RIP Liquid Cop
Internet Memorial Audio Beef Today. No clever summary line or picture.
'My Neighbor Sidney Is From Brazil'
by Liquid Cop from his 2003 album 'Data So Nice I Saved It Twice'
A recent comment on this old post about Liquid Cop reminded me of an update I've been meaning to post for a long time. This is the first time I've done something like this, so I hope this post is properly respectful.
Here's what I said in that original post :
Liquid Cop is an enigma wrapped inside a mystery wrapped inside the Bay Area. According to this page full of CD-R treats at Aquarius Records he is from San Francisco, but I can assure you he is flying deep under the rader here. That's why he doesn't have a web page link... he doesn't have a web page.Shortly after posting this, I received the following mail from a friend of Liquid Cop named Chris Davis. I asked for and received Chris' permission to quote it here in its entirety :It's a shame, because his album Data So Nice I Saved It Twice is one of my top ten of 2003.
I regret to inform you that my best friend, Kevin Rearden aka Liquid Cop, is no longer with us. He passed away last February at the age of 35. He was a pure genius to me. He allowed me the honor to design his CD Cover for "TheClearAlbumEP". He is my inspiration for making music myself. I actually wrote the original track for "webcam girl" when it was called "silent". Leave it to Kevin to freak it with some moan and groans and give us what he did. He made music for about 5-6 years. He used very few programs to do his music. I think it was just sound forge or something. I work on a mac so i'm not sure exactly. He worked on an old PC. He was not one for fancy gimmicks. Just record your hand hitting the desk and call it a base drum. Slam a cabinet call it a snare. That kind of guy. He was all about having fun in his music.Actually he was just about having fun in life. Lord knows we had some good times. Kevin used to come to my house in the Mission every Saturday morning, smoke a joint, watch a little kung-fu, and make beats for the next few hours. He was so much fun to work with. He did not care about what samples were in it, cuz it's not about money to him. If he got sued, that would mean he hade made it to the mainstream, and if someone wanted to use his beats it would become their problem to get it cleared. He blatantly used metallica samples as a big fuck you to the industry and the overpaid bitches within that industry. He was the fuckin MAN. I really miss him, and I am glad that someone else out there got a chance to hear his genius.
hope this helps answer some questions. If you have anymore questions, please don't hesitate to ask. These things help keep his legacy alive.
Chris Davis
aka HiGRADE, QRIS24, WASABIONE, THE LAST TREE
We here at Nuclear Beef offer our sincere condolences to the family and loved ones of Mr. Rearden. We offer this post as an internet memorial to a talented individual whom the world lost too soon. We have posted his song 'My Neighbor Sidney Is From Brazil' as an audio tribute to his musical legacy. May he rest in peace.
(I have also contacted Aquarius records about finding a CD quality copy of this album, for archival purposes. If anyone out there has a copy that they'd be willing to encode lossless, I can provide archive space. It'd be a shame for this album to be lost to history. email to nuclearbeef at gmail dot com.)