Brothers Stoney: Strutter.

Brothers Stoney help Brad Strut launch The Authentic LP live at the BBQ at The Zoo on March 30.

BrisVegas has always had a strong hip-hop tradition. From the sample heavy beats of the highly regarded Resin Dogs to the new school that sees collective’s like Strictly Business and Fresh ‘n’ Funky emerge as leaders in club culture, the kids wanna do it ghetto style it would seem. Direct from the suburbs and high on irony and beer, local duo Brothers Stoney have already enjoyed the critical acclaim of their brethren interstate and locally. Lead Brothers Len One and Lazy Grey (with sometime third member Ken Oath) have released more vinyl, EP’s and singles on compilation’s then you can shake a stick at and the time is nigh for a broader recognition. With an as yet untitled album due for release on Obese Records later this year, the Brothers will feature at the launch of leading Melbourne rhymer Brad Strut’s Qld launch of his album The Authentic LP (on which Brothers Stoney guest alongside DJ Ransom, Mnemonic Ascent, Bias B and Heinz).

The gallantly Aussie Len One held court on the phone one arvo recently to talk up the album launch and the life of the Brothers.

You DJ and you produce, is there a different flava for each?

“DJing is different, it’s just the songs I wanna hear I suppose. When writing, you can get out anything, sometimes you just make a funky beat that you can dance to yourself, shake your own arse basically. I’ve been trying to do that a bit recently with Lazy.”

What’s up with the Brothers and Brad Strut?

“He was up here for about three or four months and we basically got together and had a couple of beers on our days off and wrote some music, we were all putting our 10 cents in amounting to a dollar, and just writing rhymes. A lot of it was written for Brad specifically, but my involvement was just adding a couple of rhymes on his record.”

It’s almost like hip-hop boys can’t help but work together.

“It’s pretty much like that, it’s just like ‘this is what we do, we make tracks, I’d like to make a track on this level with certain people’. If you can get around to it you do it. And when people come from interstate, it’s almost like an outlaw motorcycle club when you have interstate members come and you treat them really well, go out on a BBQ, a few beers and make a track for them. It’s bizarre…”