Lazerbeak
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Birth name | Aaron Mader |
Origin | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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Years active | 2001–present |
Labels | Doomtree Records |
Website | lazerbeak |
Aaron Mader, better known by his stage name Lazerbeak, is a hip hop producer from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is a founding member of the indie hip hop collective Doomtree.[1] He was a guitarist and vocalist of the indie rock band The Plastic Constellations.[2] He is also a member of Mixed Blood Majority alongside Crescent Moon of Kill the Vultures and Joe Horton of No Bird Sing.[3]
History
Lazerbeak released Hand Over Fist, a collaborative album with Mike Mictlan, in 2008.[4][5]
His first solo album, Legend Recognize Legend, was released in 2010.[6][7]
He entirely produced Sims' second solo album, Bad Time Zoo, in 2011.[8][9] He also produced Sims' Wildlife EP.[10]
Lazerbeak released the solo album, Lava Bangers, in 2012.[11] It contains 20 instrumental hip hop tracks.[12]
Lazerbeak released the albums Mixed Blood Majority in 2013 and Insane World in 2015 with Mixed Blood Majority.[13]
Discography
Studio Albums
- Legend Recognize Legend (2010)
- Lava Bangers (2012)
Collaborative albums
- Hand Over Fist (2008) (with Mike Mictlan)
- Death of a Handsome Bride (2009) (with F.Stokes)
- Wildlife EP (2011) (with Sims)
- Bad Time Zoo (2011) (with Sims)
- Kill Switch (2012) (with Edison)
- Lizzobangers (2013) (with Lizzo)
Productions
- Mike Mictlan – "Euthanasia", "Marq'd 4 Death", "Soul Survivor", and "...The End" from False Hopes Eight: Deity for Hire (2005)
- Dessa – "Mineshaft" and "Press On" from False Hopes (2005)
- Sims – "15 Blocks", "So It Goes", "May 1st", and "Osmosis" from Lights Out Paris (2005)
- Mac Lethal – "Calm Down Baby" from 11:11 (2007)
- Sims – "Pay No Mind", "TC AG", and "Birds and Earthworms" from False Hopes XIV (2009)
- P.O.S – "Let It Rattle", "Purexed", "Graves (We Wrote the Book)", "Goodbye", and "Been Afraid" from Never Better (2009)
- Dessa – "The Crow" and "Dutch" from A Badly Broken Code (2010)
- Astronautalis – "Thomas Jefferson" from This Is Our Science (2011)
- P.O.S – "Fuck Your Stuff", "They Can't Come", "Lock-picks, Knives, Bricks and Bats", and "Fire in the Hole/Arrow to the Action" from We Don't Even Live Here (2012)
- Dessa – "Skeleton Key" and "Fighting Fish" from Parts of Speech (2013)
- Johnny Questionmark – "Whiskey" from Falling in Like (2014)
- F. Stokes - "Caps" and "Gots to Save You" from Liquor Sto' Diaries (2014)
- Sims - "OneHundred", "Oakland Ave Catalpas", "Badlands", "Buckets", and "Skating in My Sheets" from More Than Ever (2016)
- P.O.S - "Wearing A Bear" and "Roddy Piper" from Chill, dummy (2017)
References
- ^ Pippen, Scotty (October 8, 2010). "Interview: Lazerbeak's "Legend Recognize Legend"". URB.
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(help) - ^ Alstyne, Rob van (September 22, 2010). "Lazerbeak debuts Legend Recognize Legend". City Pages.
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(help) - ^ Riemenschneider, Chris (January 8, 2013). "Lazerbeak, Crescent Moon, Joe Horton mix it up as Mixed Blood Majority". Star Tribune.
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(help) - ^ Woods, Emilee (January 20, 2009). "Mike Mictlan & Lazerbeak :: Hand Over Fist :: Doomtree Records". RapReviews.
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(help) - ^ "Mike Mictlan and Lazerbeak – Hand Over Fist". URB. January 6, 2009.
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(help) - ^ Staples, Derekon (August 23, 2010). "Lazerbeak announces debut solo project". Consequence of Sound.
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(help) - ^ weworemasks (October 14, 2010). "Lazerbeak - Legend Recognize Legend". AbsolutePunk.
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(help) - ^ Uddenberg, Brett (June 9, 2011). "Sims – Bad Time Zoo (Review)". URB. Archived from the original on November 21, 2011.
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suggested) (help) - ^ Gordon, Scott (February 21, 2011). "Beats & Rhymes: Sims' Bad Time Zoo". ALARM Magazine.
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(help) - ^ Martin, Andrew (August 29, 2011). "Lazerbeak, Sims: 'Wildlife' (EP)". Prefix.
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(help) - ^ Behm, Jon; Keller, Josh; Elabbady, Ali (January 24, 2012). "Lazerbeak: Lava Bangers Review (Three Takes)". Reviler.
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(help) - ^ Robbins, Winston (February 3, 2012). "Album Review: Lazerbeak – Lava Bangers". Consequence of Sound.
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(help) - ^ Green, Loren (2015-12-10). "With Insane World, Mixed Blood Majority set out to make 'shit that cuts'". City Pages. Retrieved 2016-05-22.