Back but not quite :(

Ok so we out the otherside and it turns out there was a server fault over at our hosting company, no worries for the most part the shop is back and the league images should be working as well and be accessible just like before BUT...what makes this one a bit more interesting is the fact they DONT backup any data on our particular hosting plan.

Which means we've lost the forum!!...I can get it back again and im working on it right now but we will only have up to when I last backed up (which was a minute ago!!).

Best case scenario
I can get us back running to our last backup, heads who joined the forum less than 2 months ago will have to register.

Worst case scenario
Well lets not go there just yet eh?..

hold tight..

IF YOU REQUESTED A LISTENING KEY FOR THE LEAGUE OR WAS ONE OF BATCH OF NEW HEADS WHO WANTED TO JOIN HIT ME UP ASAP! YOU NEED YOUR SAMPLE FOR THIS WEEK!

Kosyne[At]louisden[dot]com

bang..

louisden.com down!!

What up world, dont be alarmed I've been told by our webhosts FREEOLA that they are experiencing difficulty with one of their webservers and as luck would have it, its the cluser Louisden.com is hosted on.

Its a bad look as it means its taken out the shop, parts of the league, the forum and more obviously the actual louisden.com front page. I've been told they're looking into it so please remain patient and keep it locked to see when we come back up.

Till then our blog is still accessible (you're reading it now heh...)

LEAGUE NEWBIES, hold tight soon as we're back I'll get you your details so you can collect your samples!.


Kos

Louis Den Beat Showcase @ Jazz Cafe London 25th Sept 2009

WE DONT STOP!...more Louis den live events, this time its the Beat Cypher, (the next main joint is coming October so look out for it!!) but until you can catch us at 3 spots between now and then (the first being Basement Sessions Live, Redbeards Single Launch) and finally our Jazz Cafe Beat Cypher (as part of Jehsts Young N Restless night).





London heads who STIIIIIIL havent made the trip to Birmingham (we've been doing these a year now!!) make sure you come and check us, even though we're appearing as act on the YNR night we need support before we can bring a full Beat Cypher event down south (Open Beats, PA's, Beat Battles etc). So yeah get at us!!.

Fresh beats from Kelakovski, Jaisu, Apollo and Mr Thing!!.

Redbeard Single Leaked! / Louis Den Blaporama 23rd Sept Birmingham

EATGOOD recording artist Redbeard has recently let a few tracks leak from his upcoming release "The Bearded Wonda" which is dropping Q4 on EAT GOOD RECORDS, similar to Sonnyjim's Trading Standards this is another release getting the LOUIS DEN seal of approval as it has production from LOUIS DEN contriubtors Kosyne, Kelakovski, Myke Forte, Jon Phonics, Percy Filth, Wizard, Roeg Du Casq and R2ThaBeatz!!..

Check the leaks out, the album is dropping soon!.
   

Agency Scum - Prod by Kelakovski
   

Bad Mannaz ft SK & Sam Stealth - Prod by Jon Phonics

Be sure to check Redbeards single launch if you're in the Midlands to see him perform the tracks live!! with a special one off Louis Den feature...BLAP-O-RAMA.





Redbeards single launch will be at the Yardbird Jazz Club in Birmingham (located in Paradise Place opp the Copthorne Hotel). As well as Beard performing the tracks from the single release we'll be having the first (of many hopefully) Louis Den BLAPORAMA's this one featuring Kelz, Myke Forte, Raul Supreme and Dockmini. These are Beat sets from Louis Den producers showcasing their latest material, unreleased beats, remixes and tracks. Unlike the Beat Cypher which is beat based Blaporama is more like a DJ set (not turn based) allowing the producers to set the mood better.

Make sure you come out if you're in the area its definately gonna be one to catch!.

Redbeards Myspace
Redbeards Twitter


Kos..

Louis Den @ Basement Sessions Live 12th Sept 2009

I've avoided trying to blog about this too early just so it doesnt slip away from the front page but hopefully you've noticed the entry in the live events section to the right. But heres more of a full write up about the event.

On 12th Septemeber 2009 Street Soul productions are putting together their first "Basement Sessions Live" event; a night celebrating hiphop culture and bringing together artists and performers of all elements from Birmingham and all over the country. On the bill are.

Jack Flash (Huddersfield)
Kashmere, Verb T, Dj Krooked Fingers & Cross Bone T (London)
Soweto Kinch (Birmingham)
Prose (London)
Unkle Festa (London)
Case Closed (Worcester)
Brotherman & DJ Flipz (London)

& DJ support from DJ Cro (Birmingham), Tuf Kut, J'da Kut (Sensei FM), Disorda (Suspect Packages), Iron Fingaz (Sensei FM)

Oh and us lot!!, yep at this event they'll be a LOUIS DEN BEAT CYPHER, in a similar vein to the EOW joint earlier this year in February, I'll be getting a whole load of LDBB regulars to come down and showcase a few beats in a fast moving set packed full of bangers...expect the Birmingham team of myself, Kelz, Eybs, Darren Paul, Raul Supreme, Dockmini, Myke Forte and other heads from further afield.

All this as well as the Bucks Fizz beat battle (taken from our traditional Beat Cypher) so bring beats on the night if you fancy your chances, this time they'll be prizes from Soapbox Clothing (the team who designed the ILL flyer) and King Apperal.

So yeah, If you STILL havent had a beat cypher experience then this is the perfect introductions, not to mention the rest of the dope bill.

More Info on the facebook page and Louis Den Forum


BASEMENT SESSIONS LIVE
a celebration of Hip Hop culture
12th September 2009 @ Space 2, The Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham, B9 4AA

More info on the Basement Sessions live Facebook Event page

Louis Den Forum Post on Basement Sessions

Louis Den Beat Cypher 6 (FS Green, Sir OJ, Shears, Urban Monk) - Round Two

Gotta get this out there for anyone whose been sleeping!...If you havent noticed we've now changed the front page on LOUISDEN.COM (which should be your main point of entry to our sites/blog) and we've got an even more obvious button linking you to my man AB0181's Youtube channel which is the ONLY other place on the tubes you can get LouisDen content other than the ldbb one (which gets updated every now and again!).

Round 2 from the Cypher a couple weeks back which featured FS GREEN, SIR OJ, SHEARS and URBAN MONK. Crazy beats all night and in a similar fashion to Round 1, theres plenty more heaters in round 2..So yeah follow all the heads on twitter, subscribe to Pro's youtube and spread some comment love!!.

FS Green (Twitter | Web)

SIR OJ (Twitter | Web)

Shears (Twitter | Myspace)

Urban Monk (Myspace)

AB0181 on Twitter | On Youtube

Louis Den Beat Cypher 6 (FS Green, Sir OJ, Shears, Urban Monk) - Round One

Here it is the first round of beats from the beat cypher last week which featured FS Green, Sir OJ, Shears, Urban Monk. The first round of beats is always a tense one as it always sets the tone of the night Urban Monk came with a nice opener, Shears some gangsta ish, OJ with a soulful synth banger and FS finishing it off nicely, check the videos out for an exclsuive Sir OJ/FS Green intro and outro beat and always we got the best man for the job AB0181 on the cam...BANG...more videos coming.

FS Green (Twitter | Web)

SIR OJ (Twitter | Web)

Shears (Twitter | Myspace)

Urban Monk (Myspace)

AB0181 on Twitter | On Youtube

Dready Beats @ Louis Den Beat Cypher 6

Heavyweight producer and Birmingham export (dont get it twisted!!) swung by the Beat Cypher last week to judge the beat battle and play some exclusive blaps!, check the footage out below (courtesy of Louis Den badman on the cam AB0181), Dready played nothing but bangers (and some ultra exclusive stuff you had to be there to witness lol) but yeah amazing beats..peep game.

Hit up Dready on Twitter

AB0181 on Twitter | On Youtube

Louis Den League Now Boarding!

The idea of "Dope Ass Beat 2" was to get a beat from producers so that a "Week 0" of voting could take place and establish league divisions, well it seems as if some of the heads who registered for the league still havent sent one...and THIS IS YOUR LAST CALL, the voting pages will go up today (I wanted to do this on Friday but Beat Cypher runnings and a show at the weekend meant time was taken up..despite this being the aim) so you've had all that extra time and now TILL THIS EVENING to register for the league (providing your details on the boards and sending a dope beat either the to LOUIS DEN MYSPACE or to louisdenleague (at) gmail (dot) com. These are the registered league producers..

Registered League Producers.... ABCENTS , abstraKt Beats , Apatight , Archaeologist , Ayem , Bert Digits , bhardbeatz , BilL Breaks , BoomBaptist , bossthebeat , Budgie , Clay Davis , Darren Paul , DJ First Aid , DJ Kryptonite , Dockmini , Eccentric , Ed Strong , EvB , Itchy Digits , Jaisu , Jeekay , Jeh-Free , JIGSAWSOUL , JJ Malone , J-Trees , JUT , Kelakovski , Kosyne , magOwl , Mazzie , MDOTDASUPAPRODUCER , MISTA MOZART , Mr Dick , Myke Forte , MYKEE , Peaks , Phenom / Nyx , Potencia Incisive , Purpose of Tragic Allies , Pushing Buttons , Radd , Ratatouille Da Recept , Raul Supreme , SeeMoney , Shears , Sivey , Skipperbeat , Smith , SnapS , S-TYPE , Terror , The Strange Neighbour , Unknown , Vice , Villa , Wizard (uk) , Wizard At Will , Yeah Right , YOUNG ANDREZ , Zircon

if your name is NOT on this list you know what to do...
LAST CALL..DONT ACT LIKE YOU WERENT GIVEN A CHANCE!!


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Louis Den Myspace

Beat Cypher 06 - DONE!

*PHOTO'S BY MAZZIE!!

So we made it out the other side!!, Beat Cypher 06 went off with a bang as we played host to amazing beats from FS Green, Sir OJ, Shears and Urban Monk. Its dope that each one gets taken to another level in some way and this one was no exception with some real heavyweight producers we played host to not just 1 international guest but 5!! as FS, OJ also had DJ/Producer Full Crate (who shared the wheels with CRO that night), ill producer Hayzee and their photographer Patrick.

Not only this but we were also blessed enough to have Dreaddy Beats (a Birmingham native at that too) roll through to judge the beat battle and let us hear some exclusive blaps straight out the macbook!

As usual we had the PA's do their thing which came from Taharka, and Chima Anya and Serocee in the second half, as with all these joints theres a lot of analyzing and runnings to break down so hopefully next time we'll keep taking things to the next level.

So YEAH, thanks for coming out and reaching people....beat heads in the Birmingham and surrounding area need to keep supporting us and (some how lol) we'll keep on bringing you these sick producers and their amazing talents (heads travelled from all over the UK, London, Scotland, Stoke On Trent, Peterborough) so THANK YOU for making it down for supporting Louis Den..

Thanks to FS Green, Sir OJ and Full Crate for providing the beats/sounds on the night..Amazing work, safe roads!! I hope you guys enjoyed Birmingham!!.

Thanks to SHEARS for ripping up the beat cypher and only adding to the dopeness on display and props to URBAN MONK for coming through and participating...(props to the two of them especially for holding out while we could sort you guys in the lineup!!..Den heads/Beat Cypher family..WE GOT YOU...just be patient!).

BIG PROPS AND RESPECT to Dready who made time to come to the Beat Cypher, judge the beat battle and hit off all us hungry blapfiends with some exclusives..(and I mean exclusives...we got sneak peaks into some amazing material), somone messing with those sort of calibre artists blessing an underground beat jam with heads of all sorts of abilities says a lot!!...PROPS!.

Our artists on the night Taharka, Chima Anya and Serocee...YOU ALL DID THE DAMN THING..THANK YOU!, especially getting messed up for time still got it together and made it happen, apologies for the madness in the second half...hecticness!.

Thanks to NEDOS of 2nd City Productions for the sound recording and managing the door at one point!.

Thanks to DJ CRO as always..work horse who has an equal if not more stressful runnings than myself with all this Beat Cypher junk!!.

AB0181, cam fam!! travelled from London from his new work placement just to handle capturing ish *e-daps* stay tuned to the ONLY youtube outlet for louisden (other than our sporradic own lol) for footage.

REDBEARD and SONNYJIM (Eatgood fam pop pop) and my lady Kate for helping setup and keep the night going as smooth as possible.

URBAN MIDNIGHT...manning the sonics getting it from all angles (not the easiest job!!)...Thanks as always.

KELZ/MYKE FORTE on the promo tip (them posters/flyers dont get out by themselves)

and finally last but in no means least my OG LOUISDEN fam, online/forum heads for making the trip and connecting!...BAM.

Next Up On LOUIS DEN! TODAY (Sat 15th, myself, Kelakovski, Myke Forte, Raul Supreme will be playing beats at Elev8te's fashion/talent show at Birmingham Library theatre...its a free (but ticketed) event so come through and see if you can get a ticket to catch the show League voting will be open from MONDAY!! hit the forums to collect your logins/voting keys. Next month (12th Sept) we've got a massive ldbb soundclash/sign up beat battle at the Basement Sessions live night (more details on that soon). More London beat showcase action in September...shhhhh and when we roll back round BEAT CYPHER 07!!!!, lucky number 7.....

oh and before I go...updated the shop as ALL T-SHIRTS are now out of stock..they gone!! if you didnt get one sorrrry!! hey they've taken a few months to shift so you did have time, an order in the states scooped up the last 2 (fresh new design coming soon!).

PEACE

.KOS

Louis Den Beat Cypher 06 Spotlight - SIR OJ

Not sure if im gonna get one from Urban Monk *COUGH..HINT* lol, but heres the last for now!! Amsterdam/SlumGullions SIR OJ...baaang, read the gems download the goods!.



Hey!!, please introduce yourself to everybody; let us know who you are what you do and how long you've been doing it!.
My name is SirOJ a composer, beatcreator, producer and sometimes songwriter.

Was there a defining moment (event / hearing a record etc) that led you into making beats / becoming a producer?.
Eversince I was a kid I was creating music with tapedecks, piano, guitar and some percussion. When my dad bought a PC it became possible to create some grooves with a few simple software tools. After I tried a lot tools, a friend gave me a copy of Reason 1. That's when it all started!

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?
The first equipment I used producing real beats we're my dad's PC and a old Yamaha keyboard, wich I used as a midi-controller.
Because I took piano classes and I played a lot of jazz and funk all my beats became 'funky' and 'jazzy'. Not realy straight up hiphop. When I discovered the sounds of the legendary producer J Dilla I got inspired because of the balance between jazz, soul music and hiphop he managed to put in his beats.

Whats the one bit of advice youd give to anyone starting out today?
Make sure you know something about music in general. Do not just copy everything you here on MTV and radio.
Just find your own way trough all the different subgenres within Hiphop.

What can heads expect from you at LOUIS DEN BEAT CYPHER?
Some typical OJ shit I guess. Some bangers, some crazy crack music and some other shits to vibe on!!!

FREE MUSIC PRODUCED BY SIR OJ Remixing EP (produced by SIR OJ & FS GREEN) Slumgullion - Disko (produced by Slumgullion) Sir OJ - State Beat Tape (produced for State Magazine) Official SIR OJ / SlumGullion Holla @ Sir OJ on Twitter Sir OJ's Myspace

Louis Den Beat Cypher 06 Spotlight - SHEARS

More spotlight action, this time from Shears who'll be representing Louis Den tonight (of course we'd hope after tonight all producers are affiliated!! but for those who dont know Shears has been contributing to the movement from day one!)


Hey!!, please introduce yourself to everybody; let us know who you are what you do and how long you've been doing it!.
I'm Shears, the only beatmaker in Bristol who isn't making dubstep and i've been doing it for about 5 years. I make a bunch of styles because I get bored of doing the same thing and have an OCD need to learn everything, and have worked with Kyza, Stig of the Dump, Dubbledge, Grimlok and a bunch of others.


Was there a defining moment (event / hearing a record etc) that led you into making beats / becoming a producer?.
It started from DJing, I learnt at school then got given record collections from family and friends and realised how often I found stuff that had been used to make hip hop, that moved onto finding stuff that sounds it like it should have been used until I thought i'd have a go myself.

What was your first piece of equipment and what were those beats like?, any interesting stories about things were doing to begin with / finding your feet?
Firstly I had Music on the playstation where I churned out trance bangers on the daily and then moved into the big leagues and got Hip Hop Ejay on the PC where not only could I make stuff that sounds like the Seinfeld theme tune but I could do fake Premo scratches on top with the authentic looking turntable that came with it. The Korg Electribe ES-1 was the first proper beatmaking thing I had, and the beats I made sounded so amateur and cheap, you can only use 9 pads/sounds per beat and so none of them had proper basslines and the drums were rigid, or boombap as it's better known (just kidding).

Whats the one bit of advice you'd give to anyone starting out today?
Put some thought into your beats and aim really high...famous producers aren't on a pedestal, anyone can make something as good as them if they put some effort in. That's not supposed to sound super aspirational, it just means don't make quick stuff just so you can say 'yeah, that's alright' and move onto the next one since it's a bit of a production line ethic and often leads to average stuff. That's just me though, do whatever you enjoy I guess.


What can heads expect from you at LOUIS DEN BEAT CYPHER?
A mixture of things, i've been messing around with some synth beats lately so I might try some of those out to see what people think but will also have sampled stuff to fall back on, aiming for bangers but we'll see what people think on the 13th...

FREE MUSIC PRODUCED BY SHEARS Shears starter pack (beats & produced tracks) GET FAMILIAR! Get @Shears on twitter! Shears on Myspace

Louis Den Beat Cypher 06 Spotlight - FS GREEN

Our spotlight blogs disappeared for the last beat cypher (was a bit too much work planning that one) and this one was tricky too but we've got them to drop and they'll appear today!!, for those not sure whether to attend the beat cypher or those who dont know what to expect (you better decide quick) you can use these blogs to get familiar with the line up!!, read digest download and pass on!!.

Hey!!, please introduce yourself to everybody; let us know who you are what you do and how long you've been doing it!.
I’m FS Green, 20 year old producer from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. I made my first beat in FL Studio in 2004, when I was 15, I did my first production on an EP in 2006, so that’s about 3 years back.

Was there a defining moment (event / hearing a record etc) that led you into making beats / becoming a producer?
I think it was when "The Ownerz" by Gangstarr and Kanye’s "Collage Dropout" came out in ’03 and ’04. These where probably the first records for me that I started paying attention to the producers behind the songs. When I started off, I was also really influenced by everything that came out of New York basically. I went to NY for the first time in 2004, that really inspired me.


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?
My first program was Fruity Loops, and I still use it. I never used hardware, just a bunch of different midi-controllers. I remade a lot of beats to get accustomed with the program, I still do it by the way.


Whats the one bit of advice youd give to anyone starting out today?
Whatever you do, just make sure you never flip “Stop, Look and Listen” by Dianne Ross and Marvin Gaye.


What can heads expect from you at LOUIS DEN BEAT CYPHER?
Not much, haha.

FREE MUSIC PRODUCED BY FS GREEN! Rookie season (2007 - 2009) - 25 track compilation album "Home Made" (FS GREEN, FULL CRATE and GRAND JACKSON) - Feel Like (featuring Mar) (from the upcoming HOME MADE 6 track EP produced for Bacardi endorsed "Visita") The State Beat Tape (produced for State Magazine) iamfsgreen.net Official FS Green FS Green on Myspace Get @FSGREEN on Twitter!

Just Blaze is a joker!

via teamyee.tv
Aite so these high profile producers must get their fair share of waste tweets/myspace/facebook messages and Im guessing most of them dont even give them the time of day but Just Blaze recently took things a step further and actually knocked up some "FREE BEATS" (complete with hooks!) for cheeky twitter following trying his luck.

Check the bangers out here

League Qualifiers!! - Homework 57 - Dope Ass Beat #2

Here it is people, we're kicking the league off with DOPE ASS BEAT #2, basically this homework is to get gauge the ability of all the beat makers as the submitted beats will get graded by the league voters/producers to determine your initial standing!.

Please note that this homework officially kicks off the league season so if you were just a casual homework entrant or not interested in the league you'll have to spectate as a voter to be part of the coming LouisDen action.





THERE WILL STILL BE A SESSION FOR THE SUBMITTED BEATS BUT YOU HAVE TILL NEXT THURS TO COOK SOMETHING UP!

Louis Den Myspace Blog - "Dope Ass Beat #2"

Details in the myspace blog.

Homework 57 - Dope Ass Beat #2

Louis Den Shop Updates - New DVDSs !

What up people, just a quick update to tell you we've added BEAT CYPHER 03 and BEAT CYPHER 04 DVD's to the Louis Den shop (to your left), if you wanna catch the action and watch/hear beats and performances from JON PHONICS, RAUL SUPREME, PERCY FILTH, WINCHESTER, DJ IQ, MYKE FORTE, SIVEY, RANX, KYZA, MSI & ASYLUM, ASAVIOUR, PENTALK and RAMSON BADBONES then go ahead and order!!. If you've picked up a previous DVD then you'll be into these too!, click the thumbnails for more info!.

Oh and of couse peep the post below regarding BEAT CYPHER 06...its gonna be stooooopid!.

League homework dropping TODAY keep peeled!.

Louis Den Beat Cypher 06 - August 13th - Birmingham UK

After the amazing BEAT CYPHER 05 which featured ODDISEE (low budget/diamond district) all the way from Washington DC and UK heavyweights CHARLIE DARK, BABY J, MORGAN ZARATE and Louis Den's own KELAKOVSKI we're back!.

This time round we're bringing you the usual homegrown talent from Birmingham in the form of URBAN MONK, an appearence from Louis Den Family...SHEARS and 2 guests flying in from Amsterdam!, producers FS GREEN and SIR OJ, Louis Den Beat Cypher has the sole intention of bringing you the hottest production talents from all over home and across the map live in Birmingham to provide you with bangin beats straight from the lab and inspire all beat heads with fresh new sounds!.

We've got the usual OPEN BEAT BATTLE (bring a beat cd, sign up, get your name drawn and battle the other producers for louisden prizes), OPEN BEATS (bring a beat cd and play your material to the crowd) and DJ CRO spinning hiphop treats, breaks/instrumentals for you good people.

ON THE BOARDS

Producer, DJ and remixer from Amsterdam FS GREEN, ripping up the underground out there and making waves everywhere FS will be joining the line up at Beat cypher 06, yeahhh we international now!! following on from Oddisee at Cypher05, Louis Den has the honor of being the first UK gig FS will be blessing BANNG!. FS has just dropped the dope free release ROOKIE SEASON which is a round up of his various remixes, productions and beats since he started out in the game in 2004, FS is one of the new school producers you need to be taking notice of!



Louis Den OG, record collector DJ; heavyweight producer SHEARS, hailing from Bristol Shears has laid down production work for POISONUS POETS, DUBBLEDGE, GTA and a recent smash remix of "Ultimate Triumph of the Little Guy" from SONNYJIM (which has received airplay from DJ Sarah Love, Mr Lawson and more!). Shears has been waiting in the wings to get in on the beat cypher action and rightly so as he's been reppin with out homework challenges from way back in late 2007 when we first started!...he knows the deal so expect nothing but bangers from him!.


Also from Amsterdam we've got producer SIR OJ, he got his break a couple years back by landing a track on the Rush Hour "Beat Dimensions Vol 1" CD, since then he's dropped various production work for various artists from the Netherlands Jiggy Djé, Turk, Spacekees, Brainpower, GMB, Big Boy Caprice and more. We're all about connecting with like minds at Louis Den so it only made sense getting OJ here to bless Louis Den too!.


Finally reppin for Brum we've got URBAN MONK, vet on the Birmingham circuit he's laid down production for the likes of ESTELLE, AKALA, MOORISH DELTA 7, MALIK and more. Monk is no stranger to the Beat Cypher having dropped beats in the open beats round since we started last year!; its time for Monk's shot at the showcase now with his big brand of beats, get ready!!.

ON THE MIC
Performing at Beat Cypher 06 we've got the usual mix of dope underground talent performing their material adjusting it off the top to fit the soundscape provided by the nights producers.

SEROCEE & J-LEEN
First seen at Beat Cypher 02, Serocee and Leen killed it with an improv set; originally set to perform just the one track (to fall in line with the CrateEscape crate002 launch "Serocee - Youll never find") Serocee and Leen took the mic for an extended set filling in for unforunately absent Verb T. Expect some ill rhymes and insane off the top skills from these 2 skilled emcees.

CHIMA ANYA
Also from the Oxford rhyme duo GTA, Chima is currently tearing up the scene as a soloist with his upcoming album and lead single "New Day" which features former Beat Cypher guest Soweto Kinch. A keen beat cypher supporter Chima knows exactly what needs to be done to bring the right vibes to louisden he'll no doubt bring the noise.

TAHARKA
The Ambassador of EAT GOOD RECORDS, Taharka is a vet on the Brum circuit and one of the founders of EAT GOOD....crazy as Louis Den is all linked in this and he's the only resident EATGOOD performer yet to tear up a set!!, this is chance!; having recently performed up and down the country during festival season and a gig overseas in Austria. T will be getting the crowd hype with his own blend of party vibes and ill rhymes.

BUCKS FIZZ BEAT BATTLE
ANDDDDD following on from last time the totally pimped out extravagant BUCKS FIZZ BEAT BATTLE which was won by JAISU, we've got the got head to head with the other battle entrants for EAT GOOD / LOUIS DEN / SOAPBOX / BEHIND CLOSED DOORS goodies, sign up on the door and bring a beat CD with your deadlist blaps!!.

hosted by KOSYNE, SONNYJIM & REDBEARD..

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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LouisDen BeatCypher 06
Live Hiphop Production Showcase & Beat Jam
FS GREEN | SIR OJ | SHEARS | URBAN MONK
SEROCEE & J-LEEN | CHIMA ANYA | TAHARKA MUSIC
+open beats/beat battle/DJ CRO


13th August 2009
Sunflower Lounge
76 Smallbrook Queensway
Birmingham
B5 4EG
9PM - LATE
£4.00 ENTRY BEFORE 10PM £5.00 AFTER
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Remaining August Beat Cypher 06 Lineup!

What up people, thanks to everyone who tuned into the live stream last night, we've got a new homework dropping later today and a full post about beat cypher 06, but just to hold you down till let me drop the names of the remaining producers for beat 06!.

Joining FS GREEN will be fellow Amsterdam producer SIR OJ, they've both collabed in the past dropping the State Beat Tapes together and their dope "Remixing" project. OJ is part of the dope collective Slumgullion who also had a project out a while back called Disko; dudes crazy with the beats and should make the beat cypher even more ill (as if it wasnt already!!!).

Finally, some Birminigham support in the form of URBAN MONK. Monk's put in time behind the boards producing for the likes of MD7, MALIK, ESTELLE, AKALA and more; no stranger to the beat cyphers he's turned out many a open beats session and will no doubt have bangers to drop!.

Also the PA's for beat cypher 6 will come from SEROCEE & J-LEEN, CHIMA ANYA and Eatgood records own TAHARKA!!, gonna be one hell of a night!!.

So yeahhhh there it is, start spreading the word!, facebook events, myspace spammage and all that good stuff will commence from now!!.

tell a friend to tell a friend!!.

Homework 55 - "Percy Filth Reflips"

We're BAAAAAACK on the homeworks!!, get over to the LDBB myspace blog to read the latest challenge which is Percy Filth reflips!!, to celebrate the recent release from LouisDen FAM Member Percy Filth, you've got the chance to revisit some of the samples he flipped for his first release a couple years back!.

Details over here at the myspace blog

“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
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LouisDen BeatCypher 06 - Aug 13th

Keeping it moving (one month on, one month off) for you hungry beat heads!! BEAT CYPHER 06 is coming in AUGUST!!, the date is Aug 13th (yes a Thursday, thats beat cypher day!) as #5 was a one off to allow for a bigger spot we're back at the Sunflower Lounge (see Beat Cypher 04 with Myke / Sivey / IQ / Ranx, Msi / Asaviour etc) so yeah it'll be cosy but sick vibes as always, We'll slowly leak the names of the performers this time round (have some fun with it) but I think we've got a dope mix again and it'll be another memorable night once again!. Alright SO.....on the boards so far we'll be having.

Producer, DJ and remixer from Amsterdam FS GREEN, ripping up the underground out there and making waves everywhere FS will be joining the line up at Beat cypher 06, yeahhh we international now!! following on from Oddisee at Cypher05, Louis Den has the honor of being the first UK gig FS will be blessing BANNG!

Waiting in the wings since day dot we've got LDBB resident SHEEEEEEEARS!..producer/DJ/record collector and mojhito aficionado Shears has been killin LDBB since the homeworks its a shame we couldn't have put dude on earlier (our list of fam is just that big) but he's been waiting patiently and now its time!!, im hoping he'll have a huge stash of new crack rocks to play us!.

So yeah 2 producers in and the bill is already super sick (who else is waiting!??!...) we'll leak perfomers/producers before the end of next week then start hittin you over the head with flyers!.



oh and before I bounce...those wondering about the couple week hiatus!!.

New Homeworks
Alright so you would have noticed that as we've been busy the homeworks has suffered so once again theres a few videos waiting to appear and a new challenge could do with getting set..well the good news is you dont have to wait much longer, we'll probably have a run of a couple more homeworks before the league is full swing and use this time to generate sign ups from the myspace / other networks.


So yeah we're still here!! as you can see theres lots going on!....stay tuned!!

Louis Den League 2009 Season!

If you arent a member of the louisden forums (located here - http://www.louisden.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl) Then GET TO KNOW!, continuing with the ill summer of beatmaking we had last year We're returing with the LOUIS DEN LEAGUE 2009, if you'd like to get involved either as a beatmaker whose part of the competition or as a listener/fan who can place votes on your favourite beats then JOIN THE FORUM NOW! check for the "Louis Den Beat Battles League 2009 Season" subforum and all the information is located there!.

S-Type won the competition last year with a 40 producer total league!, so far we're already at the that number with just heads from the forums so we're expecting that number to rise!...for now we arent going to put a limit on the amount of people that can enter and theres still plenty of time to join up (the site is still being built!) but if you DO FLOP there will be consequences!! so only jump on if you are comitted!.

Sign up as a producer

OR

Sign up as a voter/fan

*make sure you have logged in to the forum first!

If you need reminding of how dope the league was last year then the original 2008 season is still hosted with beats to listen to!.

Louis Den League 2008 Season.

Behind Closed Doors 2 in Amsterdam!

Doin the 'Dam thing..
What up people, been a minute since some blogging / homework action on the louisden front but dont get it twisted we've been very busy!...since we dropped Behind closed Doors Vol 1 myself and AB0181 have been carefully planning the next installment off the magazine and the weekend just past saw us visit to Amsterdam to officially start work on Volume 2. We dont want to give too much away on the planned features but with what we captured over the weekend I think we're well on to making more than a worthy sequel, we'll leave you with some teaser shots from SOME of the action!.









Oh and if you've no idea about the dope Behind Closed Doors project then scoot over to the mini site here (www.louisden.com/bcd) we're down to the last few copies so order NOW if you wanna own a peice of hiphop beatmaking cinema history lol....forreal tho if/when we do repress the project it wont be in the hand numbered DVD/Beat CD form it is now so once these are gone they are GONE!!.

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]




LINK:http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LMNQ787H




Holla at Raul On Myspace
Or On Twitter!

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.

Louis Den Stars In Their Eyes Homework / FIFTY Lab session video

What up people, some new louis den updates for you, check the links below for more details.

Louis Den Episode 50 - FIFTY
Heads had to flip samples/artists or anything around theme 50, lab session video has been uploaded to the myspace, check it out!.

Louis Den Episode 50 Lab Session Video


Homework 51 - Louis Den Stars In Their Eyes
This week the new homework is in a "Stars In Their Eyes" style talent show, heads have to mimick/imitate a producer of their choice, hey even a LOUIS DEN producer if you like hahaha just like in the TV Program we're expecting a jokes session!.

Louis Den Homework 51 Blog


more blogs coming this week..got some ill music for you!...and the official BEAT CYPHER 05 blog post!.

Louis Den Beat Cypher #4 - ROUND ONE/TWO

April 16th 2009 was a sick night! The beat cypher went off in full effect. This time round Myke Forte, Ranx Diggla, Sivey and DJ IQ arrived with blaps that will make you quit!! I finally got time to knock up the two highlight videos of round one and round two...peep them below.
ONE

TWO

Keep an eye out for the "sample flip" video from the night. Dropping soon.

BEAT CYPHER #5 IS ON IT'S WAY. GONA BE PATRICK CRAZEE.

ab.

LDBB Episode 49 Up!!

GO check the Myspace now to peep the chat show blaps session!, some nice beats in this one.

Louis Den Episode 49 - TV Chat Show Blaps

New Homework 50 - "Fifty"

New homework over at the Louis Den myspace...this week you need to draw inspiration from the word/number FIFTY/50, as its challenge 50! check the blog for a further explination!! beats due SUNDAY 17th MAY!!.

Louis Den Myspace Blog

New Homework! - "Chat Show Blaps!"

This week we want heads to flip samples from chat show theme tunes!, gonna have to dig through some cheesy intros/titles to gind something you think you can flip!! details in the myspace blog!.

Homework 49 - "Chat Show Blaps"

New Louis Den Video Dirty South Beats

OKAAAAAAAAAAAAAY, session video up..



In the lab Sunday just gone with myself, Kelz, Eyebs & Myke Forte to crunk it out over the beats we got entered, check it out and see what you think.

Dirty South Beats Lab Sesison Video.

Scotland's For Me

Last weekend saw a little listening session held in Underground Solush'n record spot, Edinburgh for select heads to hear the latest Jaisu and S-Type blaps coming from their respective bits of hardware. Luckily I was there to film the occasion and I have put together a highlight reel for your viewing pleasure. Peep right here, right now.

It is fair to say these boys got beats for days and it looks like 2009 is gona shape up to be a promising step forward in their beat game! I knew them first!!!!!! hah.

ALSO

Today also saw S-Type (http://www.myspace.com/stype) release a new beat mix of bangers he's been working on in the lab.

download right here - it is fire

That is all for today. Remember! Behind Closed Doors is still available, just! We have under 100 copies left for sale. head over to http://www.louisden.com/bcd to cop one of your own. VOL.2 IS COMING!

New Louis Den Homework - "LINN DRUM HARDWARE BATTLE"

New homework, LDBB back in the buildin!!, this week we want you to use sounds from the 80's game changing drum machine the "LINN DRUM", sounds are provided and we also want you to freak tracks from notable artists who used the machine!, all links are in the myspace blog below!...Check it out!.

Homework 47 - "Linn Drum Hardware Battle"

Louis Den Beat Cypher 04 Spotlight - Ranx Diggla

The final installment of the Beat Cypher spotlights is on Birmingham's own RANX DIGGLA, producer and emcee for Birmingham supergroup MSI & Asylum; very legendary respected mic heavyweights, Ranx and his group are one of the cornerstones of Birmingham hiphop so it was an honor having him bless the beat cypher and his group take the stage..all this and Ranx has been supporting the night from the jump..respect due indeed!..

Peep game!.



Louis Den Beat Cypher 04 Spotlight - Ranx Diggla
Hey!!, please introduce yourself to everybody; let us know who you are what you do and how long you've been doing it!.
The name is Ranx aka Diggla. I am the producer and one of the MC's from the MSI/ASYLUM clique. I started messing with the beats when my mom got me a Yamaha DD10 for christmas way back in 1988 lol.

Was there a defining moment (event / hearing a record etc) that led you into making beats / becoming a producer?.
I have been beatboxing from as far back as i can remember. My brother and i used to clash on regular basis when we were kids. So it was a natural progression from creatin beats with my mouth to banging them out on my dd10. After i began rhyming in my mid teens the production was put on the back burner. That was until i met The Brooklyn Ripper (producer of the first MSI/ASYLUM album). He spotted my interest in production and borrowed me his Roland R-8. I programmed a few beats brought them back to his, we threw a some samples other them and the rest is history.


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?
Although i had my dd10 it was very limited. The quantize on it was mad stiff and the sound that it produced wasn't that good. It wasn't until i got my hands on a Casio SK-1 which had a built in sampler but could only take four separate 1 second samples. I'd speed up anything i wished to sample to fit it in within the second and slow it down afterwards. It had a real gritty like sound to it and I came out with some really dark sounding beats. I borrowed that off an old friend named Olton and he never got it back. Sorry and Thanks Olton.

Whats the one bit of advice youd give to anyone starting out today?
Try to be different... bring something new to the table. There are a lot of good producers out there but their music sounds the same as everthing else at the mo. A lot of producers beats either sound like Dilla or Premier.

What can heads expect from you at LOUIS DEN BEAT CYPHER?
Serious bass and beats that make you feel compelled to spit on em even if you aren't a MC. Plus i might be pissed by the end of night so expect loads of jokes and laughter! Peace, love and prosperity to you all... see you on thursday Bitches!!!

FREE MUSIC
MSI & Asylum - Marvelous (produced by Ranx)

Louis Den Beat Cypher 04 Spotlight - Myke Forte

Ouch, got so caught up in the runnings to the beat cypher I didnt finish these features before the night itself, no worries tho lets get it crackin with the last two installments and more free music!.

We got introduced to Myke back in beat cypher 01 in october, its crazy connecting with a next head whose basically doing exactly the same thing as you and your peeps; into the same stuff but just never crossed paths and this is exactly what happened. Myke came along to the first beat cypher and even brought his MPC2500 with him just in case an opportunity came to play some blaps or jam (dope hahaha)...since then he's been all up on the homeworks, a regular lab fixture; lined up work on Sonnyjim's upcoming Austrailian LP and started a collab project with Raul Supreme!!, lets get a little more from him!.

Louis Den Beat Cypher 04 Spotlight - Myke Forte
Hey!!, please introduce yourself to everybody; let us know who you are what you do and how long you've been doing it!.
Whats up peoples, The names Myke Forte, im a 29 year old father of one very special girl, so yeah im a family man just like Winchester, but dont get it twisted, i still know how to gets down nah mean!! lol Been making beats for about 5 years now, 3 of which was taken seriously.
I love making music its meditation for me when i feel like i wanna blow up the whole world! I also rap (But most peeps dont know) under the alter-ego Mike Leforde. Grew up in Winson Green, Birmingham

Was there a defining moment (event / hearing a record etc) that led you into making beats / becoming a producer?
Well...I fell in love with hip hop after hearing a tape of Ultramagnetic Mc's (Critical Beatdown) that my uncle had stashed away, which got me on to all kinds of other artists like, Grand Puba, Rakim, Masta Ace, TCQ, Gangstarr, Pharcyde, you know that real shit! Many years on studied BA HONS in Visual Communication as i loved designing and drawing and being creative etc. Half way through the course my daughter was born, I left and took up making beats with remaining money from my student loan. After hearing the Love Album by TCQ and Slum do their thing i wanted to make music that sounded like that!! I loved jazz music by that point so i thought time to start making beats, a close friend of mine (Shawn) was into D Jaying , from like the age of 13-14, He was the first person I knew with an MPC.

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?
My first bit of software was music on the playstation with the sample box...remember that!!...so yeah started out with that making drum and bass and hip hop. I then started using reason 2.0 which i got as a demo with some other software on the mac, during this time, i started listening for sounds within music that i liked and tried to emulate it, with no luck whatsoever.

Whats the one bit of advice youd give to anyone starting out today?
Dont be afraid to experiment, i wish i did a bit more. Have fun with it and enjoy what you do.

What can heads expect from you at LOUIS DEN BEAT CYPHER?
Im quite laidback as a person so my beats have a tendency to follow that nature. Soulful, love basslines with a bit of swing.
Just hope you enjoy. Peace

FREE DOWNLOADS!
This was the first beat tape i put together after getting the mpc (J Dilla Tribute by myself and Smith The Mister)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VQQU83LG

Another one shortly after that Discovering Myke Forte
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=99SMW66P

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!!)

Oddisee presents Diamond District In The Ruff

Sorry to break up the producer spotlight posts (it's LDBC 4 tomorrow if you didn't know, have a quick look to the right of the page) but when one of your favourite producers and rappers drops a new project and it's free, it's only right, right?

Diamond District consist of Oddisee, X.O. and YU, all hailing from DC and keeping that boom bap sound alive. Anyways get your download on, soak up the dope music and be sure to check out Oddisee's other music projects which get the Louis Den seal of approval.

CLICK ON THE COVER TO DOWNLOAD THE ALBUM

Now back to the producer spotlights...

Louis Den Beat Cypher 04 Spotlight - DJ IQ

These worked well last time so we're bringing you another installment of the producers spotlight!, running from now till the beat cypher itself which is THIS THURSDAY!!, I'll be dropping you an exclusive Q&A with each of the beat cypher producers so you can get a better idea of what they're about and get your hands on some exclusive music from them (in case you're unfamiliar with their sound)

We kick this one off with Man behind Mancan music...DJ IQ!!!

Louis Den BeatCypher 04 Spotlight "DJ IQ"



Hey!!, please introduce yourself to everybody; let us know who you are what you do and how long you've been doing it!.
Hello, I'm DJ IQ. I DJ, So by this i mean mixing & selecting records, scratching, beat juggling, getting the party started!
I also produce, by this i mean making beats, recording songs, mixtapes and generally bringing projects to reality! i've been doing this for far too long, ha ha nah on the real i'm just getting started....


Was there a defining moment (event / hearing a record etc) that led you into making beats / becoming a producer?.
I can't say there was one defining moment, around the time when i started djing for jehst in the early 00's is when i started to wanna make beats. Before that i didn't even know it was possible, i'd just mix records and cut em up all the time. Now its fully fledged art to me, expression and all that!


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?
I started on an mpc 1000, now using a 2500 and to be honest they pretty similar! i'm a scatty worker man...most people can't understand me LOL I'm like throw the rule book out the window NO RULES and lets make some hip hop that BANGS. Some beats i don't even got the parts to anymore but its just RAW you know what i mean?


Whats the one bit of advice youd give to anyone starting out today?
Do it for the love man, if you want the P's u got to study the game. Hip Hop doesn't owe you a living so you got to go hard!!!!


What can heads expect from you at LOUIS DEN BEAT CYPHER?
Merkage.....

FREE DOWNLOADS (DJ IQ PRODUCED TRACKS)
"Gully" Asaviour & Apatight taken from the A-Loop Theory Mixtape
The Aim'"taken from Asaviour's Play 2 Win 2 Mixtape

DJ IQ & Asaviour's "A Loop Theory" album is out now on Saving Grace music!!.