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'Cosmo Baker' (born 1974) is a New York based DJ, music producer, and turntablist.
Baker was born in Reno, Nevada. In 1976, at two years of age, he moved to Philadelphia, with his mother and older sister, photographer Zoe Strauss. At the age of 16 he was playing at many of the city's top nightclubs, including Revival, Sugarcube (with DJ Storm), and Silk City, holding one of the original resident spots alongside King Britt at the Back 2 Basics party. As a DJ, he has been a key player in some of the most celebrated moments in hip hop music history of Philadelphia.[1]
When he started DJing, he took his love of hip hop and combined it with his knowledge of the other forms of music - developing a style of mixing music of different genres seamlessly to create a "bigger picture."
As a DJ, Baker's musical knowledge crosses over to his approach to spinning. He sees each DJ set as a movement, much like a piece of classical music, that takes the listener on a journey from point A to point B. He was also able to incorporate the music training he had as a child.
While living in Philadelphia, in 1997 he started a party named The Remedy. This party became an instant success, and further solidified his position in the Philly DJ community. Bobbito has called this party "The dopest continuous weekly hip-hop jam in the United States".[1] During its late-1990s heyday, The Remedy became one of the city's most legendary club nights, featuring diverse, expertly mixed party tracks, surprise guests, and an incredibly loyal following.[2] After a near-fatal car accident that same year, The Remedy was kept afloat by Baker's friend DJ Big Rich Medina until Baker's recovery was sufficent to return to DJing.
Baker began traveling to Las Vegas on a weekly basis to spin at his residency at Baby's Nightclub, inside The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. He also started to devote more time to production and recording. Since 1997, he released several records, such as ''The Militant Mindstate'', ''Munk Wit Da Funk'', ''One Way'', and more. He also worked on his own solo material, which was by definition hip-hop, but showed as much influence of Neil Young as it did by EPMD. Included in his catalog of solo material were his distinctive mixed CDs - mixes that stayed true to his vision of a "movement in music," much like his DJ sets. Cosmo's unique style has often defied confining him to a particular genre. "Though I could see him in the booth, I couldn't believe my ears. Franz Ferdinand? The Rapture? Where were the smooth soul jams I dug on his Love Break mix? Once I'd shaken off the initial shock, it started to make sense. Baker rocks the party, and this was how the party needed to be rocked."[3]
In 2003 Cosmo moved to New York and joined DJ Ayres and DJ Eleven as the third and final member of the collective known as The Rub: a classics and hip-hop party held on the first Saturday of every month at Southpaw, in Brooklyn, featuring a mix of hip hop, disco, 80s, reggae, funk, house, among other classifications of musical style. "The Rub has gained an avid following for hybridizing genres with the aplomb of a skilled gardener. Like Philadelphia's Hollertronix, the Rub's fans dance to Stevie Wonder, MOP, Björk Justin Timberlake, and Young Jeezy with equal fervor."[4] As a member of The Rub, he has performed at the South By South West festival in Austin, Texas (2006 and 2007) [5] and the Winter Music Conference during the same years. He has had a CD added to a time capsule in Honolulu, Hawaii.[6] Baker was also the winner of the 2006 Scion DJ mixing contest.[7]
1. Bobitto - h360hiphop.com, 2001.
2. http://www.thefader.com/blog/articles/2005/12/23/doing-it-well
3. http://www.thebostonphoenix.com/boston/music/local/out/documents/04788986.asp
4. Witt, Emily (2006-03-23), Section: Music "The Rub", Miami New Times (Florida)
5. http://2007.sxsw.com/music/showcases/band/49519.html
6. http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Jun/05/ln/FP706050324.html
7. http://www.fmgvinyl.com/SC_release.pdf
★ http://www.montrealmirror.com/2006/042006/music1.html
★ http://www.janemag.com/music/blogs/music/2006/03/rubbing_virtual.html
★ http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0420,caramanica,53538,22.html
★ http://www.thefader.com/blog/articles/2007/03/28/miami-mizells
★ http://www.thefader.com/blog/articles/2006/01/06/cosmic
★ http://brooklynradio.net/the-rub
★ http://remixmag.com/artists/hiphop_R&B/remix_cosmo_baker/
★ http://www.soulstrut.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=crates&Number=904426&page=0&fpart=1
Baker was born in Reno, Nevada. In 1976, at two years of age, he moved to Philadelphia, with his mother and older sister, photographer Zoe Strauss. At the age of 16 he was playing at many of the city's top nightclubs, including Revival, Sugarcube (with DJ Storm), and Silk City, holding one of the original resident spots alongside King Britt at the Back 2 Basics party. As a DJ, he has been a key player in some of the most celebrated moments in hip hop music history of Philadelphia.[1]
When he started DJing, he took his love of hip hop and combined it with his knowledge of the other forms of music - developing a style of mixing music of different genres seamlessly to create a "bigger picture."
As a DJ, Baker's musical knowledge crosses over to his approach to spinning. He sees each DJ set as a movement, much like a piece of classical music, that takes the listener on a journey from point A to point B. He was also able to incorporate the music training he had as a child.
While living in Philadelphia, in 1997 he started a party named The Remedy. This party became an instant success, and further solidified his position in the Philly DJ community. Bobbito has called this party "The dopest continuous weekly hip-hop jam in the United States".[1] During its late-1990s heyday, The Remedy became one of the city's most legendary club nights, featuring diverse, expertly mixed party tracks, surprise guests, and an incredibly loyal following.[2] After a near-fatal car accident that same year, The Remedy was kept afloat by Baker's friend DJ Big Rich Medina until Baker's recovery was sufficent to return to DJing.
Baker began traveling to Las Vegas on a weekly basis to spin at his residency at Baby's Nightclub, inside The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. He also started to devote more time to production and recording. Since 1997, he released several records, such as ''The Militant Mindstate'', ''Munk Wit Da Funk'', ''One Way'', and more. He also worked on his own solo material, which was by definition hip-hop, but showed as much influence of Neil Young as it did by EPMD. Included in his catalog of solo material were his distinctive mixed CDs - mixes that stayed true to his vision of a "movement in music," much like his DJ sets. Cosmo's unique style has often defied confining him to a particular genre. "Though I could see him in the booth, I couldn't believe my ears. Franz Ferdinand? The Rapture? Where were the smooth soul jams I dug on his Love Break mix? Once I'd shaken off the initial shock, it started to make sense. Baker rocks the party, and this was how the party needed to be rocked."[3]
In 2003 Cosmo moved to New York and joined DJ Ayres and DJ Eleven as the third and final member of the collective known as The Rub: a classics and hip-hop party held on the first Saturday of every month at Southpaw, in Brooklyn, featuring a mix of hip hop, disco, 80s, reggae, funk, house, among other classifications of musical style. "The Rub has gained an avid following for hybridizing genres with the aplomb of a skilled gardener. Like Philadelphia's Hollertronix, the Rub's fans dance to Stevie Wonder, MOP, Björk Justin Timberlake, and Young Jeezy with equal fervor."[4] As a member of The Rub, he has performed at the South By South West festival in Austin, Texas (2006 and 2007) [5] and the Winter Music Conference during the same years. He has had a CD added to a time capsule in Honolulu, Hawaii.[6] Baker was also the winner of the 2006 Scion DJ mixing contest.[7]
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References
1. Bobitto - h360hiphop.com, 2001.
2. http://www.thefader.com/blog/articles/2005/12/23/doing-it-well
3. http://www.thebostonphoenix.com/boston/music/local/out/documents/04788986.asp
4. Witt, Emily (2006-03-23), Section: Music "The Rub", Miami New Times (Florida)
5. http://2007.sxsw.com/music/showcases/band/49519.html
6. http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Jun/05/ln/FP706050324.html
7. http://www.fmgvinyl.com/SC_release.pdf
External links
★ http://www.montrealmirror.com/2006/042006/music1.html
★ http://www.janemag.com/music/blogs/music/2006/03/rubbing_virtual.html
★ http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0420,caramanica,53538,22.html
★ http://www.thefader.com/blog/articles/2007/03/28/miami-mizells
★ http://www.thefader.com/blog/articles/2006/01/06/cosmic
★ http://brooklynradio.net/the-rub
★ http://remixmag.com/artists/hiphop_R&B/remix_cosmo_baker/
★ http://www.soulstrut.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=crates&Number=904426&page=0&fpart=1
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