Monday, November 5, 2012

Off the Record # 3 - KaBoom !


   OTR takes a small side step in this edition to give respect to a classic underground mix tape, Hiero Oldies. If you were lucky enough to catch any of Hiero's mid/late 1990s concerts, these tapes were for sale, along with the Hiero B-Sides mix tape and other various merch. A few highlight tracks would be a remix of "Cab Fare", "Our Secret" and the self-titled "Souls of Mischief", the latter being used as the music for Tony Ferguson's section in the classic 1993 skateboard video, Virtual Reality, by Plan B. 



    Tony's part is such a great representation of that era in skating.... the music, the kit ( light blue jeans, white tee, tan suede shoes )... and footage from the heyday of classic spots. The essentially un-released  "Souls of Mischief" track became somewhat of a hiero-holy-grail that had lots of people wondering how to get their hands on a copy. Finding this mixtape at a concert a few years later was like finding gold. 


   Tony Ferguson is living in Vancouver again these days, still stylish as ever on a board.... though maybe freestyle rapping a bit less. Souls of Mischief have definitely crept a bit further into the underground, with some low key solo projects by a few members... but they've earned their place in Hip Hop history with a grip of early 90s west coast classics. OTR returns to the usual all vinyl format for the next installment, maybe keep your third eye out for a spotlight on the Hiero B-Sides tape somewhere down the line...

1 comment:

  1. Hey, do you have this Casual track?...........

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S79WRo8zUdQ

    Been looking for it for a while....
    This is Ben Wieler by the way.
    Awesome blog!

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