Chicago producer KingThelonious reflects on his musical influences as he studies a set of shelves completely stacked with obscure vinyl. | ✍️ DroInTheWind_
reflects on his musical influences as he studies a set of shelves completely stacked with obscure vinyl. On the shelves’ top right corner rest thick biographies about two of the greatest innovators in their respective genres: jazz pianist Thelonious Monk and hip-hop producer“Obviously my namesake and a bit of my quirkiness is from Thelonious Monk,” Martin says.
Martin came up at a pivotal time and place, between 2012 and 2015 and mostly in Chicago—his formative years overlapped with the back half of the blog era, when underground and independent hip-hop thrived on the Internet thanks to grassroots-powered outlets such as, 2DopeBoyz, and NahRight. Artists and fans alike were able to connect personally on message boards.
Martin compares his creative process to the way a Michelin-starred chef prepares something magical from the simplest ingredients by mastering complex techniques. His search for the rarest raw materials takes many forms—he might happen to have a “Japanese record no one knows about,” he says, or he’ll pore through blogs and online databases looking for artist credits on tracks he knows so he can find other music they helped record.
Martin continues to see great promise in Chicago’s hip-hop community, and he wants to help nurture its future. In other words, it’s time for the master to pass along his lifetime’s worth of wisdom and experience.
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