1200 TECHNIQUES BIO
1200 TECHNIQUES WAS THE BRAINCHILD OF DJ PERIL & WAS BORN AT THE EVELYN HOTEL IN MELBOURNE IN 1997 AFTER PERIL NOTICED NFA & HIS BROTHER KABBA PERFORMING LIVE, PERIL APPROACHED THE 2 BROTHER'S AND THE REST IS HISTORY!
AFTER MANY GIG'S AND GAINING MOMENTUM A YEAR LATER PERIL(PROD,DJ,PERCUSSIONIST),NFA(LEAD VOCALS),KABBA(VOCALS) TEAMED UP WITH PERIL'S BROTHER KEM(GUITARIST) ON THE TRACK "HARD AS HELL" WHICH WAS THE FINAL PIECE OF THE JIGSAW PUZLE, HENCE THEY RENAMED THE GROUP & THE GROUP "1200 TECHNIQUES" WAS BORN, IN 2001 NFA'S BROTHER KABBA LEFT THE GROUP & WENT BACK TO LIVE IN THE U.K & PERSUE HIS CAREER. IN 2001 1200 TECHNIQUES WERE SIGNED TO AN INDEPENDANT LABEL CALLED RUBBER RECORDS WHICH SPAWNED THERE FIRST RELEASE E.P NAMED "INFINATE STYLE'S" WHICH SAW THE TRACK OF THE E.P CALLED "HARD AS HELL" WITH A LOW BUDGET CLIP TO THE SAME SONG GETTING NATIONAL RECOGNITION AUSTRALIA WIDE THROUGH TRIPLE J PUSHING THE SONG, TRIPLE J THEN BECAME A HUGE SUPPORTER OF THE GROUP AND AFTER "HARD AS HELL" IT WAS 1200 TECHNIQUES PRESENTED BY JJJ FROM THAT MOMENT ON.
IN 2001 1200 TECHNIQUES RELEASED THERE DEBUT ALBUM NAMED "1200 TECHNIQUES CHOOSE ONE" WHICH WENT ON TO BECOME THE BIGGEST SELLING AUSTRALIAN HIP HOP ALBUM OF IT'S TIME , WITH THE BIG HIT SINGLE OF THE ALBUM NAMED "KARMA" WHICH WENT FROM GETTING MAJOR LOVE ON TRIPLE JJJ AND INDEPENDANT RADIO & FOR THE 1ST TIME EVER GETTING HUGE PLAY ON MAJOR RADIO STATION'S LIKE NOVA ETC..IN A TIME WHEN COMMERCIAL RADIO WERE RUNNING ADDS SAYING "NO RAP CRAP", IT WAS A HUGE SURPRISE TO THE GROUP WHEN KARMA WAS GETTING PLAYED ALL OVER AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL RADIO AS THE SONG "KARMA"& ALBUM WAS NEVER MEANT FOR THAT MARKET, BUT GOOD TIMING AND A OPPORTUNITY AROSE AS NOVA WAS TRYING OUT AND EXPERIMENTING WITH A NEW MUSICAL DIRECTION & THE SONG TOUCHING ON A SUBJECT MATTER THAT WAS RIGHT ON TIME FOR 2001.
BEFORE THERE WAS EVEN A HIP HOP CATAGORY AT THE ARIA'S THE SINGLE"KARMA" WENT ON TO WIN THE ARIA AWARD IN 2002 FOR BEST INDEPENDANT RELEASE AS WELL AS TAKING A 2ND ARIA FOR THE HIGHLY ORIGINAL CLIP TO 'KARMA' FOR THE BEST FILM CLIP OF THE YEAR OVER EVERY OTHER MUSICAL GENRE IN 2002, IN THE SAME YEAR 1200'S RELEASED WHAT WAS THE 1ST LIVE DVD SO NEEDLESS TO SAY IT WAS A HUGE YEAR FOR THE GROUP, AS WELL AS THE HIP HOP URBAN GENRE IN GENERAL IN THIS COUNTRY.
FROM THE SUCCESS OF THE ALBUM CHOOSE ONE, 1200 TECHNIQUES WITH OUT EVEN KNOWING PUT A HUGE SPOT LIGHT ON THE HIP HOP MUSICAL GENRE BEFORE THERE WAS ANY REAL INTEREST IN THE HIP HOP MUSIC IN AUSTRALIA, WHICH UN-KNOWINGLY HELPED MANY GROUPS OF THE SAME GENRE FROM THIS POINT FORWARD.
1200 GATHERED A BIG REPUTATION AS A MAJOR FORCE & LIVE ACT, AND BECAME THE 1ST HIP HOP BAND TO PLAY ON MAJOR STAGE'S ON ALL THE MAJOR FESTIVAL'S AUSTRALIA WIDE IN A TIME WHEN HIP HOP WAS USUALLY 2 TURNTABLE'S & A MICROPHONE, 1200'S ELABORATED ON THE LIVE HIP HOP FORMULA FOCUSING ON A MORE LIVE SHOW INCORPORATING A LIVE DRUMMER & KEMSTAR ON GUITAR AS WELL AS PERIL ON THE CUT & PERCUSSION & NFA ON THE MIC.
IN 2003 12OO'S RELEASED THERE SECOND ALBUM TITLED "CONSISTANCY THEORY" PRODUCED BY DJ PERIL WHICH SPAWNED ANOTHER GREAT SINGLE CALLED "EYE OF THE STORM" WITH YET ANOTHER ADVENTURES CLIP TO MATCH EYE OF THE STORM WITH THE GROUP & PERIL UTILIZING HIS AEROSOL ART BACK GROUND BY DRAWING ALOT OF THE IMAGERY USED IN THE CLIPS & ALBUM COVER ART.
THEN THERE WAS THE SMASH SINGLE"WHERE YOU AT" AS WE'LL AS ONE OF THE THE 1ST NEO-SOUL TRACK'S TO COME OUT OUT OF AUSTRALIA CALLED "FORK IN THE ROAD" WITH THE LATE & GREAT ALIYAH'S BROTHER RASHAD HOUGHTON ON THE VOCALS FOR THE HOOK WITH A ACCEPTIONAL FILM CLIP FROM THE SAME MAN MICHEAL GRACY THAT BOUGHT YOU THE ARIA AWARD WIINING CLIP KARMA.
AFTER 1200'S FINISHED UP THERE AUSTRALIAN TOUR FOR THE CONSISTANCY THEORY TOUR, THEY DICIDED TO TAKE A BREAK IN 2004.
NFA & PERIL WENT ON TO KEEP MAKING MUSIC & BOTH RELEASING SOLO ALBUM'S & E.P'S AND KEM CONCENTRATING ON HIS FASHION DESIGN AND LABEL FOR "EXTINCT" CLOTHING AS WELL AS PERSUEING HIS MUSICAL CAREER!
STAY TUNED FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT'S WITH THE GROUP IN THE NEAR FUTURE!
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