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Musical artist
Blockhead (born October 8, 1976),
[5]
[6]
[7] is an American hip hop record producer and DJ from
Manhattan ,
New York . Aside from his solo efforts released on the
Ninja Tune label, he is most associated with producing tracks for
Aesop Rock .
[8] He has been a member of the groups such as
Party Fun Action Committee
[9] and The Mighty Jones.
[10]
Biography
Simon was born and raised in
Downtown Manhattan .
[11] He is the son of the late
Sidney Simon , a well-known sculptor in
New York City , and Renee Adriance, a social worker.
[12] He has one brother and five half siblings.
[12] At a young age, he loved hip hop in both the lyrical and musical aspects.
[11] In his early teens, Simon and his friends formed a group called the Overground, where he started making music.
[11] As an aspiring rapper, he enrolled in
Boston University and encountered
Aesop Rock , another BU student.
[13] At this point, Simon quit rapping and focused on producing music.
[13] According to him, his stage name comes from the shape of his head: "While it's not square, it's pretty close."
[14]
Discography
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Broke Beats (2001)
The Block Is Hot (2004)
Block in the Box (2005)
The Block Is Hot Pt. 2 (2005)
Peanuts in Your Mouth (2007)
Quar and Peace (2020)
EPs
Preparing for Capture (2012) (with
Illogic )
Preparing for Capture 2 (2012) (with Illogic)
After Capture (2013) (with Illogic)
Tiny Bubbles (2020)
Singles
"Insomniac Olympics" (2003)
"Sunday Seance" / "Jet Son" (2004)
"Expiration Date" (2005)
"Alright" (2006)
"Nobody's Smiling" (2007) (with
DJ Signify )
Productions
Aesop Rock - "1,000 Deaths" from
Appleseed (1999)
Aesop Rock - "Commencement at the Obedience Academy", "I'll Be OK", "Basic Cable", "Oxygen", "Spare a Match", "Attention Span", "Drawbridge", and "The Mayor and the Crook" from
Float (2000)
Aesop Rock - "Daylight", "Save Yourself", "Flashflood", "No Regrets", "The Tugboat Complex Pt. 3", "Bent Life", "The Yes and the Y'All", "9-5ers Anthem", and "Shovel" from
Labor Days (2001)
Aesop Rock - "Daylight", "Night Light", "Forest Crunk", and "Maintenance" from
Daylight (2002)
Lodeck - "I Pollute" from Bash It (2002)
Murs - "Happy Pillz" from
The End of the Beginning (2002)
S.A. Smash - "Love to Fuck" from
Smashy Trashy (2003)
Aesop Rock - "Cook It Up", "Babies with Guns", and "11:35" from
Bazooka Tooth (2003)
Lodeck - "Applause", "Feed Me Grapes", and "Beautiful Disease" from Dream Dentistry (2003)
Vordul Mega - "Struggles" from
The Revolution of Yung Havoks (2004)
Cryptic One - "Apocalypse Zone", "Unicycle", "Bicycle", and "Tricycle" from The Anti-Mobius Strip Theory (2004)
Cage - "Too Heavy for Cherubs", "Stripes", and "Scenster" from
Hell's Winter (2005)
Illogic - "An Ocean" from
Write to Death (2005)
Aesop Rock - "Fast Cars", "Number Nine", and "Holy Smokes" from
Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives (2005)
Despot - "Crxp Artists" and "Substance D" (2006)
Aesop Rock - "None Shall Pass", "Bring Back Pluto", "Fumes", "Getaway Car", "The Harbor Is Yours", "No City", and "Coffee" from
None Shall Pass (2007)
Hangar 18 - "The West Wing" and "Room to Breathe" from
Sweep the Leg (2007)
Isaiah Toothtaker - "Winds Know Better" and "Tucson AZ" from Murs 3:16 Presents (2008)
DJ Signify - "Costume Kids" and "1993" from
Of Cities (2009)
Open Mike Eagle - "Billy's Quagmire" from Extended Nightmares Getdown: The Dark Blue Door (2011)
Armand Hammer - "The Press" from Half Measures (2013)
Billy Woods - Dour Candy (2013)
Aesop Rock - "Cat Food" (2014)
Armand Hammer - "F.U.B.U." from Furtive Movements (2014)
Aesop Rock &
Homeboy Sandman - "Environmental Studies" from Lice (2015)
Billy Woods - "Bicycles", "True Stories", and "Good Night" from Today, I Wrote Nothing (2015)
Marq Spekt - "Still Right In" from Bionic Jazz (2016)
Googie - "Big Mouth Arcade" and "Googie Architecture" (2016)
Billy Woods - Known Unknowns (2017)
Billy Woods - "That Was Then", "Birdsong", and "Suzerain" from Terror Management (2019)
Remixes
The Majesticons - "Suburb Party (Blockhead Remix)" (2003)
Her Space Holiday - "Meet the Pressure (Blockhead Remix)" from The Young Machines Remixed (2004)
Cool Calm Pete - "Lost (Blockhead Remix)" (2005)
Omega One - "Off the Horizon (Blockhead Remix)" from Memento (2006)
Lodeck - "Na Lubom Yazike (Blockhead Remix)" and "Demon Strait (Blockhead Remix)" from Behold (2007)
Del the Funkee Homosapien - "Foot Down (Blockhead Remix)" (2008)
Yameen - "Fire (Blockhead Remix)" from Never Knows More (2009)
Nacho Picasso - "Benjamin Segal (Blockhead Remix)" from For the Glory (2011)
Emancipator - "Nevergreen (Blockhead Remix)" from Remixes (2011)
DJ Cam - "Love (Blockhead Remix)" from Remixed (2013)
The Difference Machine - "A Night in the Life of the Day Tripper (Blockhead Remix)" from Triangle Schemes (2017)
Anomie Belle - "Right Way (Blockhead Remix)" from Flux (2018)
Aesop Rock - "Pigs (Blockhead Remix)" from The Recycling Bin (2022)
Aesop Rock - "Defender (Blockhead Remix)" from The Recycling Bin (2022)
Aesop Rock - "Kodokushi (Blockhead Remix)" from The Recycling Bin (2022)
References
^ Eustice, Kyle (March 7, 2017).
"Blockhead Officially Reveals Upcoming Album Title & Denies He's A Terrible Human Being" .
HipHopDX . Retrieved May 1, 2017 .
^ Gargan, Scott (December 11, 2012).
"Hip hop producer Blockhead brings beats to Fairfield Theatre Company" .
SFGate . Retrieved May 1, 2017 .
^ Timm, Averie (April 18, 2012).
"Blockhead is Inspired by Public Access" .
Interview . Retrieved May 1, 2017 .
^ Swenson, Kyle (February 1, 2010).
"Prison Break: Blockhead Takes the Shackles Off of His Super-Restricted Sampling Process" .
Electronic Musician . Retrieved September 2, 2017 .
^ @AesopRockWins (October 8, 2015).
"Happy Birthday to my old friend @BlockheadNYC. That's my G right there" (
Tweet ) – via
Twitter .
^ @BlockheadNYC (September 27, 2011).
"Just found out Nick Cannon and I share the same birthday. Fuck my parents" (
Tweet ) – via
Twitter .
^ @BlockheadNYC (November 27, 2013).
"@ArmchairHater I'm 37 years old. I have no clue who any of those people are" (
Tweet ) – via
Twitter .
^ Balfour, Jay (May 26, 2013).
"Blockhead Names His Top 5 Hip Hop Albums" .
HipHopDX . Retrieved June 7, 2017 .
^ Bush, John.
"Party Fun Action Committee - Biography" .
AllMusic . Retrieved June 7, 2017 .
^
"The Mighty Jones Album "Gone Long" is here!" . Phat Friend . December 1, 2015. Archived from
the original on August 31, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2017 .
^
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b
c
"Blockhead" .
Ninja Tune . Retrieved June 7, 2017 .
^
a
b Dobrzynski, Judith H. (August 8, 1997).
"Sidney Simon, Sculptor, 80; Founded School" .
The New York Times . Retrieved June 7, 2017 .
^
a
b Whitefield, Bryan (December 6, 2005).
"Blockhead: Feeling his way (Part 2 of 2)" . Prefix . Retrieved June 7, 2017 .
^
"Blockhead Biography" .
Artistdirect . Retrieved June 7, 2017 .
^
"Space Werewolves Will be the End of Us All, by Blockhead" .
^
"Garbology by Aesop Rock & Blockhead" . 12 November 2021.
External links
International National Artists