beat music
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Dowhatyoulove by Ta-ku ta-ku, an Aussie beatmaker, has released a streaming-version of his most recent LP Dowhatyoulove. ta-ku has retained the ambient boom-bap thump of his earlier work, but adds more Dilla-fied chopped soul samples to the mix. You can buy the record on Bandcamp, or get a limited-edition vinyl
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LA beatsmith Shigeto’s computer was stolen a year ago in NYC, along with “an album’s worth of material.” He was eventually able to recover these two songs: “What U Really Wanted” and “R Life.” They both feature MC Kadence and LO5, providing vocal accompaniment. Shigeto seems to have
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Beatmusic producer Gold Panda has digitally released a brand new single fro Ghostly International, which will be available physically on July 11th. The dude’s 2010 album Lucky Shiner wasn’t one of my favorites of that year, but there’s still a lotta production chops there I can’t
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Flipping Formats Beattape by bugseed Japan’s Bugseed and ill.sugi have come together to create Flipping Formats Beattape, mixing their love of jazz, catchy beats and soothing vocals. The final result is a fun and relaxing ride. However, at just over 10 minutes, the ride is an abrupt one.
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Just last week, I blogged about the music of David Stephan. Nearly every day, he works tirelessly on beats before he heads off to work at a coffee shop. His tracks always end somewhere around 60 seconds, so they’ve naturally been dubbed “1-Minute Miracles.” Stephan has a few new
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Coral is a collection of old and new sample-based ocean spray beats from Monster Rally, taken from their first 3 EP’s: EP, Palm Reader, and Color Sky. It includes new material as well. Influenced by the African highlife, Bahamian calypso and Tahitian nightlife, this LP is like sitting on
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“Eye to Eye” is one of eight tracks featured on Leatherette EP: A self-titled release of psychedelic rap beats and exercises in chill-the-hell-out electronics. There’s a lot of sound in this track, but it all plays very faintly against the finely chopped lead vocal. Harp, guitar, a horn, and
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