Dagha - The Divorce

Year : 2008
Label : Lewis Recordings
Genre : Hip-Hop
Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Abstract

Second album by former member of Boston MCs crew Electric Company including jazzy cuts & Funk/Soul breaks featuring DJ Real on turntables. Produced by Mike Lewis, owner of Lewis Recordings, "The Divorce" bears the signature of the Martiangang duo formed by japanese beatmaker Shin-Ski and DJ Real who produce six tracks including "Cliché" by Shin-Ski. Others titles consists of "Devil's Work" produced by his longtime fellow, Insight from Electric Company, "Whatever It May Be" & "What I'mma Do?" feat. the MC Cloke, "Ashy Knees Outro" produced by L In Japanese. All scratches by DJ Real.

Insight - The Maysun Project

Year : 2003

Label : On The Corner/Ascetic Music

Genre : Hip-Hop

Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Funk/Soul, Conscious

"The Maysun Project" is a concept & protest album against George W. Bush policy, a "word" attack including the Insight's lesson philosophy with conscious verses (learn yourself, study, get smart...) and Michael Elmoore's militant speech (Conference). All cuts & beats by Insight supported on production by his Boston fellows Dagha from Electric Company, Mr. Lif & Jayda. Titles include Insight's productions for Dagha (Heaven And Hell, Game Of Life) and Self-Image (May Summary), featurings involving old-school rapper KRS-One (Message 2000), Mr. Lif (Outcome), Jayda (Regret) & Dagha (The Threat, Outcome & Savage).

ShinSight Trio - Moonlight Sunrise

Year : 2011
Label : Bad News Records
Genre : Hip Hop/Electronic
Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Boom Bap

The new album by the Hip-Hop trio featuring american DJ/rapper Insight supported by japanese DJ Ryow and beatmaker/producer Shin-Ski, in an worldwide project gathering several MCs from various countries including Europe, Asia & America. It features Geronimo MC from Germany, Moby Dee from France, Dagha, Shazzo, SayLove, Sendu, Educated Advocates from U.S., Hip-Hop Band Midicronica, SKY-HI from Japan and Soft Lipa from Taïwan. "Moonlight Sunrise" is a little bit different than their two previous albums including more electronic sounds and R&B style. All cuts performed by DJ Ryow, composed and arranged by Shin-Ski, lyrics by Insight, produced by ShinSight Trio.

TRACKLIST :  Keep Rockin It feat. Sondu - Higher Velocity - Times Like These - Ocean Skyline feat. SayLove & Sondu - Stay On Track - We Got Soul feat. Geronimo MC - Rhyme Physics feat. Midicronica & SKY-HI - Take Stride feat. Educated Advocates - Rush feat. Dagha & Shazzo - Peace, Love And Happiness feat. SayLove - Music Is Magic feat. Soft Lipa - Do Da Dance - Can’t Forget HipHop feat. Moby Dee

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Count Bass D & Insight Are The Risktakers

Year : 2011
Label : Ascetic
Genre : Hip-Hop
Style : Electronic, Funk/Soul

Joint project between Dwight Farrell aka Count Bass D producer and multi-instrumentalist from Nashville and Andre Todman aka Insight MC, DJ and producer from Boston. "The Risktakers" combines Hip-Hop & Electronic idioms with Funk/Soul and cinematic sounds including sampling. Titles include featurings with Dagha on "Dinner Is Served", Kool Keith on "Leverage Of Fighting" and Pacewon on "Be Rockin It". Composed and produced by Insight The Truncator & Count Bass D. All cuts & beats by Insight.

Insight - The Blast Radius

Year : 2004
Label : Brick Records
Genre : Hip-Hop
Style : Conscious, Abstract, Jazzy Hip-Hop

After "The Maysun Project" released in 2002 and before "Targeting Zone" (2007), the DJ, MC and producer Andre Toddman aka Insight from Boston, presents us the same good recipe including fast and insane flow. Titles include featurings with Dagha ("The Method Of Madness" & "Visual Audio"), Edan (Unexplained Phenomena), A.G. & Edo.G (Strategy) and DJ Real from Martiangang (Daily Routine). All cuts, beats & lyrics, all tracks produced, composed and mixed by Insight. "Visual Audio" is credited as Midnight Shipment aka Insight, Dagha & Demitrius Barry.

ShinSight Trio - Wheres' There A Moon That Is Mine

Year : 2010
Label : Bad News
Genre : Hip-Hop
Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Funk/Soul

Second album of the Jazzy Hip-Hop band, ShinSight Trio, with more Funk/Soul expressions than the previous "Shallow Nights Blurry Moon", their first release in four years. Titles include featurings with Sondu on "Teamwork" & "Cool Mellow", Saylove on "On My Mind", Cosmonaut Seven (rappers collective from Boston scene including Dagha & Sondu) on "6MCs From My Area". All lyrics written by Insight, Cosmonaut Seven (6MCs From My Area), all cuts & scratches performed by DJ Ryow, saxophone on "Teamwork" by Kenichi Fukushima, produced by Shin-Ski for Badnews Records. 

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Dagha - Object In Motion

Year : 2005
Label : Miclife Recordings
Genre : Hip-Hop
Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Conscious, Boom Bap

Dwayne Simmons is a rapper from Boston who started with his friend André Todman aka Insight in the Hip-Hop collective "Electric Company". He shared stage with KRS-1, Big Daddy Kane, Mobb Deep, Wycleff, Common and Cut Chemist from Jurassic 5. Dagha collaborated to numerous Insight's productions including the ShinSight Trio albums, while Insight did the same for "Object In Motion", in charge of production, mixing and scratches, alongside japanese DJ Real from Martiangang (cuts & scratches). Titles include featurings with Insight (8 Count, Skoolhouse Rock), Al-Jabra (Conquerors), Wanda aka Butter (Don't Start Nothing), and bonus tracks released only for Japan featuring Cloke (Whatever It May Be), Anonymous from Project Move (Hands Up), Insight (2 Solutions) plus "No Sheets (DJ Aquarela Remix)". 

Insight - Targeting Zones

Year : 2004

Label : Bad News
Genre : Hip Hop, Electronic
Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Boom Bap, Conscious

Insight (born Andre Todman) is a prolific multi-instrumentalist, self-producer, rapper & DJ from the Boston alternative hip-hop scene, founder member of numerous Hip-Hop collectives such as ShinSight Trio, Electric Company or Y Society, in charge of several productions under various pseudonyms like Soloplexus. Produced by japanese hip-hop producer Shinsuke Taoka aka Shin-Ski, "Targeting Zones" includes several featurings, "Rhyme Master" with Dagha, "Good Morning" & "Situations" with Electric Company, "Encouragement" with Rafy Rosa and "The Message" with Old School rapper KRS-One, plus associate producers DJ RYOW aka Smooth Current from ShinSight Trio and DJ Real from Martiangang. 

ShinSight Trio - Shallow Nights Blurry Moon

Year : 2006
Label : Bad News
Genre : Hip-Hop
Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Conscious, Boom Bap

ShinSight Trio is an american/japanese jazzy Hip-Hop trio formed by rapper Andre 'Insight' Todman, Shin-Ski Of Martiangang and DJ RYOW a.k.a. Smooth Current (cuts & scratches). Insight is a MC, DJ & Hip-Hop producer from the Boston alternative scene (alongside fellow countrymen, rappers Dagha & Edo G), while Shin-Ski & DJ RYOW are two producers/beatmakers in group "Levitatorz" from Tokyo. Titles include singles "Early Dayz Amazement", "I Love Good Music", "Everything Steady Goin Downhill" and featurings with Dagha (Let's Do A Jam) and Edo G (Heart) . Produced & composed by ShinSight Trio, lyrics written by Insight except "Let's Do A Jam" by Dagha & "Heart" by Edo G.

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