Dual Core (hip hop duo)

Dual Core is a hip hop duo composed of American rapper int eighty (David Martinjak) and British producer c64 (Chris Hunger). Their music is often categorised as nerdcore (a subgenre of hip hop music).

Dual Core
int eighty of Dual Core performing at the Electronic Frontier Foundation's 21st birthday party. 2011. Photo by Tim Wayne.
Background information
OriginCincinnati, United States & Manchester, United Kingdom
GenresHip hop, Nerdcore rap
Years active2007 (2007)–present
Websitedualcoremusic.com
Members
  • int eighty
  • c64

History

Martinjak, from Cincinnati, met Hunger, from Manchester, in 2003 on an online music forum.[1] They collaborate via the internet to produce their music. Hunger produces beats and sends the files to Martinjak, who records his vocals and uploads them to a server, Hunger downloads these files and uses them to mix the tracks.[1] Dual Core are unusual for a nerdcore act in that it is composed of a rapper and a producer; most nerdcore rappers also produce their own beats.[2] Martinjak and Hunger did not physically meet until after 2007.[3] The song "All the Things" appears in 2016 video game Watch Dogs 2.

Band members
  • int eighty (sometimes "int80") — David Martinjak[1]
  • c64 — Chris Hunger[1]

int eighty's stage name is based on a Linux assembly instruction ("technically 'int 0x80.'") while c64 refers to both the Commodore 64 computer and a combination of his first initial and his height (6 ft 4 in).[3]

Discography

References
  1. Dobbbins, Geoffrey (March 2009). "Digital Underground". Cincinnati. Vol. 42 no. 6. p. 32. ISSN 0746-8210.
  2. Sewell, Amanda (2015). "Nerdcore hip hop". In Williams, Justin A. (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Hip-Hop. Cambridge Companions to Music. Cambridge University Press. p. 227. ISBN 9781107037465.
  3. Terdiman, Daniel (March 28, 2011). "Dual Core rocks the 'nerdcore' hip hop stylings (Q&A)". CNET. Retrieved April 22, 2015.


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