Pete Cannon with Commodore 64, Max MSP and Abelton Live

Louisden's resident synth king Pete Cannon has added a new bit of gear to the Cannon lab, a Commodore 64!! yep the smash hit 80's home computer! with the aid of the Max MSP package and the MIDI box cartridge he's able to make use of the ill SID Chips inside the machine and control it via Abelton Live and the modelling software Max/MSP.

Pete's excited...and we are too; looking forward to peeping new material that makes use of it!!, get em P.


Commodore 64, Ableton, Max msp and an excited Pete Cannon AS



Last time on LouisDen #PeteCannon
Naive Machine - Robot Ramification & (Pete Cannon + Jon Phonics Remixes)

Pete Am Drum Legend

Check Pete Cannon in his bedroom lab buggin over some illy drum breaks; 7 minutes of funk here and he raids the collection, posts up with the portable and a lil bit of oh so necessary commentary!


Open drum breaks / Samples w/ Pete Cannon



Breaks are dope; get em Pete! a true collector and all round champion

Pete Cannon guest mix on Nts Radio

Louis Den family; production beast and all round good egg Pete Cannon swung by NTS Radio in London early last week and dropped an hour long mix of all his own material; looks like dude as been busy with it!!

The mix bends plenty of genre's as only Pete knows how and includes a gang of material with some heavy hitters like Guilty Simpson, Tony Yayo, Nutso, Stig Of The Dump, Dr Syntax and a whole host of others! tracklist is below. (Petes material
starts 56 minutes in)


Pete Cannon NTS guest Mix 15/08/2011



1. Pete Cannon - Huntington Riddim
2. Pete Cannon - Jah Ting
3. Pete Cannon - Wobble head Skank
4. Pete Cannon & Jim Raygun - exclusive
5. Pete Cannon - Eggshell
6. Pete Cannon - Flower Stretch riddim
7. Pete Cannon - Foot Stomper
8. Pete Cannon - breakcore do more
9. Pete Cannon - Dang
10. Pete Cannon - A big bag of Crips
11. Pete Cannon - We love dj easygroove
12. Pete Cannon - Wub rub sauce
13. Pete Cannon - Demon Dan
14. Pete Cannon - Rave in a pet shop
15. Pete Cannon - More rave than you can throw a tick at
16. Pete Cannon - Feeling Nookie, oh er
17. Pete Cannon - Amen to the old skool
18. Pete Cannon - Bun Charly, Bun.
19. Hip hop Section
20. Pete Cannon and Deadline - How the Sytem goes ft Serocee and Yogi
21. Dr Syntax and Pete Cannon - Best friends
22. Nutso ft Tony Yayo and Mainso - Pocket on swole (prod Pete Cannon)
23. Yogi ft Youngman - She loves me (prod Pete Cannon)
24. Guilty Simpon - We aint playing with them this year (prod Pete Cannon) NTS WORLD EXCLUSIVE
25. Stig of the Dump - Bitches (prod Pete Cannon)
26. Pete Cannon - Like that way you doin it
27. Jazzy jeff and the Fresh Prince - Summertime (Pete Cannon’s very Northern mix)
28. Pete Cannon - Off your face
29. Lilly Allen ft Ll cool J and Pete Cannon - Ldn Town (Blackpool remix)
30. Naive Machine - Robot Ramification ep (Pete cannon’s Gammon remix) (hit and hope records)

You’ll soon know w/ Tim Parker & Special Guest Pete Cannon 16.08.2011

please note at the time this blog was posted soundcloud were experiencing issues; should be working soon

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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!

Get Em Pete! - Pete Cannon Beat Making Vid

Something fresh and brand new, one of the dens finest "Pete Cannon" drops a beatmaking video for heads to see one of his many approaches.

True school approach here as he digs for a sample and the drums and stitches it all together in what looks like Abelteezy and his trademark sneaky synth stylings....magnificent, get em P!!

Pete Cannon makes a quick hardcore beat

Cannon link up!

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New Pete Cannon & Nutso Joints +cosign from Primo!

Life of the party Pete Cannon has been busy cooking up treats in the lab some of which have been beginning to leak out, take a look and listen to the new material below.


Nutso ft Panchi, Torae & Punchline - Street Corner (Official Vid)

Heres the official video the cut "Street Corner" a well put together boombap number from Mr Cannon!!, snag the MP3 of the track here.


Bonus *Street Corner as debuted by the legendary DJ Premier on the Live From Headquorterz Show, Primo doubling up your rekkid!!! doesn't get more hiphop then that right?


Nusto ft L.I.F.E Long - Broke

Double video for another Nutso joint, the full version of the FT single is also below.

Nutso ft F.T - Rock Out




Keep cookin up those heaters Pete!! be sure to follow @PeteCannonMusic on Twitter for all the latest news and music!

Pete Cannon & Jon Phonics Live @Konductors Lab Leeds (UK) 19th Jan 2011

Anyone in the Leeds area wantin to catch our guys Pete Cannon & Jon Phonics bustin some live beats; be sure to head to the Konductors Lab event in Leeds on 19th Jan.





Jon and Pete will be getting busy on a performance tip, so expect all sorts of madness as they'll be manipulating their beats live on stage.

The event is headlined by Dented Records artist "Dr Syntax" whose recent album "Benny Huge" features considerable production from Pete, also performing are DJ Logik & Ball Zee, Bambooman and Defenders Of Style.

Be sure to check the event if you are in the area, we need more of this and from what I can see these guys intentions are cut from the same cloth as us with our beat cypher steez!

KONDUCTORS LAB
WEDNESDAY 19th JANUARY
DR. SYNTAX (DENTED RECORDS) feat. DEROGATORY & PETE CANNON
JON PHONICS (YNR PRODUCTIONS)
PETE CANNON (AMG) Live Set
DJ LOGIK & BALL ZEE (BEATS & PIECES)
BAMBOOMAN
DEFENDERS OF STYLE

@ WIRE
2A CALL LANE / LEEDS
10:30 PM - 3 AM
£6 OTD / £5 GUESTLIST (Post names on the group wall)
18+ / R.O.A.R

LINK: Facebook Event

Louis Den Beat Cypher 12 Spotlight - Pete Cannon

Finally in what reads like one of the most informative spotlight joints I've done is the larger than life Pete Cannon!, Mr Dick (as a lot of us Den people still call him) was one of the first producers ever to lace the Beat Cypher; back when we had a tight venue and even tighter budget and ZERO rep, Pete was down to ride just for the experience..

Well it paid off seeing as 2 years we're still able to do it, come to think of it I'm pretty sure the only cypher pete has ever missed was one when he got stuck in a traffic Jam with Tactical Thinking (thats going back a year now) so despite hittin up almost every joint and providing plenty Open Beats and Bucks Fizz battle antics he's had a gang of placements and even a name change since his debut on the production showcase so it's about time Pete hit the cypher again!



1) Hey!! Please introduce yourself to everybody; let us know who you are what you do and how long you've been doing it!
Mate, my name is Pete, Pete Cannon, ladies like to call me Barry big spuds and guys like to call me their mate as. I have been a human for 20 odd years now and making music since I was 5, yeah I said it 5. Well technically I started playing the piano at 5 but I got my first synth which was a DX7 at the age of 11 from cash converters Blackpool for Christmas, Christmas stats.. Before going through puberty I was manipulating fm synthesis through the joy that is algorhythm. At this point I loved old skool hardcore, which was basically sped up hip hop breaks and samples and collected rave tapes on the regs.

So the next Christmas I blagged a set of dex and started record collecting big time. Buying every record that any crack head would sell in blackpool meant that the collection grew quickly and I was getting into collecting breaks by 15. At this time I rocked an Amiga with 8bit sampling and midi capabilities with a boss dr5 drum machine. Anyway everything developed over the years and after studying a B.T.E.C, H.N.D and a B.A degree in music production it just meant my obsession grew stronger to the point where all I do is speak about bloody music all day. Now days I collect synths and make wonk/hop/tech/step/drumcore/folk bass, on the real though I've got my 70s drum kit set up and planning on taking this no sample shit to the next level, making music that can evoke emotion. You'll see what I mean with some of the new shit that's coming out. I could go on for a million years but now I'm going to stop.


2) Was there a defining moment (event / hearing a record etc) that led you into making beats / becoming a producer?
Well, daddy Cannon used to play the Beatles to me all the blooming time when I was real young and tell you what he still does today. He tells me he gave me a record player when I was 4 or so for my room. It had 78rpm on it which plays normal records really fast as it was intended for 78 old records. He gave me a load of his old records and left them in my room, he said he came back to me playing Jimmy Hendrix on 78rpm so it was fast as fuck.

He told me "No peter, its not meant to be played at that speed" so he changed it back to 33. The min he went out of the room, I put it back to 78, from then he just let me play them all at 78 speed. The point is, it was in my mind to make horrible banging noise from a young age, these days I just try and make that same horrible banging noise with my beats, I rarely make smooth shiz. I just knew from then I loved this stuff and wanted to be involved with making music.



3) 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?
Yeah man, when I got the boss dr5 drum machine/sound module when I was 12, I linked it with midi to the DX7. The boss had 4 tracks on it, drums, bass, lead and extra. I could layer and record shit in little parts into its patterns.

I then figured you could put all the patterns together to make a sequence, that blew my mind. My dad also had a four track so I could layer dx7 sounds over the sequenced dr5, well that was it, I was off making tunes every min I could. Funny thing is, ive still got these tunes, they are shit but it was all so exciting finding shit out then. I mean when you first "clock" midi when your that young and no one has ever told you about it, it was like shit your pants good, "So that sound can be played on this keyboard but it records in there....boooom" Anyway I got the Amiga and then I could sample my records in 8 bit and separate its 4 channels into the 4 track. This all continued till I got a pc and learned Cubase 5 at college (the old one, yeah Jon the old one) which I still use today. From there I kept going and I suppose here I am.

4) Whats the one bit of advice youd give to anyone starting out today?
Wow its all a wee bit different now, ha ha that makes me sound old. The whole process of how we learn and advance has sped up with the introduction of the web, which I didn't have when I started so I guess I would just say to get obsessed with music. Learn about all aspects from instrumentation, harmony, rhythm, arrangement, recording techniques, engineering techniques, research the crap out your fav music and get into stripping tracks down to figure out how they made them. I don't want to preach as I know I'm always going to be learning, I guess I could say never be scared to experiment, people might not like what you first do but as long as you want to do it and progress with it, it will happen if you stick it out. If not just ring Sivey and ask him for his mastering settings
ahahahaha.


5) What can heads expect from you at LOUIS DEN BEAT CYPHER
A pissed northern boy who's surname should have been Pan. However I have been practicing my air producing in the mirror at night and with just a bit more practice, well, I may just be able to air produce the crap out of this next cypher BRAAAAAAAAAAP.

Follow @PeteCannonBeats on Twitter
Pete Cannon Youtube Exclusives
Jam Baxta | Stig Of The Dump

Pete Plays Synths Video

Rustie - Neko (Pete Cannon is half Scottish remix)

MC Northern - Summertime (Petes ldbb entry for 'Summertime Beats' homework)

Louis Den Beat Cypher 12 - October 21st 2010

August saw a return to form with Beat Cypher 11 playing host to the talents of S-TYPE, JAISU, JON PHONICS, MR FIGZ and MUNESHINE all the way from Toronto Canda, beats were banging and there were vibes aplenty! Check the exclusive Round One (http://tinyurl.com/cypher11) and jokes/outtakes (http://vimeo.com/14589942) from Louis Den’s own AB0181.





Back again for whats going to be the last Louis Den (BEAT CYPHER) of this year!, shed... a tear!! This season has gone quick!, they’ll be some goodness coming your way in Winter but it’ll be a little different from what your used to, but rather than wishing away the rest of 2010 heres whats in store for our next joint!.



ON THE BOARDS
PETE CANNON - Back for the second time round, he did the first ever cipher back in October 2008 under the name MR DICK (which now just strictly raps); new name change; new grind since then he’s laid down beats for TORAE, SWAY, MILLION DAN, DR SYNTAX, STIG OF THE DUMP and more! another go at the cypher will really let him show heads where he's at!
http://petecannon.bandcamp.com/


GIFTED MUSIC - A very talented and humble cat; we first met Gifted at the December Beat Cypher last year, since then he's always shown love reppin with the open beats and playing plenty of bangers, Gifted has quite the resume having worked with WRETCH32, GIGGS, YOUNG MONEY and frequent collabs with SO SOLID CREW including the brand new comeback single for rapper SWISS, he'll have some fresh sounds no doubt.
Gifted Music on Facebook


ED STRONG of the mighty IRS CREW, Ed has been Louis Den fam since we started our online battles back in 2007; a longtime coming Ed is reaching this cypher to play some gems out of the catalogue, production highlights include the bulk of the IRS releases, SONNYJIM, SKANDAL and more!
http://theirs.bandcamp.com/

MAZZIE - King of the "busted beat cd's" for the open beats; Mazzie (originally from Devon but now in Manchester) has been down with the fam for long time, bit of a sleeping giant as he's never in the forefront with his beats but has always been keepin up with the big boys!! nows his chance to show you whats poppin, production credits include UK's Truth and P.SO (formerly P.Casso) outta New York.
http://mazzie.bandcamp.com/


ON THE MIC
Stig Of The Dump, x2 World EOW champ, Battle Vet and drinker!!, You may know Stig from his infamous Jump Off battles, you may know him from his x2 EOW world titles, or you may have read his rantings in various magazines, at the core of this though is one of the countries top tier emcees!! Stig's debut album "Mood Swings" drops 11th October and he'll be blessing Birmingham give a sneak peek at some of his new material collaborator Pete Cannon (he produced 5 joints on there) is also in the building so expect fun!, Stig will be backed by Brighton vet and Dont Flop battler Enlish.
http://www.stigandsyntax.com/

THE I.R.S, On the verge of dropping their sophmore album "Speaks Volumes" and staedily leaking their free "Offcuts" LP the gang of strong rhymers will be performing (with their producer/mc Ed Strong taking the produciton line up), Indie group of the year winners for 2008 and larger than life mic characters Ed Strong, King Kaiow, Superb and DV will be in the building laying down some South London funk.
http://theirs.bandcamp.com/


SONNYJIM & Kelakovski, these two have been busy cooking up an EP of treats that'll surface in the near future on Eat Good Records, both are keen to let the cypher hear some of the new material so seperate to the other performers they'll be previewing some new bits for the beat cypher crowd (no Kelz isnt rapping!)
http://eatgoodrecords.com/

Finally, as usual we'll have our very own DJ CRO providing the backdrop of hip-hop beats, breaks and treats inbetween the nights action.

*ARRIVE EARLY TO SIGN UP FOR OPEN BEATS, ONLY 3 BEATS MAX PER PRODUCER AND WE MAY HAVE TO REDUCE THAT NUMBER IF THERES A HUGE AMOUNT OF SIGN UPS (prefence is given to newer names)

* NO MP3 PLAYERS/PHONES/ DATA CD's FOR OPEN BEATS, sorry but its an ache to get all this sorted and the cables/pc's are for the showcased producers only...bring an audio CD or most likely its not happening!!.

* THERE IS NO GUESTLIST AT THE BEAT CYPHER, please don’t try it and blag it…respect the cypher and the other heads paying, the more heads supporting the more chance of us being able to keep the movement going, please dont be shy and dig in them pockets!.



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Louis Den BeatCypher 12
Live Hiphop Production Showcase & Beat Jam

PETE CANNON | GIFTED MUSIC | ED STRONG | MAZZIE

+open beats/DJ CRO
hosted by Kosyne, Redbeard & Sonnyjim

Thursday 21st October 2010
Downstairs @unPlug Digbeth
79 Digbeth High St
Birmingham
B5 6DY
9PM - LATE
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Stig Of The Dump - I Got Game produced by Pete Cannon

Shouts to my peoples Stig Of The Dump we've been pals/rolling in similar music circles for a few years now and he's recently dropped his single for his debut LP "Mood Swings" entitled "I Got Game" which feautres a very familiar Louis Den Beat Battles Blap from Episode 39 to be exact from Jan '09..

Anwyay Pete Cannon (Mr Dick) smashed up the session with his entry which has now become this the lead single accompanyed by Stigs booming/battle led vox I think you can all agree its very much an audible treat!...check it out!!



Cop The Single!
iTunes | Bandcamp


The LP Mood Swings drops in Sepetmeber on Lewis Recordings...go get em Stig!

Pre Order Behind Closed Doors 2 NOW!

Behind Closed Doors Volume 2 will be dropping next week!, however you can pre-order copies of the DVD and its limited edition box set "The BCD Box" NOW!, all you have to do is head over to - http://tinyurl.com/copbcd2 , dont miss out!! when the boxes are gone..THEY ARE GONE!.

LINKS

Pickup BCD2 NOW from the BCD2 Mini Site

Homework 58 - Louis Den x Soundsci Remixes +LDBB @EOW Brixton Fri 22nd Jan

What up world?!, LOUIS DEN BEAT BATTLES IS BACK!!!!!!!, yep after a 3 month (and change) break we're returning with the weekly beat battles, for those who dont know what the deal is we've had the break due to our 2009 league season which is currently wrapping up and started back in August 2009..After almost 400 samples/battles the competition is coming to a close with the final week of voting taking place over at - http://louisden.com/league2009.



We're actually going to be revamping the louisden site and making our own community driven site (a little similar to the league site) in an effort to move the challenges away from Myspace and more to our own platform..but until we actually get the development out the way we'll be using the submission proces detailed below, but first the new challenge!.




Homework 58 - Louis Den x Soundci - Dig For Victory Remixes





We've teamed up with Crate Escape Records to bring you the Louis Den own Soundsci remix comp, ok so who are soundsci?, well its pairing of producer Jonny Cuba (formerly of Dynamic Syncopation) and emcee/producer Audessey (formerly of Mass Influence). Last year they teamed up DJ Cro (louis den beat cypher/crateescape) to release their much talked about EP "Dig For Victory", in making the project DJ Ollie Teeba (Herbaliser) and U-George (Hemisphere) became members of the crew.



Ok so the EP has been out for a little while (limited red vinyl) has has received album of the month in HHC Digital; from the jump the Soundsci guys / Cro had remixes in mind as part of the deluxe package they were selling (T-Shirt, Wax, Poster) came with a limited edition CD with full accapellas of each track, although there is a seperate open remix contest (which closed today), they've gracefully extended the deadline (our homework week) to turn in LDBB flavoured remixes, so thats the aim for this week, SOUNDSCI REMIXES.




RULES

Check the links below to download a copy of 1 of the 3 soundsci songs to remix, theres "The Remedy", "The Illness" and "Lost And Found" available for the remix treatment, the BPM's of each song are provided in the title so theres no way you can get it wrong, theres no samples provided for this challenge so simply check the original versions out (hit the soundsci bandcamp, links are at the bottom) and see which track you get the best feel for and can bless with your style! Beats chosen by the Soundsci crew will end up on a future release (excellent promo) but be warned theres already been some heaters handed in by non ldbb alumini (seeing as this was an open contest), however we'll no doubt pick our favourites out in the stream/chatroom.



HOW TO LINE UP AN ACAPELLA

Im not even gonna go there!, if you are having trouble doing this then simply submit a beat and let us know which song youd like to remix..if you cant get the vocals on point then DONT BOTHER..nothing hurts the ears more than an out of time remix, if you need to hear the original joints for reference then simply hit the soundsci bandcamp page in the links section.



DEADLINE

Remixes must reach us by Sunday 24th Jan.



HOW TO SUBMIT

Email your submissions to homework@louisden.com, make sure the subject and the title of the mp3 let us know who you are and which track you've remixed, we'll be playing the submissions back on the live stream at http://tinyurl.com/ldbblive with Jonny, Audessy and Cro tuning in to check the beats out...DONT SEND BEAT LINKS TO THE MYSPACE THEY WILL BE IGNORED, OF YOU ARENT ABLE TO EMAIL THE BEATS THEN SEND A MESSAGE TO HOMEWORK@LOUISDEN.COM WITH A LINK TO THE BEAT!




LINKS/RESOURCES

Remix pack feauring x3 soundsci acapellas
Soundsci bandcamp (listen to the original versions here)





We look forward to hearing the submissions.

LOUISDEN HOMEWORKS!!! we're back!




.KOS




PS, any london LDBB fam in town on friday, be sure to check out a a few louisden heads (Pete Cannon, Kelakovski, Dockmini, BUG, Jeekay) playing beats at the 1st heat of the new End Of the Weak MC challenge @ JAMM Brixton, its gonna be siiick! PA from Sha Stimuli (USA) Kingpin and hosted by the Speakers Corner/EOW crew.