{{Short description|American producer and rap collective}} {{Notability|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Audio Perm | image = WeOutChea Audio Perm.jpg | caption = Audio Perm photographed on the cover of their album ''WeOutChea'' (2012) | alias = | origin = Minneapolis, Minnesota | genre = Hip-hop | past_members = {{hlist|Taylor Madrigal|Cory Grindberg|Julian Fairbanks|Chantz Erolin|80H20|Bobby Raps| Ramiro X|Yakub|Big Dylan|Unfuh Qwittable}} | years_active = 2009–2014 | label = | website = {{url|audioperm.tumblr.com}} }}
'''Audio Perm''' was a hip-hop collective based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
==History== Audio Perm members were largely from Edison High School or South High School in Minneapolis.<ref name=star/> They started making music together after several members met at a hip-hop class taught by I Self Devine.<ref name=first/>
The name "Audio Perm" originally only applied to the three producers of the group.<ref name=star>{{cite news |last1=Riemenschneider |first1=Chris |title=Local music: Audio Perm is out to win Are You Local? contest |url=https://www.startribune.com/local-music-audio-perm-is-out-to-win-are-you-local-contest/193929311/?refresh=true |access-date=26 March 2023 |work=Star Tribune |date=28 February 2013}}</ref> The three founding producers, Taylor Madrigal, Cory Grindberg, and Julian Fairbanks, started writing beats together in 2009.
In 2011, the group established the Audio Perm Block Party as an alternative to the Soundset Music Festival. The inaugural event was held in the parking lot of Shuga Records in Minneapolis.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brenden |first1=Mark |title=Check the rhyme |url=https://mndaily.com/238924/arts-entertainment/music/check-rhyme/ |access-date=26 March 2023 |work=The Minnesota Daily |date=10 August 2011}}</ref> They promoted the event by releasing the free mixtape ''Audio Perm Block Party Compilation''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Swensson |first1=Andrea |title=Audio Perm Block Party showcases Twin Cities hip-hop, offers up free mixtape |url=http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2011/08/audio_perm_bloc.php |website=City Pages |access-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818210716/http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2011/08/audio_perm_bloc.php |archive-date=18 August 2011|date=16 August 2011}}</ref> The group later participated in the 2012 Soundset Music Festival.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Andrew |title=Exclusive: 2012 Soundset Festival Lineup Revealed |url=https://www.complex.com/music/2012/03/premiere-2012-soundset-festival-lineup-revealed |website=Complex |access-date=26 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref> In the summer of 2012, Audio Perm released ''We Out Chea'', a compilation of previously recorded tracks. They planned to release an official album in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Spencer |first1=Jack |title=Audio Perm |url=http://digitalissue.citypages.com/publication/?m=5512&i=130404&p=18&ver=html5 |access-date=27 March 2023 |work=City Pages |date=17 October 2012 |page=19}}</ref>
Audio Perm has supplied beats to other artists, such as Prof and Illuminous 3.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Powers |first1=Colleen |title=Audio Perm's step-by-step guide to being dope |url=https://www.avclub.com/audio-perm-s-step-by-step-guide-to-being-dope-1798229113 |access-date=26 March 2023 |work=The A.V. Club |date=4 January 2012 |language=en}}</ref> The group dissolved in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rietmulder |first1=Michael |title=DJ Tiiiiiiiiiip conquers the Twin Cities hip-hop party scene |url=https://www.startribune.com/dj-tiiiiiiiiiip-conquers-the-twin-cities-hip-hop-party-scene/311459841/?refresh=true |access-date=26 March 2023 |work=Star Tribune |date=3 July 2015}}</ref>
==Members== The producers for the group included Taylor Madrigal, Cory Grindberg, and Julian Fairbanks. Rappers in the group included Chantz Erolin, 80H20, Bobby Raps, Ramiro X, Yakub, Big Dylan, and Unfuh Qwittable.<ref name=first>{{cite web |title=Audio Perm |url=https://first-avenue.com/performer/audio-perm/ |website=First Avenue |access-date=26 March 2023}}</ref>
==Discography== List adapted from official Tumblr page.<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Audio Perm Releases (Compilations/Beat Tapes/Remixes) |url=https://audioperm.tumblr.com/music |website=audioperm.tumblr.com |access-date=26 March 2023}}</ref>
*''WeOutChea'' (2012) *''Waggin On The Scene (The Audio Perm Remixes)'' (Audio Perm x Franz Diego; 2012) *''Audio Perm Block Party Compilation'' (2011) *''Audio Perm In Full Effect'' (2010) *''Audio Perm Beat Tape'' (2009)
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Category:Musical groups from Minneapolis Category:American hip-hop groups