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For once the beats aren’t just padding: the Asio Kids construct Hip Hop
with as much attention to detail as few other production teams face
smaller obstacles – if the Asio Kids want to jam together huge files
have to be sent across the Atlantic. But that doesn’t stop Bibo and
Matt Rock: the duo continues to make music anyways. As on their first
record the Asio Kids continue to collaborate with many other artists.
With New York’s MC S.U.P.R.E.ME., DJs like the turntablist Iron Faden
from the Plastic Jugganots DJ-Crew or musicians from Weilheim like
Markus Acher, the lead singer of Notwist, and Christoph Brandner, the
drummer of Console. Further the Kids are working with visual artists
and movie directors. Through Myspace Bibo and Matt connect with
Hatrobot from Utah, who made the first Asio Kids video. The Asio
approach is simple: play it yourself, if you can. Over a beat structure
the bass, guitar, organ or whatever the Asio Kids feel apt for their
songs are played on real instruments. This doesn’t result in some
generic Hip Hop hybrid. No, it is Hip Hop in its essence – with heart
and soul, as it’s played and recorded live. Bibo and Matt are producing a Hip Hop Wall of
Sound. At times strings are reminiscent of the opulent sounds produced
for classic Hollywood cinema. The juxtaposition with raps, scratches
and electronic sounds creates an exciting album. There are certainly
producers whose beats are more avant-garde than those of the Asio Kids
with their old-fashioned love for analog real sounds. But like an old
master who had no idea of Hip Hop but of all other things said: “The
most innovative servants shall be those who know the old and love to
transfer it to the new.”
