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Biography
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Career
Cut Chemist became known through the Los Angeles -based rap group Unity Committee, and debuted on gramophone record|vinyl on the B-side of Unity Committee's 1993 single, "Unified Rebelution". The track, "Lesson 4: The Radio" was an ovation of Double Dee and Steinski 's "Lessons 1-3."
Preceding the vinyl release, Unity Committee formed Jurassic 5 , along with another group, Rebels of Rhythm. Cut Chemist contributed avidly to the group, adding "Lesson 6: The Lecture" to Jurassic 5's Jurassic 5 EP|eponymous EP , and co-producing the entirety of the record. Between then and other releases, he explored remix ing alongside DJ Shadow and Liquid Liquid , and performed doing outside work (sampling and scratching for Less Than Jake , and appearing with Ozomatli ). From late 1996 to early 1997, Cut Chemist recorded his album debut, Live at Future Primitive Sound Session , with Shortkut of Invisibl Skratch Piklz .
Cut Chemist did not appear on their latest album Feedback . In May 2006, he indicated to Billboard (magazine)|Billboard that he had left the group.cite web | publisher = Nielsen Business Media, Inc. | date = 2006-05-10 | url = http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp? vnu_content_id=1002500222 | title = Cut Chemist Finds New 'Audience' On Solo Debut | accessdate = 2007-11-04
Cut Chemist's first full-length solo album, '' The Audience's Listening '', was released on July 11, 2006. http://www.earfuzz.com/2006/05/audiences-listening-to-cut-chemist.html The album includes the pre-released song "The Garden", which features a bossa nova style, vocals from Astrud Gilberto 's Brazilian song "Berimbau", and berimbau instrumentals.
The song "The Audience Is Listening Theme Song" from ''The Audience's Listening has been featured in a 2G Apple Computer|Apple iPod nano advertisement.
More recently, Cut Chemist has opened for Shakira in 2007 on the European leg of her Oral Fixation Tour , and at the press conference held by car-maker SEAT to promote their sponsorship of the shows.
Cut Chemist made an appearance in the 2007 comedy Juno (film)|Juno , playing a high school chemistry teacher, playing on his "chemist" stage-name. His logo was present in this scene in the form of a large pair of prop scissors suspended over a beaker.
Cut Chemist joined DJ Shadow on a world wide tour to support their new mix The Hard Sell (album)|The Hard Sell beginning in early 2008. Kid Koala opened for them. Dates included Dallas, New York, San Francisco, Melbourne, Toronto, Vancouver, London, Hamburg and Paris among others.
In October 2008, Cut Chemist's video for the song " What's the Altitude " featuring Hymnal was removed for violating a Warner Music Group|WMG copyright.cite web|url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=7AVHXe-ol-s|title=Cut Chemist feat. Hymnal "What's the Altitude" Music Video|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=2008-10-16
Cut Chemist is featured in the award-winning documentary This Is the Life (2008 film)|This is the Life , chronicling the music movement which was birthed at The Good Life Cafe in South Central Los Angeles. The Good Life is the open-mic workshop where he first performed with Unity Committee in the early 1990s and launched Jurassic 5.
Most recently, Cut Chemist was featured in the film Up in the Air (2009 film)|Up In The Air under his name Cut Chemist as the conference DJ who introduces Young MC.
Discography
Releases
Brainfreeze (album)|Brainfreeze (CD)
Live at Future Primitive Sound Session Version 1.1 (CD)
Jurassic 5 Persondata| NAME = Lucas MacFadden | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Cut Chemist | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =October 4, 1972 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Cut Chemist Category:American electronic musicians Category:Hip hop DJs Category:1972 births Category:Living people
