Dual_Core_(hip_hop_duo)

Dual Core (hip hop duo)

Dual Core (hip hop duo)

Nerdcore hip-hop duo

Dual Core is a hip hop duo composed of American rapper int eighty (David Martinjak) and British producer c64 (Chris Hunger). Their music is often categorised as nerdcore (a subgenre of hip hop music).

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History

Martinjak, from Cincinnati, met Hunger, from Manchester, in 2003 on an online music forum.[1] They collaborate via the internet to produce their music. Hunger produces beats and sends the files to Martinjak, who records his vocals and uploads them to a server, Hunger downloads these files and uses them to mix the tracks.[1] Dual Core are unusual for a nerdcore act in that it is composed of a rapper and a producer; most nerdcore rappers also produce their own beats.[2] Martinjak and Hunger did not physically meet until after 2007.[3] The song "All the Things" appears in 2016 video game Watch Dogs 2.

Band members

  • int eighty (sometimes "int80") — David Martinjak[1]
  • c64 — Chris Hunger[1]

int eighty's stage name is based on an x86 assembly instruction ("technically 'int 0x80.'") while c64 refers to both the Commodore 64 computer and a combination of his first initial and his height (6 ft 4 in).[3]

Discography

References

  1. [1]
    Dobbbins, Geoffrey (March 2009). "Digital Underground". Cincinnati. Vol. 42, no. 6. p. 32. ISSN 0746-8210.
  2. [2]
    Sewell, Amanda (2015). "Nerdcore hip hop". In Williams, Justin A. (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Hip-Hop. Cambridge Companions to Music. Cambridge University Press. p. 227. ISBN 9781107037465.
  3. [3]
    Terdiman, Daniel (March 28, 2011). "Dual Core rocks the 'nerdcore' hip hop stylings (Q&A)". CNET. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
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