The band's first releases Live from the Studio, and Antidisestablishmetabolism are out-of-print, though a compilation featuring songs from them was released as 10 Years Strong in December 2007. Their self-titled album "Heiruspecs," was released on December 13, 2008. On April 22, 2014 the band released "Night Falls."[3]
In contrast to many contemporary hip hop groups that use sampling and turntables, Heiruspecs emphasize a raw, live sound celebrating their roots, and local music scene, and are more known for their live performances than records. They do shows with Minnesota-local hip hop label Rhymesayers Entertainment, and the group's style has been compared to the live hip hop band The Roots. They have a very upbeat sound and are typically on tour for at least half of the year.[4]
Heiruspecs formed in 1997 when the members were attending St. Paul Central High School. They met while taking a studio recording arts program there. Sean (Twinkie Jiggles) would play bass while four or five drummers would rotate in and out of freestyle sessions, and Felix would rhyme throughout the whole process.[5] Early Heiruspecs music contained trombone and saxophone, but these were absent on Small Steps and A Tiger Dancing. In 2004 Heiruspecs was named the best live artist in the Twin Cities by City Pages.[6] Reviewing A Tiger Dancing for CMJ New Music Monthly, Owen Strock wrote that "Heiruspecs are smart enough to keep James Brown's advice close to heart—they always make it funky."[7]
In commemoration of 10 years of St. Paul pride and good Hip Hop music, St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman declared December 22 Heiruspecs Day in Saint Paul, Minnesota.[8]
Heiruspecs took an unofficial hiatus after their tour van was totaled in 2005.[9]
^Chris, Opposition. "Heiruspecs in the Studio 2010 on Vimeo". Vimeo.com. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
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Bucket, Charlie (September 22, 2004). "Heiruspecs". Urbansmarts. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
Roberts, Chris (September 30, 2004). "The pride of St. Paul". Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
December 15, 2023
heiruspecs, live, band, based, midway, neighborhood, saint, paul, minnesota, their, name, deliberate, misspelling, word, haruspex, which, roman, term, person, trained, practice, divination, from, inspection, entrails, originst, paul, minnesota, united, statesg. Heiruspecs ˈ h aɪ r u ˌ s p ɛ k s is a live hip hop band based in the Midway neighborhood of Saint Paul Minnesota Their name is a deliberate misspelling of the word haruspex which is a Roman term for a person trained to practice divination from the inspection of entrails 2 HeiruspecsOriginSt Paul Minnesota United StatesGenresHip hop 1 Years active1997 presentLabelsRazor amp TieInterlockMembersFelixMuad dibTwinkie JigglesdVRGPeter LeggettJosh PetersonWebsitehttp www heiruspecs com The band s first releases Live from the Studio and Antidisestablishmetabolism are out of print though a compilation featuring songs from them was released as 10 Years Strong in December 2007 Their self titled album Heiruspecs was released on December 13 2008 On April 22 2014 the band released Night Falls 3 In contrast to many contemporary hip hop groups that use sampling and turntables Heiruspecs emphasize a raw live sound celebrating their roots and local music scene and are more known for their live performances than records They do shows with Minnesota local hip hop label Rhymesayers Entertainment and the group s style has been compared to the live hip hop band The Roots They have a very upbeat sound and are typically on tour for at least half of the year 4 Contents 1 History 2 Members and Former Members 2 1 Current 2 2 Former 3 Discography 3 1 Studio albums 3 2 EPs 3 3 Compilation albums 4 References 4 1 SourcesHistory editHeiruspecs formed in 1997 when the members were attending St Paul Central High School They met while taking a studio recording arts program there Sean Twinkie Jiggles would play bass while four or five drummers would rotate in and out of freestyle sessions and Felix would rhyme throughout the whole process 5 Early Heiruspecs music contained trombone and saxophone but these were absent on Small Steps and A Tiger Dancing In 2004 Heiruspecs was named the best live artist in the Twin Cities by City Pages 6 Reviewing A Tiger Dancing for CMJ New Music Monthly Owen Strock wrote that Heiruspecs are smart enough to keep James Brown s advice close to heart they always make it funky 7 In commemoration of 10 years of St Paul pride and good Hip Hop music St Paul Mayor Chris Coleman declared December 22 Heiruspecs Day in Saint Paul Minnesota 8 Heiruspecs took an unofficial hiatus after their tour van was totaled in 2005 9 Heiruspecs was released on December 13 2008 In summer 2010 the band was in the studio working on a new album 10 On December 23 2022 the group released a new album Pretty Random But What Happened To the Heiruspecs Members and Former Members editCurrent edit Felix Chris Wilbourn Vocals Muad dib Jon Harrison Vocals Beat Box Twinkie Jiggles Sean McPherson Bass dVRG DeVon Gray Keyboards Peter Leggett Drums Josh Peterson GuitarFormer edit Martin Devaney Saxophone Bryan Alvarez Trombone Alex Oftelie Drums Al McIntosh Trumpet Steve McPherson Guitar Kevin Hunt Drums Conor Meehan Drums Tasha Baron Keyboards Alex Danovitch Keys Joshua Herbst Drums Brett Bullion Drums Noah Paster Percussion 808 pad Tim Glenn DrumsDiscography editStudio albums edit Live from the Studio Antidisestablishmetabolism 2000 Small Steps 2002 A Tiger Dancing 2004 Heiruspecs 2008 Night Falls 2014 Pretty Random But What Happened To the Heiruspecs 2022 EPs edit Theskyisfalling 2016 Compilation albums edit 10 Years Strong 2007 20 20 2017 References edit Carlson Keri September 23 2004 Back to the future The Minnesota Daily Archived from the original on 2008 03 15 Retrieved 2007 10 22 Nishimoto Dan 30 March 2005 An Interview with Felix of the Heiruspecs PopMatters Heiruspecs Scholarship www heiruspecs com Harris Keith August 2 2000 Funk Is Instrumental Archived 2007 08 15 at archive today City Pages Tatasciore David October 27 2003 Underground hip hop sound of Heiruspecs invades area The Daily Collegian BEST LIVE ARTIST Heiruspecs Archived 2008 05 21 at the Wayback Machine 2004 City Pages Strock Owen 2004 Reviews Heiruspecs A Tiger Dancing CMJ New Music Monthly No 127 128 CMJ Network Inc Retrieved 2023 08 08 Wheat Mark December 21 2007 Heiruspecs perform in The Current studios Minnesota Public Radio Minneapolis hip hop heavies Heiruspecs end their hiatus Archived from the original on 2008 12 06 Chris Opposition Heiruspecs in the Studio 2010 on Vimeo Vimeo com Retrieved 2010 10 06 Sources edit Bucket Charlie September 22 2004 Heiruspecs Urbansmarts Retrieved 2007 10 22 Roberts Chris September 30 2004 The pride of St Paul Minnesota Public Radio Retrieved 2007 10 22 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Heiruspecs amp oldid 1169410182, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
