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Justin Warfield (born 1973) is a musician and hip hop
Hip hop

Hip hop is a cultural movement built largely around the music genre of hip hop music, which developed in New York City during the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 emcee who is currently half of the darkwave
Darkwave

Dark wave, also written as darkwave, is a music genre that began in the late 1970s, coinciding with the popularity of New Wave music and post-punk....
 band She Wants Revenge
She Wants Revenge

She Wants Revenge is an United States duo, based in San Fernando Valley, California. Their debut album was released in early 2006, with three singles to follow ....
. In 1993 he released a hip hop album titled My Field Trip to Planet 9, which featured production from Prince Paul
Prince Paul

Paul Huston, better known by the stage name Prince Paul, is an United States disc jockey and Hip hop music record producer....
 and QDIII
Quincy Jones III

Quincy Delight Jones III is a Swedish-American composer, music producer, film producer and author....
.

Justin Warfield is musically versatile, having been involved in most contemporary Western musical genres in one form or another during his career and seems to choose his projects based on personal interest rather than through career concerns.






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Justin Warfield (born 1973) is a musician and hip hop
Hip hop

Hip hop is a cultural movement built largely around the music genre of hip hop music, which developed in New York City during the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 emcee who is currently half of the darkwave
Darkwave

Dark wave, also written as darkwave, is a music genre that began in the late 1970s, coinciding with the popularity of New Wave music and post-punk....
 band She Wants Revenge
She Wants Revenge

She Wants Revenge is an United States duo, based in San Fernando Valley, California. Their debut album was released in early 2006, with three singles to follow ....
. In 1993 he released a hip hop album titled My Field Trip to Planet 9, which featured production from Prince Paul
Prince Paul

Paul Huston, better known by the stage name Prince Paul, is an United States disc jockey and Hip hop music record producer....
 and QDIII
Quincy Jones III

Quincy Delight Jones III is a Swedish-American composer, music producer, film producer and author....
.

Justin Warfield is musically versatile, having been involved in most contemporary Western musical genres in one form or another during his career and seems to choose his projects based on personal interest rather than through career concerns. Instead of a hip-hop follow-up to his debut, for example, he formed a psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock

CharacteristicsThe musical style typically features electric guitars, 12 strings being preferred for their 'jangle'; elaborate studio effects - backwards taping, panning , phasing, long delay loops and extreme reverb; exotic instrumentation, with a particular fondness for the sitar and tabla; A strong keyboard presence, especially Hammond, Far...
 band that released one album, The Justin Warfield Supernaut. His projects seldom receive mainstream recognition and tend to baffle the majority but generate small isolated cult following
Cult following

A cult following is a group of fan devoted to a specific area of pop culture. These dedicated followings are usually relatively small, and often pertain to items that don't have broad mainstream appeal....
s, due to the drastically differing stylistic choices between each project.

He was a member of the group One-Inch Punch, which released Tao of the One-Inch Punch on Hut Records in 1996. Now he is one half of the darkwave
Darkwave

Dark wave, also written as darkwave, is a music genre that began in the late 1970s, coinciding with the popularity of New Wave music and post-punk....
 duo She Wants Revenge
She Wants Revenge

She Wants Revenge is an United States duo, based in San Fernando Valley, California. Their debut album was released in early 2006, with three singles to follow ....
, a project different again from any of his previous incarnations. It is a deliberately caricatured, heavily electronic group that draws influence from bands such as Joy Division
Joy Division

Joy Division were an English Rock music band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis , Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris ....
, Bauhaus
Bauhaus (band)

Bauhaus were an England Rock music band formed in Northampton in 1978. The group consisted of Peter Murphy , Daniel Ash , Kevin Haskins and David J ....
 and Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode is an electronic music band formed in 1980, in Basildon, Essex, England. The group's original line-up was Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andrew Fletcher and Vince Clarke ....
 to more contemporary groups such as Interpol
Interpol (band)

Interpol are an American band formed in 1997 in New York City.The band's line-up is Paul Banks , Daniel Kessler , Carlos Dengler and Sam Fogarino ....
, and the Faint
The Faint

The Faint is a dance-punk/new wave music band. Formed in Omaha, Nebraska, the band consists of Todd Fink, Jacob Thiele, Dapose, Joel Petersen and Clark Baechle....
, cultivating a stylized visual identity in a contemporary analogue to Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode is an electronic music band formed in 1980, in Basildon, Essex, England. The group's original line-up was Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andrew Fletcher and Vince Clarke ....
 and the Cure
The Cure

The Cure are an English Rock music band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several lineup changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member....
. His most commercially recognizable track is probably “Bug Powder Dust
Bug Powder Dust

"Bug Powder Dust" is a song by Bomb the Bass, released as the band's eighth single in 1994 as the first single from the Clear album. Featuring Justin Warfield on vocals, the track is primarily Dance music blended with Rap music and Breakbeat....
,” in which he was the vocalist of a Bomb the Bass
Bomb the Bass

Bomb the Bass is the umbrella title for the output of British musician and producer, Tim Simenon. The band, which has evolved its style over the years, has been classed as Electronic Dance music or dance....
 release, and he was also featured on another track on its album Clear
Clear (Bomb the Bass album)

Clear was the third album released by Bomb The Bass, the dance/electronic collective formed around British producer and musician, Tim Simenon....
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