Biography
After relocating to Chicago with their newly earned college degrees, Aaron Brink (ABX) and Steve Reidell (STV SLV) launched the Hood Internet as a mash-up project that quickly gained attention for its cross-genre blends. The pair had first crossed paths while playing in the indie group May or May Not, yet exposure to acts such as Girl Talk and Them Jeans prompted them to turn to laptops and fuse tracks like Lil Wayne alongside Modest Mouse, Swizz Beatz with Deerhoof, and R. Kelly opposite Jens Lekman. Material posted to the Hood Internet blog beginning in 2007 spread rapidly, with right-click downloads climbing into the thousands and New York Magazine spotlighting the project before the year closed.
The Hood Internet Mixtape, Vol. 1 arrived that same year, followed in 2008 by The Hood Internet vs Chicago, which earned placements on several year-end Top Ten roundups, among them Current TV’s. Such recognition marked an unusual achievement for music distributed outside conventional channels. A further milestone came in 2009 when the Ting Tings incorporated a segment of Estelle’s “American Boy” into a live rendition of their own “Shut Up and Let Me Go,” directly echoing the Hood Internet’s earlier mash-up of the two songs. Corporate support followed in 2010 as the New York City streetwear label Mishka backed the Trillwave mixtape.
Stepping past pure mash-ups, the duo issued their first proper studio album, Feat, in 2012 via the Decon imprint; the record enlisted a diverse roster of collaborators that included Tobacco of Black Moth Super Rainbow, AC Newman, and Kid Static.
The Hood Internet Mixtape, Vol. 1 arrived that same year, followed in 2008 by The Hood Internet vs Chicago, which earned placements on several year-end Top Ten roundups, among them Current TV’s. Such recognition marked an unusual achievement for music distributed outside conventional channels. A further milestone came in 2009 when the Ting Tings incorporated a segment of Estelle’s “American Boy” into a live rendition of their own “Shut Up and Let Me Go,” directly echoing the Hood Internet’s earlier mash-up of the two songs. Corporate support followed in 2010 as the New York City streetwear label Mishka backed the Trillwave mixtape.
Stepping past pure mash-ups, the duo issued their first proper studio album, Feat, in 2012 via the Decon imprint; the record enlisted a diverse roster of collaborators that included Tobacco of Black Moth Super Rainbow, AC Newman, and Kid Static.
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