One Inch Punch - Tao Of The One Inch Punch

Justin Warfield? Check! Spaced-out lo-fi hip-hop stuff? Check! Ex-members of the Justin Warfield Supernaut? Check! Overuse of the phrase check? Well... what's important is that this is here and it's another spin on Justin's diverse styles. This did not come out in the US so you'll be forgiven for not being aware of it's release. I was kinda aware of One Inch Punch, but I honestly thought it was a short-lived one-off kind of project, so I want to give thanks to Genzel for bringing this album to my attention. There was also an EP named Secrets Of The One Inch Punch as well as a few singles, but I haven't found them yet so, if you've got them and don't mind posting them, I'd love to hear them. But for now, enjoy this blast of lo-fi funk!

One Inch Punch - Tao Of The One Inch Punch

01 Just Enough
02 Gemini
03 Latitudes
04 Represent
05 The Bu
06 Take It In Stride
07 Metaphysics
08 Wallflower
09 Orson Welles' Martians
10 If


PS-There is another band named One Inch Punch that should not be confused with this one. Justin's One Inch Punch only had one full length release.

Warner Brothers Records: Trademark Of Quality (1993)

So I was recently contacted by a reader of this blog and we struck up a nice conversation. This individual, an extremely generous fellow named Nathan, explained to me that he had purchased the 93 edition of the Trademark Of Quality compilation off of ebay and would send me a copy. Well, to my surprise he didn't just send me a copy, he sent me THE copy! He mailed me the original disc! I am so thrilled by this and words simply cannot express my gratitude! So, I want to start this post by thanking Nathan a few more million times over for his generosity! You have no idea how happy this has made me! And Nathan, watch your mail for those Prince DVDs! Some good stuff coming your way!

I also want to thank everyone who reads the blog regularly! I started this page with no purpose in mind other than to share the wealth and I'm blessed to have such fine readers visiting me regularly! I'm going to keep this page going as long as I can, which should be quite a while. Also, please feel free to ask about requests and such. I can't guarantee I'll always have something to post but, if I have it, more often than not it will show up here shortly after being requested.

In the near future I'm going to be posting some more Miles Davis seventies sessions, that additional Neil Young album and some interviews. I'm waiting for word back from some people I've contacted, one of which will hopefully answer some more questions about the Jungle Brothers' Crazy Wisdom Masters. Another will be discussing their excellent label which focuses on electronic music in the vein of Warp Records and their more abstract leanings. I'm also going to be speaking with Sean Carlin of Dink soon. For those unfamiliar with the almighty Dink, they were a band from Kent, Ohio that had a hit with the song Green Mind in the early nineties. They were associated with Dave "Rave" Ogilvie of Skinny Puppy fame and the Cleveland industrial scene. Great band that unfortunately got screwed by their label, and Sean is a ridiculously nice guy who will share some stories with us.

Back to today's post, this is what Nathan sent me, the 1993 Trademark Of Quality promo CD which features the only official release of any tracks from the unreleased Crazy Wisdom Masters album. This disc is filled with goodies and while some of them sound a little dated, I'm sure you'll agree that the good stuff outweighs the bad! enjoy!


Trademark Of Quality 1993
NOTE: By now I'm sure you know what to do, but just to be safe, make sure you download both parts otherwise you won't get the complete album.
Part One
Part Two

01 Intro
02 Boredoms - My Mum Is Car
This features a short intro from EYE
03 Biohazard - Five Blocks To The Subway
Mr. Tara Patrick's old band. No disrespect Evan, but I can't be the first guy who mentioned your wife. Regardless, you rock!
04 Wayne Coyne - Intro To Waterbugs
Long spoken introduction by Mr. Flaming Lips himself. He messes with the tape at specific points.
05 The Flaming Lips - Waterbugs In The Policeman's Ear
Pretty song from the fearless freaks.
06 Uncle Tupelo with Joe Ely - Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
Shortly before the Wilco and Son Volt feuds began...
07 Kristin Hersh - Your Ghost (Demo)
08 Suddenly, Tammy! - Funky
09 The Muffs - You Lied
10 Green Day - 409 In My Coffeemaker
Don't get me wrong, I like old Green Day, I just can't stand the new, politicized Green Day. They're still a decent band, as evidenced by their Foxboro Hot Tubs side-project, but what happened to stuff like this?
11 Gallon Drunk - All Mouth, No Trousers
Features a little dialogue prior to the song.
12 American Music Club - In My Role As The Most Hated Singer In The Local Underground Music Scene
With a song title that long, I'll have to take your word for it Mr. Eitzel.
13 Bluescreen - Batperson
Who the hell are these guys? This is some weird shit! I want more!
14 Jungle Brothers - Troopin' On The Down Lo
This actually sounds a little different from the version I heard on the actual album. The performance is the same, but the mastering job may differ.
15 Justin Warfield - Dip Dip Divin' (New Version)
I wish I knew who did this remix. It sounds like Biohazard with Justin on vocals. It doesn't beat the original version but it's still damn tight! One Inch Punch coming soon!
16 Daniel Lanois - Rain Weather
Short dialogue intro in a foreign language. Could someone decipher this please?
17 Not Drowning, Waving - Ascending (Me and You)
18 Geggy Tah - Who's In A Hurry
Man, these guys were so great! They kind of disappeared when Luaka Bop left WEA Distribution. Their first two albums are excellent. Future post? For now, this excellent track!
19 Adam Schmitt - I Know You're All Mine
I hope no one is mad at me for saying this, but this guy sounds like such a pussy. I'll have to see if his album came out, not because I want to hear it but I want to know if anyone listened to more of his whiny-ass shit.
20 Kerosene - More Than You
21 Unrest - So So Sick
Mark Robinson for the win!
22 Mudhoney - Please Don't Forget About Us
This was probably written just as fast as it sounds like it was recorded. Great tune with tongue firmly in cheek!
23 Outro
24 UNLISTED BONUS TRACK!!! Julee Cruise & David Lynch - Pinky's Bubble Egg
This kinda got released eventually as part of a "play" that Lynch did with Nicholas Cage and Laura Dern sorta reprising their roles from Wild At Heart. Badalamenti is of course responsible for the music. Ms. Cruise provides a funny intro and Mr. Lynch adds an expectedly bizarre explanation of the piece's origin at the end.

Justin Warfield - My Field Trip To Planet 9

No one will be angry if you missed out on Justin Warfield, mostly because it's his own fault. This guy confuses the crap out of me and it doesn't seem to be a pre-conceived business strategy. He showed up in the early nineties working with Quincy Jones' son, Q.D.III, and doing work with a ton of British elctro folks like the Chemical Brothers and Bomb The Bass. He recorded a hip-hop album with Prince Paul and Q.D.III, then recorded a throwback rock album in the vein of Lenny Kravitz, then he joined a crew named One Inch Punch that made some high-profile appearances on things like the Romeo & Juliet soundtrack and then he disappeared for a while. Now he's a member of the goth-electro crew She Wants Revenge who I am not feeling. I wish he'd go back to rapping but I'm sure he has other interests and/or reasons. It might have something to do with all that acid he keeps talking about having dropped.

Regardless of his messy career, his hip-hop stuff and the tracks he did with the Chems and Bomb The Bass are classics, although not many people are familiar with his solo album, My Field Trip To Planet 9. It came out in 93 on Qwest Records, Quincy Jones' label which was distributed by Warners. Justin was involved in the production from beginning to end and worked, as I mentioned earlier, with Prince Paul and Q.D.III on several tracks. For whatever reason though the album didn't go much of anywhere and Justin abandoned a lot of his hip-hop career soon afterwards. As I mentioned earlier, this may have been related to his purported drug use at the time, which most likely negatively influenced the album's promotion or lack thereof. It's one thing to brag about smoking weed, but dropping acid and doing psychedelic hip-hop in the early nineties was just not generally accepted (Like it ever did?). Anyways, he still did raps on guest spots but it became far more infrequent and Justin disappeared pretty quickly.

Planet 9 is still available for purchase via iTunes and such, but good look finding a physical copy. I had one but it got trashed pretty bad and I don't have a clue how it happened. I'm pretty anal about my collection and I don't leave discs just lying around, so when layers of paint started chipping off the face of the CD and I could see through it, I knew it was over. So enjoy this download and, if you dig it, go buy the album as a download. I'd say support his current works, but I just can't feel the She Wants Revenge stuff.

Oh, by the way, this post ties in slightly with the Trademark Of Quality post(s) as a version of Dip Dip Divin' appears on the 1993 edition. It's simply listed as the New Version and, from the short sample I've heard, appears to be a metal remix of sorts. I prefer the regular version of the track but I still look forward to checking out that remix and I will post it for all to hear upon receiving it.


Justin Warfield - My Field Trip To Planet 9
NOTE: You must download both parts to get the complete album.
Part One
Part Two

01 Tequila Flats
02 Introduction by Ellis Dee
03 Dip Dip Divin'
04 K Sera Sera
05 Fisherman's Grotto
06 Live From The Opium Den
07 Glass Tangerine
08 Guavafish Centipede (Aquatic Meditations)
09 Teenage Caligula
10 Cool Like The Blues
11 Drugstore Cowboy
12 Pick It Up Ya'll
13 B Boys On Acid
14 Stormclouds Left Of Heaven
15 Thoughts In The Buttermilk
16 Tequila Flats (Ghosts Of Laurel Canyon)

All tracks produced by Justin Warfield except...
Tracks 3, 4 and 15 produced with Prince Paul
Tracks 1, 5, 9, 10, 13 and 16 produced with Q.D.III


BONUS!!!!! Just in case you were wondering about some of those other tracks I mentioned, here they are with some remixes for good measure. You should definitely grab this if you're not already familiar with these tracks.

Justin Warfield - BONUS!!!!!

01 Live From The Opium Den (David Holmes Dub)
02 Live From The Opium Den (David Holmes Main Mix)
03 Pick It Up Ya'll (Dust Brothers Vocal Remix)
This is a Chemicals remix prior to their name change.
04 Bomb The Bass - Bug Powder Dust
05 Bomb The Bass - Bug Powder Dust (Dust Brothers Remix)
Again, the Chems, not the actual Dust Bros.
06 Bomb The Bass - Brain Dead
07 The Chemical Brothers - Not Another Drugstore (Planet Nine Mix)
08 Justin Warfield with The S.O.U.N.D. - Ridin' With The Rhythm
09 Justin Warfield with The S.O.U.N.D. - Steppin' With The Sound
10 Justin Warfield with The S.O.U.N.D. - Season Of The Vic
11 Justin Warfield with The S.O.U.N.D. - Season Of The R&B
These four tracks are all from Q.D.III's Soundlab album.
12 The Crystal Method - Kling To The Wreckage