FRIDAY,OCTOBER4,2002
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 5A
Local hip-hop group set to celebrate CD release
DJ Not a DJ mixes live music studio effects
By Michael Vennard mvennard@kansan.com Kansan staff Writer
After five months of fine-tuning, Lawrence band DJ Not a DJ is prepared to impress listeners with its first homegrown full-length release. Deep Roots in Shallow Ground.
Project Groove will host the DJ Not a DJ CD release party tonight at The Pool Room, 925 Iowa St. Appearing with DJ Not a DJ are Iowa hip-hop group Bad Fathers and local DJ Marcel Tempest.
Selected from several months worth of live recordings and produced at home, Jerett Fulton, Lawrence resident, said Deep Roots in Shallow Ground synthesizes live, improvised instrumentation and technical studio effects.
Fulton plays guitar, percussion, turntables and runs an array of electronic effects that literally surround him during DJ Not a DJ live shows.
"All the songs that we came into the studio with were all developed live. For a year we played straight improvisation, then we went through hours and hours of tapes and we found exactly what we liked," said Fulton, one of the band's musicians.
Once in the studio that Fulton and co-producer Mikel Giffen call home, the improvised live tracks were developed further using the computer production program, Pro-Tools.
"We basically spent the past five months making an instrumental album sound like samples, loops and drum machine beats," said Fulton.
The band, which has been together for a year and a half, has Dash Frohahn Williamson, Lawrence resident, playing bass and keyboards along with some vocals on the new release. Bob Little, Lawrence resident, plays drums and percussion while Nate Holt, Kansas City, Mo., resident, plays keyboards and loops.
"Most of the samples we recorded live and then tweaked to sound like samples." said Williamson.
Fulton said the drum beats for the album were recorded live and then edited to sound like "old-school samples."
Fulton said that the final 73- minute recording included 12 tracks that flowed together like one seamless song.
Fulton said the DJ Not a DJ recording sounded like many types of sample heavy dance music but was all live instrumentation as opposed to canned samples, loops and drum machine beats.
"But that doesn't dictate how we play it live. They're still the same songs, but they'll be played differently." said Williamson concerning their live shows.
"People can like the album and they can like the show, but they're going to be different."
Edwin Morales, Manhattan sophomore, booked the band for its Project Groove appearance.
"They're known to go from down-tempo, relaxed breaks into a funkier house beat and then break down into an intense, spaced-out, atmospheric jungle set," said Morales.
"They bring the sound of a DJ and the build-up of a jam band. The crowds go nuts for the buildup." he said.
"All the songs that we came into the studio with were all developed live. For a year we played straight improvisation, then we went through hours and hours of tapes and we found exactly what we liked."
Jerett Fulton Lawrence resident
Fulton said DJ Not a DJ would begin preparation for its set at the Pool Room as soon as the band got back from its Thursday night gig in Iowa. The band plans to begin playing its set around 12 a.m. after the Bad Fathers and DJ Marcel Tempest.
With a new album in tow, DJ Not a DJ plans to tour heavily in order to convert as many new ears as possible.
"In the spring, we don't want to be in Lawrence at all. It's definitely the focus of all of our lives right now," said Fulton.
"This is all I do. I wake up and I'm booking our calendar, answering e-mail, doing press, finding some new site to add our audio to. If I'm not playing or in the studio, I'm in here trying to do something for us," said Fulton.
"We want to win people over with our shows like some of the bigger jam bands do," he said. "We want word of mouth to make it happen."
Edited by Jessica hood
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