Apsci Is Set To Release Thanks For Asking On July 26th, 2005 Via Quannum Projects

NEW YORK (Quannum Projects) - New York-based hip-hop duo Apsci is set to release their worldwide debut Thanks For Asking on July 26th via Quannum Projects. Apsci is comprised of Bronx-born producer/MC Raphael LaMotta and classically-trained vocalist Dana Diaz-Tutaan, who hails originally from Sydney, Australia. Apsci fuses a broad range of influences from 70s Krautrock to 80s hip-hop to 90s indie rock. Live instruments co-mingle with glitch-laden driving beats, over which Ra's gruff erudition plays counterpoint to Dana's staccato chatter and cacophonic wail. Recorded across five continents over two years, Thanks For Asking was mixed by Apsci in their home studio in Brooklyn, NY.

Blackalious mixmaster and label co-owner Chief Xcel spearheaded the process of linking Apsci up with Quannum Projects. "For 15 years we have been pushing our own musical boundaries, and Apsci compliment the Quannum aesthetic perfectly - they are willing to take risks but never at the expense of great composition."

LaMotta and Diaz-Tutaan shine as producers, lyricists and performers on Thanks For Asking, an album whose landscape blends experimentation with songcraft. Their album hosts a myriad of guests as eclectic as their sound itself, including Mr. Lif/Perceptionists, Tunde/TV On The Radio, Martin Perna/Antibalas and label mates Pigeon John and VURSATYL/Lifesavas. Apsci has captured a sweeping range of moods throughout the album's 17 tracks, like an audio journal of the husband-wife duo's worldly travels, each track evoking a different place in time.

Apsci will be embarking on a North American tour this summer to showcase material from Thanks For Asking. Over the past several years, the duo has performed to thousands of fans throughout Australia and Europe, as well as locally in New York. Their live set-up impeccably translates the record's unique palette of sounds to a fast-paced, energetic and harmonious show, featuring beats by DJ Big Wiz and Guy Licata on drums.