D-Ciph
01.
alias:
dciph
02.
legal name:
david william henzie-skogen
03.
affiliation, ie group:
drummer/leader/mc - youngblood brass band (ozone
records); music
teacher - oregon/middleton school districts; founder, layered records;
progressive culture aficionado
04.
category:
lyricist/drummer/capoeirista/supporter
05.
hometown:
Madison
06.
why do you live in madison:
Madison is a great place to start something.
07.
goals:
Personal/community empowerment through music and
education.
08.
hip hop influences:
Every revolutionary artist.
09.
most memorable hip hop moment:
Freestyling with the molemen and dr.israel at a
chicago show.
10. what do you love about madisons hip hop scene:
That we all are finally getting out there.
11. what would you change about madisons hip hop scene:
I would encourage people
to not hold themselves up to someone else's idea of legitimate art...invent
your own. the only person you're
obligated to prove yourself to is you. be down with yourself and love
it. reality is not determined by displays of linguistic and cultural
assimilation, but by movement and transformation. take what you know and
build a new home. make madison more than a buzzword, make it the epicenter
of bombs-to-come. the only way to be old school is to do things no one
has ever done before. that's hiphop. it's life. it's the power of words
and beats. it's stronger than death. and we all already have it, somewhere
between the head and the heart. encourage people to get involved. a community
cannot grow through exclusivity. this music runs deep enough to feed everyone.
let's let them have it.
12. describe the first time you “felt” hip hop:
Wen i heard a senegalese drum group come through
my high school
13. philosophy on life:
Know your world - change constantly - improve upon
your improvements - incite/ignite/inform...and hold on to the center.
14.
other interests beyond hip hop:
Diasporic phenomenon
(e.g. capoeira, santeria, jazz music and all
it's derivations, etc.); education; activism; a future we determine
moment by moment, action by action, note by note, word by word.
15. contact information:
cwww.youngbloodbrassband.com
youngblooded@juno.com
608.575.8055