The project has been recorded during the Summer holidays 2012 in the US, France, Germany and Switzerland and is heavily focussed on the role of the DJ as the initial and most important element in Hip Hop culture; thus puts the spotlight on a band member who usually rather works in the background - DJ Tom Select. All songs have been performed in "live" sessions in different studios, afterwards the best breaks, beats and verses have been selected and pressed on Vinyl so that the DJ was able to record the entire master record directly from his DJ set - including all the vocals, breaks, sounds and effects. Listening to "The Backspin Project" makes one feel like attending a live DJ or Soundsystem set. Pure Hip Hop is supposed to sound like this! Release: Friday, 12th July 2013 Format: 12" Vinyl EP (white Vinyl), CD, Digital Beats: DJ Tom Select Guests: RZA, U-God, Masta Killa, Cappadonna, Craig G., M-Eighty, Nino Graye and more! Production: Sound Survivors for Lost Hill Music 2013 Cuts|Arrangement|Mix: DJ Tom Select @ Lost Hill Studios A&R: Tom Select, Matthew "M-Eighty" Markoff Mastering: Robin Schmidt @ 24-96 Studios/Karlsruhe Cover Artwork: Marabou Press Pictures: Inés Kieferle for Bildwerk7 (www.bildwerk7.de) Promotion: SureShot Promotions/Berlin Tracklist Vinyl Edition: A1: The Backspin Session | Homage to the DJ (w/ RZA, U-God, Masta Killa, Cappadonna, Aslaam Mahdi, Al.X) A2: The Goblin Session | Street Math (w/ Tos-El Bashir) A3: The Hennessy Session | I can hear the Rooster crowing (w/ Nino Graye) B1: The Daddy Real Session | Operating correctly (w/ Jaecyn Bayne, M-Eighty) B2: Take it back (Bonus Acapella) (by Craig G.) B3: The Board Session | See the fire up on the Hill B4: The Bongwater Session | Verbal Voodoo Freestyle (w/ Nino Graye, M-Eighty) B5: The Last Stand Session | The drum rises in the East (by DJ Tom Select)