released December 6, 2001
dublab.com's freeways connects the diverse sounds and production styles of a new breed of Los Angeles musician. The artists on freeways share a vision for a music community that encourages creative expression, education, and free thought. dublab is that community. The range presented here is wide. Organic, electronic, vocal, instrumental but all filled with California soul. Cross lanes and enjoy the merging vibrations of Los Angeles.
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Yesterday's New Quintet aka Madlib aka Otis Jackson Jr.
Age 27
Sign Scorpio
City of Residence: Mount Washington
Birthplace: Oxnard
What Brought you to LA? Music
Favorite Thing About LA? the Sun
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Nowhere Man aka Elvin Estela
Age: 24 Years Young
Sign: Pisces
City of Residence: San Pedro
Birthplace: Torrance, a tiny suburb South of LA
What Brought you to LA?: Via contractions and birth canal
Favorite thing About LA: dublab.
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John Tejada
Age: 26
Sign: Taurus
City of Residence: Panarama City
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
What Brought you to LA?: My Mother returning home
Favorite Thing About LA: My friends
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Dntel aka Jimmy Tamborello
Age: 26
Sign: Aquarius
City of Residence: Silverlake
Birthplace: Andrew's Air force Base in Maryland somewhere
What Brought you to LA?: School
Favorite Thing About LA: It's not too tall
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Daedelus aka Alfred Weisberg-Roberts
Age : 23
Sign : Scorpio Rising
City of Residence : Santa Monica
Birthplace : Wales, UK
What Brought you to LA?: My Mother's Belly and Father's Intrigue
Favorite Thing About LA: City of Endless Possibilities
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Mannequin Lung aka Allen Avanessian
Age: 29
Sign: Leo
City of Residence: Northridge
Birthplace: Iran
What Brought you to LA?: A Revolution
Favorite Thing About LA: Weather
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Adam Rudolph
Age: 45
Sign: Virgo
City of Residence: Venice
Birthplace: Chicago
What Brought you to LA?: Don't remember
Favorite Thing About LA: After the rain
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Mia Doi Todd
Age: 25
Sign: Cancer
City of Residence: Silverlake
Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA
What Brought you to LA?: My mother and my father
Favorite Thing About LA: Diversity
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Divine Styler aka Mikal Safiyullah
Age: 33 - I'm a soul in its last cycle on Earth. I've completed my cycle here. In my next life I'm not coming back.
Sign: Capricorn
City of Residence: the Master Self (physical - Silverlake
Birthplace: Harlem
What Brought You to LA?: The lie. They said it was happening.
Favorite Thing about LA: The Ocean the desert and the mountains.
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Languis aka Alejandro Cohen & Marcos Chloca
Alejandro Cohen
Age: 26
Sign: Pisces
City of Residence: Hollywood
Birthplace: Buenos Aires
What Brought you to LA?: Music
Favorite Thing About LA: Lifestyle
Marcos Chloca
Age: 25
Sign: Taurus
City of Residence: Altadena
Birthplace: Buenos Aires
What Brought you to LA?: An airplane
Favorite Thing About LA: Palms
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Ammoncontact aka Carlos Nino & Fabian Ammon
Carlos Nino
Age: 24
Sign: Aquarius
City of Residence: Roaming
Birthplace: Santa Monica
What Brought you to LA?: LA native
Favorite Thing About LA: In Los Angeles you can get away from the hustle just long enough to catch your breath
Fabian Ammon
Age: 24
Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rhode Island
What Brought you to LA?: My mom brought me here
Favorite Thing About LA: The weather
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Damon Aaron
Age: 32
Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Altadena
What Brought you to LA?: LA native
Favorite thing about LA: Altadena
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Projections aka Simon James
Age: 27
Sign: Cancer/Sagittarius rising
City of Residence: West Hollywood
Birthplace: London, England
What Brought you to LA?: Can't remember
Favorite Thing About LA: Music, and the people involved, well most of 'em.
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Skull Valley aka Tom Chasteen
Age: 34
Sign: Aquarius
City of Residence: Mount Washington
Birthplace: New York, New York
What Brought you to LA?: School. I went to Cal Arts
Favorite thing about LA: My friends here
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CREDITS
Languis & fer chloca - the sky below
Written by M.Chloca, F.Chloca, A.Cohen
Recorded at our home studios (Buenos Aires and LA)
c & p Simballrec 2001 copyright control
Languis appear courtesy of Simballrec
www.simballrec.com
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Daedelus- a mashnote
Written and Produced by Alfred Weisberg-Roberts
Recorded at In the Midst of Martin
copyright control 2001
daedelus@dublab.com
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Mia Doi Todd - digital, version 2.1 (drum & bass)
Written and produced by Mia Doi Todd
Recorded at Chateau des Chats
c & p Mia Doi Todd 2001 (BMI)
www.miadoitodd.com /
info@miadoitodd.com
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dntel - if i don't return
Written and produced by dntel
Recorded at Dying Songs, Los Angeles
copyright control 2001
dntel@dublab.com
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John Tejada - i'll see you in a place with lights
Written and produced by john tejada
Recorded at palette
John Tejada appears courtesy of Palette Recordings
c & p parallax muzik 2001 (b.m.i.)
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Mannequin Lung - is it live?
Written and produced by A. Avanessian
Mannequin Lung appears courtesy of Plug Research Records
c & p Plug Research 2001 (ASCAP)
www.plugresearch.com
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Yesterday's New Quintet - soul searchin'
Produced and mixed by Madlib (O.Jackson)
c & p Madlib Invazion 2001 copyright control
YNQ appears courtesy of Stones Throw
www.stonesthrow.com
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Divine Styler - shen
Written and produced by M. Safiyullah
c & p Divine Lyric Creations/DTX Recordings 2001 (ASCAP)
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Damon Aaron - don't get up again
Written and produced by Damon Aaron
C & p D.Aaron/Kalea Music 2001 (BMI)
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Nowhereman - seathrough dolphin smile
Written, arranged, produced, recorded, and mixed by Nobody for Nobody's Home Productions at Downtown Rehearsal, Los Angeles.
Feeble attempts at guitar by Nobody
Nobody appears courtesy of Ubiquity Records
copyright control 2001
nobody@dublab.com
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ammoncontact - chord (parts 1-2)
written and produced by F.Alston, C.Nino
c & p us 2001 copyright control
carlos@dublab.com
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Skull Valley - death zone reflection
Written and produced by Tom Chasteen
Guitar by Clive Wright
Percussion by Carl Roessler
Recorded at Desert Sky Music, Joshua Tree, California
mixed at Ton Studios, Hollywood, California
Skull Valley appears courtesy of Exist Dance Records
p & c Exist Dance 2001 copyright control
www.existdance.com
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Projections - i've waited for you
Written and produced by Simon James
Percussion by Joakim Ekberg
Add. Production by Andy Perez (Soul Unit)
Recorded at Loa Rhythm Studios
c & p Loa Rhythm 2001 (ASCAP)
loarhythm@dublab.com
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Adam Rudolph – nawa
Written, produced, and performed by Adam Rudolph
Recorded at Meta Studios
Adam Rudolph appears courtesy of Meta records
c & p Migration Music 2001 (BMI)
www.metarecords.com
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Credits & Thanks Yous
freeways was...
Produced and Compiled by - Mark "frosty" McNeill and Carlos Nino
Graphic Design by - Rob Feng
Photographs by - B+
Production Assistance & Complementary Rental Car – James Richards
Support & Inspiration - the labrats
Carlos Nino would like to thank...
carla nino, claudia nino, azul divine flores nino, andrea flores, fabian alston, b+, divine styler, saul williams, amaechi ozone, adam rudolph, hamid drake, dwight trible, derf reklaw, babalade olamina, joshua natural sound, mark maxwell, jasewinniesolana, kevin ramos, james richards, gaby almate, milly hernandez, andres renteria...blessings and health
Mark "frosty" McNeill would like to thank...
All the artists involved, the labrats (especially Carlos Nino, Rob Feng, Jon Buck, Chad Kennedy, Derek McNeill, James Richards, Kristine Abi-Karam, Jose Salguero, Elvin Estela, Greg Haggart), B+, the dublab djs, my family, my friends, supportive record labels and artists, the whole Emperor Norton crew, and most of all the worldwide dublab listeners (frosty uses zildjian cymbals, casio jungle gyms, and pickled bifocals).
