Touch and Nato are a hip hop

Hip hop music

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 duo from Edmonton

Edmonton

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, Canada

Canada

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. The members are Touch (MC

Master of Ceremonies

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), and Nato (DJ/producer

Hip hop production

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).

The group's debut album, ...Are The Representatives in Intelligent Design, was released in June 2007 to rave reviews from outlets like CD Baby

CD Baby

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, HeroHill.com, Now Magazine

NOW (magazine)

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and HipHopCanada.com. It featured collaborations with Cadence Weapon

Cadence Weapon

Cadence Weapon is the stage name of Rollie Pemberton, a Canadian rapper.-Biography:Born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, his father was Teddy Pemberton, a pioneering hip hop DJ on CJSR-FM, and his grandfather was Rollie Miles, a football player for the Edmonton Eskimos...

, Wordsworth

Wordsworth (rapper)

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, Mindbender, Nomad, Chazm, Chris Plus and Stray. All production was handled by Nato and it was recorded at his Up in Arms Studio.

Their video for the song "Adult's Story" proved to be a hit online, with Touch spinning the classic Slick Rick

Slick Rick

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 song "Children's Story

Children's Story

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" into a Maury Povich

Maury Povich

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-inspired talk show paternity battle. The album reached number one on the hip hop charts for ChartAttack

Chart (magazine)

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in August 2007, reflecting Canadian campus radio airplay. In early 2008 the single "Somethin' Real ft. Wordsworth" reached number one on the US-based Rap Attack charts, and also charted on CMJ

College Music Journal

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's Hip Hop Top 20. Intelligent Design was also nominated for Outstanding Urban Recording at the 2008 Western Canadian Music Awards

Western Canadian Music Awards

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Discography

• Intelligent Design Promo - 2007 - Up in Arms Recordings (digital mixtape)
• ...Are the Representatives in Intelligent Design - 2007 - Up in Arms Recordings/Makebelieve Records

Vinyl releases

• Abstrakt Vinyl Compilation - 2005 - Makebelieve Records (features "What I Wanna Say")