Artist · chart history
1200 Techniques
Band Melbourne Australia Active 1997–2005
1200 Techniques formed in 1997 in Melbourne, Australia and was active until 2005. 1200 Techniques has 1 chart appearance on 1 radio countdown from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2002. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Karma”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #4. The station that charted 1200 Techniques most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2002.
1200 Techniques came together in Melbourne in 1997: DJ Peril, born Jason Foretti, on production, percussion and turntables; N'fa Forster-Jones, rapping as Nfamas, out front; and Peril's brother Simon Foretti, known as Kemstar, on lead guitar. That guitar tells you plenty. This was hip-hop that refused to stay in its lane, splicing in rock, funk, soul, electro, drum and bass and breakbeat until the beats practically kicked the door down.
Their debut album, Choose One, dropped in March 2002, just as homegrown Australian hip-hop was finally breaking out of the underground, and 1200 Techniques were right at the front of that push, with singles on the charts and spots on TV shows like John Safran's Music Jamboree. "Karma" is the proof: a rap record with a rock band's muscle, built to win over the skeptics who didn't think their country could do this music justice.
The group split in 2005 and got back together in 2014.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by 1200 Techniques on radio countdowns
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 4 | Karma | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002 |
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