What's Wrong M.I.A? It's Only The Small Jahcoozi BliP hOP SOUND!

Blip hop, ragga-tech, RnB punk, click pop illectronica? Pop? A Shakespeare’s Sister - Neptunes collabo?!! These are just a few the ways in which people have tried to even begin to describe Jahcoozi. In 2003 Jahcoozi starting playing on the Berlin underground circuit. Cult gigs include their first ever in the former squatter institution the ‘Eimer’, the legendary ‘Neu Kצlln Dresses’ Show at Camp Tipsy and their infamous Doner Lounge gig, which of course took place in the back of a Doner Kebab shop in Kreuzberg. Even a prevously squatted East German fishing trawler haboured in Poland has hosted a Jahcoozi show! Jahcoozi gained respect for their freaky live shows. They also made a name for themselves with their debut ‘Fish’ EP which came out on the Berlin club label WMF Records in July 2003. After John Peel played Fish a few times on his BBC radio show and the De-Bug listed the EP as one of its favourites, Jahcoozi were invited to play at Marke B, a Berlin music festival presented by the Wire magazine. ‘Jahcoozi’s homemade surrealism was marked by a cross-dressing, bass-playing Rasta and a girl crooning ‘Fish, Fish, Fish’ from underneath a safety helmet sporting stick-on bear ears’ (By The Wire Magazine)

Jahcoozi have gone on to play gigs all over Germany, Switzerland, Italy and the UK at clubs, open-airs, nerdy digital arts festivals and yes, even at truly crusty neo-hippie raves. They have felt at home supporting the likes of Big Dada Soundsystem, Aphex Twin, DAT Politics, Chicks on Speed, Airborn Audio, Kevin Blechdom, Jamie Lidell, Tiefschwarz and Mocky. Remixes by Modeselektor, Beige, and DJ Highfish have also firmly rooted Jahcoozi in electronic club szene. They have worked with a wide range of artists such as Braun and the Mob (Jahcoozi being part of the mob), Alhaca Soundsystem, Stereotyp and have even done a recording session with grime kids Kano, Lethal B, D Double and Jammer. Robot Koch’s side project The Tape vs. RQM is out on KYO (Kitty-Yo’s idm-hip-hop sublabel) and Sasha Perera has recorded vocals with the likes of MC Soom-T & DJ Maxximus, Modeselektor and Tolcha.



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