Camp Gitmo: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2021)
A free giveaway CD-R, Camp Gitmo is a mixtape—by Elmo Townsend, for a faux 80s summer camp horror movie set in the summers of 1987 & 2020. #cinematicsoul #beatpoetry
The mashup started with the "Shimmy Rock (Summer Camp Rap)", which set the main theme for the rest of the concept soundtrack. It's a simulated, "deepfake" version of how the song might have actually sounded, if it had been finally unearthed on some children's 7 inch from the 60s.
But juxtaposed against the backdrop of a summer camp horror movie, it assumes a looming ominousness, like that afforded Mr. Sandman, by it's use in Halloween, or the foreboding nursery rhymes haunted by the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.
Combining cinematic soul instrumentals with vintage spoken word poetry, the rest of the hip hop dub follows through with the "60s rap" deepfake approach, also being thematically linked—by the subjects of summer nights, and the struggle of minorities in the face of oppression. #langstonhughes #richarddedeaux #anthonyhamilton #otissmith #sidneypoitier #gwendolynbrooks #mayaangelou
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Related: The Deebster was... also the drummer for The Sugar Gliders, the house band of the BRC (Broke Rappers Coalition), a group of about 10 MC's which included Krukid, Duckman, Harsh, Cornbread, Pauly Walnuts, Jonah, and Text (aka Swords) among others. Following an appearance on The Duckman Show, which used the song The Future Is Now for its opening theme, several BRC members supplied vocals for the closing instrumental (1981) of the first Eureka Brown set, at Mike 'n' Molly's, where they were joined also by turntablist Larry Gates of Curb Service (post Lorenzo Goetz).
In the midst of the sudden flurry of shows that followed, Eureka Brown, who Mike Ingram called "the closest thing CU has to the mysterious band member mystique that comes with a band like the Gorillaz," quickly found acceptance throughout the CU underground punk and hip hop music scene. For one BRC show Eureka, who was deemed Pepperglider, actually filled in for Sugar Gliders guitarist Hayden Cler (of JigGsaw). The main event born of this alliance was a free end-of-the-year Eureka Brown organized beer garden (non) extravaganza (really), Freebie Kicks, which included Jonah collaborators Kristov's Agenda, Text, Cornbread, The Sugar Gliders, and Krukid—who, having recently opened for The Roots (without The Sugar Gliders), arrived in a limousine; independently of his backing band. The show, which proved to be The Sugar Gliders last, was rained out and cut short due to internal dissent relating to the limousine stunt...
The Digitalia Records label... was poised to work with some time Triple Whip collaborator Jeck (of Q101's Friday Flow; who Brandon Washington once called CU hip-hop's "new underground hero") on The High Street Orchestra's sophomore release Mixed Nuts, featuring Duckman, Harsh (whose Eat Up EP largely motivated Jeck to record When Eggs Go Rotten, on which Harsh also appears), Text, and beat maestro Tim Baily. Duckman had previously used an Invisible beat for his International Bomb Squad track 99 Victims and a Bag Full of Guns, while the last High Street Orchestra track, Blue Roses, which was dedicated to Herbert Cibul, the late psychiatrist of both Chris Jeckel and the late Harold Ramis (aka Egon), had used the Invisible beat Top Notch off Invisibility...
After a potential slot at the Canadian Sled Island Festival fell through, The Deebster moved to LA amidst fizzling discussions of an expanded line-up that would have included The Sugar Gliders keyboard player Daniel Modica (of Kristov's Agenda), and live shows came to a halt during the summer of 2009. At that same time Eureka had just given an interview on a blog called Rebuilding Year which was evidently shut down shortly thereafter due to copyright related complaints following a nearly simultaneous interview with 4AD artist tUnE-yArDs.
The Deebster returned briefly for a reunion appearance at a Mike 'n' Molly's benefit show with Brother Embassy on the eve of August 1st, the date generally used to indicate the final mix of Digitalia, though the exact release date is not certain. For the very last show on September 11th 2009 Eureka played a solo set on drums (with the Touch for a backing band) at The Red Herring (the vegetarian restaurant in the basement of the Channing Murray) with Krukid (aka Uganda's Gospel rapper, Edwin Ruyonga)—who has shared the stage with The Roots, Wu-Tang Clan, and Lupe Fiasco, performed at Millennium Park, and worked with Rhymesaysers, the independent hip hop record label based in Minneapolis.
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