Dig Of The Day: Shot – Kontrola daha (1996)

Dear readers, roll them goodies for another blast from the past. My good man Shot is in the house. He’s a member of the well known Elemental group and a Young Lord himself, being one of the original members of underground Hip-Hop crew from Zagreb known as Young Lordz.

My man Phat Phillie suggested this for Dig Of The Day and I said shiiii, I haven’t heard that in years and probably only once or twice, but, since I’m really tryin’ to stay true with the info and the whole 9, I contacted a gentleman and an important figure in Croatian Hip-Hop scene – mr. Shot and asked him if he can share some info about this raw material uploaded by our vault master Sjena187.

Here’s what Shot wrote in his own words:

“To sam ja doma snimao. Producirao, snimio i snimio na kazetu pa nosio na Blackout. To ti je 8 kanala beata (mislim da je bio Scream Tracker III) pa izlaz iz kompa u neku krama miksetu u koju je istovremeno spojen mikrofon. Već se na par mjesta spominjalo jer mi je to tada bio kućni setup, taj mikrofon je selotejpom bio vezan na kvaku od prozora. I uglavnom, stisnem play u kompu, odrepam stvar i to se u real-time snimi na kazetu. I to je to. Nema miksa ni nikakvih zahvata nakon izvedbe. Ravno na kazetu i onda na Blackout!

Nije pjesma nigdje izdana, na nikakvom cd-u ili nešto. A interneta ionako tada nije ni bilo pa nije bila za web! Uglavnom su se te stvari presnimavale s kazete na kazetu među ekipom. Ne znam kronološki točno smjestit ovu stvar, al to je nastalo negdje nakon raspada Young Lordza, prije izdavanja Blackout kompilacije i prije naših Basemental sessiona u podrumu Tomislava Gjergje (Mista Horn). Par stvari sam ovako snimio doma u više manje istom kućnom setupu kao i prethodne Young Lordz stvari.”

Man.. I would sincerely like to thank Shot for being so awesome to share this outstanding details, this is some real, vault treasure chest shit. Thank you brother.

Below you can see a hell of a rare photo of Shot, taken around ’96 inside MistaHorn‘s Basemental studio.