Farm Fresh (band)

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Farm Fresh
Origin Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Genres Canadian hip hop
Years active1994 (1994)–1996 (1996)
Labels Peanuts & Corn
Members Mcenroe
Pip Skid
DJ Hunnicutt

Farm Fresh was a Canadian hip hop group from Brandon, Manitoba made up of Mcenroe, [1] Pip Skid [2] and DJ Hunnicutt.

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History

Farm Fresh first came together in 1991. They later moved to Winnipeg, [3] and in 1994 released their first recording The Space EP. [3] This was followed by a full-length album named Crazy Friction in 1995. [4]

Soon after, the group stopped developing new material. They released a compact disc called Played Out, containing previous recordings and a few unreleased songs, in 1996. [5] [6] The band also appeared on Rheostatics' album The Nightlines Sessions , collaborating with that band on an improvised live track called "Trans Jam". [7]

Farm Fresh reunited for an anniversary album named Time Is Running Out, which was released in March 2005. [8] The album was recorded in a basement studio in Brandon. [9]

All of their albums have been released on Peanuts & Corn Records, a label founded and operated by Mcenroe. [10]

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  2. "Street Cred". Winnipeg Free Press. Rob Williams 03/11/2010
  3. 1 2 Peanuts & Corn Records". Stylus, APRIL — MAY 2016 Issue . Harrison Samphir.
  4. "Breaking Bread with Peanuts & Corn". Exclaim!
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  7. Farm Fresh at AllMusic
  8. "Farm Fresh Time Is Running Out". Ecclaim!
  9. Farm Fresh. CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. 2004. pp. 18–. ISSN   1074-6978.
  10. Wishahouse: Great white Northerner never-weres make a mountain out of a prole hill Archived 2011-05-24 at the Wayback Machine . The Village Voice , August 30, 2005.