![]() Throughout every Captain Planet song, it’s clear to hear his inspired appreciation for breaking the boundaries between genres and bridging continents through rhythm. Here are nine cartoons and shows that inspired generations to fight for the environment. Blending a wide range of styles (from NY hip hop, to NOLA funk, to Turkish Psychedelic, to Nigerian Afrobeat and beyond), Captain Planet’s trademark sound has matured into a truly unique form of electronic music- bridging gaps between worldwide music diasporas as well as contemporary dance music sub-genres (house, hip hop, dubstep & breaks). Any information you publish in a comment, profile, work, or Content that you post or import onto AO3 including in summaries, notes and tags, will be accessible. We can learn a lot from childrens TV shows, including about biodiversity and how to care for our planet. The Captain’s upcoming sophmore full-length “Esperanto Slang” is the culmination of his many years constantly producing music and searching for new sounds. ![]() Wilder’s eclectic music blog has become a popular go-to for DJ’s, tastemakers, and music lovers worldwide- providing them with a steady stream of underground dance music, exlcusive remixes, and DJ mixes. 1” was included in Sasha Frere-Jones “Best Music of 2012” in the New Yorker. Since then the Captain has released 2 more successful EP’s and a full-length album (“Cookin Gumbo”) on Bastard Jazz Records, as well as a slew of remixes (both bootleg & official) for the likes of Little Dragon, Erykah Badu, Katy B, Mayer Hawthorne, Mia Doi Todd, and Gilles Peterson’s Havana Cultura project. His 2005 debut 12” on Bastard Jazz sold thousands of copies and led to remixes for artists like Vieux Farka Toure, Alice Russell, Bibi Tanga and The Pimps of Joytime – not to mention placements on numerous TV shows such as Entourage, CSI:NY & Orange Is The New Black. Flipping these same World records the way Hip-Hop producers traditionally sample, these international sounds became the ingredients he used in concocting his trademark “Gumbo Funk” style. After being offered a primetime slot playing strictly international music on WNYU’s “Passport” radio show, Wilder began making frequent trips to the World music section of Lincoln Center’s Public Library- eventually acquiring their entire collection. DIC production produced the first 3 seasons, then it was later turned over to Hanna Barbera. He soon developed an obsession with vinyl records and digging for samples which led to an expanded appreciation of Reggae, Latin and African music as well as a curiosity for other styles from around the world. Wilder (the masked man behind Captain Planet) began DJ-ing and making beats on a Tascam 4-track in his teens. ![]() ![]() Fueled by an early love of Hip-Hop music, Charlie B. ![]()
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