Wizard - Chill Pill 3 (Free / Donate DL)

Producer Wizard is doing his best to carry on his rep as one of the Den's hardest working beatsmiths with his latest release; the third instalment of the "Chill Pill" series which see's Wiz dropping head nodding laid back instrumentals perfect for riding out too or zoning out on a late night tip!

This time round he's done it a little differently and in a sly nod to the throwback "Tag Team" homework Wiz has collabed with a lot of Louis Den's finest to bring some joint productions to the table.

On the project are Den prodcers Kelakovski, Myke Forte, Dockmini, S-TYPE, Pete Cannon, Apatight, Evil Needle, Budgie, Jeeks (Jeekay), Shears and Sivey...oh and me!! (as well as collabs with Jack Flash and longtime OSB'z rhyme partner/producer Scizzahs) To ge the collabs poppin' Wizard bounced track stems back and forth allowing the other producers to bounce ideas to form some very flamey blaps!

Check Wizards bandcamp for the "Pay what you want" download and get some heat!! Great beats all round from Wiz and the rest of the den boys!


Wizard - Chill Pill 3


1.I'm Hooked (Featuring Jack Flash)
2.Big Shades
3.Help Me (Featuring Kelakovski)
4.Diamond (Featuring S-Type)
5.I'm A Fool
6.June (Featuring Pete Cannon)
7.Chix
8.Uh!...Bounce (Featuring Apatight)
9.Southern Man (Featuring Evil Needle)
10.Roses
11.Fresh Prince Nod (Featuring Kosyne)
12.Round & Round (Featuring Scizzahz)
13.Groove Joint
14.Billy (Featuring Myke Forte)
15.Dance (Featuring Budgie)
16.Hammock Shit (Featuring Shears)
17.Pimp Slap (Featuring Jeeks)
18.Take It Off (Featuring Sivey)
19.Dreaming
20.Spacecraft (Featuring Dockmini)

DOWNLOAD: bandcamp


Get em Wiz!

Sonnyjim Trading Standards Remixes Out Now!

Brand new material from Eatgood Records front man Sonnyjim as he revisits the material from his smash Mix CD "Trading Standards" with a shortened remix version of a select few tracks from the original but this time reworked by the likes of M-Phazes, Kelakovski, Jon Phonics, Sivey, Shears, Wizards, 184 oh and me.



Loaded with smashers this is one to check, the limited edition CD can copped direct from Eatgood Records, Suspect Packages or Mp3's from all the online retailers.

If you wanna check some snippets out backed with trippy Muto visuals, peep below.

Skandal w/ Jon Phonics and Sivey Production

Check out some brand new material by rapper Skandal featuring production from Jon Phonics with his latest single "Everyday" which features Black The Ripper and a brand new Sivey produced banger "GO" which will surface on his next release "Hunger Pains 2" in October...good work fellas!


Skandal - Everyday ft Black The Ripper (produced by Jon Phonics)

Cop the single from: iTunes | Amazon | 7Digital | HMV | Play.com |

Skandal - Go (produced by Sivey)
LISTEN HERE (only a couple days left on BBC stream, 1hr 9min in)

“Procrastinat(K)ing” free release from Truth

Check out the free release from the homie Truth!, “Procrastinat(K)ing”. For those unfamiliar with dude he's a producer/emcee from Ipswich (and actually a one time louisden entrant lol see homework #4 'king midas') ANNNNNNNYWAY we've been buildin for time as we've blessed his Rapsloitation nights a couple of times plus traded bars back and forth on various Rapsloitation/Eat Good material and he's finally dropped a little suttin' for heads to digest.





Procrastinat(K)ing”, a 9-track EP/Mixtape/Album (circle appropiate one) and features Sonnyjim, Kosyne, Grimlok & Conflix aswell as production from Archimendes, Charlie Mac, Hoaxman, Sivey, Mr Laws, Mazzie, Prolifik & myself.
Artwork by Kimbo – www.thatboykimbo.com
It’s available for free download from : http://www.sendspace.com/file/juh6m2
Please let us know what you think of it!
You can even sample all the tunes @ http://www.myspace.com/reggierhythm if you’re hard-struck for hardrive space.

Track list :
01. Ironman [Prod. Prolifik]
02. Wannadoo ft. Grimlok [Prod. Charlie Mac]
03. Rap by Numbers [Prod. Hoaxman]
04. Gotta Say [Prod. Mr Laws]
05. Pass That ft. Kosyne [Prod. Mazzie]
06. Sideview [Prod. Jimmy Green]
07. Picadilly (Mr Officer) [Prod. Truth]
08. Heavyweight ft. Conflix & Sonnyjim [Prod. Archimedes]
09. Take Time [Prod. Sivey]

BOLD denotes production from ldbb fam!

Anyway, dude is one of the scenes most hardworking people so do hit him back with feedback on the release if you're feelin it

www.myspace.com/reggierhythm
www.rapsploitation.co.uk
www.twitter.com/reggierhythm

Louis Den Beat Cypher 04 Spotlight - Sivey

Whooo, 1 more day to go to the Beat Cypher 04!! still lots of prep to take care of but it should be a good one one!! maad lookin forward to it, also remember! if you do reach tomorrow you'll be among the first to know about the very very very special BEAT CYPHER 05 line up taking place in June which WILL be nuts!!.

Ok now for Siveys spotlight!, old Sivz is a monster on the boards and has been consistently killin LDBB from the jump; it's gonna be extra dope being able to hear his exclusive new bangers tomorrow so heres a little from the man himself!.

Louis Den Beat Cypher 04 Spotlight - Sivey

Hey!!, please introduce yourself to everybody; let us know who you are what you do and how long you've been doing it!.
Wassup people, my name is Sivey/D. Sivey/Dave... I'm a beatmaker and remixer from St Albans, Hertfordshire (just north of London). Been making beats since about 2003 after messing around with various genres. Still dip into other stuff but it's all about the beats at the moment. Have done a load of tracks for Lowkey & Stylah and a few other UK mcs as well as a few joints with US MCs such as Nino Bless & Diabolic.


Was there a defining moment (event / hearing a record etc) that led you into making beats / becoming a producer?.
Hmm... not really. The stuff I was making when first trying out making 'music' was all sample based but generally not hip hop. I was looping up disco tracks on some house shit or making fatboy slim type stuff with James Brown samples... It was cool but i got bored of trying to make whole tracks with progressions & stuff & didn't really have the capability. So the natural progression was to hip hop beats because I was comfortable with samples and I could bang out ideas without having to make complete, self-contained tracks.



What was your first peice of equipment and what were those beats like?, any interesting stories about things were doing to begin with / finding your feet?
Shamefully my *first* encounter with making music was with Hip Hop eJay with the terrible pretend scratching simulator that you did with a mouse... I rinsed all the sounds on it over and over and ended up buying a few others just to get different sounds. Then Hip Hop eJay 2 came and it had a real simple step sequencer for drums and you could import your own samples, so I tried using that to make my "own" beats but it was obviously really limited. Then I heard about Fruity Loops so I copped the demo version online and I understood it enough to get started making different types of tunes and learning new stuff every time. Which still happens now when I make new beats.


Whats the one bit of advice youd give to anyone starting out today?
Be true to yourself and never give up on your dreams, you can achieve anything if you believe in it... Pfff PSYCHE! I guess try and do something new and different as often as possible, whether something small like the way you EQ your sample or something more obvious like a whole different style of beat. Also, if you're wack and have been for ages, just give up. Unless you're just doing it for your own pleasure obviously... no harm in that.

What can heads expect from you at LOUIS DEN BEAT CYPHER?
I'm gonna try and play a mixture of sample-based and synthy/composed beats in a couple of different styles. I'll definitely be watching people's reactions to see where I should take things next...


FREE DOWNLOAD
Sivey Starter Kit (exclusive tracks, remixes and a beat to boot!!)

Louis Den Beat Cypher 04 - April 16th 2009, NEW VENUE!

Normally the beat cypher announcement should have gone up a good couple weeks ago but we've been secretly having a venue beef story thats longer than the star wars saga.. :-[

Basically our old spot Rootys @ the Custard Factory has closed and is waiting to be sold, after almost calling it off and finding another place (which looked promising) we kinda left us hangin; and had one more chance to either flop or find another place, luckily we made it happen!.

All this and the BEHIND CLOSED DOORS DVD/CD that had to be ready for launch meant its been hectic to say the least SO THERES 3 WEEKS to the beat cypher... ;) LETS GET EM

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS LAUNCH PARTY!
This beat cypher is the official launch party for PROLIFIK (aka AB0181) and KOSYNE's DVD project BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, its a hiphop production magazine DVD/CD and features exclusive interviews, Q&A slots, beats from the lab and a diggin feature from producers The Last Skeptik, S-Type, Eyebs, Kelakovski, Darren Paul, Figaro, Ed Strong & Budgie and also comes bundled with an album length beat CD showcasing raw beats out the lab from our featured producers...at BEAT CYPHER 04 you'll be able to (hopefully) see some of the DVD and have the opportunity to bag yourself one of the limited edition of 300 first pressing!.

ON THE BOARDS
Under 18's DMC champ and Jehsts former tour dj, DJ IQ having just dropped his A-LOOP THEORY album he'll have plenty of fresh blaps to play us, he came by on beat cypher 01 with Jehst and was keen to hit us up to showcase his production. RANX DIGGLA from the mighty MSI & ASYLUM is also in the building...one of the resident beatmakers for the legendary Brum crew he's hungry to show us his beats; an important member of brums hiphop scene he's been up on the beat cypher from last oct (and was one of the cats I first hollered at when sketching the BCD project)...he's told me Beat Cypher movement got him his fulltime beat making mojo back so lets see.

Also joining the producers are LDBB residents SIVEY, producer for Lowkey, Stylah, Doc Brown, Nino Bless and more! and MYKE FORTE...down with us from the first beat cypher he's been up on the homeworks and many a lab session and has patiently waited for spot since then!!..the wait is over.

On the Mic backed by the talened producers we have ASAVIOUR!, OG YNR head now spearheadding his own label Saving Grace and promting his current release THE A-LOOP THEORY produced by DJ IQ (see what we did there??). Birmingham legends MSI & ASYLUM, coming thru to show support for the Beat Cypher and their producer RANX are bound to tear the mic apart!, and finally Londons RAMSON BADBONEZ promting his new Mix CD mixed by Harry Love and London's SALVO promoting his new 7 inch single "The Info" which features KASHMERE and CHESTER P..out on the KING KONG HOLDING COMPANY label.

We also got the usual OPEN BEATS round to play your beats out to the crowd..be sure to sign up early..places are even more limited than ever before now as we have to wrap up a little earlier (we have to kickstart proceedings a lot earlier so dont sleep..arrive late and you may miss out.

ANDDDDD following on from last time the totally pimped out extravagant BUCKS FIZZ BEAT BATTLE which was won by SHEARS, we've got the got head to head with the other battle entrants for EAT GOOD / LOUIS DEN / SAVING GRACE / BEHIND CLOSED DOORS goodies, sign up at http://www.louisden.com/beatcypher.

Of course all handled by our trusty resident DJ, DJ CRO!, spinning beats/instrumentals and hiphop treats before we kick the night off!.


PLEASE SUPPORT THE NIGHT!....ITS TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND PLANNING TO PUT THESE NIGHTS TOGETHER; ESPECIALLY NEGOTIATING WITH THE PERFORMERS AS THERES SO MANY HEADS ON THE BILL...BUT IF YOU SUPPORT WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUT THESE NIGHTS ON..

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Jam Band, Cover Session aka "Where The Henny At?"

Aite, so you all remember the original 6 Way Jam Video from a couple months back, well we're fresh from a weekend chillin with the gang again and gettin some illy DVD footage edited; and of course we had to jam again, this time round we decided to do some cover versions, see what you think.





As always ill editing/footage sorted by man like Prolifik aka AB0181 (dont want you floppin on that).