Having recently completed a Canadian tour with The Herbaliser Band, scratch-happy turntablist Ollie Teeba is currently headlining a super-stellar playbill on the Xen Solid Steel tour. Playing Europe's greatest venues, Teeba jams with the likes of freestylers Juice Aleem and Doseone and fellow djs Hexstatic and Neotropic.
The hip-hop heart and soul of The Herbaliser, Ollie Teeba's shy, typical dj stage presence is punctuated by playful boyish grins after long scratching solos. Fans lucky enough to catch the Xen tour will be witnesses to Teeba's inexhaustable stack of funky and quirky records.
To hear examples of Teeba's scratching ability and hip-hop production sensibilities, check out any Herbaliser release. 1997's Blow Your Headphones comes highly reccommended by The New Scene and is gaining classic status four years after its release.
If you live in or near a European capital, be sure to go see the Xen Solid Steel tour. To find out when the show is coming to your area, visit the Ninjatune site and click on the Live link. |
