Biography

Torontos Independent Emcee known as Admiral Crumple is a hardcore Hip Hop artist, with a refined writing style. He is recognized across Canada, Europe, New York, California, England and Australia. Crumple has sold hundreds of albums in Europe, New York and Canada. His album Interfuse brought forth his original style of hardcore, deep, storytelling and fun style of Hip Hop. Crumple brings his work to a fan base that grows with each new release.

Admiral Crumple was born and raised in Toronto He has been writing and releasing music since the mid nineties. In 1996-1999 you could have caught him freestyling with his crew the Altered States in the Bergamot projects. The writing doesnt stop at hip-hop lyricism. He is also involved in many short story and poetic projects.

Crumple has performed live dozens of times in Toronto. He opened up for groups such as Invoice, The Anonomys Crew, and many DJs. His shows pull in an average of 75-150 people.

Artists like Run DMC, Redman and the whole form of independent hip-hop influenced him. The Beatles, Aldous Huxley, Bruce Lee, Gandhi, and David Letterman etc also inspired him. The love for hip-hop switched from consuming product, to creating and giving back to the community. Admiral has been involved in many projects and has worked with many artists including Kinetic (Altered states), Savilion (Creaturebox), Toad One (Creaturebox), Duncan (Torontos best known Speedbass artist and co-founder of the legendary Smirk parties), Last Poet (Altered States), First Aid, Romulus, Anonomix, Skitz and Serene (The Anonymous) Vision (Edmontons favorite) etc. As Admirals Knowledge, wisdom and understanding evolve through time, so does the Cataphonic Empire and all affiliated emcees.

Admiral Crumples Recording Discography

1998 - Crumple - Panic Attack Demo tape

1998 - Crumple - 6 track tape with Last Poet from Sentinels of Silence

1999 - Altered States (First Aid, Last Poet, Crumple) Well Overdue Produced by Kinetic

2000 - Bleached Harmony Live Session @ Chucks

2001 - Crumple - Kitty/Rhyming in the City feat. Jen

2001 - Crumple Production Practice (Produced by Kinetic)

2001 - Crumple Production Practice/ Strictly for the Streets Music Video (Director)

2001 - Creaturebox (Toad-one,) feat. Crumple (Galvatron)

2001 - Altered States (Crumple, Kinetic) Strictly for the Streets

2001 - Crumple 1998-1999 album (Released only in Europe)

2002 - Admiral Crumple Interfuse

2002 - Admiral Crumple Get Crumpled Music Video (director/editing collaboration with Mike Herman from Disclaimer Industries)

2002 - Savilion Guest Appearance (feat. Vision, Toad-One, Crumple) Everything Happens for a reason

2003 - Bleached Harmony (feat. Anonomix, Romulus, Crumple) Synchronized Seizures

2003 - Cataphonic Productions Compilation album

Press Bibliography

2002 - 105.5 plays Interdependence

2002 - The Hip Hop Show (Los Angeles California) premieres the music video for Get Crumpled

2002 - 105.5 FM radio appearance/Interview/freestyle exclusives

2002 - 105.5 FM radio Superfly show with Crazee Craze appearance /Interview/freestyle exclusives

2002 - 89.5 FM radio Assension with Dj Law and Dj Shortcut

appearance/Interview/ freestyle exclusives