Concert information

Review

The 21st edition of Glaz'Art's Novo Hiphop on Top (and 1st in 2009) welcomed Busdriver, an american rapper with a lyrical and inspired flow. Far from Gangsta Rap and the westcoast cliches of current Californian rap, Busdriver's sound is a musical weapon! Regan Farquhar (his real name) drops a razor-sharp flow with mad technique. Great connection with the audience, a pleasure for underground hip-hop fans. Man... this guy is good!

Artist

Busdriver

Possessing a hyper-literate, intellectual style of rapping augmented with dizzying elocution that would tongue-tie even the fiercest auctioneer, Busdriver is eclectic and eccentric enough to cite vocalese jazz singer Jon Hendricks as a primary influence. Born Regan Farquhar, the Los Angeles MC was introduced to hip-hop culture early -- his father wrote the screenplay to one of the earliest films focusing on hip-hop, Krush Groove. He began rapping at age nine, releasing his first record at age 13 with his group, 4/29, named after the 1992 L.A. riots. By the mid-'90s, Busdriver was a regular at the Project Blowed open mic, where he would meet future collaborators and underground luminaries like Aceyalone, Abstract Rude, and Freestyle Fellowship. And shortly after, the vinyl did flow. Busdriver guested on upward of 20 singles, and by 2001 he could no longer be contained by guest spots, releasing his first full-length, Memoirs of the Elephant Man. There were just as many detractors as supporters for his singular style, which was so densely packed it made his chosen name seem a reference for multiple-personality disorder, and the lo-fi production also left more listeners scratching heads than nodding them. His next album, This Machine Kills Fashion Tips (2002), continued in a similar manner before being trumped by better production and more focused rhymes on Temporary Forever the same year. Joined by another West Coast avant-garde MC, Radioinactive, and the breezy, fractured pop of electronic producer Daedelus, Busdriver released yet another odd puzzle piece in 2003, Weather. Fear of a Black Tangent followed on Mush in 2005. After moving to Anti-/Epitaph, the rapper issued RoadKillOvercoat, which featured production from Nobody and Boom Bip. His second Anti- release, Jhelli Beam, appeared in 2009.

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Label

Epitaph Records

Epitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. The label was originally "just a logo and a P.O. box" created in the 1980s for the purpose of selling Bad Religion records, but has evolved into a large independent record label. Gurewitz took the name from a King Crimson song of the same name. Throughout the 80s and 90s most of the bands on Epitaph were punk and pop punk groups, while it is now primarily made up of post-hardcore and emo bands. A large portion of the record label, known as Hellcat Records, is owned by Tim Armstrong, frontman of the punk rock band Rancid. Several sister-labels also exist, such as ANTI-, Burning Heart Records, Fat Possum Records, Hellcat Records and Heart & Skull Records that have signed other types of bands.

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ANTI-

ANTI- is an American record label founded in 1999 as a sister label of Epitaph Records.
While Epitaph's focus has shifted over the last decade from mostly punk rock, nowadays ANTI- has a more diverse roster, ranging from hip hop (Sage Francis), reggae (Michael Franti), comedy (Eddie Izzard), Soul (Bettye LaVette), folk (The Swell Season), rap-rock (One Day as a Lion), indie rock (Islands), and experimental music (Tom Waits).
Headed by Andy Kaulkin, ANTI- first gained attention by releasing Tom Waits' Grammy award winning Mule Variations in 1999. Along with Waits, several veteran recording artists such as rhythm and blues singers Solomon Burke and Bettye LaVette, and Marianne Faithfull have signed onto ANTI- after leaving other major labels.

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Venue

Glaz'Art

For 15 years, Glaz Art has been doing its own musical revolution... refusing the mainstream consensus to focus instead on quality, promoting artistic crossovers. Eclectic and edgy, the sound selection is one of the best in Paris, in this town that lacks creativity. Post rock, novo hip hop, funk, folk, electro, if you are a musical adventurer, you ll find your grail in this place. Above all, Glaz Art atmosphere is so unique, acid-baroque, colorful, warm, glamorous that you can t miss this spot ! 

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Promoter

NOVÖ Hip Hop

A certain avant-garde is renewing with hip-hop's original values: peace love, unity… and having fun, to quote Afrika Bambataa. Raised on rock, electro and jazz... and rap of course, these new producers innovate as fast as they rhyme, reinventing beats, flow and new formats.

Followers of Antipop, Shadow and the rest, an army of bboys are joining the ranks of a revolutionary avant-garde.

Don't miss out on the excitement, let Novö hip hop guide your way.

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Sounds like

Beans, Radioinactive, Aesop Rock