Cut Chemist
Also Known As: Lucas MacFadden, Lucas Christian McFadden, DJ Cut Chemist
Biography: Born Lucas Macfadden in Hollywood, CA, Cut Chemist has been recording and performing for nearly 30 years. Known as a turntablist, he started his journey into djing at age 11. By the time he was 14 year old, Cut started recording with his friends (including Chali 2na of Jurassic 5) in an inclosed sun patio that his dad converted into a small make-shift recording studio. By age 21, Cut was a founding member of both the rap group Jurassic 5 and the Grammy award winning Latin funk outfit, Ozomatli. His involvement with both groups helped develop a taste for music and rhythms from around the world while keeping his passion for the hip hop tradition. His mix-tapes and remixes became critically acclaimed. His ‘Chemist’ moniker was fully realized with his instrumental, Lesson 6: The Lecture. In the years following, Cut started a series of mix cds with DJ Shadow using all 45s. Brainfreeze, Product Placement and The Hard Sell, the last of which debuted and headlined at the world famous Hollywood Bowl. Cut’s solo album journey would begin with The Audience is Listening which was released on Warner Bros in 2006. Following his major label stint, he decided to create his own boutique label that would allow him more freedom. Sound Of The Police, Funk Off Mega Mix & his sophomore solo album, Die Cut were his most notable releases. Although these albums may sound very different from one another, they all have a single thing that ties them together - Cut Chemist pushes boundaries on all of them, testing our musical palates while introducing us to obscure musical finds.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hollywood, CA
Birthday: Not available
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Gender: Male
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Jennifer's Body
Overview: Jennifer, a gorgeous, seductive cheerleader takes evil to a whole new level after she's possessed by a sinister demon. Now it's up to her best friend to stop Jennifer's reign of terror before it's too late.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-18
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Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande
Overview: In the racially turbulent UK of the early 70s, a group of black musicians came together in South London with a common love of rhythms and a message of peace. Cymande – with the dove as their symbol – combined jazz, funk, soul and Caribbean grooves to form a unique sound. Despite success in the USA they faced indifference in their native Britain, becoming disillusioned and disbanding. But the music lived on, as new generations of artists imbibed and reworked their pioneering sounds in fresh ways. From Soul II Soul to De La Soul, MC Solaar to The Fugees, the Dove had spread Cymande's message far and wide, prompting their return after forty years. This is their story.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-02-16
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This Is the Life
Overview: In 1989, a collective of young hip hop artists gathered at a health food café in South Central Los Angeles. Their mandate? To reject gang culture and expand the musical boundaries of hip hop. DuVernay's documentary chronicles the historic legacy of the Good Life Cafe — the open mic nights that became an L.A. institution, the eclectic array of talented young MCs that emerged there, the alternative hip hop movement they developed, and their worldwide influence on the artform.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-08
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DJ Dusk's Root Down Soundclash
Overview: In 2001, the Los Angeles club the Root Down put on their first of a three part series called "Sound Clash." It featured Madlib and Cut Chemist going head to head; beat for beat for respect in front of a packed club. Each of the tracks had never been released and with each of the three rounds, the excitement rose.. Mochilla never intended to release this DVD but since the tragic passing of DJ Dusk, they felt it was important to honor his legacy and share his gifts. This is for him: no edits, no overdubs, and no interruptions - just raw Hip Hop at its most exciting, vital and real.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-18
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Juno
Overview: Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, sixteen year old high-schooler, Juno MacGuff, makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-05
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Never Been Kissed
Overview: Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school to research contemporary teenage culture. With the help of her brother, Rob, Josie infiltrates the inner circle of the most popular clique on campus. But she hits a major snag in her investigation -- not to mention her own failed love life -- when she falls for her dreamy English teacher, Sam Coulson.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-09
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Renegades of Rhythm
Overview: Utilizing vinyl borrowed exclusively from Afrika Bambaataa's historic and genre-defining record collection, DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist's acclaimed Renegades Of Rhythm set touches down in Oakland, California in this professionally-documented film experience. You're there in the audience as the two DJ's unravel the evolution of Hip-Hop music and culture, using the same artifacts that helped create it. "Not just any records- the MASTER OF RECORDS' records."
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
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Up in the Air
Overview: Corporate downsizing expert Ryan Bingham spends his life in planes, airports, and hotels, but just as he’s about to reach a milestone of ten million frequent flyer miles, he meets a woman who causes him to rethink his transient life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-04
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DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist: Product Placement on Tour
Overview: This DVD follows DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist on a limited tour of their "Product Placement" mix sessions. These sessions are only two DJs, four turntables, and all 7" 45 rpm records. The dual virtuosos of the turntables wow crowds from Tokyo, London, and San Francisco.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist present: Hard Sell At The Hollywood Bowl
Overview: It's June 24, 2007; DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist are turning the world-famous Hollywood Bowl into a transforming jukebox. Blazing through musical genres with dexterity and wit, they are accompanied by live visuals and animation, 8 turntables, and... of course... an unhealthy quantity of 45's. Join 15,000 spectators as "the greatest team in the history of mass slaughter" present the exciting world of sound!
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-04-01
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DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist - Freeze
Overview: Features the last ever "Brainfreeze" set by Shadow and Cut Chemist in its entirety, along with performances by Z-Trip, Nu-Mark, Marvski, Dante, and others
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-26
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Coachella
Overview: Filmmaker Drew Thomas brings California's popular Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival to the screen with a different kind of musical documentary that not only showcases performances by some of the hottest acts to take the stage, but offers interviews with such musical icons as Beck, Joshua Homme, Mos Def, and Perry Farrell as well. From English icon Morrissey's performance at the inaugural Coachella Festival back in 1999 to Canadian indie rockers the Arcade Fire's electric 2005 set, the musical acts featured here run the gamut from hip-hop to alternative and virtually everything in between. Other artists featured include the Pixies, the Flaming Lips, Kool Keith, Radiohead, Saul Williams, and Squarepusher.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-09
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