Louis Den Beat Cypher 05 Beat Battle

Props to AB0181 he's been working hard behind the scenes to get these vids up from last weeks Beat Cypher, we carried on tradition with the Bucks Fizz Beat Battle. Here's the fist semi-final between Budgie and Jon Phonics, you can add your comments on who you think took it in the comments below or on the direct video page

Budgie vs Jon Phonics

The second semi-final put Jeekay against Jaisu, watch how it go down...

Jeekay vs Jaisu


CLICK HERE FOR THE FINAL and don't forget to subscribe to AB0181's page as he'll be dropping more exclusive footage from the night, Louis Den League '09 sign up started too so get involved HERE (forum sign up required). Enjoy the vids and leave a comment

LouisDen BeatCypher 05 DONE!

Theres always a bit of a weird feeling after a Beat Cypher joint, the heads who come down disappear, I cash up and figure out how much a success/flop the night was and generally we over anaylze each part of the night to see where we could have improved..pretty bitter sweet!.




*Photo's by KARL BAXTER


ANNNNNNNYWAY, Beat Cypher 05 was very very dope, I still cant beleive we pulled it off and managed to get so many accliamed producers sharing a small space and letting us here their creations, much love to ODDISEE, BABY J, CHARLIE DARK, MORGAN ZARATE and KELAKOVSKI!!! <--- even tho he probably doesnt think he did anything!! pfff KELZ blaps were soooo on point that night he was no where near out his depth amongst the line up.

Also props to ETHEL CEE who essentially came down and played it by ear and still rocked it, I know the US Beat night joints seem to be more improv but it seems overhere we love knowing everything before hand (and in the case of this beat cypher I was a little short on pre-beatcypher beats), YUNGUN and MYSTRO also killed it (especially MYS' contraversial accapella hahaha).

Thanks to CRO and the EATGOOD fam for holdin it down hosting/merch/runnings (SONNYJIM,READBEARD,TAHARKA,LEWIS) and my brother Rich, cousin Michael and me lady for sortin the door out. Theres just way too much that goes into a beat cypher and everyone helped to make it go smoother.

Finally thanks to all the regulars who came out (I see you) and any new faces, BEARD reckons a lot of out of towners came out to see ODDISEE, hopefully you'll stick with us..remember the one off BASS festival event enabled us to put on a Beat Cypher on a bit of a higher level but dont get it twisted other than 1 big name everything else came out of pocket...aint trying to put any business out there but this beat cypher was x3 more expensive to put on than a typical one!! we aint stopping tho the only direction is up so we'll be back in August with more illiness..

Louis Den Beat Cypher 05 - 11th June - Rainbow Pub Digbeth Birmingham ft ODDISEE, CHARLIE DARK, BABY J, MORGAN ZARATE, KELAKOVSKI, YUNGUN,MYSTRO!

swiped from the facebook! you should already know but just in case im hittin you over the head with it now!!.

!!! ONE OFF VENUE @ RAINBOW PUB DIGBETH CHECK THE LOCATION...BRING ALL HEADS! !!!

For those unfamiliar with Louis Den Beat Battles its an online community of hiphop beatmakers and producers taking part in weekly beat making challenges run from our myspace (http://www.myspace.com/louisdenbeatbattles), our Beat Cypher nights are an extension of this taking beat making to the live platform with invited producers coming to showcase their material and emcees / vocalists sharing the stage performing special versions of their tracks over the nights producers.

The online beat community Louis Den Beat Battles (http://www.louisden.com) returns with another installment of the "Beat Cypher" night; the aim of "Louis Den Beat Cypher" is to showcase the production element of hip-hop in a live setting, the main focus will be on the 4 profiled producers of the night as well as live PA's from artists.

At Louis Den Beat Cypher we mix more established talent with those making noise in the underground and centre it around a production setting, all beats from the evening will be played out live from some or all of the hardware used to create it allowing the producers to make all manner of live changes to their beats as they are being played; the artists PA's are also over these beats meaning we'll be connecting them with producers they may not necessarily have worked with before making a unique never to be repeated again performance of their tracks.


LOUIS DEN BEAT CYPHER 05!
Louis Den Beat Cypher returns for its June installment, in association with Punch Records' "Bass Festival", this years Bass Festival theme is "Inspired By Africa/Africans" so expect some of the sample challenges to fall in line with the theme and links to the continent via some of the featured producers!.



ON THE BOARDS

ODDISEE (low budget/diamond district/ave.to)
All the way from Washington DC...the newest edition of what you've been missing, ladies & gentlement we have the mighty ODDISEE!!, producer/emcee from the Low Budget camp (DMV based collective of producers/emcees that features KEV BROWN, DJ RODDY RODD, KENN STARR & more!) and the newly formed DIAMOND DISTRICT (group featuring Oddisee beats & rappers yU & XO), Oddisee will be all the way from the states in Birmingham city playing his fresh sought after blaps!.

Those unfamiliar with Oddisee he got his start back in '02 when his self produced track "Musik Lounge" was featured on DJ JAZZY JEFF's "THE MAGNIFICENT" (BBE), since then he's gone on to producer a string of remix albums for Trek Life, Wordsworth and his own remix album of classic hiphop tracks as well as 2 installments of his Instrumental series, production work for LITTLE BROTHER, KEV BROWN, SAIGON, FREEWAY and the very very dope (and free) "In The Ruff" LP for his new crew "DIAMOND DISTRICT" as well as the new compilation "MENTAL LIBERATION" (out on Mellow Music Group) which features INVINCIBLE, FINALE, BLACK MILK, RAPPER BIG POOH and a whole host of others..Oddisee @ LouisDen is NOT gonna be one to miss!.

CHARLIE DARK (blacktronica) / MORGAN ZARATE (spacek)
Collectively known as the MPC BROTHERS, Chalier & Morgan have carved their own lanes in the scene; Charlie Dark a worldwide respected DJ, Poet and Producer provided the sonic backdrop for his group ATTICA BLUES as well as going on to form the legendary London based club night BLACKTRONICA which provided a live venue for the leading DJ's/Producers in UK's black electronica scene.

Morgan Zarate is a DJ, producer & drummer hailing from London; as part of the Spacek trio he produced the groups first 2 albums Curvatia and Vintage Hi-Tech, as a soloist he's produced for the likes of AMP FIDDLER, RAPHAEL SAADIQ, FRANK N DANK and his own dope single "Sticks & Stones" which featured ESKA and GHOSTFACE.

BABY J (ftp/babyfood)
Veteran of the UK scene BABY J has put in work to solidfy himself as one of Britain's leading producers. He's laid down work and crafted classics for SKINNYMAN, MOORISH DELTA 7, MALIK, BLADE and more recently remixes for MARK RONSON which led to him and his AUTOURAGE crew joining Ronson in his string recent UK dates. He's also worked stateside with WU-TANG, DEAD PREZ and the A-ALIKES.

KELAKOVSKI (louis den)
KELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLZZZZZZZZZ!! returns to rep for the underdogs and show the our invited producers how louisden does it!. Since the first beat cypher back in Oct 08 KELZ has gone from strength to strength, he's produced part of the upcoming EATGOOD compilation and has had a track (THE MOON) alongside SONNYJIM on the new "FEEDING TIME AT THE ZOO" complilation from YNR and he's been tearing up beat events around the country having peformed at BEATSHED, END OF THE WEAK and a much talked about beat battle with APOLLO at the sir smurf lil album launch from last year last year (check youtube if you dont know!). No doubt Kelz will have fresh new bangers in stock for the crowd.


ON THE MIC

* MYSTRO
The mighty Mystro aka Mys Diggi, one half of the deadly Natural Born Spittaz crew and host of the famous London based hiphop club night Kung:Fu. Mystro has released a string of classic tracks over the years such as "Tellin You", "Suprise" and "Strong Rhyming"; more recently Mys has found plenty of success across the pond in Austrila rockin shows and collobarting over there for an extended period and released the Diggi Down Unda album as well as installments of the Tip Of The Mysberg mixtapes. Mystro blessing the beat cypher is indeed an honour no doubt he'll smash proceedings!.

*YUNGUN
A young African-English Londoner who also goes by the name of Essa, is widely renowned as one of the UK's leading hip-hop MCs. Steering well clear of tired Hip-Hop stereotypes, his debut full-length The Essance (Janomi Records, 2004) was widely recognised as one of the UK's most accomplished Hip-Hop albums, with its varied mix of party vibes, thoughtful reflection and even bilingual Spanish-English madness! (album of the month: Touch, four stars: Hip Hop Connection). The 2006 follow-up Grown Man Business was a collaboration with Yungun's long-time touring DJ, Mr. Thing (UK DMC champion, formerly of world DMC champions the Scratch Perverts) on the fast-rising Silent Soundz label. He has also appeared alongside artists such as Slum Village, KRS-One, Prince Paul and De La Soul.

*ETHEL CEE
Ethel Cee aka E.Cee first came to national attention as one half of Versus (one of the illest female mc-duos Philadelphia has ever seen) and under the umbrella of the tight-knit hip-hop network Squadzilla. Deftly combining drum and bass, house, and hip-hop and a resume getting longer by the minute, her rhymes about love, loss and frontin' are sure to position her as the girl "who's got next" in the hip-hop/dance scene. She is currently gearing up for her first solo LP due in 2009, following from her recent EP success.

*EATGOOD RECORDS
As well as playing hosts to the event, the EAT GOOD RECORDS (who need no introduction heh..) roster too will be performing a selection of tracks over the nights producers, expect slick rhymes and wordplay from SONNYJIM & KOSYNE, REDBEARD and TAHARKA as you'll get a sneak peek of the brand new EAT GOOD COMPILATION which drops the same month.


OPEN BEATS & BEAT BATTLE
All this and our regular OPEN BEATS slots where producers can bring beats to entertain the crowd; we'll play up to 3 beats max (depeding on time limits!) where you can let the crowd hear how you get down on the boards, obviously with the allstar lineup we'll be in good company so bring your A game!, build/network with other emcees/producers exchange numbers and vibe out!.

We'll also have the BUCKS FIZZ BEAT BATTLE for heads feeling more competitive, as with the open beats, bring a BEAT CD of your best material and sign up on the night; heads that get drawn (at random) will compete for a bottle of Tescos finest and any other prizes we can throw in on the night!

Of course it wouldnt be a beat cypher without the resident DJ CRO (Crate Escape/Jibbering) taking care of the wheels; hiphop treats/breaks spun all night to compiment the nights entertainment, oh and if this all WASNT ENOUGH!! alternative vibes in the smaller front room will come courtesy of the CENTRAL PROJECTION crew (Deep/Progrssive Drum N Bass) with support from URBAN MIDNIGHT, so if you've got any mates who arent really into blaps like we all are!! get em to appreicate the deep sounds of the the front room.


THIS IS A CRAZY LINEUP AND HAS TAKEN THE LONGEST TIME TO PLAN (between LOUISDEN,BASS) theres been lengthy back and forths securing PA's / Producers and performance fees!!, ALL THIS ENTERTAINMENT FOR £5.00!! YOU COULD EASILY PAY DOUBLE THAT JUST TO SEE ONE OF THE FEATURED ACTS ON THE NIGHT!! SO PLEEEEASE RESPECT THE WORK THATS GONE IN BY PAYING IN ON THE DOOR AND NOT TRYING TO BLAG A DISCOUNT/FREEBIES!! LOUISDEN WANT TO KEEP THE BEAT CYPHER GOING AND MAKE EACH ONE BETTER AND BETTER AND OF COURSE IT NEEDS SUPPORT FOR IT TO WORK!....PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD TO ALL HEADS!!.

see you there!!!


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LouisDen BeatCypher 05
Live Hiphop Production Showcase & Beat Jam
ODDISEE | BABY J | CHARLIE DARK | MORGAN ZARATE | KELAKOVSKI
YUNGUN | MYSTRO | ETHEL CEE | EATGOOD RECORDS
+open beats/beat battle/DJ CRO

ONE OFF VENUE FOR BEAT CYPHER..CHECK FUTURE EVENTS FOR LOCATION!!
11th June 2009
The Rainbow Pub
160 High St
Digbeth
Birmingham
B12 OLD
9PM - LATE
£5.00 ENTRY ALL NIGHT
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Pause Week Lab Session Video / New Homework "Battered Breaks"

Head over to the Louis Den myspace to peep the "Pause Week" beats and check the new homework "Battered Breaks" where the challenge is to try and re-flip some of the most used breaks in hiphop!.

Pause Week Blog on Louis Den Myspace
Homework 53 - "Battered Breaks"

Free Raul Supreme Beat Tape Vol 2 - "Spaceship"

Raul is killing it right now!, If youve been in tune to his myspace/twitter updates you'll see he's been posting the progress of "Beat Tape 2" for the past month or so and he's finally come thru; finnished it and droped the project.

Spaceship is a collection of brand new Raul Supreme beats for sale and its evident that he's elevated to another level with his beats (not that they werent sick before) but playing this off Beat Tape Vol 1 which dropped almost a year ago!.

Rauls off beat swing and soulful samples have been upped a gear with stuttery glitches, booming basses and spacey synths, it a sick little instrumental journey and rather than keep the blaps locked away on some "Beats For Sale" ish he's put them out there for the the world to digest...wise choice!! this should no doubt lead to more work and big things for Raul!!.


BAG IT NOW!!..



RAUL SUPREME - BEAT TAPE VOL 2. (SPACESHIP) [2009]




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Wizard On The up and UP!

Wizard, OG ldbb head and one half of OSB'z and Filthysox (hold tight KidEight???!!) has been busy on the grind lately...trust me he's probably one the busiest producers I know and has been churning out free material constantly for the past year or so, not only this but he's also been getting them placements on the low so heres some info on em in case you didnt know.


Verbal Kent & Kaz One - Brave New Rap



The brand new album from Verbal Kent and long time collaborator Kaz One "Brave New Rap" features guest vocals from Wordsworth, Ill Bill and Braille and exclusively produced by Kaz One save the one track "Fast Forward" which Wiz managed to bag production on!, check that out over at Undergroundhiphop.com if you wanna bag a sneaky listen. For a Louis Den / Eat Good 6 degrees of seperation also peep the track "Snake F*ckers and Andrioids" (WTF LOL..!) which features Sonnyjim and emcee/producer supremo Soweto Kinch.





Next up we got the crew "Weatherproof" with their album "Metropolis", gotta be honest I dont know much about these guys but they're a New Jersy based hiphop outfit who seem to have been puttin in plenty of work over the years...annnnnyway despite the uninspirational artwork lol (sorry fellas) Wiz has connected with these cats too an save the 1 track produced by the legendary Domingo, Wizard has produced the whole album for these guys, so go check that out..

Weatherproof - Metropolois Snippet




And finally, whilst Wiz is on this 2Pac work ethic heres the newest Ozb's album (which is Wizard and Scizzahz sharing the mic and boards) HAY CLASS THUGS!, the new LP features production from Louis Den heads Archimedes, Kelakovski and Raul Supreme as well as the guys themselves!.


OSB'z - Hay Class Thugs [2009]



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I'll close this with a timely CHWOIIIIIIIIIIIIIT, soak the music up if you know whats good for you!.



Holla at Wizard on Myspace.