Blood of Abraham The following is a review from The Onion of Eyedollartree, the lastest album by Blood of Abraham: "Better known for its connection to mentor Eazy-E and its members' Jewish heritage than for its music, Blood of Abraham put out the little-noticed Future Profits in 1993, then promptly disappeared. It's been a long time coming but BOA has finally released a follow-up, and it's well worth the wait, a conceptually audacious song cycle that's remarkable for both its Herculean ambition and its nearly flawless execution. Releases in conjunction with a short film of the same name, Eyedollartree is a vivid, cinematic work that alternately recalls the swirling, apocalyptic chaos of The Bomb Squad and the trippy sonic funhouse of Prince Paul. With its sonic experimentation, esoteric lyrics, and gargantuan conceptual ambition, Eyedollartree is about as close to progressive rock as hip-hop gets, but it's also free of pretentious self-indulgence. In terms of production, Eyedollartree is downright revolutionary, a dense, eclectic sound collage that swings like the fuzzed-out, retro Bex of "Sexx Laws" and "New Pollution" on "Calling On Citizens" and "Hurricane," and outdoes Dr. Octagon on the surreal Kool Keith/Divine Styler collaboration "Omegatron." But while Eyedollartree is one of the most-far-reaching and eclectic albums since Mos Def's similarly masterful Black On Both Sides, it's held together by a powerful vision of modern society spinning out of control, a victim of its own avarice and misplaced priorities. It's an abstract sort of criticism -- loppy enough to allow an abundance of consiracy-theory talk more akin to Public Enemy's "Welcome to the Terrordome" than to concrete politics of The Couop and Dead Prez -- but it's effective in it's own right. Displaying cavernous depth and mammoth scope that few artists of any genre would even attempt, Eyedollartree is a left-field masterpiece." --The Onion Tino Corp. - www.tinocorp.com "Ritmos Latinos" is from the Tino album, Tino's Breaks Volume 4 - Mambo. Tino Corp. is a record label dedicated to curating unique beats and sounds that are not available from any other source. It is also the main outlet for Tino's own work. As CEO and principal artist, Tino has launched the label with a series of instructional albums called Tino's Breaks, which teach a new style of drumming with every installment. Tino resides in his native Cuba, but has made some rare appearances on U.S. soil to record material for the the series of Tino's Breaks : Volumes 1 - Volume 5 The next in the series, Tino's Breaks Volume 6 / Hallowe'en Dub releases October 15th 2002. Label co- founders Ben Stokes and Jack Dangers teamed up with producer Mike Powell to produce the Tino's Breaks series. Tino Corp. specializes in odd formats including soundsheets, known as flexidisc, for which the subsidiary label, Flexidisc is named and is the education and science outlet for Tino Corp. DJs test Tino records for scratching flexibility and overall funkyness. Turntablists from all over the world have used Tino records including DJ Krush, Cut Chemist, Nu-Mark, Z-Trip, DJ Quest, Radar and Faust and Shortee. SwihartMusic - john@swihartmusic.com Compser, John Swihart has been writing and producing music for twenty years, and writing music for picture for nine years. I began my musical training at the age of four, studying piano with Cola Heiden, renowned pianist, professor of Music Studies at Indiana University, and wife of composer Bernard Heiden. I then picked up the saxophone at age eight, and followed with guitar lessons at Indiana University, while still only fourteen. I attended college in Boston, studying Music Composition, Production and Engineering at Berklee College of Music. Gottfried Tollman & Fred de Fred Taylor Tosh - Inspirofilms.com Taylor Tosh is a southern California native hip hop producer/DJ. He produced music in San Diego for such underground acts as Orko tha Sykotik Alien, Tony da Skitzo, and Benny Heron Jr. Presently he lives in Los Angeles, works in film, and is co-owner of Low-Cal Records; a independent Hip-Hop label dedicated to the underground west coast sound. To hear more of Taylor's music check out inspirofilms.com/music.html.

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