* En anglais uniquement
Another name for
Visionaries and Of Mexican Descent member
2Mex,
Songodsuns first showed up in the mid-'90s when
2Mex and some friends, including DJ Nobody, got together to make a record. However, other commitments prevented an album from coming out, though a single, "Love Fights Back," was released in 1999. Finally, between incessant touring,
2Mex was able to enlist help from producers
Sa-Ra, KeyKool,
Babu,
Subtitle, and
DJ Khalil, among others, and set about recording, using the moniker
Songodsuns as a way to express his interest in other forms of music besides hip-hop (he admitted to being heavily influenced by
They Might Be Giants,
Elliott Smith, and
the Cure). Over the Counter Culture, though it was definitely a rap album, boasted musical beats under
2Mex's rough-voiced flow, and was issued on Up Above in 2005. ~ Marisa Brown