Ropeadope
The Anomaly
by DJ Logic
The Anomaly
by DJ Logic
RELEASE DATE: 2001-05-21
DJ Logic has been playing live turntables with working bands since 1990 when, at 16, he became a founding member of the Black Rock Coalition. Logic's long resume includes tours and recordings with jazz, rock and experimental groups including Medeski Martin & Wood, Living Color, Don Byron, Joshua Redman, John Scofield, Teo Macero, Karl Denson, DJ spooky, DJ Olive, String Cheese Incident, Marc Ribot, Bela Fleck, Galactic, Chris Whitley, Dave Matthews and countless others.
Track Listing
- 01. French Quarter
- 02. Black Buddah
- 03. Ron's House
- 04. Michelle
- 05. Frequency One
- 06. Tih Gnob
- 07. Bean-e-man
- 08. Who Am I
- 09. Soul-kissing
- 10. Afronautical
- 11. The Project(s)
- 12. Hip-Hopera
- 13. Interlude
- 14. Miles Away
- 15. Drone
About the Artist
Born in the Bronx in 1972, DJ Logic experienced the birth of hip-hop first-hand. As a young teenager, Logic received a pair of turntables for Christmas and was soon spinning music for dances and parties in gymnasiums and private homes all over his native borough. Logic got his start playing live turntables with musicians in 1990 as a member of forward thinking rock group eye and I. after some early tutelage from Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid, many members of new York’s downtown jazz scene took notice of the innovative young DJ and the fresh sounds he brought to their music. By the mid-nineties, logic was playing live gigs all over the city and had recorded on albums for Reid, trumpeter Graham Haynes, and clarinetist Don Byron.
After hitting it off with funk trio Medeski, Martin and Wood at their historic shack parties in1996, logic became MMW's unofficial 4th member, as he toured with the band, recorded with them on their blue note album Combustication, and doing remix tracks for them. a big break for logic, his work with MMW made him a sensation in jazz, the "jam band" world, and hip-hop, leading to work with jazz musicians like John Scofield, Joshua Redman, and Christian McBride; jam bands like the Allman Brothers and members of Phish; and hip-hop masterminds like prince Paul, Ursula Rucker, and Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson (from The Roots).
Logic's first gig as a bandleader was in 1999 as Project Logic, a trio with two old bandmates from Eye and I. by 2001, the project had grown into a quintet, recorded two albums for ropeadope records, and crisscrossed the country on several tours, introducing the entire country to turntables in a live band setting.
In 2002, logic co-lead two groups, each with a long-time collaborator: a duo with DJ logic and Rob Wasserman (from the grateful dead), and the Yohimbe Brothers with Vernon Reid, the latter group recording front end lifter for ropeadope and touring as a six-piece live band. In addition, Logic’s role as an in-demand producer grew, remixing tracks for groups like Soulive, Gov’t Mule, and Phish.
In 2003, logic has been taking his music back to its roots, playing solo DJ gigs all over the country and participating in one-off collaborations with everyone from Arlo Guthrie to Buckethead.
After hitting it off with funk trio Medeski, Martin and Wood at their historic shack parties in1996, logic became MMW's unofficial 4th member, as he toured with the band, recorded with them on their blue note album Combustication, and doing remix tracks for them. a big break for logic, his work with MMW made him a sensation in jazz, the "jam band" world, and hip-hop, leading to work with jazz musicians like John Scofield, Joshua Redman, and Christian McBride; jam bands like the Allman Brothers and members of Phish; and hip-hop masterminds like prince Paul, Ursula Rucker, and Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson (from The Roots).
Logic's first gig as a bandleader was in 1999 as Project Logic, a trio with two old bandmates from Eye and I. by 2001, the project had grown into a quintet, recorded two albums for ropeadope records, and crisscrossed the country on several tours, introducing the entire country to turntables in a live band setting.
In 2002, logic co-lead two groups, each with a long-time collaborator: a duo with DJ logic and Rob Wasserman (from the grateful dead), and the Yohimbe Brothers with Vernon Reid, the latter group recording front end lifter for ropeadope and touring as a six-piece live band. In addition, Logic’s role as an in-demand producer grew, remixing tracks for groups like Soulive, Gov’t Mule, and Phish.
In 2003, logic has been taking his music back to its roots, playing solo DJ gigs all over the country and participating in one-off collaborations with everyone from Arlo Guthrie to Buckethead.