Where are they now?

The debut album from Adelaide battle rapper Damo, D-Classified Files, hits stores this weekend. Two notable things about this release: it’s entirely produced by Simplex of Terra Firma (who have just
returned from full-band format shows in Melbourne and the Victorian snowfields) and Damo drops virtually every name in Australia (hip-hop related and otherwise) in his rhymes.

The list includes, but is by no means limited to: Ian Thorpe, FiggKidd, TZU, Hunter, Dazastah, Muskrat, the Hoods, Ken Oath, Sereck, Brad Strut, Bob Balans, Matty B, Maya Jupiter, MC Trey, Fubex, Bert Newton’s son, Glen McGrath’s wife, Sally from Home and Away, Big Kev, the Resin Dogs, Kylie Minogue, Ivan Milat, Martin Bryant, Weapon X, Sleek the Elite, John Howard, Scribe, Phrase, The Herd, Shane Warne, Adam Hills and that cab driver that Mark Latham punched. You can probably guess from some of these names that Damo’s references are not always tasteful. One of his less off-colour lines is:

I’m dope as fuck when I’m spewing sick shit
I’m like the Jason Akermanis of the music business
So when I’m on the cover for doing lyrics
Your picture’ll be in the where are they now section next to Quromystix.

He’s got a point there. Where is Quromystix?

Aha! There he is.

The former Fugleman, Reference Pointer and solo artist (This Last Week I’ve.. and Looking for Andrew Bradley) has been off the map for a minute. Last time I was aware of him doing anything, he was on stage in Sydney with Upshot, Sleeping Monk and Sleek the Elite. As it happens, he’s got a track about to hit radio with homeboy Mostyn (aka Mostyn Space Unit, also of Reference Point). Their single “Goodnight Mr Howard” is a optimistic lead up to this year’s federal election. You can check it on their joint MySpace page. It will appear on Mostyn’s upcoming solo album, Heavy Lifting.