown Sugar
You did say older…
SM: And what would you serve her for breakfast the next morning
Murr: Eggs and Plantin
SM: Grimy digging stories?
Murr: Being at a Flea market just outside of Pittsburg and discovering someonelse’s stash i still rememeber the plastic bag …the guy next to me was like that is bla blah stash..I still regret not taking all of it…bad karma
SM: Upcoming projects (list em off)
Murr:
New Lal record
Upcoming 12′inches and maybe a full records with my friends in various places around the world
2 songs on the new Voice records
2 songs on the new d-sisive record that he is giving away for free from his website
Various film and theatre compositions
I love this guy!
Exactly.
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