Like Minds
    Two friends and a common desire to create something unique and meaningful: that shared goal united MC E-Prez and DJ Lowphat sometime around 2003.  Lowphat had been DJ'ing shows and writing music for several years while E-Pres had been crafting thoughtful rhymes and performing at open mics around the Tacoma area.  Drawing inspiration from each other's work, the two started collaborating and hitting up the local clubs to perform live.  As their music connected with more and more people and their sound developed into something truly vital, it was clear that this group had something that needed to be shared with the world.

    Like Mind's sound is surgical: completely thought out and exact in execution.  Every snare, verb, and thought placed in exactly the right place.  E-Prez' unique delivery really separates him from the majority of MCs today, with strained and sometimes melodious vocals taking to issue various political and social woes of our time.  Lowphat's tracks go from sparse beat-driven affairs such as That Sound to the more orchestral and full sounding tracks like Soldier and Coasten.  The interplay of these two artists really bring the tracks alive in a way few groups can achieve on record.

    On June 9th, 2005 DJ Lowphat(aka Ryan Hade) died in a motorcycle accident.  Ryan left behind a lot of great friends and music and we were all sad to see him go.  Ryan passed away just as he was finishing work on Like Mind's first album to be released by us here at Narcofunk.  In one conversation around that time, Ryan talked about really wanting to put out music as a way of connecting with others and sharing common experiences.  To that end, Narcofunk Records is releasing  Like Mind's full length album to the web in the hopes that people out there will connect with it and appreciate the talent of these two individuals.

 

 

Like Minds (download full album)

  Soldier
  Coasten
  That Sound
  I'll Gladly
  Life My Soul
  Purse Snatchers
  The Horizon
  Sexual Purposes
  People of Confusion**
  Open Your Mind
  Battle The Serpent
  Outerspace**
 

Produced, Arranged and Mixed by LowPhat
** Produced by E-Prez
Artwork by LowPhat