Cut Chemist

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Lucas MacFadden<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (born October 4, 1972),<ref name=allmusic>Template:Cite web</ref> better known as Cut Chemist, is an American DJ and record producer.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He is a former member of Jurassic 5 and Ozomatli.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He has collaborated with DJ Shadow on a number of projects.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Early life

Cut Chemist graduated from University of California, Los Angeles in 1997.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Career

Cut Chemist became known through the Los Angeles-based rap group Unity Committee.<ref name=allmusic/> The group merged with another group, Rebels of Rhythm, to form Jurassic 5.<ref name=allmusic/>

In 2004, Cut Chemist released The Litmus Test, which included his solo tracks, remixes, and Jurassic 5 tracks.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

He left Jurassic 5 in 2004.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In a 2006 interview with Billboard, he stated that he had left the group in order to get his solo album finished.<ref name="billboard-leftgroup">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

His first solo studio album, The Audience's Listening, was released on July 11, 2006.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2015, it was listed by Vice as the 49th greatest dance album of all time.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> "The Audience Is Listening Theme Song," the song from the album, has been featured in an iPod Nano advertisement.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2010, he released a DJ mix, Sound of the Police.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It was recorded using a turntable, a mixer, and a loop pedal.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

His second solo studio album, Die Cut, was released on March 2, 2018.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> It featured guest appearances from Chali 2na, Biz Markie, Mr. Lif, and Myka 9, among others.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

  • The Audience's Following (2016)
  • Going Back to Cali: Cut Chemist's Colombian Crates Remixed (2017)

DJ mixes

EPs

  • Madman EP (2017)

Singles

  • "Bunky's Pick" (2001)
  • "Blind Man from L.A. Carnival" (2003) Template:Small
  • "The Audience Is Listening Theme Song" (2006)
  • "The Garden" / "Storm" (2006)
  • "What's the Altitude" (2006)
  • "The Audience Is Rural" (2006)
  • "Adidas to Addis" (2010)
  • "Outro (Revisited)" (2012)

Remixes

  • DJ Shadow - "The Number Song (Cut Chemist Party Mix)" (1996)
  • Liquid Liquid - "Cavern (Cut Chemist Rocks a Rave in a Missile Silo Remix)" (1999)
  • Ozomatli - Cut Chemist Suite (1999)
  • Major Force - "The Re-Return of the Original Art-Form (Reinterpreted By Cut Chemist)" (2000)
  • Ugly Duckling - "Eye on the Gold Chain (Cut Chemist Remix)" (2001)
  • Jem - "They (Cut Chemist Remix)" (2005)
  • Breakestra - "How Do They Really Feel (Cut Chemist Atkins Edit)" (2005)
  • Edan - "Torture Chamber (Cut Chemist Remix)" (2005)
  • Percee P - "Throwback Rap Attack (Cut Chemist Lucas Flipped a 1-Sided Tape He Found in 1987 into Stereo Remix)" (2006)
  • Roots Manuva - "Join The Dots (Cut Chemist Remix)" (2010)
  • Quantic and His Combo Barbaro - "Un Canto A Mi Tierra (Cut Chemist Remix)" (2011)

Productions

Guest appearances

Compilation appearances

  • "Lesson 4" on Return of the DJ (1995)
  • "Lesson 6: The Lecture" on Deep Concentration (1997)
  • "Layered Laird" on Audio Alchemy (Experiments in Beat Reconstruction) (1997)
  • "S.N.T. (Live at Peacepipe)" on The Funky Precedent (1999)
  • "Hidden Crate" on 2001: A Rhyme Odyssey (2000)
  • "Live at the 45 Session (Interlude)" on Urban Revolutions: The Future Primitive Sound Collective (2000)
  • "Caution" on No Categories 3: A Ubiquity Compilation (2000)
  • "Lesson 6: The Lecture (Original Unedited Version)" on The Ultimate Lessons (2002)
  • "Live Lesson E" on The Ultimate Lessons 2 (2002)
  • "Bunky's Pick" on Stones Throw 101 (2004)
  • "Day in Day Out" on Re: Generations (2009)

Filmography

References

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