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559:, he now faced financial difficulties due to low album sales and was frustrated with the music industry. Fernando contacted him about recording an album, offering to do a small release of 1000 physical copies. According to Prince Paul, he wanted to make "one of the craziest recordings ever", marking the end of his career. The album, titled 687:
magazine categorized its tracks as "insulated studio odysseys" which require listeners to have "superhuman levels of concentration". According to Skiz Fernando, soon after the release he went to Fat Beats, one of the biggest hip hop record stores in New York City, asking them to sell copies of
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thought the music on the album was "melancholy and slow", as it featured "orchestral stabs and ultra-low synth bass dominating the doom-laden sonic environments". He also noted that some of the samples fit "rhythmically awkwardly", but he believed it enhances the mood of the album.
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magazine's reviewer Richard Gehr described the album as a "vampire-movie soundtrack", commending the album's sound, but noting that Spectre's ideas " out of steam" towards its second half. During that year Fernando also introduced a new pseudonym, releasing the album
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magazine reported the label's "disappearance". In a letter published by the magazine in one of the later issues, Skiz Fernando explained that he didn't receive a $ 38,000 payment from one of the distributors in 2001, and in 2004 their European distributor
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closed, owing the label $ 80,000. The artist believed those factors ultimately led to the decline in visibility of an already underground label, which he was running from his living room. Fernando had also moved from Brooklyn to his hometown
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named it the most accessible release from Spectre. Rick Anderson of AllMusic commended "more energetic beats and lively interpolations of exotic foreign musical elements", but criticized the beginning of the album as being unnecessary.
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compilation. For the third album in the series, Crooklyn Dub Consortium collective was renamed to Crooklyn Dub Outernational, which signified their expansion into other territories, such as Europe, the UK, Jamaica and Japan.
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by the band Scarab. The band initially consisted of Skiz Fernando and his friend Professor Shehab. During that time, Fernando was trying to capture the music of like-minded artists around himself. The resulting compilation
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that is the exact opposite of himself, allowing him to "express his dark side". Later, he would use several other pseudonyms, including the Ill Saint, Slotek, and Wordsound I-Powa. Spectre's debut solo album,
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magazine noted that the album " systemically disquieting, off-kilter and reassuringly distanced from any current trend in hip hop". In 2010, the artist released the next album by Spectre, titled
313:,' I knew I wanted to be a part of that music", recalls Fernando. He became friends with "the only three black guys" in his school and started listening to their favorite music, which included 815:
Despite being an influential underground label and a pioneer of the illbient genre in the 1990s, in the early 2000s WordSound started gradually fading away from the mainstream media. In 2004,
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reviewer Daniel Siwek commended the collective for their ability to provide a diverse range of musical styles while striking a perfect balance between classic elements and a modern sound.
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Working as a journalist allowed Skiz Fernando to make connections in the music industry, giving him an opportunity to launch his own music career. In 1993, while working on a review for
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to take an interview. The two immediately became friends, and afterwards, Fernando would frequently visit Laswell's studio. There he met other artists, including funk musician
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described as "the leading magazine on hip-hop music, culture and politics". Around 1992, after returning from Greece and meeting with Shecter, Fernando started writing for
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Will Montgomery commended the album, noting its "broader set of sounds" and lyrics, that "expose just how dull your average raps are". The same year Spectre released
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to buy the album rights and re-release an updated version a year later. Prince Paul has said that the album "catapulted career". Fernando later introduced him to
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Throughout childhood, he was listening to music records his brother and sister would bring home. His siblings were "much older" than him and were listening to
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David Dacks thought the album deviates from the traditional dub sound, instead " this series with an assemblage of spine crushers and outward-bound riddims".
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But Sound-Ink isn't the only label filling the ADD-beats-meet-high-concept hip-hop void left open by the disappearance of Skiz Fernando's Wordsound Records.
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praised the album's unique sound. He called Crooklyn Dub Consortium "some of the most innovative and cutting-edge sound sculptors", noting that despite
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performed commercially far better than both the label and the artist anticipated, and became one of the best selling albums of the label. That prompted
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due to "skyrocketing rents". Nevertheless, he continued releasing music through WordSound over the years, but kept it mostly to his solo projects.
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magazine placed it at number 13 on their list of the 50 best trip-hop albums of all time, describing it as an album that "blended the dusty
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called it a "mandatory for anyone even remotely interested in the future of electronic music with hip-hop sensibilities at its heart".
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was based on previously unreleased material and was a collaborative album with the rapper Sensational. The second Quatermass album was
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was released on WordSound in 1995, under the name Crooklyn Dub Consortium. The collective, apart from Fernando, also included drummer
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magazine's Casey Rae-Hunter noted the album's "captivating freshness", despite it spanning more than a decade's worth of material.
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breaks, and hefty helpings of echo-chamber dub mixology", that perfectly encapsulated the New York underground scene of the 1990s.
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Several other albums were released by WordSound in 1996. One of them was the second Crooklyn Dub Consortium compilation, titled
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artist. He is the founder and the head of his own label WordSound, as well as the author of several books about hip hop music.
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magazine placed the re-release on their list of 25 best reissues of 2015, calling it a "freeform hotbox hit-parade of dirty
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a "dark and brooding" album, noting the consistency of Spectre's style and his improvements to it. Spectre's next project,
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by Roots Control duo, a collaborative album with his former roommate Jeremy "Likkle Jer" Dawson, and a highly acclaimed
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being a compilation album it still sounds cohesive due to the artists' association with the label. The German magazine
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Thomas Quinlan found the album "worth repeated listens", despite feeling that some of the tracks were disappointing.
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noted the "morbid shred of fear and decay" in the album's sound, while AllMusic's John Bush in his review called
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magazine, highlighted the album's "crisp and snappy" beats, but warned younger readers that it may sound dated.
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While working on his follow-up solo album, Spectre released two albums through Belgian label Quatermass. 2002's
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at number 20 of their list of the 50 best albums of 1996. Among other albums Fernando released that year were
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by Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, John Bush, Backbeat Books, 2003, pp. 450–451,
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Herrington, Tony (April 1997). "Soundcheck: Various Artists – The Ill St Presents Subterranean Hitz Vol. 1".
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albums, featuring almost no rapping, with the only vocals throughout the majority of the album being
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Bedroom Beats & B-sides: Instrumental Hip Hop & Electronic Music at the Turn of the Century
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as HiM, Bill Laswell as Automaton, the duo Sub Dub, Dr. Israel, and the band We™. According to
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as Slotek. AllMusic's John Bush called the album a "sample mayhem", praising its production.
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in their list of the best albums of the year 2000. The Ill Saint's third compilation album,
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Montgomery, Will (March 1998). "Soundcheck: Various artists – Subterranean Hitz Volume 2".
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magazine. In the following years, he contributed to various other publications, including
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In 2000 while visiting family in Sri Lanka, Fernando wrote the script for a movie called
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Multiple projects were released in 1999. Among them was the second Slotek album,
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that ruled the city at the time with the mixing desk mysticism of Jamaican dub".
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Serwer, Jesse (October 2004). "Sound-Ink, Brooklyn Beats and the Agriculture".
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was remastered and re-released on double vinyl and digitally, through PAN, an
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duo and the subsequent release of their critically acclaimed debut album
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at times, and the bass as tar-like as ever". In 2021, Fernando released
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WordSound released the fourth Crooklyn Dub Outernational's compilation,
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compilation. Described by AllMusic's John Bush as a mix of illbient and
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Hollings, Ken; Young, Rob (October 1999). "Soundcheck: the compiler".
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Hsu, Selena. "Spectre — Psychic Wars / Sensational – Natural Shine".
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The New Beats: Exploring the Music, Culture, and Attitudes of Hip-Hop
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and unreleased tracks from a number of label's artists, including
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ultimately led to Skiz Fernando collaborating with the producer
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During his time in Harvard, Skiz Fernando would listen to the
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1993–1994: Beginning of music career and launching WordSound
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2000–present: WordSound's decline and later solo projects
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Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni
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1995–1996: Debut solo album and working with Prince Paul
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Doom & Boom: The Spectre Chronicles (1995-2015)
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December 2004. p. 16. 1920:"The 50 best trip-hop albums of all time" 1299:Rice & Curry: Sri Lankan Home Cooking 1248:Certified Dope, Vol. 4: Babylon's Burning 1242:Subterranean Hitz, Vol. 3: The Ill School 924:Certified Dope, Vol. 4: Babylon's Burning 859:Subterranean Hitz, Vol. 3: The III School 593:, which resulted in the formation of the 3166:"Dusted Reviews: Spectre - Psychic Wars" 3103:"Dusted Reviews: Spectre - Retrospectre" 1612:"Ep. 8 - S.H. Fernando Jr (aka Spectre)" 1551:Gonzales, Michael A. (10 October 2012). 700:Spectre released his second solo album, 453:Word Sound 'ave Power: Dub Poets And Dub 429:, Fernando contacted the band's bassist 2869: 2177: 2046: 1877: 1825: 1806: 1794: 1341: 2378:"Reviews: Spectre – The Second Coming" 1631: 1629: 1546: 1544: 1542: 1540: 1538: 1536: 1469:. Season 5. Episode 9. 3 minutes in. 944:Spectre released his next solo album, 841:The third album in Spectre's trilogy, 767:of Berlin-based artist Bill Kouligas. 459:was used as the label's headquarters. 3727:American people of Sri Lankan descent 3561:"Eminence Grise EP, by Tha ILL Saint" 1708:Carmody, Deirdre (October 17, 1994). 7: 3025:"Various – Subterranean Hitz Vol. 3" 1847:Freeman, Philip (January 12, 2017). 1681:Mehren, Elizabeth (April 16, 1990). 1579:Ali, Lorraine (September 21, 1999). 370:. Started as a one-page newsletter, 3536:"Brand New Second Hand, by Spectre" 3293:Siwek, Daniel (February 24, 2004). 3101:Rae-Hunter, Casey (June 20, 2004). 1448:. I'm 1968, so I'm the same age as 1244:(WordSound, 2000, as The Ill Saint) 1232:(WordSound, 1998, as The Ill Saint) 1226:(WordSound, 1996, as The Ill Saint) 3479:Fintoni, Laurent (June 13, 2013). 2777:Fintoni, Laurent (June 13, 2013). 2150:Extance, Andy (11 November 2004). 996:, was released digitally in 2014. 696:1997–1999: WordSound's peak period 25: 3509:"Spectre – The True & Living" 3324:"Various – Certified Dope Vol. 4" 2853:"Letters: WordSound Sounds Off". 2648:Jones, Mikey (December 3, 2015). 2564:Eaton, James (February 3, 2015). 1880:, Tape 4 – Destruction Of Syntax. 1466:Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 1179: 999:The tenth solo album by Spectre, 340:, which he later graduated from. 3453:"Death Before Dying, by Spectre" 2730:. No. 190/191. January 2000 2195:"Get Your RDA of Certified Dope" 2094:Berry, Peter A. (25 June 2018). 2062:Smith, Dinitia (12 April 1999). 1767:Batey, Angus (29 January 2022). 1444:I'm pretty much the same age as 1138:(LOWHOP, 2021, as Tha Ill Saint) 2226:"Jahresrückblick 1996: Lange". 1710:"THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Magazines" 1521:(transcript). December 29, 2011 988:reviewer Thomas Quinlan called 971:. The album was funded through 501:While working on his 1994 book 3624:Drum 'n' Bass: The Rough Guide 3378:"Internal Dynasty, by Spectre" 2926:. 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It was followed by 2008's 595:Handsome Boy Modeling School 505:, Fernando started learning 27:American writer and musician 3589:Wheaton, Robert J. (2022). 2839:. No. 81. p. 96. 2302:Haslett, Tim (April 1998). 1581:"Dread, Beat, and Brooklyn" 695: 583:Psychoanalysis: What Is It? 562:Psychoanalysis: What Is It? 47:1968 (age 55–56) 3758: 3674:Wordsound Official Website 3351:"Transcendent, by Spectre" 2888:All Music Guide to Hip-Hop 2376:Gehr, Richard (May 1998). 1739:Williams, Jaelani Turner. 284:St. Paul's School for Boys 280:Baltimore County, Maryland 3712:American record producers 3646:Fintoni, Laurent (2022). 3303:. No. 75. p. 90 1655:Fernando, Sarath (2012). 1610:Fernando, Sarath (2017). 1430:Fernando, Sarath (2021). 1230:Subterranean Hitz, Vol. 2 1224:Subterranean Hitz, Vol. 1 720:Subterranean Hitz, Vol. 2 690:Subterranean Hitz, Vol. 1 659:Subterranean Hitz, Vol. 1 651:Subterranean Hitz, Vol. 1 374:quickly turned into what 364:, who would later create 246:. 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Spectre (musician)
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Brooklyn, New York
Illbient
hip hop
trip hop
The New York Times
Rolling Stone
The Source
Spin
Vibe
record producer
rapper
electronica
Texas
Pikesville
Baltimore County, Maryland
St. Paul's School for Boys
Parliament-Funkadelic
Bob Marley
David Bowie
Rapper's Delight
Soul Sonic Force
Planet Rock
LL Cool J
Run-DMC
the Smiths
Harvard College
Greece
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

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