New
York's DJ JS-1 has been touring with with Rahzel (The Roots) since 1998, touring
over 35 countries, 5 continents and over 125 world-wide cities. He has been featured
on MTV (US, Europe, Japan), BET and has been featured on the Return of the DJ
series (volumes 2,3,4 and 5). JS-1 has produced songs for Big Daddy Kane, KRS-One,
Common, Masta Ace, Special ED, Ill Bill, OC, Planet Asia, Casual, Prince Poetry,
Rahzel, Vinnie Paz of Jedi Mind Tricks, Percee P, J-Live, Akrobatik and many more.
AUDIO TECHNICIAN, the third full length album by DJ JS-1 features a mix
mash of deejay tracks and rap songs with underground heavyweight MC's such as
C-Rayz Walz (Def Jux), Akrobatik, Breez Evahflowin, Immortal
Technique (Revolutionary Vol. 2) and Rahzel, the beatbox champion
of the world. Every other track on the album is a turntablist scratch track to
showcase the deejay. For these tracks JS-1 dips back into the archives and back
to his original dj crew members; Spinbad, Slynke and Ody-Roc.
DJ Spinbad of POWER 105.1fm in NY, who has toured with Moby for 2 years, is on
three of the tracks. Also on the album, for the first time in his career, JS-1
actually rhymes on record! Check out the rhyming deejay on the second verse of
the song NEW LEVEL.
AUDIO TECHNICIAN, a true school hip-hop album for any lover of deejays
and emcees boasts several great songs. The title track featuring Lifelong
and one of the most promising names in underground hip-hop today, Immortal Technique
(Uncle Howie Records), is a sureshot classic. Other highlights include the songs
BRINGIN BACK NY RAP (featuring BL-One & Jak Danielz), BASIX
(featuring Tonedeff & Pack FM), the beatbox/dj track MAKE ME
LAUGH with Rahzel and the revised version of the classic Special Ed song THE MISSION
by Trez. Dub-L, JS-1s production partner, drops some rhymes
on his solo track THE MORE U GOT and NY emcee React drops 3 mind blowin
verses on the album (React has been featured on songs with Evidence of Dilated
Peoples, Breez Evahflowin, Pep Luv, C-Rayz Walz, Rahzel, Das Efx and T La Rock
to name a few). FLYING GUILLOTINES, the last vocal track on the album features
an all-star cast with C-Rayz Walz, Akrobatik, Breez Evahflowin and React.
album track
listing
01. - Audio Technician feat. LIFELONG & IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE
02.
- Complicated 98
feat. DJ SLYNKE
03.
- Bringin Back NY
Rap feat. BL-ONE & JAK DANIELZ
04.
- Babylon 5 (96)
feat. DJ SPINBAD
05.
- New Level feat.
REACT, JS1, & ETERNAL
06.
- Dangerous (99)
feat. DJ SPINBAD
07.
- Basix feat. TONEDEFF
& PACK FM
08.
- ColdCutz feat. DJ
SPINAD & DJ SLYNKE
09.
- In N Out feat. ETERNAL
& REACT
10.
- Wake UP! (00)
feat. DJ ODY-ROC
11.
- The Mission feat.
TREZ
12.
- Make Me Laugh feat.
RAHZEL
13.
- Press
Rewind feat. FIVE FEET PERSPECTIVES
14. - DJ/Emcee feat. RADIX
15.
- BX
Streets feat. RAHZEL
16.
- The
More U Got feat. DUB-L
17.
- Rule
#4080
18.
- Flying
Guillotines feat. C-RAYZ WALZ, AKROBATIK, BREEZ EVAHFLOWIN & REACT
19. - Ventilation Scratchapella
12" single track listing
side a
1. - Flying Guillotines
2. - Flying Guillotines instrumental
3. - Audio Technician
side b
1. - Basix
2. - Basix instrumental
3. - New Level