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Akouo
Genre: Hip Hop
Region: North East Tasmania, TAS
Members: Akouo
Sounds Like: Copperpot, dj shadow, No I.D.
Influences: Pete Rock, Marco Polo, Jurassic 5
Artist Website: www.myspace.com/akouo

Unearthed Artists We Like: Crytearia , Unleash the Nugget , Phatchance , Dunn D


Tasmanian producer and DJ 'Akouo (pronounced: A-koo-oh)' (Ryan Farrington) began his musical career as an amature lead guitarist, "performing" in local bands around Launceston throughout the late 90s but he began DJing in early 2003, spinning underground US and Australian hip hop at local house parties. In 2004, the now 19 yr old beat maker/MC/DJ joined fellow Launceston MCs Azrael and Ethics to form the live hip hop outfit 'Altrueism' in which he performed as an MC under the moniker 'Mynse'. Throughout 2005, the three toured and performed along side the likes of Bliss n Eso, Phrase, Heads of State, Tom Thum (Tommy Illfigga), among others, and produced songs based on politics, honest living and social conditions. After releasing a short run of demos and appearing on Alleyway Crawlerz Mixtapes (Volumes 1 & 2), the group continued to perfom shows locally until the beginning 2006, after which the members broke away to persue other passions. But Ryan didn't stop, and still going under the MC moniker 'Mynse', he immediately started work on his solo street release titled 'The Mynstrual Cycle', which he produced entirely himself. The album was released and distributed independently through his newly formed production label 'Altrueistic Recordings' in February 2007. Mynse followed the release up with a string of live performances around Tasmania and Victoria alongside acts such as Pegz, Funkoars, Vents, Bias B, Muph & Plutonic, and Bigfoot, solidifying his name as one of Tassie's hardest working hip hop acts in 2007. In 2008, aside from performing underground DJ sets alongside acts like The Tongue, Diafrix, Reason, Ciecmate, Elf Tranzporter, Wasabi and running his own record store titled Loose Change Records, Ryan has put down the mic for a minute and is tucked away in the lab, solely focusing on production and live DJ sets. The next year or two are looking bright for Ryan, as he works on his debut beats, compilation style album, which will be titled 'Outwit the Muscle', his first release under the production moniker 'Akouo' and is pencilled in to be completed by late 2008. Ryan is also hard at work on production for a number of Australian hip hop releases over the coming months, so stay tuned, watch the blogs, and don't sleep!

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Played on triple j Lazy Days ft. Dunn D & Jonny Hack Mature Content
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March On ft. Azrael
rating:  5/5
Akouo is a dope producer and Azreal is def an unknown mc that needs to be recognized! Much respect for my tassie brotha!
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Lazy Days ft. Dunn D & Jonny Hack
rating:  5/5
Awesome track! im feelin ur beats hey! keen to see if your up to sellin a few check out my style www.triplejunearthed.com/eskatology09




March On ft. Azrael
rating:  5/5
Jayzuz christ... Some of the best god damn lyrics I've ever heard!!




March On ft. Azrael
rating:  5/5
Everything about this track is dope. The Beat is refreshingly original and evocative. Lyrically Azreal has some real poetical lines that put forward ...
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