Junk Science is Baje One on the mic and DJ Snafu on the beats. Simple. These two young gentlemen met in high school in Brooklyn in the mid-nineties (when Baje One stole a handful of tapes from Snafu's backpack, including a cassette containing original beats that were "dope") and started making lots of "not-that-good-but-definitely-interesting" music together on half-days and weekends. Not that much happened between then and 2003-ish. At that point, they moved in together and started working on their debut album, Feeding Einstein, “an intelligent blend of DJ Snafu’s dusty collages and Baje One’s thoughtful commentary.” -Spitkicker.com

In early 2005, they caught Scion’s attention when they won the car company’s NextUp Song Contest with their track “Roads,” a victory by popular vote which earned them a marketing deal that included a fully funded and fly music video directed by Andrew Gura (Madlib, MF DOOM, Nas etc.) The success of their video and the quality of their then-finished debut LP in turn grabbed the attention of DJ Ese, the man behind Brooklyn’s Embedded Records, who released Feeding Einstein in November of 2005 to critical acclaim. Now they’re famous. That was easy.

Their sophomore record, Gran'Dad's Nerve Tonic, is due out in October on Definitive Jux (licensed from Embedded). The album is pure Junk Science; a clever patchwork of tightly conceptual tracks woven together by the theme of the Tonic itself and the duo's signature, intentionally dusty, lo-fi sound. According to emcee Baje One, "It's not a record about alcohol or alcoholism per se, as much as the record itself is the drink that me and Snafu needed and couldn't find anywhere on the shelves." In promotion of the record, and in keeping with Junk Science and (Embedded CEO) DJ Ese's love of beer, the three have teamed up with up-and-coming Brooklyn brewery Six Points Craft Ales to create a limited-release brew to coincide with the release of the album. The beer will be available in a limited bottling and on tap in bars and restaurants around NYC.

And now, some FUN facts about Junk Science:

• Baje One and DJ Snafu are both members of Brooklyn’s oft-celebrated crew: NUCLEAR FAMILY aka Nuk Fam.

• Baje and Snaf share the same birthday, March 15th, which is coincidentally also The Ides Of March, the date in 44 BC that marks the assassination of Julius Caesar. Perhaps one day Baje One will kill Snafu or vice versa. Only time will tell.

• Both members share a love for video games (Snafu was a game critic for years), craft beers, and intelligent stupidity.

• Junk Science have toured the East and West coasts and have shared stages with such acts as Ghostface Killah, The Beatnuts, The Pharcyde, Non Phixion, Mr. Lif, The Perceptionists, Edan, Souls of Mischief, The Coup, and many more. In promotion of the new record, they plan to tour the nation and travel abroad as well.

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Contact: Michelle McDevitt 718.768.7275 michelle@audibletreats.com

 

Gran'Dad's Nerve Tonic track listing with commentary from Baje One:

 

1. Slojo

2. Pop Rocks

3. Do It Easy

4. Words From The Pedro (feat. Cool Calm Pete) - "In the style of those old St. Ide's commercials, Cool Calm Pete hawks the Nerve Tonic to the listener. Thematic track. If the album was a room, this song would be the rug that ties everything together."

5. Woodchucks (feat. Loer Velocity)

6. Glass House (feat. MC K~Swift & Cavalier) - "Guest friend rappers appear, touching on subject of world as a glass house built on stereotypes and falsehoods that we invite the listener to help us destroy. From the hook: 'I hope you don't feel this is your property / Livin in a glass house, come rock with me...'"

7. Whatever's Classico

8. Jerry McGuire - "About telling the world to consider quitting their job in several steps. I kind of position myself as the pied piper of unemployment.

9. Hey (feat. Scott Thorough)

10. That Being Said (feat. Iller Than Theirs) - "Song is meant to sound triumphant and live. Chorus lyrics are motivational to the crowd... 'So that being said / Snaf made a track to get your ass outta bed / A lil boom bap to put a snap in your neck / So take a lil swagger, put it back in your step / (I'm) Not the type of cat that wanna rap till he dead / Or make you wait to catch what I actually meant / This is me, upfront, right here, right now / Everybody up front, we rockin till the lights out...'"

11. Third-Person Stealth

12. Slouchtro - "The outro track, really just talking about life and growing up and trying to make my life happen the way I want it to. 'And the fact of the matter just a matter of fact that needs raisin / Like a man leavin the hood that he stays in / Like I'm too damn old to be runnin around actin like one of these kids that needs raisin.' Also the goal of the song is to kind of sum up what Junk Science means. Song starts with 'What's a Junk Science? / All the kids wanna know...' and ends with 'The most beautifullest sounds to come from household appliances / There, there you have it, that's what motherfuckin science is!'"

13. The Effects of the Nerve Tonic

14. Bonus - Do It Easy (Daedelus Remix)

 

Nuclear Family (Nuk Fam for short) is a musical collective of seven guys from New York who make hip-hop music with a decidedly honest, down-to-earth approach. They cast aside tough-guy posturing and self-referential boringness in favor of tongue-in-cheek humor and humble personal expression.

 

The music has the aesthetic of early 90's boom-bap hip-hop, but Nuk Fam has no interest in being sound preservationists or genre purists. 'Cause fuck that. Their music and highly charged live performances often take turns towards places and ideas that are “un-hip-hop." But by simply being themselves, Nuk Fam feels they are staying truer to the spirit of a music whose roots lie in innovation and rebelliousness.

 

Known for their impressive live shows, Nuk Fam draws songs from all of its members and individual projects and weaves them together so as to create a truly memorable experience for the party people. With a captivating sound all their own and a seemingly limitless supply of energy and hustle, this should be a good year for the boys from Brooklyn.

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