Controller 7 Explained

Controller 7
Birth Name:	Tommy McMahon
Birth Place:	San Jose, California
Origin:	Berkeley, California
Genre:	Alternative hip hop
Occupation:	Producer, DJ
Instrument:	Sampler, turntable
Years Active:	1999–present
Label:	6months, Bully Records, Wenod

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)
• Exhale01 (2020)

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 (2004)
• "Shades of a Former You" "Reactionnary" "I Tried to Speak, But Couldn't" "Bad Blue (Last Chance)" on Lunch Money Singles (2004)

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Controller 7 - Left Handed Straw. Exclaim!. Thomas. Quinlan. November 2000.
2. Web site: Controller 7 - Interview. Pop News. French. Sylvain. Bertot. September 28, 2005.
3. Web site: Controller 7: Bumps. Cokemachineglow. Clayton. Purdom. July 20, 2005. July 14, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120512233148/http://www.cokemachineglow.com/record_review/675/controller7-bumps-2005. May 12, 2012. dead.
4. Controller 7 - Bumps. Stylus Magazine. Derek. Miller. August 1, 2005.