Hip Hop Congress

Audiopharmacy

The music goes deep. It is a blend of many cultures but has stemmed from roots of hip hop and experimentation. The production consists of many live world instruments. tabla, spanish & middle eastern style guitar, congas, flute, sax, sarod, didgeridoo, turntables, violin, balaphone, electronics…the list goes on. The lyrics are conscious… conversations on life… and death. Politics, awareness of planetary self destruktion, ect. (lyrics are rapped, sung, or sometimes spoken word) Here are many embraced styles; dark, light, mysterious, beautiful… middle-eastern, dub/roots/reggae, hip hop, downtempo ect. The music?… emotion communicated through sound.

This is a live band (“Audiopharmacy”) and a record label (“Audio Pharmacy Prescriptions”). United in ’94, Teao and Zygoat made music under the name II Sense (two sense). In ’97, they combined with Defiance and Laxman to form Kaotic Souls, one of the only experimental and conscious hip hop acts in San Jose, Ca. The group eventually grew to the supa huge size of about 30 members… all spiritually connected artists. Finally in 2002, they created the name Audiopharmacy Prescriptions. Kaotic Souls then broke down to subgroups, all of which are in the Audiopharmacy family. Audio Pharmacy Prescriptions now has become the San Francisco indi label which supports and signs unknown kin met along the path of consciousness and community. “Audio Pharmacy Prescriptions” stands as the label name, and “Audiopharmacy” is now the name of the label’s ten piece live ensemble which dedicates itself to giving listeners what they want, a complete audio/visual interactive experience. Respect people’s planets.

City, State: San Francisco, California

Influences: Each other

Website: audiopharmacy.com / myspace.com/audiopharmacy