Chopped Herring Records are back with I could say the 3rd episode of the Thunder Jam Alliance series. This time it's a 10 track solo EP from Cal-S.K.I. the Street Kid Intellect. All the demos were recorded between 1996 and 1998.
Available to Pre-Order on Black Wax in trad Herring sticker jacket (300 copies) & on White Label in the spectacular season-only jackets designed by Cisar outta Santiago, Chile (50 copies)
3 years ago, I had the chance to talk with Tacoma-based producer DJ Shaggy C and I brought some details/infos about the Thunder Jam Alliance crew. Today, their unreleased material is seeing the light of day with the help of my man Bob Lipitch and Chopped Herring Records. Here is the Volume 1, Enjoy Fellas !
"Here we have a STUNNING 10 tracker from Tacoma-based producer DJ Shaggy C & his extended crew of different acts collectively known as Thunder Jam Alliance. There is loads of info in the biography/interviewbut what you really need to hear are the snippets.
A small number of the TJA demos are floating around on the net courtesy of a variety of demo tape collectors but nothing has been formally released, so here is an introduction to this mid-90s Tacoma crew's output. And hot damn, is this stuff special...
Big shout out to my man Hakan Dougpark for the connect and Unikone for his posts on the excellent Hip Hop The Golden Era Blog - 1L" - courtesy of Chopped Herring Records
Available on Black vinyl in trad Herring sticker jacket (300 copies) & on White Label in the spectacular season-only jackets designed by Swerve-One (50 copies)
Big thanks to S.K.I. for leaving a comment on the Thunder Jam Alliance article originally blogged in January 2021. He brings us some unreleased Thunder Jam demos featuring Dem Kidz (Duk, Jaz & "Cal-S.K.I"), Will Flo, Zac, Heiko, Magnum Black, HUD and Lee. All the tracks were recorded between 1994 and 1995.
