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Controller 7
Artist Biography For Controller 7
Born In San Jose CA In 1979 Controller 7 Aka Tommy McMahon Spent His Early Years Spinning G.I. Joes Off Of His Sesame Street Record Player Playing In The Mud And Falling Face First Off His Bike. After Spending Some Quality Time Memorizing The Lyrics To Run-D.M.C.'s "You Be Illin' " Air Drumming To Mid '80s Jams On MTV And Becoming Obsessed With Dubbing Tapes He Started Playing The Drums In 1988. Fast Forward Four Impatient Years Later And The Idea Of Lessons And Proper Technique Have Been Abandoned For Pause Tape Beats With Drums And An Out Of Tune Player Piano. Two Or Three Years Later The Obsession Becomes Making Mix-Tapes With A Belt-Drive Turntable A Cd Player No Mixer And A Broken 8 Track Cassette Receiver.
It Wasn't Until He Was Introduced To The Ensoniq EPS Sampler That His Music Materialized Into Rough Demo Tapes. Although The Tapes Were Made Purely For His Own Enjoyment The Dream Of Pressing Up A Record Was There. So When One Of Those Demo Tapes Fell Into The Hands Of Sole Who Was Starting The Anticon Label In 1998 Things Started To Take Shape. Requests For A Beat Or Two Soon Turned Into A Series Of Budding Friendships.
In 1999 While Living In Berkeley Controller 7 Started Working On The Third Of Those Demo Tapes. The Two Week Project Ended Up Taking Six Months To Finish And After Squeezing 4 Track Mix Sessions In Between Classes And Homework "Left Handed Straw" Was Finally Released In The Spring Of 2000. A Small Scale Hand-Made Cd It Was Self-Described As A Mixtape Of "soon To Be Lost Beats And Records". After Receiving Great Reviews It Was Professionally Re-Released And Helped Earn Controller 7 The Honor Of Being One Of URB Magazine's NEXT 100 People To Watch For The Year 2002 In The Company Of D-Styles RJD2 Dabrye FOG And Others .
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Biography - Controller 7
Born In San Jose CA In 1979 Controller 7 Aka Tommy McMahon Spent His Early Years Spinning G.I. Joes Off Of His Sesame Street Record Player Playing In The Mud And Falling Face First Off His Bike. After Spending Some Quality Time Memorizing The Lyrics To Run-D.M.C.'s "You Be Illin' " Air Drumming To Mid '80s Jams On MTV And Becoming Obsessed With Dubbing Tapes He Started Playing The Drums In 1988. Fast Forward Four Impatient Years Later And The Idea Of Lessons And Proper Technique Have Been Abandoned For Pause Tape Beats With Drums And An Out Of Tune Player Piano. Two Or Three Years Later The Obsession Becomes Making Mix-Tapes With A Belt-Drive Turntable A Cd Player No Mixer And A Broken 8 Track Cassette Receiver.
It Wasn't Until He Was Introduced To The Ensoniq EPS Sampler That His Music Materialized Into Rough Demo Tapes. Although The Tapes Were Made Purely For His Own Enjoyment The Dream Of Pressing Up A Record Was There. So When One Of Those Demo Tapes Fell Into The Hands Of Sole Who Was Starting The Anticon Label In 1998 Things Started To Take Shape. Requests For A Beat Or Two Soon Turned Into A Series Of Budding Friendships.
In 1999 While Living In Berkeley Controller 7 Started Working On The Third Of Those Demo Tapes. The Two Week Project Ended Up Taking Six Months To Finish And After Squeezing 4 Track Mix Sessions In Between Classes And Homework "Left Handed Straw" Was Finally Released In The Spring Of 2000. A Small Scale Hand-Made Cd It Was Self-Described As A Mixtape Of "soon To Be Lost Beats And Records". After Receiving Great Reviews It Was Professionally Re-Released And Helped Earn Controller 7 The Honor Of Being One Of URB Magazine's NEXT 100 People To Watch For The Year 2002 In The Company Of D-Styles RJD2 Dabrye FOG And Others . read less
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It Wasn't Until He Was Introduced To The Ensoniq EPS Sampler That His Music Materialized Into Rough Demo Tapes. Although The Tapes Were Made Purely For His Own Enjoyment The Dream Of Pressing Up A Record Was There. So When One Of Those Demo Tapes Fell Into The Hands Of Sole Who Was Starting The Anticon Label In 1998 Things Started To Take Shape. Requests For A Beat Or Two Soon Turned Into A Series Of Budding Friendships.
In 1999 While Living In Berkeley Controller 7 Started Working On The Third Of Those Demo Tapes. The Two Week Project Ended Up Taking Six Months To Finish And After Squeezing 4 Track Mix Sessions In Between Classes And Homework "Left Handed Straw" Was Finally Released In The Spring Of 2000. A Small Scale Hand-Made Cd It Was Self-Described As A Mixtape Of "soon To Be Lost Beats And Records". After Receiving Great Reviews It Was Professionally Re-Released And Helped Earn Controller 7 The Honor Of Being One Of URB Magazine's NEXT 100 People To Watch For The Year 2002 In The Company Of D-Styles RJD2 Dabrye FOG And Others . read less
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