SonikCuts

SONIKCUTS (BUNKER SOUNDS) - BR

SonikCuts é DJ e produtor brasileiro, ele iniciou sua trajetoria como DJ em Curitiba no começo dos anos 2000 ao lado de Dj Primo, na época com 15 anos e muito interessado pelo Scratch e Turntablism o jovem DJ se destacou rapidamente pela sua técnica e seleção musical. Buscando expandir sua formas de expressão, ele começou a produzir e alguns anos depois o jovem dj foi morar na cidade de Paris, onde em 2008 lançou seu primeiro projeto em vinil misturando hiphop e musica brasileira. 2 anos depois, no ano de 2010 veio o contato com a cena Future Beats e a fundação de sua record label Bunker Sounds pela qual lançou os primeiros trabalhos de artistas Parisienses como Jimmy Whoo, Mister Bibal, Myth Syzer, alem de diversos lançamentos em vinil, mix-tapes e colaborações com artistas da cena hiphop norte americana como no álbum “Power Moves” onde ele trabalhou com nomes como Skyzoo, Termanology, Guilty Simpson, Planet Asia, Supastition entre outros… Extraindo sua inspiração de diferentes culturas e correntes musicais, SonikCuts se destaca pela sua experiência, seleção musical e técnica.

SONIKCUTS (BUNKER SOUNDS) - FR

SonikCuts est un DJ et producteur brésilien, il a débuté sa carrière de DJ à Curitiba au début des années 2000 aux côtés de Dj Primo, alors âgé de 15 ans et très intéressé par le Scratch et le Turntablism, le jeune DJ s'est rapidement fait remarquer par sa technique et sa sélection musicale. Cherchant à élargir ses formes d'expression, il se lance dans la production et quelques années plus tard le jeune dj s'installe à Paris, où il sort en 2008 son premier projet vinyle mêlant hiphop et musique brésilienne. 2 ans plus tard, en 2010, il entre en contact avec la scène Future Beats et fonde son label Bunker Sounds à travers lequel il sort les premières oeuvres d'artistes parisiens tels que Jimmy Whoo, Mister Bibal, Myth Syzer, en plus de plusieurs sorties vinyles, mix-tapes et collaborations avec des artistes de la scène hiphop nord-américaine comme sur l'album « Power Moves » où il a travaillé avec des rappeurs comme Skyzoo, Termanology, Guilty Simpson, Planet Asia, Supastition entre autres… Puisant son inspiration dans différentes cultures et courants musicaux, SonikCuts se démarque par son expérience, sa technique et sa sélection musicale.

"Power Moves" is the new album by Brazilian dj and producer SonikCuts. Dj since the early 2000’s SonikCuts is know for his scratching skills, mixtapes and vinyl-released projects for turntablists such as the “Guarana Breaks” record series. For this studio album SonikCuts invited some of the best rappers of the independent hiphop scene such as Termanology, Skyzoo, Guilty Simpson, Homeboy Sandman, Supastition, Planet Asia among others, to be the voices of the project. In this album composed of 10 tracks of pure hiphop music, we find SonikCuts know-how as a producer through powerful instrumentals and guests of choice, but also as a dj with the countless scratches dotted around throughout the album. The project was mixed in Paris at “Haxo Studio” when SonikCuts used to live there, and mastered at "Elysian Masters Studio" in Los Angeles by Dave Cooley, the engineer who did the mastering of several albums like the classic ‘’Donuts’’ by J Dilla or more recently ‘’Bandana’’ by Freddie Gibbs and Madlib. "PowerMoves" is a hiphop album where DJ and MC join their forces to deliver fresh beats,rhymes and scratchs.

After the release of tracks in collaboration with rappers like Guilty Simpson, Skyzoo or Termanology, SonikCuts returns with “Spaceship”, a new song featuring one of the most prolific Mc's on the independent hiphop scene, the rapper Planet Asia. Native of Fresno, California, Planet Asia is known among other things for his countless solo projects and collaborations alongside artists such as Kurupt, Evidence, The Alchemist, Rasco, Strong Arm Steady, GhostaFace Killah and many others...
In this collaboration between North and South America, SonikCuts and Planet Asia demonstrate all their skills as MC and DJ and unite their talent to deliver a message of strength and contestation during this period of pandemic. Whether with rhymes, beats or scratchs, they excel in their art, and they demonstrate it in this new track called “Spaceship”.

The DJ and producer SonikCuts is back with a new track entitles « Grinding », with Brooklyn rapper Skyzoo by his side. «Grinding» is the third single from SonikCuts upcoming album «POWER MOVES». For this third single SonikCuts invites Skyzoo, who is well known for his multiple albums, mixtapes and collabs with artists such as Talib Kweli, Jill Scott, Apollo Brown or Pete Rock with whom he recently launched the project «Retropolitan». The track was mixed in Paris and the mastering was done in Los Angeles. This new single feels very film friendly with an upbeat bass line that fits Skyzoo’s keen flow and Sonik’s usual scratches.

For this second single extracted from his next album « Power Moves », SonikCuts invited the north-american rapper Termanology, well known for his mixtapes and projects featuring Statik Selektah and also for his collaborations with numerous artists such as DJ Premier,Joey Bada$$, Mac Miller,The Alchemist,Method Man and many others. Like the other tracks on ‘’Power Moves’’, the song ‘‘Superstar’’ was produced by SonikCuts who also made the scratches on the track, his speciality as a DJ. The song was mixed in Paris and the mastering was done at the Elysian Masters of Los Angeles by Dave Cooley, the engineer who did the mastering of several albums like ‘’Donuts’’ by J Dilla or more recently ‘’Bandana’’ by Freddie Gibbs and Madlib. In this new single, SonikCuts takes us with him around a bewitching jazzy rhythm, some well felt scratches and Termanology’s unique flow.

The DJ and producer SonikCuts is back with « BEWARE », the first extract of his new album « POWER MOVES ». For this first single, SonikCuts invited Guilty Simpson, well known for his collaborations with other artists such as J Dilla or Madlib. The project was produced and mixed in Paris when SonikCuts used to live there. The mastering was done at the Elysian Masters of Los Angeles by Dave Cooley, the engineer who did the mastering of several albums like ‘Donuts » by J Dilla or more recently « Bandana » by Freddie Gibbs and Madlib. « BEWARE » is available now on all platforms.