The 13th Tribe

World / Hip Hop

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About

13T have strutted the boards alongside such exalted company as Run DMC,Gilles Peterson,Gil Scot Heron and Groove Armada, to Metalheadz,The Scratch Perverts,Carleen Anderson (The Young Disciples), The James Taylor Quartet,Peter Parker,FingaThing (Grand Central), Blade, Krashslaughta and, almost the entire roster of Wall of Sound and Talkin Loud.Theyve even shared the billing with Primal Scream,Oasis,Blur,The Manic Street Preachers,Bjork,Cypress Hill,Rage Against the Machine,Teenage Fan Club and Belle and Sebastian!

Channel 4,BBC ,Scottish TV and various Channels in the US have also requested and used their music.Presently, 13Ts personnel rank among some fine players from both here in the UK to as far afield as Africa,Cuba Spain,Portugal,France,and the USA.Levis have sponsored releases,as have Sound City,and they have sessioned for
various projects on Linn Recordings and Jon Peel darlings Creeping Bent records.and even wrote tracks for the first Mish Mash album.

13t have worked with members of Teenage Fan Club,Belle and Sebastian,Snow Patrol,Simple Minds,Serf,Savalas,Dj Harri-Subculture,and Xmas numer one hitsters-The Bluebells.Way back in '96, 13t started an ongoing cross-Atlantic collaboration with Timbaland,Little Brother,Foreign Exchange,Camp Lo and Miles Davis drummer/remixer & 7 times USA Beat BAttles Champion-The Apple Juice kid.The Result was an Ep called 'Inside The Pyramids'. and featured the talents of the aforementioned Apple juice kid,Shana,Stefan and Omatide 13 from NCs Lower Thirds.13t has even played in Jazz Bands with Uk Jazz Pianist of The year Paul Harrisson and has played alongside many other Berklee trained musicians.

13t has also held residencies at every major venue in Scotland and even held down dj Residencies in Valencia & Madrid in Spain,as well as playing out in Vigo-Galetia,to Lisbon and Barcelona.

13t is presently involved in studio projects with Scotlands biggest selling Hip Hop Artist Eastborn (DropzoneRecords),dj Morphy (UrbanTAkeover,Direct recordings,Nerve) Spanish Hip Pop Diva - DNOE & Spains high profile Reggae Artists MC Keishal,Benjammin and Marlon MAga.

13t,alongside masterful producer Dubstructor RasGus (who,incidentally, cut his teeth with Adrian Sherwood & On U Sounds in Walthamstow London) is also heavily involved with the Voca project which is based In Madrid and helps with helps uniting established artists with fledgling,up and coming immigrant artists from Latin America,The Carribean,Africa-Nigeria,Senegal,Gambia,Cameroun,Guinea, etc and helping them gig,record and release material.This is an organisation which is dedicated to raising awareness for http://www.abisinios.org/. (sorry its in Spanish) This is a charity semi based in Madrid and run by Ethiopans to help Ethiopian children with Down Syndrome - Plz show ur support.

These are some of the demos from the Voca project.

Thanks for tuning in.

Pease,Unity And Strength.

Heres some press;

'13t is Scotlands J Dilla '-Sarah Heald (Sydney Morning Herald,Mushroom Records,Wall Of Sound)

'Circa '96 Rides Again,Listen And Learn!' - Charlie Dark and Tony Nwachukwu (Attica Blues-Mo Wax, CDR, BurntProgress)

'Hotter than a chilli-totten hottentot and Smoother than a well chilled Red Stripe....its groovily eclectic music that soars like an eagle' - Calvin Bush (MUZIK Magazine Staff Editor,Melody Maker)

'Scotlands Best Kept Secret' - Gill MIlls (iCast ,Radio 1,BBC)

'Yeah! Well Funky!' - Giles Peterson,Worldwide, Radio 1

'Fans of Kool Keith,The Pharcyde and Jurassic 5 will love this' Steve (Sony,Peoplesound.com)

'Wanya eko is my favourite track of the moment' Skye - Morcheeba

'13t Is a Genius,one of my biggest influences!' dj Morphy (Urban Takeover,Direct Recordings,Nerve)

Peace,Love,Unity & Strength!

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Laurent C. a.k.a Sh0GUN, Aug 14, 2008:

¡ Hasta la música siempre ! Like your music and your lyrics. I heard a little of French also. Where is possible to find some of your productions? (edit: I found, we can download from the player)