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AKAs

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:17 pm
by its the wiseman
whats with all da alias at da moment ive heard dat

benga & artwork or some gezzah called arthur is MAGNETIC MAN

quite storm or storming productions is CASPA

iron soul kromestar is DROID

i cant understand why they keep having all these akas when these producers are big in the scene and their making the best beats around

Re: AKAs

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:19 pm
by batfink
its the wiseman wrote:whats with all da alias at da moment ive heard dat

benga & artwork or some gezzah called arthur is MAGNETIC MAN

quite storm or storming productions is CASPA

iron soul kromestar is DROID

i cant understand why they keep having all these akas when these producers are big in the scene and their making the best beats around
man you;ve got it so wrong. misinformation crew keeping up the good work. :arrow:

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:36 pm
by boomnoise
i don't think there's any good reaasons why artists shouldn't produce under numerous aliases. especially if you are an established artist. having a different name allows creative freedom, without challenging listeners perception of your main 'sound'.

problem is it's very difficult to keep your alias underwraps. i'm all for mystery.speaking of which, i think magnetic man is a much bettter name than: 'benga & artwork or some gezzah called arthur'.

no, i'm wrong. i actually prefer the latter :)

not that you're necessarily right about that one! ;)

Re: AKAs

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:38 pm
by furiouz
its the wiseman wrote: benga & artwork or some gezzah called arthur is MAGNETIC MAN
Arthur Smith IS Artwork :)

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:39 pm
by bunzer0
boomnoise wrote:not that you're necessarily right about that one! ;)

Boomnoise, the Mystery Keeper !
;-)

man sometimes peeps give themselve u an alias on their own decision...
if u ever see Bunzee or Bun Don Dadda, it is supposed to be me even i don't decide it by myself :lol: :lol: :lol:

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:45 pm
by dusty
different aliases for different styles of output as well.

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:52 pm
by DeepThought
boomnoise wrote:having a different name allows creative freedom, without challenging listeners perception of your main 'sound'.
Dusty wrote:different aliases for different styles of output
exactly.

(plus it also allows djs to do construct sets usin music seemingly by 10 different artists instead of the usual 5 :wink:)
boomnoise wrote:i'll all for mystery.

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:57 pm
by batfink
i guess it helps with quality control too. People just listen to the music and judge it on its merits. Rather than listening to it thinking "this track is by coki/benga/skream/biggermanz therefore i should like it even if i don't as they're big".

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:04 pm
by theverdict
Burial =Kode9 :lol:

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:14 pm
by DeepThought
theVerdict wrote:Burial =Kode9 :lol:
lol oh god dont start that again!

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:19 pm
by markle
I heard that Mala was Coki, Coki was Loefah and Loefah was Mala

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:24 pm
by poax
i used to be shabba d

but am curreently deepoh.

that first set at dmz was tricky to say the least. i was moving so quickly i appeared to be two people at once :o

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:26 pm
by bunzer0
poax wrote:i used to be shabba d

but am curreently deepoh.

that first set at dmz was tricky to say the least. i was moving so quickly i appeared to be two people at once :o

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: AKAs

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:12 pm
by Jubz
Furiouz wrote:
its the wiseman wrote: benga & artwork or some gezzah called arthur is MAGNETIC MAN
Arthur Smith IS Artwork :)
Clark Kent IS Superman

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:13 pm
by ramadanman
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:13 pm
by markle
Your mum IS your mother

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:16 pm
by the947sw11
Markle wrote:I heard that Mala was Coki, Coki was Loefah and Loefah was Mala
lol, and there's that one about N-Type innit, but I'm not even going to go there :D

it's nothing new though. Grant Nelson, for example, had over 15 aliases.
As someone else said, it's a good way of getting people to judge you by your music, and not your reputation, if nothing else.

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:50 pm
by dreadnought
i dont get when people have an aka and release the same sort of music they all ready releasing!!!

pointless like a puff daddy name change

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:24 pm
by a_k47
:lol: im realy envoy and envoys a_k47 :lol:

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:24 pm
by batfink
i'm actually superted