This is someone who be texting wit me every fucking week on some trading music and film recommendations shit. He is the homie and we steady talk about hidden truths underneath the depths of human society. This man(e) is a genius producer, and it is a privilege to interview him. Enjoy this interview conducted by Michael Louis Hassiepen.
What abel ferrara movie gets the film school chick panties wet?
Good ass question. his 2nd movie Ms. 45 [1981] It's rape revenge /sleaze. Zoe Lund gives a totally silent performance, she plays a girl that can't talk, who becomes like a female Charles Bronson. It's shock-ploitation but the hero is a girl. You’ll be in there.
What part of the east coast you from?
The Midwest.
What philly rappers you f with?
AR, P90, lik moss, Hollowman, Black DeNiro, too many to name , that whole mixtape scene is where i getting my beats ou here. When the rappers is comin that hard you got to step shit up.
What are you obsessed with sac town rap?
Brotha Lynch been my fav. rapper since i was a kid. His producer Phonk Beta was like a genius and made me decide to make beats. His basslines use to give me chills down my spinal cord ...and i knew i wanted to do that. Sac Rap is more related to jazz and blues.than other cities out cali. but not sampling jazz , using jazz chords on keyboards instead of gospel chords or funk.
What is phonk?
It’s crazy cause in sac it means beef like , I got phonk wit some people on the other side ....shit like that... phonk the music genre? i dont know now .... It was a movement of producers putting old vocals on there beats to make a 90's down south asthetic...alot of them cats was from Europe , Mexico....and din tspeak much English but they was going for a vibe... It was dope but they only was using memphis rap, i wanted to expand it out ...so i started makin Michigan shit..i said fucc it ill take it to sac. theres many sub types now. I think every phonk artist creates a code of what he's doing, and sticks to that code.
Best producers at phonk?
AKDABEAT, ACRYL64, EVILEAF, CAMOMANE, SCYTHE SHAWTY, I'll always stop and listen to their new shit ... theres too many to name. SHEEPER THE SLEEPER , fduckin, look at my soundcloud and look at my reposts.. In the90s rap game? Phonk Beta, DJ Battlecat, 4th Disciple from Wu Tang , Steve Pitts from Dayton Family...
What genre is your music?
I just call it g phonk , is phonk but instead of Memphis im inspired my sac and the Midwest,. i dont use 808's or triplet hi hats. I dont use any down south influence at all. No trap. No Trill. No Memphis. Just West Coast Midwest vibes.Cali-uptempo gangsta, like 80-100 BPM.
What led you to underground rap?
Makin beats. Tryna to get my music heard in the streets. I produced for so many rappers before i ever had soundcloud.
Top 5 sac rap albums?
Brotha Lynch - LOADED[1997]
First Degree - Planet Zero [1999]
MC2 and J-DOG - KADIVA [1994]
Best of Black Market [1996]
Brotha Lynch- Season of the Siccness [1995]
Favorite artists to sample they vocals?
Prolly MC2 and J-Dog. Them boyz is just perfect over my traccs. Dayton Family.Brotha Lynch.. but evry vocal i sample is from the 90s im real strict about that..
Why the Name?
Ciamane was used,the IG page is like a etsy store in Italy? i was playing cyberpunk the rpg , so i came wit cia-berpunk , i was geeked it wasn't tooken.
Wsup wit the kid from robocop 2?
That’s my fav cyberpunk movie... and it's set in Detroit....theres a hidden storyline in my music maybe someone will come up wit a theory.
Links to his chune here: https://on.soundcloud.com/yMp79YAtKNzEVEpVA
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