ASM (A State of Mind)

ASM, ASM (a state of mind), ASM - a state of mind, a state of mind or simply state of mind is an international Hip hop act, their music is considered Alternative Hip hop, but draws influences from other genres like Reggae and Jazz. They consist of two MCs, Benjamin Bambach alias Green T or GT Lovecraft from Canada and Maik Schindler alias FP respectively Funk.E Poet from Germany, as well as producer/beatmaker Adam Simmons alias Rhino or Fade from England. Since 2019 they are signed to Chinese Man Records, a French Indie-label run by Chinese Man.[1]

History

The group members met in Frankfurt, where they went to school together. They soon started listening to Hip Hop music and where influenced especially by Old-school hip hop.[2]

They first gained international recognition for collaborating with Wax Tailor and made an appearance on his albums Hope & Sorrow and In The Mood For Life in 2007 and 2009. Soon after they released their first EP Pre-Emptive Nostalgia which they had produced together with Skrein.

ASM's first solo-album Platypus Funk was released in 2013, followed by their second album Crown Yard the same year. In 2015 they released their most ambitious and successful project to date, the album The Jade Amulet, in which a fictional story is told, set in the likewise fictional ancient kingdom of Vabaria. The story is spun around Shalim Tan Suo, last of the clan Tan Suo, spoken by FP. Green T guides from a narrative perspective through the album, other artists like MF DOOM as the tyrant King Dumile, Mattic as the king's son Rongon The Conqueror as well as other artists (Mighty Diamonds, Laura Mayne, Kain The Poet, Astrid Engberg, and Lilliboy Deluxe) set characters into music. The album was realized with the help of an orchestra. Additionally they created a beer, which shall resemble Belko Brew, a fictional beverage from Bavaria, and a comic book for the story.[3][4]

In 2016 ASM turned to their roots in boom bap again, leading to their EP String Theory.[5] In 2017 the groups MC's accompanied Chinese Man, a Trip hop trio from Marseilles, on their Shikantaza-tour, following their assignment to Chinese Man Records in 2019. Soon after ASM released their fourth album Colour Wheel under the label's name.

Other projects

Schindler and Bambach are members of the alternative hip hop trio Clouds In A Headlock, where they appear under the names Éph and Lovecraft. Rapper Mattic completes the group, which released their debut ASMATTIC VOL 1 in April 2020.

They are featured on tracks with the likes of The Waxidermist, Daylight Robbery!, Smokey Joe & The Kid, Chinese Man, La Fine Equipe, Wax Tailor and Antiloops

Simmons apart from ASM pursues a solo carrier under his stage name Rhino and is part of the Jukebox Champions, together with Blanka from La Fine Equipe.

Bambach further is a co-founder of Makoto Wagyu, a shop for ecological beef.[6]

Discography

Albums
  • 2013: Platypus Funk
  • 2013: Crown Yard
  • 2015: The Jade Amulet
  • 2019: Colour Wheel

EP's
  • 2009: Pre-Emptive Nostalgia
  • 2016: String Theory

Singles
  • 2010: Root To The Fruit (feat. Wildchild)
  • 2013: Higher Horse
  • 2015: Dilemma
  • 2019: Grape
  • 2019: Azure
  • 2019: Burgundy
  • 2019: Vertigo
  • 2019: Chekhov

References
  1. "ASM". CHINESE MAN RECORDS (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  2. "ASM (A State of Mind) - interview - on "The Jade Amulet", MF Doom (Hip Hop Kemp 2016)". Youtube. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  3. "ASM (A State of Mind) - Create their own beer!". Youtube. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  4. "THE JADE AMULET (CD, Vinyl, Digital), by ASM (A STATE OF MIND)". ASM (A STATE OF MIND). Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  5. "ASM (A State of Mind) - Interview". Youtube. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  6. "Home". MAKOTO. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
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