Figure of Speech

Hip Hop / Drum n' Bass / Progressive

Worldwide, Japan

Billboard

FIGURE OF SPEECH is Shinji Moriwaki, a hip-hop and drum 'n' bass emcee whose rhyme style is characterised by politically charged/socially conscious lyrics. In addition to being a solo performer, Speech is also a current member of a Malaysian drum 'n' bass crew known as THE WORKS.

Collaborators/Guilty Parties/Co-Defendants:

CODY has been at the forefront of the Malaysian drum 'n' bass community for the past decade. Beginning in his native Ipoh in 1997, Cody has gone on to produce drum 'n' bass compositions for the Loops Collective, as well as The Rebel Scum, and has crafted sound design projects for feature films, television dramas and corporate videos. His body of work culminated in his being mentioned by world-renowned, urban music publication KNOWLEDGE MAGAZINE in 2005, as one of the pioneers of Malaysian drum 'n' bass.

CLIQ does not let his youth get the better of him, displaying as he does a maturity of thought in his body of work and his musical direction. By age 17, he was already collaborating with Malaysian drum 'n' bass heavyweights Spacebar Collective at Elevation Genting, and has worked extensively with the Loops Collective and Beatmonkey, as well as showcasing his turntablism skills at numerous hip-hop events. Due to his rapid progress in scratch DJing, in 2005 Cliq was recruited by local underground hip-hop crew The Rebel Scum.

INFLUENCES:

Agalloch, Beth Gibbons, Blue Sky Black Death, Brother Ali, Cannibal Ox, Cinematic Orchestra, Collective Efforts, Common, Dead Prez, Divine Styler, DJ Hidden, DJ Krush, DJ Premier, Ed Rush and Optical, El-P, Fanu, Gang Starr, Gil Scott-Heron, Good Looking Records, Guru, Immortal Technique, Jedi Mind Tricks, Jeff Buckley, Kool Keith, KRS-One, Liane Carroll, London Elektricity, LTJ Bukem, MC Conrad, Medusa, Nas, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Nine Inch Nails, Ninja Tune, Novembers Doom, Organized Konfusion, Paris, Pharoahe Monch, Pink Floyd, Portishead, Public Enemy, Rakim, RJD2, Stamina MC, Stoupe, Ursula Rucker, Violence Recordings, Virgin Black, Wise Intelligent, Xploding Plastix

FILMS and DIRECTORS:

Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu, American History X, Amores Perros, Audition, Bad Lieutenant, Casino, Children of Men, City of God, Cry Freetown, David Lynch, Dead Man's Shoes, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, The Devils, Do the Right Thing, Dr. Strangelove, George A. Romero, Gummo, Hanabi, Happiness, Harmony Korine, Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies, His Big White Self, Julien Donkey-Boy, La Haine, Lost Highway, Louis Theroux, Magnolia, Martin Scorsese, Mean Streets, Nil By Mouth, Paul Thomas Anderson, The Proposition, Raging Bull, Requiem for a Dream, Romper Stomper, Scum, Shane Meadows, Spike Lee, Stanley Kubrick, Takeshi Kitano, Taxi Driver, Trainspotting, Zatoichi