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Oakland, San Francisco CA, United States (2001 – present)
Subtle is a music group consisting of artists, producers, rappers, instrumentalists Adam ‘Doseone’ Drucker, Jeff ‘Jel’ Logan, Dax Pierson, Marty Dowers, Jordan Dalrymple and Alexander Kort. Although both Adam and Jeff are founding and continuing members of the Anticon music collective, Subtle is not on the Anticon roster. Subtle started as an Oakland, California based band in 2001. While considered by the artists to be “genreless”, Subtle has close ties to the hip-hop and indie music scene. Alexander Kort has released CDs on anticon’s official web store run by astropitch.
com, and both Dax and Jordan have all been involved with various other anticon projects in the past.
Subtle began in 2001 when Dax Pierson, an employee at the Amoeba Music record store in Berkeley, CA., met Adam Drucker at the record store. They decided to try and make some music together. The first time they got together Pierson also invited Alexander Kort to the session, whom Pierson had collaborated on performing, composing and improvising a score for some classic silent films (Marty Dowers was also a part of these collaborations). Later that year, Pierson was invited to an open mic show and invited other musicians to form a one-time group for a predominately improvised twenty minute performance. Pierson invited Marty Dowers (woodwind/synth), Jordan Dalrymple (drums/guitar) — a fellow Amoeba Music employee — and Alexander Kort (cello), all of whom Pierson had previously played with. Everyone enjoyed playing together so much that they decided to continue on as a group and added mpc/drum machinist Jeff ‘Jel’ Logan and emcee/vocalist Adam ‘Doseone’ Drucker, who had both created music as the duo Themselves.
Subtle began in 2001 when Dax Pierson, an employee at the Amoeba Music record store in Berkeley, CA., met Adam Drucker at the record store. They decided to try and make some music together. The first time they got together Pierson also invited Alexander Kort to the session, whom Pierson had collaborated on performing, composing and improvising a score for some classic silent films (Marty Dowers was also a part of these collaborations). Later that year, Pierson was invited to an open mic show and invited other musicians to form a one-time group for a predominately improvised twenty minute performance. Pierson invited Marty Dowers (woodwind/synth), Jordan Dalrymple (drums/guitar) — a fellow Amoeba Music employee — and Alexander Kort (cello), all of whom Pierson had previously played with. Everyone enjoyed playing together so much that they decided to continue on as a group and added mpc/drum machinist Jeff ‘Jel’ Logan and emcee/vocalist Adam ‘Doseone’ Drucker, who had both created music as the duo Themselves.
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Notjoeybloom wrote:
Almost FIVE MONTHS without a shout for these guys. Subtle is the best. This is exactly the I sort of mood I cannot watch movies in.
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Notjoeybloom wrote:
Alias remix of sick soft perfection? BMSR remix of gonebones? SmallFear Souvenir please! i wish it would get released...
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HourHeroYes wrote:
I would be quite surprised by the news myself whenever SmallFear Souvenir gets released.
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Dr_MoonOrGun wrote:
No doubt. I hope that they do surface sometime.
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Notjoeybloom wrote:
i wish there subtle would release a new album. still waiting for exitingARM remixes..
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sameoldthing wrote:
Just finished my instrumental Hip Hop album. It got some IDM, Orchestral, Electronica, Noise, Rock and many more involved genres mixed together. Its called Second Try and got 11 FREE Tracks and 33 Minutes of Music. Check it out and hit me up, if you wanna tell me something bout it. http://www.last.fm/music/S33d+0f+Dr34ms/Second+Try Mediafirelink on album page.
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dec30 wrote:
this sounds very interesting. where do i start with this?
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Dr_MoonOrGun wrote:
Godspeed Dogs.
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Piratesquid wrote:
Subtle is the best Anticon project.
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Dr_MoonOrGun wrote:
He's a busy, and seemingly easily distracted guy...
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Hank_Hill wrote:
Ugh...yeah, the Nevermen album was supposed to be done with last fall, but Dose has not said anything more about it, so when it might be put out...who knows? Hoping soon. I really hope it doesn't disappoint me.
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p6ues wrote:
Stripped cured and worn in order to protect you, from its likeness or opposite fate, Such are the toils of the skull space and its no place to ache. - They play beautiful things indeed.
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Dr_MoonOrGun wrote:
Discussion: What happened? Have they disbanded? That's kind of what it sound like has happened.
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LUSTGARTEN wrote:
I dig it. Very cool. Discuss?
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ladyjessa wrote:
<3 Subtle. DoseOne is the man.
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Uber_Alice wrote:
It's like Residents meets hip hop/trip hop. Love them!
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waffleypancake wrote:
Jordan of Subtle has an album coming out on Anticon in 2011: http://www.midheaven.com/item/st-by-antonionian-cd Wow; just found out about this today. This looks really promising.
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UGLYCIVILIAN wrote:
i seen them in Madison WI thy had a band before them play and it was sick forgot there name though crap
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Dr_MoonOrGun wrote:
SmallFear Souvenir was supposed to be out late '08. It is now late '10, and no word. I understand Dose is a busy fucker, but a "Hey, this is still in the works, don't lose hope" would be nice...
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zaraki38 wrote:
Deathful OMFG
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subtle "WASHERE" Tour....LAST subtle Tour for a long time...
20 Oct 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/subtlesix
hello friends and family...truth be told....subtle is going
on hiatus....this will be our last tour, for some time....as subtle
shifts the pace of our productivity...so, do get off your ass, and
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subtle "WASHERE" Tour....LAST subtle Tour for a long time...
20 Oct 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/subtlesix
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