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BS2000 was a side-project of
Beastie Boys member Adam “
Adrock” Horovitz and Amery "Awol" Smith (who toured with Beastie Boys as their drummer in mid 90s). The project started as sort of east-meets-west long distance beat-trading coalition between
New York based
Adam Horovitz and
Los Angeles resident
Amery Smith. The result of that was a release of a self-titled limited edition vinyl on
Grand Royal (now defunct Beastie Boys record label) in 1997. The album's 23 tracks, all extremely short and drenched in drum-machine beats and a frenzy of cryptic samples, made a splash within the breakbeat DJ world. It garnered praise from such turntable luminaries as
Dan the Automator and
Alec Empire. Due in part to the Beastie Boys active schedule of recording and touring, it would be nearly five years before BS2000 reemerged with a follow-up album. In 2000 the duo released a record titled “
Simply Mortified”. “Simply Mortified” differs largely from their first release. While it still has a drum machine at its core, the album relies less on sampling and more on keyboards and distorted vocals, both of which were absent on the first record. This time BS 2000 went on tour to support their release. During live shows they were joined by
Jazz Thompson on keyboard and
Alfredo Ortiz on drums. Alfredo Ortiz has toured with the Beastie Boys as a drummer and percussionist, during
Hello Nasty,
To The 5 Boroughs and
The Mix-Up tours. Jazz Thompson was a guitar tech who toured with the Beastie Boys in the 90s.
Jazz and AWOL are referenced in Beastie Boys song
Intergalactic (“Jazz and AWOL that’s our team”)
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