Controller 7

Controller 7
Birth name	Tommy McMahon
Born	San Jose, California
Origin	Berkeley, California
Genres	Alternative hip hop
Occupation(s)	Producer, DJ
Instruments	Sampler, turntable
Years active	1999–present
Labels	6months, Bully Records, Wenod
Website	controller7.bandcamp.com

Controller 7 (born Tommy McMahon) is an underground hip hop producer from San Jose, California.

History

Controller 7 released the debut album Left Handed Straw in 2000. It was reissued on 6months in 2001.^[1]

He has produced and remixed tracks for Anticon artists such as Sole, Sage Francis and Themselves.^[2]

The Bumps mixtape was released in 2005.^[3][4]

Discography

Albums

• Left Handed Straw (2000)
• Bumps (2005)
• The Lost Tapes (1997-1998) (2007)

EPs

• Expansions (2003)
• Egg (2005)

Productions

• Sole - "Dismantling of Sole's Ego" "Furthermore" from Bottle of Humans (1999)
• Deep Puddle Dynamics - "Rainmen (Controller 7 Remix)" from The Taste of Rain... Why Kneel? (1999)
• Sage Francis - "Specialist" from Personal Journals (2002)
• Themselves - "Mouthful (Matth and Controller 7 Remix)" from The No Music of AIFFS (2003)
• Sage Francis - "Agony in Her Body" from A Healthy Distrust (2005)
• Sole - "Predictions" "Crisis" from Live from Rome (2005)

Compilation appearances

• "Heckles from the Peanut Gallery" on Giga Single (2001)
• "Bunny Slippers" on Anticon Label Sampler: 1999-2004 (2004)
• "Shades of a Former You" "Reactionnary" "I Tried to Speak, But Couldn't" "Bad Blue (Last Chance)" on Lunch Money Singles (2004)

References

1. Quinlan, Thomas (November 2000). "Controller 7 - Left Handed Straw". Exclaim!.
2. Bertot, Sylvain (September 28, 2005). "Controller 7 - Interview" (in French). Pop News.
3. Purdom, Clayton (July 20, 2005). "Controller 7: Bumps". Cokemachineglow.
4. Miller, Derek (August 1, 2005). "Controller 7 - Bumps". Stylus Magazine.

External links

• Official website