Coco Solid

aka Jessica Hansell


Jessica Hansell is an Auckland-born rapper, singer and songwriter who performs and records under the stage name Coco Solid.

Now a solo project, Coco Solid first began as a duo, with Hansell recording and performing alongside fellow rapper and visual artist Benjamin Buchanan, who works under the stage name Erik Ultimate. Hansel and Buchanan recorded regularly with deceased punk producer ALC5 and often performed with DJ Han Baby.

Coco Solid - The Radical Bad Attack (2008)
Coco Solid - Gentlemen Prefer Bombz (2006)
Coco Solid and Erik Ultimate photographed for the back of Denim & Leisure (2005).
Electrik Love
Aroha Bridge - Season One, Episode One
Rap n Roll with Flight of the Conchords
Coco Solid - Denim and Leather (2004)
Architecture
Cokes - a Coco Solid mixtape for Waitangi Day, 2018.
Photo credit: Pati Solomona Tyrell
Parallel Dance Ensemble - Weight Watchers (2009)
Coco Solid - Denim & Leisure (2005)
Coco Solid - Pacific Rims EP (2011)
Crime Fighters
Poster for Coco Solid's 2017 mix Alumni, for Red Bull Radio. 
Coco Solid - Slow Torture (feat. Disasteradio)
Trivia:

Hansell and Erik Ultimate rapped with Flight Of The Conchords at SXSW in 2006.

Hansell's song Denim & Leather was sampled by Princess Superstar in her song Monday Morning.

Members:

Jessica Hansell

Benjamin Buchanan

Labels:

ISM Records


Red Bull Music Academy


Permanent Vacation

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