Man Bashes Parking Inspector.

One of Australia's favourite spitting sons returns again with both charm and cheek. His tight melodic rhymes partnered with one of Hermitude's soothing yet futuristic beats. I spoke to the The Tongue today on the remix and the clip. That's hilarious, not that we would expect anything less.

How did the remix of Hermitude’s HyperParadise come about? I'm a huge, hardcore Hermitude fan, they are world-class producers and performers and the two nicest guys you'll ever meet. As an MC its hard to hear something as great as their music and not be tempted to rhyme on it...just for fun. So thats what I did and people seemed to like the result. 

What kind of relationship do you have with the Hermitude boys? El Gusto (one half of Hermitude) produced most of my "Alternative Energy" album so we are really good mates and have a healthy respect for each others approach to music. Dubbs is just  one of the best dudes ever. I sent them the remix and they dug it so I asked if I could do a video aswell and they green-lighted that too. I hope to work with them more in the future, in a more official way. 

The clip captures a scenario with a parking inspector. Did the concept for the clip come from a personal experience?I just thought - everyone hates parking inspectors....and its every man's fantasy to Kung-Fu the shit out of one in broad daylight. We had a friend who was a martial arts expert/UFC fighter and he was really keen to be involved once we told him the idea. Then Shaun Dougherty the director just made it look amazing so I'm stoked. 

What is on the cards for The Tongue for the remainder of 2012? I'm hard at work on the 3rd album and am getting ready for the Sprung Festival in Brisbane in November; which looks like it will be a historic day for Australian hip hop and my biggest show ever. In the meantime there will be more videos and perhaps even a single or two out before the end of the year. Right now the main focus is on the next LP which will be out in 2013...Cam Bluff is the main producer and he is incredible...this record is sounding mighty healthy, I'm really excited.

You can download The Tongue's HyperParadise Chillin here for free. And you can get yo tickets for Sprung 2012 here.

Email Updates

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Apps.

What technology and trends interest you in the relation to the music industry ?

Apple technology is ingenious, ever changing and growing becoming more dynamic and up to date. At the beginning of the year I was introduced to an application on my iphone called The Thousands. The Thousands is an information source for shops, scenes, events, things to do and not do, targeted at the “hipster” in all of us. The idea is around the postcodes of Australia (Perth being 6*** is other wise known as The Six Thousands.) I found this App handy whilst living in Melbourne, with so much going on it gave me access to information on event I would not have found out about if I had not lived in Victoria for a descent period of time.

The Site: http://thethousands.com.au/perth/

The App: http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/the-thousands-city-guides/id388602918?mt=8

Cassius , the French Pop/Dance Duo, released a single last year "I love you so" The music video for the track was very simple but very effective and fun.  Based on and around an App of a mouth singing the words of the track by different people. It become a hilarious pass time for my girlfriends though being very gigmicy. I thought it was very clever because the App is only down loadable off the duo’s website ( see link below ) Not your iPhone. So to get it, even though it’s a pain in the arse, you must jump on your computer, log into your itunes store and access it that way, this way the bands is able to get more demographical information on their followers. Sneaky and smart !!

The Clip :

The App: http://www.edbangerrecords.com/cassius/

Blogs

What technology and trends interest you in the relation to the music industry ? 
I have always been a big fan/time waster of the World Wide Web. Over the years I have spent countless hours listening to artist whilst reading their profiles, reviews and fan pages. In recent years the quality of online blogs, magazines and forums have become more factual, accessible to share and up to date. Some of my favourite blogs are:

http://allaussiehiphop.com/

http://peakstreet.com/

http://www.hyclassgetcash.blogspot.com/

http://earstothegroundofperth.blogspot.com/