My turntable rumpus room as a child was mostly underground save two meters of windows looking into native bush. During Wellington storms the trees would wallop away at the glass threatening to break through. I would duet with the wind, rain and thumping plants – scratching in time or playing drones across the grain of [...]
World Of The Weird
by alphabethead on 16/09/2011 in VIDEO
Over the last two weeks I have been on tour with two of my favourite rappers; Tourettes and Jay Roacher. Rather than perform our own solo sets we opted to take the much bumpier road – interweave our material into a single 70 minute show; World Of The Weird. Despite our stylistic (and philosophical) differences it [...]
UFO! UFO! UFO!
by alphabethead on 26/07/2011 in TRACKS, VIDEO
Unrealeased instrumental circa 2009. It’s my take on ESG’s amazing “UFO”. When I lived on Mt Kau Kau I used to frequently see flying saucers knocking about high in the Wellington sky. Unfortunately I haven’t seen a UFO since October that year. The video features documentary footage from the historical 1956 Washington flying saucer attack. DOWNLOAD: Alphabethead – UFO! [...]
Home Movies
by alphabethead on 03/07/2011 in VIDEO
Hey buds, I’m happy to finally post a couple of home movies. No, not Grandma’s 60th or Auntie Betty falling out of the pine tree but some of that good old turntable trickery! A few weeks back, with very limited knowledge I set about documenting an entire Alphabethead set. Well, that was too big a [...]
Destory All Monsters
by alphabethead on 13/09/2010 in TRACKS, VIDEO
Destroy All Monsters is yet another song inspired by a B-movie radio spot. This theme is becoming a bit of an obsession; peep my previous “Zombie” and “Crawling Thing” posts! When I began DJing I had a single turntable and no real interest in being a ‘proper’ mix DJ playing dance clubs and making people [...]
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The music, mixtapes and visual design of Alphabethead, a turntable musician from Wellington, New Zealand.
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- Aye Bro
- Beat Tips
- Breakin Wreckwordz
- Cold Rock Da Spot
- Digital Diggers
- Dust & Grooves
- Edward Lilley Photography
- Elmattic
- Hip Hop is Read
- Jay Roacher Vs. Animal Hats
- Junkfood
- LEKRMOI
- Off The Record
- Perfect Sound Forever
- Pipomixes
- Rouge's Foam
- Sonorous Circle
- Strictly Beats
- The All Seeing Hand
- The Hip Drop
- The Lefsetz Letter