The Subterraneanz
Mortal Klockworque/Above Records
The Subterraneanz' saga began with
the crew's original core, then known as the
Exile Society -- lyricists Bezi,
LCJ, Tranque, and
Hypno -- growing up with hip hop in
the Boston area (Roxbury, to be precise) in the mid-'80s, practicing the fine arts of grafitti, breaking, and rapping. It is rumored that actual tapes of early efforts from that period still exist. The crew began performing as rap act in 1988, and have scarcely looked back since. After moving to Oakland, California in '95, the Exile Society began the first of what would be a succession of European tours as support for the likes of A Tribe Called Quest,
Arrested Development, the
Sugarhill Gang, and the
The Pharcyde. While
visiting Austria on their second European tour,
they met the mighty Schonheitsfehler,
pioneers of German-language rap and the first
Austrian hip hop group to put down wax.
The Exile Society have been tapped
into the Vienna scene ever since, returning to
Viennese clubs and hip hop radio broadcasts in
'98 and securing a spot on
Schonheitsfehler's collaboration comp
Teil 3 vom Ei. After the '98 tour,
vocalist Lokana Djas and MC Louie
Da Saint joined the line-up and Exile
Society became part of the
ever-expanding Subterraneanz clan.
The addition of Djas in particular brings
the band's innate soul to the surface of their
knockin', drum-heavy groove, reminiscent of
the phat-beats-and-harmony steelo of groups
like the Pharcyde, Jurassic 5, and
down-for-my-dogs divas like Mary J.
Blige.
last updated:
08/20/01
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