Chris Midleigh’s lead single from his upcoming Resistant Mindz LP “The Tree” is the glitchy banger “Almostbeenthere”. “The Tree” drops December 21st and will be available on vinyl and digital purchase via Bandcamp and other outlets. Don’t sleep!
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Roc C’s next single off of his forthcoming “Stoned Genius” LP which drops on December 13th is the Soul Professa produced “Dangerous”. Don’t sleep!
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Elaquent interviews both Sunclef (“The Tesseract”) and DIBIA$E as they chilled in Toronto after a show. Then they hit Montreal (Live @ Monde Osse Factory 7.8.2011 which you can find here via Music Is My Sanctuary) and then Nasrockswell & DIBIA$E hit Denver where I interviewed him for Scrunchface Show #43. Don’t sleep!
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Memorecks is a regular to Producers I Know as any Google search using the keywords “Memorecks” and “Producers I Know” will clearly show. Here’s yet another live routine from Memorecks on his trusty Akai MPD26 using Ableton Live 8. Don’t sleep!
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Freddie Joachim gives the fans and beat heads worldwide a look at his studio set up including a trip down memory lane throughout his career and what he’s currently working on. Don’t sleep…
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J. Pinder’s “Go Far” single has an incredible video to go with it on Fin Records. Don’t sleep on it…
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Here’s a new slap from Freddie Joachim that I’d been listening to off and on all weekend before it finally hit me that I should probably post it on Producers I Know. Here it is, “Minutes” by Freddie Joachim. Don’t sleep…
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This is the lead single from the long awaited “BE[ATS]ORIGINAL Vol. 3” instrumental project that will drop on New Year’s Eve. Also be on the lookout for NAMELESS X Nametag’s forthcoming “For Namesake EP”. Don’t sleep…
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12 Original Players is yet another UK producer/beatmaker that’s been on my radar for years. I’ve previously posted up some of his beat videos but here are the last three uploads to his Soundcloud page. Don’t sleep!
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The first time I ever heard of Sivey was back in the early Louisden Beat Cypher days. Then later during the Louisden Beat Battle League. Several of the current members of Team PIK and Beat Fanatic were discovered that way. Sivey has never failed to impress in the almost 5 years I’ve been aware of his production talents. This slap “Balcony” is no different. If you want work from him, hit him up. Serious inquiries only…
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JBJR remade the instrumental to a Young Jeezy beat I’d honestly forgotten about but I played this three times in a row this morning so I need to hear the original to see if it was anywhere near as funky as this. Don’t sleep!
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Beat Machine Aron is a 17 year old beatmaker from Iceland and after he dropped “Just Another Day” & “Thoughts” I knew I had to keep him monitored. He’s dropped some ill beats in the past month or so but here are his last three uploads to Soundcloud. Don’t sleep!
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I discovered Cozone (or Coz One’s) beat tape by chance last night (or this morning) at 3 AM via the iPod Touch/iPhone app Bandcamper and loved what I heard. Don’t sleep!
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I did a post about Elusive’s “My Fantasy” project a while back but now it’s hit Bandcamp so you can stream it and cop it even easier. Be on the lookout for his new beat tape called “Gentle Side Of The Beast” that will drop on December 27th, 2011. You heard it here first. Don’t sleep!
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The latest release from Raw Tapes is Radixx’s “Raamses”. Glitch Hop at it’s finest. Don’t you dare sleep on it…
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DJ iShine has dropped yet another beat tape under the name “#PurpleRain”. Here it is…
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I actually had a few beat tape make their way into my Gmail inbox today so I’ll be finishing up the night with them. The first being Jae Diamondz’ “SUBSTANCE”. Don’t sleep on it…
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If for some reason your dumb ass has been sleeping on Will Sessions up until now and didn’t cop “Elmatic”, “The Elmatic Instrumentals” or download “Real Sessions” in 2011 then here’s your fuckin’ wake up call. You’re welcome…
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This is footage from part of Exile’s live performance @ Neck Brace III two summers ago. It was sponsored by VTech & FRSH SLCTS and hosted by the homie DaveNotti in Portland, OR. Don’t sleep!
VTech, FRSH SLCTS & DaveNotti present EXILE “In Love” live @ The Neck Brace III – Portland, OR from Fresh Selects on Vimeo.
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The homie from El Centro, CA MEDI. AKA MediBPM dropped some heat that was impossible on my SoundCloud stream today. I go back with this dude to the old MySpace days, too. Don’t sleep!
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Here are 3 of Makes Van’s latest SoundCloud beats. Don’t sleep on him!
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Minipimp of Collective Resonance sent me this link to a mix he did recently called the “Hibernation Mix”. It’s a little weird to be telling folks to not sleep on something called the “Hibernation Mix” but fuck it. Somebody’s gotta do it…
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Portico Quartet‘s new self titled album will drop in January 2012 on Real World Records. Here’s the video for the lead single from said album “Ruins”. Don’t sleep on them…
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First time around, the French production duo known as Sizemen delivered a dedication to the legendary composer and film/television scorer Tak Shindo. This time around they make a beat tape consisting of the sounds of Siam/Thailand. Don’t sleep on it…
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Just after Dibia$e dropped his Alpha Pup release “Machines Hate Me” last year he performed in Portland, OR and this is part of his set. It was captured by the squad over @ FRSH SLCTS so props to them. Don’t sleep!
VTech & Fresh Selects present DIBIASE “Skullcrack / Knee Deep” live @ The Fix – Portland, OR from Fresh Selects on Vimeo.
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A few weeks ago the good people over @ We’ve Got The Jazz did an interview with one of my favorite producers, Sabzi of Blue Scholars and Common Market. Don’t sleep!
Behind The Boards: Sabzi (Blue Scholars)- Loyalty from WeveGotTheJazz on Vimeo.
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“Heartbreak Therapy” is the official video from Boonie Mayfield’s highly acclaimed instrumental album “Black Koolaid”. If you slept on it thus far then I clearly haven’t done my job this year. Don’t sleep…
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Eden Hagos made an incredible 52 minute mix utilizing 37 of the best and most memorable slaps and blaps of recent memory. Salute Eden. Don’t sleep on “H e r F a v o r i t e B e a t s”…
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The Aqua League dropped a beat tape called “Aqualus” where most of the slaps are parts of the famous composition “Nautilus” and the final beat is from the theme to the television show “Taxi”, Bob James’ “Angela”. Either way you shouldn’t sleep on it…
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Vinyl Frontiers are a production team out of Holland who are noted for their work with Maffew Ragazino amongst others. They just dropped a ridiculous beat tape called “Everything Is Vinyl” on the world. Don’t sleep on it…
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I’m sure you all have seen my multiple posts concerning the Beat Fight 2 event that happened in Cologne recently (including the live videos from said event that have since been removed from YouTube by show promoters Mixery Raw Deluxe). Well, the beat tape/instrumental project including each slap played at said event is going on sale in both digital and vinyl formats (though it’s limited to only 500 copies). You just stream and buy the “Beat Fight #2” project direct from the Bandcamp page or cop the vinyl through a link provided on the same page. Beats from Dexter, Fid Mella, Shuko, feux, Mainloop, TiKay One, Jimbo Matsumoto, Morlockko Plus, Croop, Mecs Treem, Radsch and Hieronymuz. Don’t sleep!
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