via: Milwaukee Public Art Examiner Click the photo to read original post Jason, “Taiyamo Denku,” Miller was dismayed both because his regular band mates from W.A.S.T.E.L.A.N.D.S. (Wisdom Activates Serenity Throughout Entities Living Allah’s Nurturing Divine Science) were absent for his performance at Grassroot’s open mic in the Miramar Theatre, and because when he took the stage, as the second of two featured guests, over half of the audience left. “I feel like the ugly kid, …

via: www.abovegroundmagazine.com On June 29th, 2010, one-third of the group W.A.S.T.E.L.A.N.D.S., Short Fuze, will drop his debut full-length project created with label mate Nasa on production. The album is titled Lobotomy Music and is described as “one man’s story navigating life’s ups and downs” and is composed of tracks that tell “true stories of life & death, good & evil, youth & wisdom”. Guest spots on the album include Nasa aka Adam Warlock, Cirrus …

via www.abovegroundmagazine.com This week Taiyamo Denku, a member of the Uncommom Records roster, participated in our weekly column. Denku is one-third of the hip-hop group W.A.S.T.E.L.A.N.D.S. that has an album scheduled to drop in January of 2010. Check out his answers to our First 5. 1. Tell us something nobody knows about you? Outside of music and hip-hop, I bust my ass doing slave work at a factory surrounded by ex-cons and uneducated peeps. And I have a college degree. Damn this economy… 2. …

How did the W.A.S.T.E.L.A.N.D.S form and who makes up the clique? Taiyamo Denku: Well we as a group didn't start out together, it all started with Short Fuze who started this group up and took a liking to fellow crew member Augury, who Short Fuze heard had skills, so they started working on an album. They didn't feel like they had everything they needed yet and were looking for the missing piece to the puzzle. Eric heard that this guy namedTaiyamo Denku made beats , not even thinking he could rhyme, he …

Recently Nasa sat down with Short Fuze of W.A.S.T.E.L.A.N.D.S. and asked him a lot about Chicago and the scene there, what inspires his music (solo and with the group on "After Years of Television") and made fun of the Cubs. Enjoy. Nasa- How powerful was Obama's election to people from Illinois? I could feel it from New York, but do you think it's like getting closer to the Sun, is it even hotter closer to the source? Short Fuze- It was extremely powerful, I was at home watching the coverage …

Ladies and Gents, DaTongue Flow Presents....the 3 lyrical assassins, no blanks, always on point collectively known as W.A.S.T.E.L.A.N.D.S. DaTongue: First of, for the people who don't know W.A.S.T.E.L.A.N.D.S., what is WASTELANDS? How did WASTELANDS come about? How did you all meet? Denku - Well Fuze could talk to you about the origin of Wastelands, I myself met Eric Ellis AKA Augury when we were at school together, I was actually just working some weak job for the school vibing to my demo I had worked …