Food for Animals explained

Food for Animals
Background:	group_or_band
Origin:	Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, U.S.
Genre:	Hip hop, underground hip hop, noise
Years Active:	2001 - 2011
Past Members:	Nick Rivetti Andrew Field-Pickering Daniel Helmer Sterling Warren

Food for Animals were an American hip hop group formed in 2001 near Washington, D.C. The group featured Vulture Voltaire (Andrew Field-Pickering), Ricky Rabbit (Nick Rivetti), Dr. Dan (Daniel Helmer), and HY (Sterling Warren). Their music was generally categorized as underground hip hop with a strong tendency towards noise music. According to Pitchfork, their latest albums feature a sound best appreciated by "those with a high tolerance for serial grime and a taste for the sharper, harder edge of hip-hop".^[1]

History

Field Pickering, a Washington, D.C. DJ, and Ricky Rabbit^[2] formed the band ^[3] and quickly booked gigs along the East Coast,^[4] shows which occasionally caused comparisons with Public Enemy^[5] and found praise from critics.^[6]

Discography

Food For Animals

• Strictly Ricky (2003)
• Scavengers (2004, Muckamuck Produce/Upper Class)
• Belly Remixes (2005)
• Belly (2008, HOSS Records/Cockrockdisco)

Ricky's Remixes

• Mi Ami - African Rhythms (rRicky Remix) (2008)
• K-Swift - (Ricky Screwed Mix) (2008)
• Late Summer (2009)
• Ecstatic Sunshine - Turned On (rRicky Remix) (2009)
• Lexie Mountain Boys (Ricky Remix) (2009)
• Bluebird - (rRicky Remix) (2009)

Maxmillion Dunbar (Vulture V)

Albums

• Cool Water (2010, Ramp Records)
• House of Woo (2013, RVNG Intl.)
• Boost (2016, Future Times)
• Many Any (2019, 1432 R)

Singles & EPs

• Outrageous Soulz / Dreamerzzz (2008, Future Times)
• Bare Feet EP (2009, Ramp Recordings)
• Girls Dream (2010, Ramp Recordings)
• Max Trax For World Peace (2011, Future Times)
• Everyday EP (2011, L.I.E.S. Records)
• Woo (2012, RVNG Intl.)
• Orgies Of The Hemp Eaters (2012, Future Times)
• Polo (Versions) (2012, Live At Robert Johnson)
• Drizzling Glass (2014, The Trilogy Tapes)
• Highlife (2014, Hot Haus Recs)
• This Ain't Tom N' Jerry / Chewy (2014, Berceuse Heroique)
• Shoegaze (2014, Falstaff)
• Shaping EP (2015, Off Minor Recordings)

Compilations

• Feel Free (2007)

DJ Mixes

• LWE Podcast 130 (2012, Little White Earbuds)
• FACT Mix 374 (2013, FACT MAGAZINE)
• Woo Daps Mix Tape (2013, RVNG Intl.)
• Unwind Flex (2014, XLR8R)
• People Are Tripping (2018, The Trilogy Tapes)

Miscellaneous

• Berceuse Heroique Presents The B Sides (2015, Berceuse Heroique)
• Truancy Volume 53: Maxmillion Dunbar (2020, Ndeya, Warp Records)

Dolo Percussion (Vulture V)

Singles & EPs

• Dolo Percussion (2013, L.I.E.S Records)
• Dolo 2 (2014, Future Times)
• Dolo 3 (2018, The Trilogy Tapes)

Compilations

• Dolo 4 (2019, Future Times)

Ricky Rabbit

• • • I GOT U *** (single PRANCE) (2012)
• DOG DIMENSION (2013)
• BRAIDED ROPE 158 (Lo Mix) (2020)
• BRAIDED ROPE 158 (Ride Mix) (2020)
• CENTIPEDE (Ft. PSYCHO EGYPTIAN) (2021)
• PRANCE (2013) (2021)

References

1. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/17955/Food_for_Animals_Scavengers_EP Pitchfork Review
2. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/2006/11/3/CMJ_Report_Thursday_Nitsuh_Abebe#39511 Pitchfork News
3. http://www.muckamuck.com/index.php Muckamuck
4. http://www.adequacy.net/review.php?reviewid=4802 DOA Music Magazine Review
5. Web site: City Pages . 2007-01-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070204011417/http://citypages.com/databank/25/1254/article12792.asp . 2007-02-04 . dead .
6. http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/food-for-animals-belly1/ PopMatters review

External links

• Muckamuck
• Cock Rock Disco
• Cokemachineglow