Quasimoto Biography
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Birth Place: Lost Gates, USA
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Years Active: 1999-2005
Genres: Hip Hop
Born: NULL
Birth Place: Lost Gates, USA
Died: NULL
Years Active: 1999-2005
Genres: Hip Hop
Quasimoto (also known as Lord Quas) is the alter ego or the side project of hip hop producer Madlib, from Oxnard, California. Quas is known for his distinctive high-pitched voice attained by playing the original beat at a slow speed, recording the vocals over that slow speed, then speeding the vocals along with the original beat back up to its original tempo. Early depictions of Quasimoto were taken from the movie “Fantastic Planet,” specifically the leashed Oms who wore red masks with protruding snouts resembling skinny hippopotamus.
Peanut Butter Wolf, DJ and owner of Stones Throw Records, heard Quas' demo tapes and encouraged Madlib to release more tracks under this alias. Quasimoto was featured on Wolf's “My Vinyl Weighs a Ton” album in 1998, on the song “Styles Crews Flows Beats.”
Madlib released his first Quasimoto album “The Unseen” in 2000. This album received much praise from underground and mainstream media. After the release of The Unseen, Madlib spent the next few years working on radically different projects such as Yesterdays New Quintet and his album “Shades of Blue.”
Quas re-emerged in 2003, making guest appearances, notably on Jaylib's “Champion Sound” and Madvillain's, a collaboration of Madlib and MF DOOM, “Madvillainy.”
Quasimoto officially returned with the vinyl-only “Bus Ride” EP in late 2004. Quasimoto issued “The Further Adventures of Lord Quas” in 2005. M.E.D. and MF DOOM were featured on the album. The voice of Melvin Van Peebles was sampled on several tracks from both albums.
Peanut Butter Wolf, DJ and owner of Stones Throw Records, heard Quas' demo tapes and encouraged Madlib to release more tracks under this alias. Quasimoto was featured on Wolf's “My Vinyl Weighs a Ton” album in 1998, on the song “Styles Crews Flows Beats.”
Madlib released his first Quasimoto album “The Unseen” in 2000. This album received much praise from underground and mainstream media. After the release of The Unseen, Madlib spent the next few years working on radically different projects such as Yesterdays New Quintet and his album “Shades of Blue.”
Quas re-emerged in 2003, making guest appearances, notably on Jaylib's “Champion Sound” and Madvillain's, a collaboration of Madlib and MF DOOM, “Madvillainy.”
Quasimoto officially returned with the vinyl-only “Bus Ride” EP in late 2004. Quasimoto issued “The Further Adventures of Lord Quas” in 2005. M.E.D. and MF DOOM were featured on the album. The voice of Melvin Van Peebles was sampled on several tracks from both albums.
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