ANTTEX
Darren E. Johnson (born March 5, 1966 New York, NY), also known by his pseudonym ANTTEX, is an American recording artist, record producer, photographer and filmmaker from Addisleigh Park, Queens, New York.
Early life and education
Darren William Eugene Johnson was born in New York to parents William E. Johnson Jr. and Christine Johnson. Johnson was taught photography by Jules T. Allen at Queensboro Community College where he majored in Fine Arts.
ANTTEX is one many pseudonyms Johnson developed as graffiti artist and DJ during the eighties. After being arrested on multiple occasions by New York Transit cops who knew him as Vega 5, he began regularly changing his tag to hide his identity.
Career
Johnson performed during the nineties as ANTTEX on Tuff City Records, Libra Records and Noise Gallery Records. He produced records for other recording artists during the 90s using the pseudonyms ANTTEX, LIBRA Records, Dem Kids from Queens, Noise Gallery and Clarence Beaks & Noise Gallery. He produced records, rhythm arrangements and Re-mixes for Color Me Badd,Tony Thompson, Legit, mMOMENTUMm,Company Flow, Nuttin' Nyce, KB Dub, Noise Gallery, Controversy, Noise Gallery with ANTTEX, Joe, Ce Ce Peniston, Chief Kamachi, Waterjug, Champ S, Mack Daddy Malik, Lakim Shabazz, Mobb Deep (Havoc, Prodigy, Lil D and Killa Sha.)
Podcasts:
Anttex
ALBUMS
- Underground Hip Hop for Dummies, Volume 7 released: 2004
Underground Hip Hop for Dummies, Volume 7
Released 2004- Mad Props
- Live From Fox Valley
- Bleeding Hate
- Feel the High, Part II
- Stacked With Honors (remix)
- Recall Match
- Star of the Story
- Twenty One Years
- Come Clean
- Powers of Nine Ether
- Execution
- Hot Summer Days
- Hot to Def
- Life's Gettin Rough
- Rappin Is Fundamental
- Fright Nights
- Boiling Point
- Bridging the Gap
- Closer to God
- Detroits Finest
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by Peter Murphy
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by Infested
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by Steven Wilson
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by Chris Montez
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by Jean Ferrat
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by Said Mike
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by Ghostlimb
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by Cause For Effect
Indigo Eyes
by: Peter MurphyFire burning in a hill
The lines are rocky rough
Red angels wait to pick remains
The cindered shoulder
Of confused men
Separate from them, their awe
With gray desire
He looks out mad
His soft gray indigo eyes
Indigo eyes, asking
His heaven is uncovered not
A black tree blocks his way
His way is skating round a dome
His way is in dismay
The playmate sings
Like Orphee in some thunder world
Asking to be bathed in light
To be exemplified
Like Orphee in some thunder world
Asking to be bathed in light
To be exemplified
With gray desire
He looks out mad
His soft gray indigo eyes
Indigo eyes
Saw his past
He had dug for trust
With blind infected hands
And wondered as the hurt bit hard
Why the sacred weren't at hand
Only when his ears were deaf
To the angels light burst waves
Only when his ears were deaf
Did life turn from fog to fog
But not evil but estranged
But not evil but estranged
Indigo eyes
Indigo eyes
Indigo eyes
Indigo eyes
With gray desire
He looks out mad
His soft gray, indigo eyes