Band, *1996 US, San Francisco
Hip-Hop/Rap
Formed in San Francisco's Bay Area, Live Human form a 3-piece experimental hip-hop ensemble, consisting of Albert Mathias (drums) and Andrew Kushin (upright bass), alongside Carlos Aguiler (aka DJ Quest) - a member of Battle DJ collectives, The Space Travellers and The Bulletproof Scratch Hamsters. A former DMC champion, who's beaten off the likes of The Invisibl Skratch Picklz, in Live Human Quest acts as a pure turntablist, relying solely on his amazing sleights of wrist to flesh out Mathias and Kushin's loose, live beats n' bass chassis with a stunning, spontaneous display of scratchadelic skills. Check out the brief but awesome 'G-Shroom' for a stunning example of these skills - vinyl source material is chopped around and transformed, pushed and pulled to form a mad, sliced-up flow. Occupying a unique space in the genres of both free-improvised jazz and hip-hop, Live Human's performance consists of a free-flowing flux, with no instrument subordinate to any other.
![]() | DJ Quest ttbl *1971 US |
![]() | Andrew Kushin b, str |
![]() | Albert Mathias perc, dr |
Track list and 30sec audio provided by
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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scratchBop | Live Human | 2017 | Album |
Breakseven [Remixes] | Live Human | 2007 | Album |
Breakseven | Live Human | 2004 | Album |
Live Human Live | Live Human | 2002 | Album |
Elephants' Bliss / Lesson # 7 | Live Human | 2001 | Album |
Elefish Jellyphant | Live Human | 2000 | Album |
Orange Bush Monkey Flower | Live Human | 1999 | Album |
Monostereosis: The New Victrola Method | Live Human | 1999 | Album |
Improvisessions | Live Human | 1998 | Album |
Live Human | Live Human | 1997 | Album |