Aliases

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Been listening to a bunch of the Photek stuff under Aquarius, Studio Pressure, The Sentinel etc and it got me wondering who else has aliases worth checking; seems much more common in dance music than anywhere else.


 
woops

woops

is not like other people
Madlib seems to be on a world record attempt:

Aliases:
Ahmad Miller, Beat Konducta, D. Relmond, Dezo, DJ Lord Such, DJ Rels, Duma Peterson, Joe McDuphrey, Joe McDuphrey Experience, Junior Taylor, Kamala Walker and The Soul Tribe, Kay Henderson, Malik Flavors, Medicine Man (8), Monk Hughes, Monk Hughes & The Outer Realm, Morgan Adams III, Otis Jackson Jr., Otis Jackson Jr. Trio, Quasimoto, R.M.C., Russel Jenkins, Sound Directions, Spectrum 77, Suntouch, The Eddie Prince Fusion Band, The Jazzistics, The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble, The Loopdigga, Tyrone Foster, Yesterday's Universe All Stars, Yesterdays New Quintet, Young Jazz Rebels
 
pattycakes_

pattycakes_

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In house music and probably loads more genres you get people remixing themselves under aliases which is fun to spot. Must have been even cooler before the internet when it was all shrouded in mystery. Nothing against the 'scogs or owt, like
 
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Has this thing kind of died out now? I'm sure you don't see it so much now. There's a few people who still do it, like Shed who comes out with a new mysterious alias every few years and everyone works out it's him in a few minutes, but not that many others I'm aware of.

The cynic in me thinks it's because it's much more about the personal brand now. Why compromise your Brand by putting out confusing aliases?
 
craner

craner

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As a rule if thumb, the Photek alias stuff is better than the Photek stuff. What does this say about the aesthetic decisions made when it comes to your signature moniker? (That they are shit?)
 
Benny Bunter

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Todd Terry was a pioneer of this, mainly as a way of having as many different records out on different labels at the same time as possible, I think, for contractual reasons.

Black Riot, Masters At Work, Royal House, Hardhouse, Orange Lemon, CLS etc etc
 
yyaldrin

yyaldrin

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do you guys know of any artists with aliases that actually makes you wonder if they are the same person?
 
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craner said:
As a rule if thumb, the Photek alias stuff is better than the Photek stuff. What does this say about the aesthetic decisions made when it comes to your signature moniker? (That they are shit?)
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There must be a sense of freedom that comes with getting out from under your primary alias. I prefer the Tom & Jerry stuff to 4 Hero and that thing I posted last night from Marc Mac says as much,

"... Myself and Dego produced the Tom and Jerry records as a little fun side project from the usual Reinforced output. We channeled both our Manix and TEK9 monikers into the tracks and 90% of the tunes were made in a few hours, the 1st 12" was made in under an hour (both tracks), we had a production race lol, like I said it was about fun and capturing the moment, the vibe as quick as possible... "
 
Benny Bunter

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Nicknames, not quite the sort of aliases you're talking about cos they didnt really put records out under all these names, but it's still great seeing all these listed together, from the Wu Tang Manual:

RZA is aka The Abbot, Bobby Digital, Bobby Steels, Prince Rakeem, the RZA-recta, the Scientist, Prince Delight, Prince Dynamite, Ruler Zig-Zag-Zig Allah

GZA is aka Genius, Justice, Allah Justice, Maximillion, the Scientist, the Head

ODB is aka Dirty, the Professor, the Human Beat Box Specialist, the Specialist, Prince Delight, Ason Unique, Osirus, Cyrus, Big Baby Jesus, Dirt McGirt, Dirt Schultz, Ol' Dirt Dawg, Joe Bananas, Freeloading Rusty

Method Man is aka The Panty Raider, Methtical, Tical, Ticallion Stallion, Hott Nikkels, Hot Nixon, Iron Lung, John-John-John McLane, Johnny Blaze, John-John Blaizini, Johnny Dangerous, Shakwon, Ghost Rider, the MZA, Long John Silver

Raekwon is aka the Chef, Lex Diamonds, Louis Diamonds, Rick Diamonds, Shallah

Ghostface Killah is also known as Iron Man, Tony Starks, Sun God, Wally Champ, Tony Starks, General Tony Starks, Starkey Love, Pretty Toney

Inspectah Deck is aka Rebel INS, Rollie Fingers, Fifth Brother, Ayatollah, Manifesto, Charliehorse

U-God is aka Golden Arms, Lucky Hands, Universal God of Law, Baby U, Baby Huey, Four-Bar KIller, Ugodz-Illa

Masta Killa is aka Noodles High Chief, Jamel Irief
 
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Nicknames, not quite the sort of aliases you're talking about cos they didnt really put records out under all these names, but it's still great seeing all these listed together, from the Wu Tang Manual:

RZA is aka The Abbot, Bobby Digital, Bobby Steels, Prince Rakeem, the RZA-recta, the Scientist, Prince Delight, Prince Dynamite, Ruler Zig-Zag-Zig Allah

GZA is aka Genius, Justice, Allah Justice, Maximillion, the Scientist, the Head

ODB is aka Dirty, the Professor, the Human Beat Box Specialist, the Specialist, Prince Delight, Ason Unique, Osirus, Cyrus, Big Baby Jesus, Dirt McGirt, Dirt Schultz, Ol' Dirt Dawg, Joe Bananas, Freeloading Rusty

Method Man is aka The Panty Raider, Methtical, Tical, Ticallion Stallion, Hott Nikkels, Hot Nixon, Iron Lung, John-John-John McLane, Johnny Blaze, John-John Blaizini, Johnny Dangerous, Shakwon, Ghost Rider, the MZA, Long John Silver

Raekwon is aka the Chef, Lex Diamonds, Louis Diamonds, Rick Diamonds, Shallah

Ghostface Killah is also known as Iron Man, Tony Starks, Sun God, Wally Champ, Tony Starks, General Tony Starks, Starkey Love, Pretty Toney

Inspectah Deck is aka Rebel INS, Rollie Fingers, Fifth Brother, Ayatollah, Manifesto, Charliehorse

U-God is aka Golden Arms, Lucky Hands, Universal God of Law, Baby U, Baby Huey, Four-Bar KIller, Ugodz-Illa

Masta Killa is aka Noodles High Chief, Jamel Irief
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I was thinking about "Dirt McGirt" last night after making the thread. It's difficult for vocalists and rappers unless they wanna perform with their face covered or have no public profile as you just go "It's ODB".

Love that Dirt McGirt tune on the Neptunes comp.

 
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