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Kool Keith AKA Dr. Octagon, is most renowned
for being in the seminal, old school NYC hip
hop trio, Ultramagnetic MCs. Hailing straight
out of the mean side of the Bronx, Kool Keith
has redefined the conventional hip hop styles
and introduced a warped, bizarre take on the
genre. Always one to court controversy, Kool
Keith records under many guises, often
confusing and surprising his audience.
Kool Keith's early career and lyrics with the
Ultramagnetic MCs often made use of his
growing reputation as a somewhat unstable
character, and onetime patient of Bellevue, a
psychiatric hospital, where he was treated
for depression.
Teaming up with Dan "the Automator" Nakamura
under the name Dr. Octagon, Keith again
reinvented his image, recording the
self-titled 'Dr. Octagon' album (later
reissued under the title 'Dr.
Octagonecologys't) that was released by Mo'
Wax.
Finally, back again to shock and thrill us
after years out in the wilderness, Dr.
Octagon, goes straight for the jugular with
the release of his highly anticipated new
album, 'The Return of Dr. Octagon'. Spliced
and diced together by the man, Kool Keith,
himself and slickly produced by clued up
production trio, One Watt Sun, this looks set
for some playlist domination.
The One Watt Sun collective, (consisting of
John, Ben and Simon) were brought on as the
producers. They recorded 'The Return of Dr.
Octagon' in a twelfth century turret in the
old quarter of Prague, as well as Byron Bay
and Melbourne in Australia, and also at One
Watt Sun's current studio space in Berlin.
Their musical style as showcased via the new
Dr Octagon record is like a morphing twisted
intelligent organism, an animal yet to be
named. They enlisted the additional talents
of DJ Dexter (the Avalanches) for the
Egyptian scratch flavour of Ants and Princess
Superstar who features on the song ''Eat It'.
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