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- Graffiti - Interviews: PEZ C3PO ATMOSPHERE CPV - ...
Legal or not legal that’s the question... Legal o no legal esa es la cuestión...
USA
GERMANY
SPAIN
FRANCE
LEGAL WALLS
UK
Barcelona 1976, Now Bogotรก, Colombia.
el-pez.com
Pez, “fish” in Spanish, started to paint in 1999 on the outskirts of Barcelona. At first he used to write his signature, and soon it evolved into a fish. Pez, empezó a pintar en el año 1999 en las calles de Barcelona. Al principio lo usaba solo como tag, pero más tarde lo convirtió en un pez.
When did you start this? Why? I started in 1999, I had a need to go out and show everyone what Iwas doing and bring my two cents to the movement.
Why a fish? Some friends gave me that nickname, it seemed affectionate and I started testing out ideas with the letters... In a day of inspiration I created a logo/tag that was original and seem to be good enough to bombard the city with. In a few months this logo/tag became my character and I started to bomb with the signature logo. You are an icon for Barcelona and Spain, do you receive this recognition from the movement? The truth is that if I have many friends and acquaintances within the guild that always convey good vibrations.
PEZ INTERVIEW
Do you have a reference on your beginnings? In the beginning I started making tags, as well as a tag with half my logo. This signature showed a was a mixture between a fish and the word fish. I soon realized this was more my character and that I could paint more than a few letters, I enjoyed watching my character jump on the walls. I would sit on any wall and laugh at everyone who passed by in front of it.
DAL EAST BORN IN CHINA, 1984 LIVE IN SOUTH AFRICA daleast.com
FRANCE
IMMORTALS [DAL EAST]
SOUTH AFRICA
Chicago 1976, MUL crew
momentumarttech.com
Uno de los pilares o el director dentro del movimiento graffitero de Chicago.
Introduce yourself as if nobody knew. I write C3PO and come from the Made U Look crew out of Chicago. How old were you when you started taking an interest in graffiti? And to paint? I started writing graffiti pretty early. My older brother was already writing in high school, at the height of the graffiti wave in the early 90s. This was before the internet and before all the traveling. Graffiti magazines roamed the earth. It was the time when graffiti started its second renaissance and built the foundations of what we call graffiti today.
What’s your favourite surface? My favourite surface has to be steel (trains). There is something about how the paint covers and sticks to it. What do you think the current scene (graffiti)? Graffiti is always evolving and changing. There are some cool things happening right now. There are definitely guys out there that are pushing the limits with the scope of how they’re bombing. There are guys out there putting in serious work and risking their freedom. You know, keeping on with the mission. On the legal shit, there are all kinds of dudes bringing nice design elements to their graff and making real innovations and taking full advantage of the new paints and tools now available to them. I think when the art is on the next level, the overall culture benefits as a whole. Define your style. I have a traditional letter style. Style is subjective, but if I had to define myself, it probably falls into the world of emphasizing the simple lines and basic understanding of structure. Throw-ups, tags and pieces should be able to stand up on their own. What are your references? I have been writing graff for more than 20 years now. I am well-respected as a mainstay and director of the Chicago graffiti movement. I made an early and consistent name for myself mostly from my work done on the transit system. I am also currently a contributor in the scene Rocking Walls, and as one of the unofficial ambassadors of Chicago. How is the movement for Chicago? Chicago right now. For the past 30 years it has been consistently producing quality writers, bombers and piecers. The quality of work that is coming out of Chicago is crazy! Chicago is one of the best graffiti-producing cities in the states.
C3PO INTERVIEW
A mainstay and director of the Chicago graffiti movement.
To know where you come from, where you’re going, why, how, when ... always necessary to look back and remember how it started, get to our roots. Thank you very much to all those people who sent us this material so good for the effort of having to rescue old photos that do not even remember. In this section you will find pieces by 2001: trains, plants, walls, plastic and unspeakable things ... RESPECT TO THE OLD SCHOOL. Para saber de donde vienes, hacia donde vas, por qué, cómo, cuando... siempre es necesario echar la vista atrás y recordar cómo empezó todo, llegar a nuestras raíces. Muchas gracias a toda esa gente que nos ha mandado este material tan bueno por el esfuerzo que supone tener que rescatar viejas fotos que ya ni recordamos. En esta sección encontrarás piezas de antes del año 2001: trenes, platas, muros, plasticas y cosas indescriptibles... RESPETO A LA OLD SCHOOL.
OLD IS COOL
USA
SPAIN
Pretending to accept the graffiti without the essence of illegality is to misunderstand its basic cause of production. Pretender aceptar el graffiti sin su esencia de ilegalidad es no entender una de sus causas b谩sicas de producci贸n.
ITALY
USA
SPAIN
ILLEGALS
SPAIN
Un tema prominente en las letras de Slug es su utilización alegórica de las mujeres, especialmente en su trabajo anterior. Un uso notable de las mujeres por Slug se encuentra en la canción “Woman with the Tattooed Hands”, que Slug ha dicho que es “una metáfora de que todo el mundo has escrito sobre ello”.
Minneapolis 1972, RHYMESAYERS ENTERTAINMENT
rhymesayers.com
Scan for see the last clip of Atmosphere. Escanea para ver el último clip de Atmosphere.
Sean Michael Daley, (born September 7, 1972) better known by his stage name Slug or “Sep Seven’”, is an American rapper. He is from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Slug is best known as one half of the hip hop group Atmosphere, which he founded with Derek Turner (Spawn). Turner has since left and Anthony Davis (Ant) produces Atmosphere with Slug. He is also one of the founders of the Minnesota Hip Hop record label Rhymesayers Entertainment. Sean Michael Daley, (nacido el 7 de septiembre 1972) más conocido por su nombre artístico Slug o “Sep Seven”, es un rapero estadounidense. Él es de Minneapolis, Minnesota. Slug es más conocido como la mitad del grupo de hip hop Atmosphere, que fundó junto a Derek Turner (Spawn). Turner ha hecho desde la izquierda y Anthony Davis (Ant) produce Atmosphere con Slug. Él es también uno de los fundadores del Hip Hop de Minnesota y el sello discográfico Rhymesayers Entertainment.
ATMOSPHERE INTERVIEW
A prominent theme in Slug’s lyrics is his allegorical usage of women, especially in his earlier work. A notable use of women by Slug is in the song “Woman with the Tattooed Hands”, which Slug has said is “a metaphor for that same stuff that everybody has already made songs about”.
Madrid 1993, BOA MUSIC
boamusica.com
Scan for see the last clip of CPV. Escanea para ver el último clip de CPV.
In 1993 appeared his first demo. This demo wasn’t released as such by the group, but it was a collection of tracks that the group was working. Despite its null distribution, the model had a major impact nationwide, passing from hand to hand throughout the Spanish geography. Formed by (M)El Meswy (MC), (JM)Jota Mayúscula (DJ), Kamikaze (MC), Mr. Rango (MC), Paco King (MC) and (N)Supernafamacho (MC). En el año 1993 apareció su primera maqueta. Esta maqueta no fue lanzada como tal por el grupo, si no que fue una recopilación de temas en los que iba trabajando el colectivo. A pesar de su nula distribución, la maqueta tuvo una gran repercusión a nivel nacional, pasando de mano en mano por toda la geografía española. Formado por (M)El Meswy (MC), (JM)Jota Mayúscula (DJ), Kamikaze (MC), Mr. Rango (MC), Paco King (MC) y (N)Supernafamacho (MC).
CPV INTERVIEW
The anarchist group, diverse and egalitarian while writing the history of Hip Hop in spanish language from Genesis. El grupo más anárquico, diverso y a la vez igualitario que escribe la historia del Hip Hop en nuestra lengua desde la génesis.