CYNE (hip hop group)

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Cyne
Origin Gainsville, Florida, United States
Genre(s) Alternative hip hop, experimental
Years active 2000 – present
Label(s) City Centre Offices
Associated acts Nujabes, Four Tet
Website www.cyne.net
Members
Akin

Cise Starr
Enoch
Speck

CYNE ("Cultivating Your New Experience") is an American indie hip-hop group originating from Gainesville, Florida. Characterized with a warm and soulful sound influenced by left-field hip-hop, rock, trip-hop and jazz, the group is known for lyrics that range from party boasting to meditations on the philosophy of Rousseau.[1][2] The group consists of emcees Akin and Cise Star, and producers Enoch and Speck, and are currently signed to City Centre Offices.

CYNE has collaborated with artists from around the world, including Nujabes, whose solo projects have featured Cise Star and Akin, and Four Tet, who produced several remixes for and toured with them in 2005.[3]

CYNE's 2005 release Evolution Fight was named Album of the Week at Stylus Magazine for the week of August 29 – September 3, 2005.[4] In 2007, Cyne releases Grey Matter EP on their website to be downloaded, free of charge.[5]

Contents

[edit] Discography

[edit] Main Albums

  • Time Being (2003)
  • Cyne (Collection 1999-2003) (2003)
  • Evolution Fight (2005)
  • Starship Utopia (2008)
  • Pretty Dark Things (2008)

[edit] EP's

  • Growing EP (2004)
  • Running Water EP (2005)
  • Grey Matter EP (2007)

[edit] Appearances

  • Metatronix - 40 Acres And A Moog - "Sattva Guna" (2002)
  • Rice And Beans - Infiltrate 5.0 (5 Years Of Resistance) - "Make It Happen" (2003)
  • Mush - Exquisite Corpse - "Drops" (2005)
  • Alternate Invention - "Speak the Truth" (2006)
  • Autres Directions In Music - Arche-Lymb - "One Day Or So" (2006)
  • Merck - Greater Cascadia - "Montana" (2007)
  • Metatronix - Plastic Rap - "Satellites" (2007)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Yates, Steve (2005-08-25). evolution flight. BBC Collective. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
  2. ^ CYNE, Time Being. Bookmat. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
  3. ^ Four Tet: News (2005-09-08). Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
  4. ^ Park, Adam (2005-08-25). Cyne, Evolution Fight. Stylus Magazine. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
  5. ^ "Cyne put free online EP out", Caught in the Crossfire Music Zine. Retrieved on 2008-02-19. 

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