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| Custodians, The |
|  | | Country: | United Kingdom |
| Website: | http://www.myspace.com/thecustodians |
| Releases: | [My Organs Are Yours : EP One] [My Organs Are Yours : EP Two] [My Organs Are Yours] [Colloquial] | | Info: | The Custodians are Joel the Custodian and Eliot Best.
Joel
Joel the Custodian is born and raised in Ireland. After
completing his Media degree in Luton, England, he spent two
years performing with a rap group in Cincinatti and
Indianapolis in the United States.
DPS
Joel the Custodian’s first recordings emerged in 1997 as a
part of an Indianapolis based rap group DPS, which later
became the critically acclaimed group Mars ILL.
Michaelis Constant
In 1998 he returned to England to do youth work and
kick-start a 'worship-art' movement with alt-folk musician
and artist Ross Spencer. Back on UK soil, Joel helped form
Michaelis Constant in 1998. They were labelled ‘Britain’s
most unusual hip-hop team’ by The Big Issue. The first of
their two albums, ‘Foreign Correspondence’ featured guest
vocals by MOBO award winner Jahaziel.
Films
For the next 4 years he wrote, recorded and performed with
Michaelis Constant. As the group went into hibernation, he
co-founded local hip-hop social club 'Phantom Limb', helped
co-ordinate The Wrong Exhibition and started writing and
making short films.
The Custodians
In 2002 Joel met beat-maker Eliot Best, who as putting
numerous old school machines to work developing his own
brand of hard-as-granite, multi-layered hiphop music. Soon
they were the Custodians.
Debut Album
Together with a dozen musicians and vocalists the Zang
family recorded the album "Colloquial" (2005), a birthday
present for Joel’s wife, Danielle.
Collaborations
Since then Joel has collaborated with numerous underground
hip hop luminaries including Berlin rap-poet Gauner and New
Flesh vocalist Juice Aleem. Meanwhile, Eliot has been
producing electronic music for members of the South Brum hip
hop network Phantom Limb.
EP
In 2009 two EP's are to be released on the ZANG Productions
label. |
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| Release: | My Organs Are Yours : EP One |
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| Media: | [Digital Download] | | Released: | 2009 |
| Recordlabel: | Zang Productions |
| Info: | The EP is released on April 6th, 2009 as a digital download.
The hard copy is released on April 13th, 2009.
1. X-Ray Specs
2. Mortal
3. Throw In The Towel [X version]
4. Unearth
5. Sacred |
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| Release: | My Organs Are Yours : EP Two |
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| Media: | [Digital Download] | | Released: | 2009 |
| Recordlabel: | Zang Productions |
| Info: | The EP is scheduled for release on June 1st, 2009 as a
digital download. The hard copy is available on April 13th,
2009.
1. Throw In The Towel [Z version]
2. Organ Floor
3. Blessed
4. Deep Freeze
5. Bullet Eater |
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| Release: | My Organs Are Yours |
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| Media: | [Audio CD] | | Released: | 2009 |
| Recordlabel: | Zang Productions |
| Info: | The album is scheduled for release on April 13th, 2009. The
CD is a Limited Edition of the digital download EP's.
Contributors: Joel the Custodian, Eliot the Custodian,
Greybeard, Benjamin Blower, Dark Water Quartz, Michael
Stork, The What Supreme, Sensei C, Supervillain, Selina
Blakeney, Nicholas Noble, Christmas Carter, Martin Brookes,
DJ Cro, BarrowClough.
1. X-Ray Specs
2. Mortal
3. Throw In The Towel [X version]
4. Unearth
5. Sacred
6. Throw in the Towel [Z version]
7. Organ Floor
8. Bullet Eater
9. Deep Freeze
10. Blessed
11. Eavesdrop [Bonus Track] |
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| Release: | Colloquial |
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| Media: | [Audio CD] [Digital Download] | | Released: | 2005 |
| Recordlabel: | Zang Productions |
| Info: | The album is released on July 13th, 2005.
Production or appearances by DJ Cro, Michael Stork, DJ Dust,
Ross Spencer, Papa November and others.
1. Liquid Gold
2. Summon Scapegoat
3. Ear
4. Zombie Folk
5. Box Office Poison
6. Just Right of the First Pin
7. Somber Tongue
8. Failure
9. Blue Rhubarb
10. Dark Night of the Soul
11. The Hunger Artist
12. Rethink Everything
13. Pigeonhole-XXL
14. Friday Night
15. Disheveler
16. The Other Half
17. Ex-Golf Pro
18. The 73
19. Robot + Shadow [version 2]
20. Proper Diners and Good Grammar |
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