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DC the MIDI Alien

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THIS MONTH’S FEATURE IS: DC the MIDI Alien

DC the MIDI Alien is a producer who prides himself on perfecting the craft of making beats and upholding the crate digging culture. A 10-year veteran of DJing and turntablism, DC strives to push the Hip-Hop culture forward and considers himself a student of all genres of music.

DC began DJ’ing in 1996, when a sports-related injury forced him off his high-school basketball team. The injury turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as DC quickly made a name for himself. After constructing a home studio, DC began making beats on his own and during one of his beat-making sessions on his Roland MS-1 sampler/ sequencer; he realized how much rap was tied to virtually every single genre of music in the world. It was all there; Rock, Jazz, Classical, Funk, Soul, Latin, literally everything tied into one another. The foundation of rap, the boom-bap drum in a 4/4 measure, allowed those who enjoyed it to essentially enjoy other genres at the same time.

DC met MC Nabo Rawk of Porn Theatre Ushers in 2001, and the two began to working in the studio together. Shortly thereafter, DC was introduced to Termanology (DC also grew up DJ’ing with Statik Selektah), who at the time was 17-years old and had recorded a grand total seven-tracks total and had been in a professional recording studio a handful of times. Term and DC became good friends and began to put in work, and out of these early efforts came the track entitled “Bangin’” on the now defunct Centerfield Records. The next few years DC spent doing mix tape tracks, refining his sound as a producer and building a world class collection of vinyl LP’s.

Termanology and DC continued working together and dropped the aptly titled “Out the Gate” in 2006 on Amalgam Records. The album received good reviews and gained the attention and praise of NYC rap legend and Gang Starr Founder DJ Premier. From that point, DC began to work with other acts such as 7L & Esoteric, Army of the Pharaohs and DC has since worked with artists such as AZ, Immortal Technique, Freddie Foxxx, Wordsworth, Krumbsnatcha, Vinnie Paz, Slaine, B-Real of Cypress Hill, Sabac Red, C-Rayz Walz, Evidence of Dilated Peoples and Alchemist and has done remix work for Nas and Royce the 5’9.”

The group East Coast Avengers was created in 2008 by MCs Esoteric, trademarc and DJ/producer DC The MIDI Alien. Having dealt with almost 8 politically corrupt years of the Bush regime, the three banded together and the result was the controversial yet socially aware ‘Prison Planet’ album full of gritty production and razor sharp lyricism. The lead single and video, “Kill Bill O’Reilly” sparked a national outrage, getting the group’s visuals banned from Myspace and Youtube and even gaining them notoriety on Keith Olberman’s “Countdown” on MSNBC. The album was met with stellar reviews, landing on many “Top Albums of the Year 2009” lists; including a feature in NME magazine, a blog response from the right’s prissy lap dog Michelle Malkin, live debates on conservative radio talk shows and numerous actual death threats for the artists themselves.

Fast forward a couple years and we have a new president in office, but various ‘natural disasters’, chaos at the border and poverty and unemployment at alarming levels nationwide. Naturally the Avengers are being called back into action. This time around they are armed with Hip-Hop royalty from across the country. Joining the efforts of Esoteric and trademarc over DC’s matured, apocalyptic sonic onslaughts are Slaine (La Coka Nostra), Vinnie Paz (Jedi Mind Tricks), Sabac Red (Non-Phixion), Outerspace, Termanology, Reks, Singapore Kane, Big Shug, Reef The Lost Cauze, Blaq Poet, Boycott Blues, Main Flow, King Magnetic, Blacastan, Akir, Revolution Of The Mind and many many more… Each bringing a particular injustice or rally calls to the fore front of their social conscience, politically contesting diatribes.

Theme music for the revolution comrades… Open your ears and raise your fists!!

DISCOGRAPHY (all songs published by Darkest Blue Music BMI)

“Bangin'” (dirty), (clean), (instrumental)
S.T.R.E.E.T. (Speaking Through Raw Epilogue Ed and Term)
12″ released on Centerfield Records 2002
“All I Know” (dirty), (clean), (instrumental)
“Streetwise” featuring Ed Rock (dirty), (clean), (instrumental)
Termanology
12″ and CD single released on Detonator Records 2003

“What We See” featuring Krumbsnatcha
“All I Know”
“Filthy Rich”
“Time is Money” featuring Wordsworth, Ed Rock
Termanology
Hood Politics vol. 1
released on St. Records 2003

“Say it Back”
Termanology
CD single released on St. Records 2004

“Murder, Death, Kill” featuring Celph Titled
7L and Esoteric
“DC2: Bars of Death” LP, CD and vinyl released on Babygrande Records 2004
Also featured on the RockStar Games release “Midnight Club 3”

“Understanding Is Life” featuring Doug York, Termanology (main), (instrumental)
“You Don’t Know” featuring Bugout, Loonbatz (dirty), (clean), (instrumental)
“Milfman Theme ’06” (dirty), (clean), (instrumental)
Monkey Biz (Apeshit, DJ Illogix, DC)
CD single released independently 2005

“Hold Somethin'” featuring Checkmark
“Heart and Soul” featuring Jordan, Termanology, Ed Rock
“Cozy” featuring Jordan
“Mi Esposa”
BallcKlub
“The Most Leanient”LP released independently 2005

“This Is Hip Hop” (dirty), (clean), (instrumental)
“Ain’t Fuckin’ Wit’ This” featuring Prospect of Terror Squad (dirty), (clean), (instrumental)
12″ and CD single released on St. Records 2005

“Fire!!!”
“Operation Incredible”
“Each and Every” featuring Royce the 5’9″
“Ignorance is Contagious” featuring Bugout
“Learn the Hardway”
“Come Come Now” featuring Nabo Rawk, Bugout
Apeshit presents Firepower vol.1: Fix Bayonets mixed by DJ Illogix
released independently 2005

“Darker than Blue” (dirty), (clean), (instrumental)
“Said and Done” (clean), (instrumental)
Granite State (Doug York and Bugout)
CD single released on Showoff Records 2005

Termanology and DC “Out the Gate” LP
“Statik Selektah Intro”
“This is Hip Hop”
“Motion Picture”
“22 Years”
“Welcome 2 the Hood” feat. Krumbsnatcha, Hectic
“Out the Gate” feat. St. the Squad
“Brotherly Love” feat. Snukis, Ed Rock
“Circle of Life” feat. Lee Wilson
“When We Were Kids” feat. Akrobatik, Jordan
“Baby” feat. Lee Wilson
“My Life” feat. L. Da Headtoucha
“Ain’t Gotta Be Rich to Ball” feat. Shells, Snukis
“Mommy, Daddy, Grandma”
“Never Be the Same” feat. Ghetto, Ed Rock, Checkmark
“Takin You With Me”
“Ain’t Fuckin’ With This” feat. Prospect of Terror Squad
“Ready” feat. Esoteric, Guttamouf
“P-N-C Outro”
“The Anthem”
CD released on St./ Showoff Records 2006

Granite State “The Breaking Point” LP
“The Breaking Point”
“Darker than Blue”
“Morning Paper (Headlines)”
“My Sweet Revenge”
“One Night Stand”
“Another Day” featuring Apeshit, KC (DC’s Mom)
“Said and Done”
“Outta Sight, Outta Mind”
“Sacrifice”
“Do What You Gotta Do (skit)”
“C U Next Tuesday”
“Gone With the Wind”
“Never Too Far”
CD released on Showoff Records 2006

“Gorillas” featuring Crypt, Esoteric, Vinnie Paz, Apathy, Planetary
“Wrath of Gods” featuring Apathy, Esoteric, 7L, Crypt, Dez
Army of the Pharaohs
“Jedi Mind Tricks present: The Torture Papers”
LP, CD and vinyl released on Babygrande Records 2006

“Gorillas”
Army of the Pharoahs
“NBA Live ‘007” EA Sports 2006
“Disorder 7 – Flying High Again” Freeride Entertainment 2006

“So Far Away”featuring The Mighty Sam Maclain (dirty), (clean), (instrumental)
Termanology
12″ released on St./ Brick Records 2006

“Good Conscience”
“The Anthem” (remix) feat. Dre Robinson, Ed Rock, Big Shug
“So Far Away” featuring The Mighty Sam MacLain
Termanology presents Hood Politics 4: Show and Prove 2006

Monkey Biz “Animal Odyssey” LP
“A Lot of Noise”
“Animal Odyssey”
“Righteous Rage”
“Cold”
“Another Day (rmx)” feat. Granite State
“Never Go Away” feat. Sam McClain
“Heart Like Us” feat. Statik Selektah, Alias, Esoteric, Reks
“Spitatchu”
“Milfman Theme”
“Dome Run Derby”
“Never That” feat. Ballcklub, Termanology, Artisin
“You Don’t Know” feat. Bougout, Loonbatz
“So Damn Cool” feat. LB, Bugout
“FIRE!!!”
“Starving Artists”
“Understanding Is Life” feat. Doug York, Termanology
“Reclaim Rap” feat. Looni, Bugout
“I Just Can’t” feat. Corey Brackett
TRAPJAW AFFILIATES 2006

LB “Good Morning America” LP
“Intro”
“Friends No More”
“Bang”
“NH to BK” feat. AZ
“So Damn Cool” feat. Apeshit, Bugout
“It’s My World”
“Stuntman” feat. Termanology and Bugout
TRAPJAW AFFILIATES 2007

DC and DJ Illogix Present: “The TrapJaw Affiliates Vol.1” LP
“Show You the Way”
“What We Do”
“Invincible”
“All On My Nutsac ’07”
“Snake Charmer”
“Second Nature”
“Still So Cool”
“From the Granite on Up”
“This World”
“Lose It”
“If You Want It”
“Get Ya Hustle Up”
“Get it Right”
“Keep Ya Hustle Up”
KOASTLINE MUSIC 2007

MONKEY BIZ “Fire Power Vol.1, Fix Bayonets” Mixtape
“Fire!!!”
“Operation Incredible”
“Each and Every” feat. Royce the 5’9″
“Ignorance is Contageous”
“Learn the Hardway”
“Come, Come Now”
DECK DEMON RECORDINGS 2008

D.ONE “Second Nature”
“Young and Hungry” feat. Termanology
DVISIONE ONE ENTERTAINMENT 2006


NABO RAWK “Mount Olympus Steeze” LP
“Whut Duz Nabo Mean?”
EARLY SPOTTER RECORDINGS 2007


MC ESOTERIC “Egoclapper” LP
“Incredible Hulk Rap” feat. Termanology
FLY CASUAL CREATIVE 2007

ST. THE SQUAD “St. The Squad” mixtape
“I Got You”
“Fly Again”
St. Records 2008


VARIOUS ARTISTS “Building With Bricks Vol.3”
“Avengers Assemble” – East Coast Avengers
Brick Records 2008


REKS “Grey Hairs” LP
“Next to Me”
BRICK/ SHOWOFF RECORDS 2008

A MASSTAPEACE “Time to Make Moves” LP
“Sick Yet?” feat. Nabo Rawk, C-Rayz Walz
MASSTAPEACE RECORDS 2008

EAST COAST AVENGERS “Prison Planet” LP
“Prison Planet” feat. Bumpy Knuckles
“Show & Prove”
“Vengeance” feat. Termanology, Apathy
“Win/ Win Situation”
“Kill Bill O’Reilly”
“Too Much to Ask”
“East Coast Overdose” feat. Celph Titled, Statik Selektah
“A Valiant Effort”
“Let it Knock”
“Torture Rack”
“Riot Act” feat. King Magnetic
“Hey America”
“The Trouble with Motorcades”
“Avengers Assemble”
“Lady Liberty” feat. Slaine
“Clean Conscience”
BRICK RECORDS 2008


EAST COAST AVENGERS “See the Bars” EP
“Worst Things First”
“Kill Bill O’Reilly” (remix)
“Dear Michelle”
“Shadow of a Man”
“Sidelines”
“Hey America” (remix) feat. Granite State
“Rainfall” feat. Termanology
BRICK RECORDS 2008


MC ESOTERIC “Serve or Suffer” LP
“Let the Leo Out”
FLY CASUAL CREATIVE 2009


GRANITE STATE “The Re: Public” LP
“Hectic”
“The Get Up”
“Under the Influence”
“Work”
“American Beauty”
“Good God”
“What I’m Used to” feat. Esoteric
“Up to Speed”
SHOWOFF RECORDS 2009


M.DOT “M.oney D.oesn’t O.wn T.hought” mixtape
“Losing My Mind”
EMS PRODUCTIONS 2009


BOUND BY HONOR “B For Vendetta” LP
“Born Dead” feat. Rugged Intellect
“Age of Decadence”
“Sadist”
MAGNUS RECORDS 2009

MC ESOTERIC “Saving Seamus Ryan” LP
“Hold On” feat. Qwill
“Take Him to the Bridge”
FLY CASUAL CREATIVE 2009


APE and UNDU “Jaw & Order” LP
“Jaw & Order”
“So Wrong” feat. The Rhyminal
“Play For Keeps” Feat. Statik Selektah, Reks, Termanology
“Attack!!!” feat. King Magnetic
“Dreamland” (remix) feat. Doug York, Nachilus Kezuck
“Chat it Right” (remix)
Monkey Biz 2009


CRITICAL MADNESS “Bring Out the Dead” LP
“Where Am I Going?” feat. J.Bada
DOMINATION RECORDINGS 2010


ARMY OF THE PHAROAHS “The Unholy Terror” LP
“Contra Mantra”
ENEMY SOIL RECORDS 2010


MC ESOTERIC “Fly Casualties” LP
“Worst Things First” (alt. Sequence) – East Coast Avengers
FLY CASUAL CREATIVE 2010


VINNIE PAZ “Season of the Assassin” LP
“Nosebleed” feat. RA the Ruggedman
ENEMY SOIL RECORDS 2010

KING MAGNETIC “Everything’s a Gamble Vol.2” mixtape
“Fullest Extent” feat. Termanology and Immortal Technique
King Mag Music 2010

7L AND ESOTERIC “1212” LP
“Drawbar 1-2” feat. Evidence, Alchemist
FLY CASUAL CREATIVE 2010

APESHIT “FirePower 4: The Secret of Steel” mixtape
“Blood of Kings”
“Monkey Wrench”
“One for All, All for What?” feat. Nachilus Kezuk
“10 x 10” feat. Amadeus the Stampede, JFK, Sin & Snuk, Undu Kati, Masstapeace, Es Blitz, Mistameana
“Tales to Astonish” feat. Nabo Rawk
“That’s Grim”
“Bleu Cheese Bandit”
“Jaw & Order” (super remix)
“Take You Higher” feat. Bugout
“Disposable Heros” feat. Nabo Rawk
“Good Evening People” feat. Bugout, Undu Kati
MONKEY BIZ 2010

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