Controller 7
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| birth_name = Tommy McMahon
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| birth_place = San Jose, California
| origin = Berkeley, California
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| genre = Alternative hip hop
| instrument = Sampler, turntable
| years_active = 1999–present
| label = 6months, Bully Records, Wenod
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| website = {{URL|controller7.bandcamp.com/}}
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Controller 7 (born Tommy McMahon) is an underground hip hop producer from San Jose, California.
History
Controller 7 released the debut album Left Handed Straw in 2000. It was reissued on 6months in 2001.{{cite magazine|url=http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/DanceAndElectronic/controller_7-left_handed_straw|title=Controller 7 - Left Handed Straw|magazine=Exclaim!|first=Thomas|last=Quinlan|date=November 2000}}
He has produced and remixed tracks for Anticon artists such as Sole, Sage Francis and Themselves.{{cite web|url=http://www.popnews.com/popnews/controller7itw/|title=Controller 7 - Interview|publisher=Pop News|language=French|first=Sylvain|last=Bertot|date=September 28, 2005}}
The Bumps mixtape was released in 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.cokemachineglow.com/record_review/675/controller7-bumps-2005|title=Controller 7: Bumps|publisher=Cokemachineglow|first=Clayton|last=Purdom|date=July 20, 2005|access-date=July 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512233148/http://www.cokemachineglow.com/record_review/675/controller7-bumps-2005|archive-date=May 12, 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/controller-7/bumps.htm|title=Controller 7 - Bumps|magazine=Stylus Magazine|first=Derek|last=Miller|date=August 1, 2005}}
Discography
=Albums=
- Left Handed Straw (2000)
- Bumps (2005)
- The Lost Tapes (1997-1998) (2007)
- Exhale01 (2020)
=EPs=
- Expansions (2003)
- Egg (2005)
=Productions=
- Sole - "Dismantling of Sole's Ego" "Furthermore" from Bottle of Humans (1999)
- Deep Puddle Dynamics - "Rainmen (Controller 7 Remix)" from The Taste of Rain... Why Kneel? (1999)
- Sage Francis - "Specialist" from Personal Journals (2002)
- Themselves - "Mouthful (Matth and Controller 7 Remix)" from The No Music of AIFFS (2003)
- Sage Francis - "Agony in Her Body" from A Healthy Distrust (2005)
- Sole - "Predictions" "Crisis" from Live from Rome (2005)
=Compilation appearances=
- "Heckles from the Peanut Gallery" on Giga Single (2001)
- "Bunny Slippers" on Anticon Label Sampler: 1999-2004 (2004)
- "Shades of a Former You" "Reactionnary" "I Tried to Speak, But Couldn't" "Bad Blue (Last Chance)" on Lunch Money Singles (2004)
References
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External links
- [http://controller7.bandcamp.com/ Official website]
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Category:American hip-hop record producers
Category:Musicians from San Jose, California