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MINDCONTROL MEDIA IS A SITE FOR MPLS,MN ARTIST DJ MINDCONTROL.. DJ MIndcontrol began his life in Costa Rica, moving to the Twin Cities at a young age. He currently resides in Minneapolis. He started DJing at the age of 15, Drum n' Bass being his first infatuation. Soon he was discovering the likes of artists such as DJ Hype (U.K.) who brought that jump-up sound, fusing hip-hop samples and turntablism with the menacing drums of the genre. Hip- Hop was the other half of the equation. His adventures DJing brought him many places within the scene locally and throughout the Midwest. Promoting, touring, backing up bands and M.C.s, he immersed himself in the music. He then took a brief hiatus from DJing, but not from being creative altogether. While pursuing the realms of visual art, music had again tapped on his shoulder. Beat-making took over his life, and it wasn't long before he was collaborating with other artists locally and from cities such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City, and abroad. He has been steady releasing tracks ever since. He loves nothing more than to create sounds that provoke M.C.s into provoking the audience... Always remaining conscious. That's what Mindcontrol is all about. DJ Mindcontrol represents Team Shells and Kozmoknots (with rapper Inseyet), and is part-time host of Slim Swayze's Take the Red Pill internet radio show on SlimSwayze.com
TEAM SHELLS: SHELLS founded Team Shells Productions in 2004 when she had her studio in the Bronx. Through the years it has finally taken it's shape with artists from all over the country coming together, mostly through the internet, to make music that is put out as a team. The 2011 lineup is fairly new but The Team is very happy with the way things are now set up. Each member contributes something special and unique when collaborating as a group. Every member of The Team is also a solo artist & collaborates with other artists outside the group as well. They then come together to make up "Team Shells". They are not a record label. They are all a bunch of music makers. They are beat makers, producers, engineers, Dj's, singers, screamers, emcees, graphers etc. All the team-mates work from different areas of the country and use Skype to create music together through video chat. They also share their own creations and whatever way they come together is always an adventure. We also have a few affiliates that will be featured on our first album together. The Team is starting to plan for a first ep and tour as well as smaller shows together in all of our areas with more integrated collaborations. Stay up on The Team as they release music every day for free and post updates on what everyone is doing with album releases, radio shows, performances etc. The Team is now sponsored by "Unvail Clothing" as well as more sponsorship coming soon.  SHELLS: With roots wrapped in the rhythms of calypso and steel pan Shells musical ideology germinated upon the lands of her adolescent families journey to the isle of Barbuda. Developing on the sands of an island coursing with African influence and Caribbean flavor, Shells came to know many island locals and flourished next to those who taught her the art of steel pan drumming. Privy to the drum-laden island rhythms, she was metamorphosed by the music. Yet back home in The States her early influences came by way of radio hip-hop and rock n’ roll. She then picked up a guitar at the precocious age of eight and shortly after began certified instruction under Ken Volpe. He offered her the opportunity to aid him in constructing a drum room in his studio basement. From the experience the topography of music once again morphed around her. She now nurtured an intense interest in soundproofing and recording and in the studio atmosphere as an environment. Later, stirred by house, breakbeats and jungle upon the inception of rave and club culture, rhythm and tempo again made upheaval upon Shells musical life. Hypnotized by the repetitive essence of breakbeat dancehall mixes and the evolving world of dance surrounding them, Shells began DJing sets during a time when under-agers sprung up in the cracks of the scene at outlaws and no-age venues without recourse. Further fed by the hip-hop which thrived on mainstream airwaves at this time, Shells became deeply intrigued by a foundational question of the music she both spun and was surrounded by in hip-hop culture: but how do the sounds get on the records? It was this very question that beat down the path she still walks, the path of producer. Today Shells finds sustenance in underground hip-hop collaborations, homegrown in her studio and cultivated on the streets. Her insatiable appetite for sound has allowed her to explore and record further varietals of music including hip hop, scream bands, rock, pop, reggaeton, dub-step, acoustic and straight-up experimental. Dabbling in film, she was hired on to score the entire indie film trailer of Sugar Kane in 2009. She has worked in many recording studios since the early 2000's, gaining her engineering start with artists like Sizzla, Papoose, Empress Isis & Immortal Technique. Before moving out of New York she became Head Session Engineer/Production Supervisor at the NatCave Studios, Brooklyn, NY until 2008 after freelancing in studios all over the 5 boroughs. She has had the opportunity to work with many underground and mainstream artists of all genres over the years, performing as a DJ and background vocalist as well as in live production sets with other instrumentalists. She has lived in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles and collaborates with artists from around the world. Never shy to a challenge and always hungry to explode the under-appreciated sound, Shells forever seeks the spices and flavors of an inter-continental, international music.  LINKS:
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