In late 1994,
MC Serch (of
3rd Bass fame) took protégé
Sabac Red and teamed up with DJ Eclipse and
Ill Bill (
La Coka Nostra/
Heavy Metal Kings), thereby creating the group known as Non Phixion. Within six months, Goretex (now known as Lord Goat), a childhood friend of Ill Bill from
Glenwood Houses, had joined the crew after freestyling for MC Serch in Bill's
Starrett City apartment. Six months later, they had released their first single, "Legacy". It went on to sell over 25,000 copies worldwide, with little distribution, establishing the group as an international touring force. Necro was a member during the beginning of the group. MC Serch secured the group a deal by letting them choose what label they desired, which was with major label
Geffen Records, due to their growing roster of like-minded artists such as
Killah Priest,
the Roots, and
GZA.
Russell Simmons was also interested in the group after Serch brought them to his penthouse for a live meeting and performance, which due to scheduling never came to fruition. Serch kept releasing singles for the group through his own independent imprint Serchlite, and they continued to garner underground worldwide notoriety. Eventually, a series of miscommunications and incidents between the group and Serch over the mysterious whereabouts of money led to Non Phixion being dropped by the label during a merger with
MCA Records, by way of then-owner
Seagram.
The Future Is Now features the production of hip hop giants such as
Pete Rock,
Large Professor,
DJ Premier, The Beatnuts, Ill Bill's brother Necro, and Dave 1 from funk band
Chromeo. A
heavy metal remix for "The CIA Is Trying To Kill Me" produced by
T-Ray was also included and features
Christian Olde Wolbers,
Raymond Herrera from
Fear Factory, and guitarist
Stephen Carpenter from
Deftones.
The Future Is Now also contains a rare at the time guest appearance from
MF Doom. The cover artwork was created by Los Angeles artist
Mear One from California graffiti crew C.B.S. After the release of their seminal album, Non Phixion's members put out their first round of solo material: Ill Bill released ''
What's Wrong with Bill?'' on March 2, 2004; this was followed by Sabac's ''
Sabacolypse: A Change Gon' Come'' on June 15, 2004, and Goretex's
The Art of Dying on October 26, 2004. All of their solo efforts were released on Necro's
Psycho+Logical-Records. The following year, Ill Bill and Goretex released an album with Necro and Mr. Hyde as The Circle of Tyrants on September 13. At the time, there was talk of another full-length Non Phixion album called
The Nuclear Truth with the same producers and ideas being extended from
The Future Is Now. Non Phixion went on temporary hiatus in 2006 before a second LP was started. Goretex (now known as Lord Goat) left to work on solo material and develop his new record label, Supercoven.
Reunion In 2020, Ill Bill, Sabac and Goretex (now known as Lord Goat) reunited on the DJ Skizz-produced song "Watch The City Burn" from Ill Bill's fifth solo studio album
La Bella Medusa. == Discography ==