Max Tannone

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Residing in New York City, budding music producer Max Tannone has taken the sounds of his hometown heroes and crafted them into a number of unique remix albums. In early 2009 with “Jaydiohead”, Max combined the sounds of rap king Jay-Z and British rockers Radiohead. Catching the ears of MTV, NBC, hundreds of blogs, music news sites, and vinyl bootleggers, the project had Jay-Z himself even tweeting “There are 3 or 4 real gems on Jaydiohead.”

Following Jaydiohead, the Beastie Boys contacted Max in spring 2009 for a special remix within a remix to promote the re-release of their seminal “Check Your Head” album. Entitled “Doublecheck Your Head”, the project weaves tracks from “Check Your Head” into themselves.

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Max’s Mos Dub project hit in spring 2010. It merged the styles of Brooklyn legend Mos Def with dub reggae masters like King Tubby, Scientist, and Lee “Scratch” Perry. The sequel, Dub Kweli, featuring Mos Def’s oft-partner in crime Talib Kweli, was released in late August of 2010. In February 2011, Max released Selene, a five song EP inspired by the science fiction movie Moon. July 2011 saw Max releasing Ghostfunk, combining rapper Ghostface Killah with vintage African funk and rock music.

Max also DJs, makes original music, and remixes for other artists.
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Discography:

[/B][B][URL="http://www.maxtannone.com/projects/miccheck1234"]Mic Check 1234![/URL][/B]
Mic Check 1234! is a remix album consisting of rap and punk music. Great rap and great punk both make you want to affect change, to rebel against the status quo, or to simply just get up and move. This project pairs my favorite emcees’ most socio-political material with some of the best punk bands ever. [I](2012)
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Ghostfunk[/URL][/B]
Ghostfunk combines Wu-Tang artist Ghostface Killah with the sounds of vintage African funk, highlife, and psychedelic rock music. [I](2011)
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Selene[/URL][/B]
Inspired by the 2009 sci-fi movie [I]Moon[/I] written and directed by Duncan Jones, Selene is a five track hip-hop EP that samples the film’s original score written by Clint Mansell. A collaboration with rapper Richard Rich. [I](2011)
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Dub Kweli[/URL][/B]
Following in the footsteps of Mos Dub, Dub Kweli lets Talib Kweli rock the mic to some dubbed out beats. [I](2010)
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Mos Dub[/URL][/B]
A reggae inspired remix album that marries hip-hop artist Mos Def with the sounds of dub reggae. [I](2010)
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Doublecheck Your Head[/URL][/B]
You may recognize what is inside the blender, it’s the Beastie Boys’ album Check Your Head! Here I combined the Beasties with themselves by sampling material from Check Your Head. [I](2009)[/I]
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Jaydiohead[/URL][/B]
Jaydiohead is a series of two remix albums that merge Jay-Z with Radiohead. [I](2009)

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Personally, I [B]REALLY [/B]like Mic Check 1234! The man is great at what he does, some of the best remixes I've ever heard.