Information About

Soul-junk





Musical Information

  Name Soul Junk
  Background group_or_band
  Origin San Diego , California
  Genre Experimental , Hip Hop
  Years Active 1993 – present
  Label Sounds Are Active , Shrimper Records , 5 Minute Walk , Jackson Rubio , Homestead , Holy Kiss Rex, Sub Pop Records , Karate, InTransit, Quiver Society!
  URL wwwsouljunkcom
  Current Members Glen Galaxy


Soul-Junk is an Experimental Hip Hop group from San Diego , California .


HISTORY

The roots of Soul-Junk began in 1993 when Glen Galloway began experimenting while touring as with his rock band Trumans Water . In 1994, he left Trumans to produce Soul-Junk as an independent solo project, eventually taking the moniker Glen Galaxy.


Musical Evolution

Early Soul-Junk albums (such as ''1950'') almost exclusively feature low-fi, Indie Rock style tracks of Glen singing bible verses interlaced with instrumental noise tracks. As Soul-Junk gained members its sound advanced toward rock and pop. ''1953'' and ''1954'' show signs of this continual change.

''1955'' shows a transition in Soul-Junk's sound. The double-disk set consists of pop / Indie rock / Hip Hop influenced sounds. It is also the last disk to make extensive use of biblical quotes – though Soul-Junk's lyrics still clearly reflect their Christian worldview.

Later albums are based in experimental, abstract hip-hop.


RECURRING MEMBERS

  • Glen Galaxy

  • Slo-Ro (2001 – 2005)


  • Brian Cantrell (1995 – 2000)

  • DJ Mizzicah (1997 – 2003)

  • Ron Easterbrooks (1995 – 1998)

  • Jon Galaxy (1995 – 2001)

  • Nathan Poage (1998 – 2000)


Many others are credited per album or track.


DISCOGRAPHY


Album naming convention

The first Soul-Junk release was called ''1950''. Its' name was derived from the musical style of the era, a fusion of Rock and Free-jazz . Subsequent albums have been numbered up from 1950; Extended Play releases have been numbered down. Soul-Junk songs have also been released on innumerable compilations.


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