cappablack
Cappablack is a japanese duo comprised of iLLEVEN (programming) and Hashim B. (programing&scratching). Influenced by the raw hiphop sound of groups such as Mobb Deep, Cappablack released their debut album "the state of the night" in1997 from soup-disk, which combined experimental beats and noir soundscapes. This album became a classic instrumental album in the Japanese hiphop scene. Their second 12 inch "the economics e.p." was discovered by Pole and they become the first Japanese group to contribute a tracks to the Ëœscape compilations "staedtizism 3", "staedtizism 4" and "but then again" Cappablack performed at the "Oceanclub - Berlin in Tokyo" festival curated by Gudrun Gut and Thomas Fehlman and played with Pole and Jan Jelinek for the January 2006 scape tour in Japan, which became one of the most talked about shows of that year.