The New School: Day Five - Jaisu

Jaisu - Kosmos (f)/(st)ans will recognise it from his opening blap in beat cypher 2!

Aite well continuing on LuigiBo's New School series (which he is running over at hiphop hypedog and we're dual posting here). Its the first of a few Louis Den residents that made the list in the form of Edinburgh heatmaker JAISU!. Lets see what they had to say about dude! - kos.



* the following post is a summary/swipe of "THE NEW SCHOOL" series penned by LuigiBo87 and posted at hiphophypedog, Louis Den are covering the articles as LDBB fam are also featured!.


This time we head across the pond to Edinburgh, Scotland to hear Louis Den regular Jaisu. If you're like me, you were lucky enough to randomly run across Jaisu's beat tape series on Youtube. If this is your first time hearing of him you're in for a treat!

Jaisu's deft, creative chopping skills, neck breaking drums and deep warm basslines combine to give his beats a unique, captivating feel which will appeal to both boom bap purists and fans of a more modern, forward looking, sample based hip hop sound equally.

The shooter and editor of Jaisu's beat tape series, ab0181, and the founder of Louis Den, Kosyne, featured him on their production DVD magazines: BCD 1 & 2. These DVDs, along with his production work for Sha Stimuli, Marvwon, Punchline, General Steele and on his fellow Beat Fanatic member Slopfunkdust's 'Smoker's Choice' project, are great starting points while you wait for his forthcoming, highly anticipated, beat tape to be released.

Holla at @Jaisu on Twitter

Jaisu's Myspace

Jaisu's SwiftFM page (joints here!)

The New School: Day Four - Nameless

* the following post is a summary/swipe of "THE NEW SCHOOL" series penned by LuigiBo87 and posted at hiphophypedog, Louis Den are covering the articles as LDBB fam are also featured!.





Nameless - Emerald Dreams

Nameless comes from Flint, Michigan. Nameless is an extremely versatile and talented producer who gives another reason for me to believe that there really is something in the water in Michigan.

Nameless can do it all, from soul samples, video game samples, and originals that bang! Nameless even is dope in the fields of art and graphic design. I strongly suggest that you go to his Bandcamp site and just download everything. He has tons of bangers on all of his beat tapes, you won't be disappointed!

Also, be on the lookout for his new tribute project "Don't Hurt Em Teddy P" dropping this Summer! On top of that he also has, "CORDLESS" [B. Corder + NAMELESS], and "16-Bit: Bonus Stages" and "HellCassell" planned for this sumer also.

Follow @_nameless on Twitter

Nameless On Bandcamp

Namless on Myspace

The New School: Day Three - J.Bizness

* the following post is a summary/swipe of "THE NEW SCHOOL" series penned by LuigiBo87 and posted at hiphophypedog, Louis Den are covering the articles as LDBB fam are also featured!.





J. Bizness - Why

Championing a West Coast vibe; Ontario, CA's own J. Bizness is finally getting the shine he deserves.

J. Bizness has been making beats for 13 years and has scored placments with Trek Life, Little Brother, Buff 1, and Jimetta Rose. If you're looking for beats to just vibe out to, look no further than J.Bizness.

You may have heard some of Biz's productions recently thanks to his 3P series with FWMJ.

Read the full post at hiphophypedog

J. Bizness Myspace

J. Bizness Bandcamp

Follow @JBizness on twitter

BUG has won the Louis Den League 2009

After deciding to enter the league last minute and being placed in division 3, he worked his way up to the Divsion 1 and managed to battle his way to the stop spot only taking 1 L along the way, during his race to the top BUG squared off against Prolifik, Cyril Snare
Mazzie, Ed Strong, Dockmini, Ill Clinton, J-Trees and Half Baked. Big up BUG for taking the win and delivering some amazing beats!, shouts
to Sivey and S-TYPE (league 08 winner) for coming in a respectable 2nd and 3rd in a very heated tournament with some very talented producers.




Big up to Boombaptist, Ed Strong and Itchy Digits for coming first in the second division.







Finally congrats to, J-Soul , Smith The Mister and Lucina Playmobile take 1st, 2nd and 3rd place respectively in Division 3.






Thanks to everyone who took part in the league as either a producer or a regular voter; all the heads who turned up to the live stream/chat room and contributed samples, we'll be back later on this year with the 2010 league (hosting has already been copped!!) so expect more beatmaking madness and once again, big up BUG for coming through and taking the top spot, apologies for taking so long
to wrap up the league! but theres nothing like closure eh?, we're done.

LOUIS DEN LEAGUE 2009 IS OVER....PEACE!, we'll be back sooner than you think!

Jon Phonics - Half Past Calm 2 (free download)

Half Past Calm 2 is finally here and boy is it serious!. The blurb follows but lemme give you my input!!.

Half Past Calm 2 is the follow up to Jon's free LP he dropped a couple years back. For those who havent heard the free projects he's dropped since are in for treat as you'll hear how Jon's sound has evolved over the past couple; still maintaining the dirt,dust and grit found in his original LP theres the addition of his future funk elements as he encorporates more synth work and space age bounce into his signature sound found in his league heaters over last autumn and the free winter beat tape Jonathans Beats & Peices.

Ok, here comes the official text!.



Jon Phonics - Half Past Calm 2 [2010] (YNR)
01 Intro.mp3
02 Raw Ingredients (Feat. Cyrus Malachi & Jehst).mp3
Buried Below The Ground (Feat. Micall Parknsun).mp3
04 Pump (Feat. Fliptrix, Sonnyjim, Ramson Badbonez & Verb T).mp3
05 Spirit Of The Golden Sun (Feat. 9 Planets).mp3
06 Phonetically Obba (Feat. Obba Supa & Evil Ed).mp3
07 Tug The Rope (Feat. Melanin 9).mp3
08 Wrong Way (Feat. Prophet).mp3
09 The Other Guy (Feat. Kosyne).mp3
10 I See You (Feat. Kal Sereousz).mp3
11 Dark Days (Feat. Fliptrix & Jam Baxter).mp3
12 Mind Over Matter (Feat. Verb T & Kashmere).mp3
13 Rabbit Jab (Feat. Masikah).mp3
14 Road Rage (Feat. Nasheron & Melanin 9 of Triple Darkness).mp3
15 Changes (Feat. T-Bear & Yasine).mp3

LINK 1: Sign up to the mailing list here to receive a link in your email.
LINK 2: http://www.sendspace.com/file/hcgtqc


The wait is over people... Jon Phonics' 'Half Past Calm 2' is finally here! Showcasing the production talents of one of the UK's finest, alongside the cream of the countries MC talent including YNR's very own Jehst, Kashmere, Verb T & Micall Parknsun, extended fam Triple Darkness, Eat Good Records' Sonnyjim & Kosyne, Ramson Badbonez, Jam Baxter & more. Jon has once again provided an eclectic audio snap-shot of what the UK scene has to offer to Hip Hop in 2010.

Sign up to our YNR Newsletter to receive your free download! That's right... FREE!!! You can also head over to our shop to cop 1 of 300 Limited Edition CD's with hand-printed 4-ply booklet and inlay/poster courtesy of Brixton Basement Press. This collectors item is guaranteed to disappear fast and is only available from YNR and Suspect Packages. So don't sleep!.

The New School: Day Two - B.Lewis

* the following post is a summary/swipe of "THE NEW SCHOOL" series penned by LuigiBo87 and posted at hiphophypedog, Louis Den are covering the articles as LDBB fam are also featured!.



Hurt Hurt Go Away - B.Lewis (THE NEW SCHOOL: DAY 2)


Lewis is a producer from San Jose, California and 1/3 of the group Alora along with RU and Insightful. Lewis started making beats about a year and a half ago and has picked up pretty fast! With a forte in sampling dreamy doo-wop and classic jazz records and his hooks that have that "Take em to Church" feeling to them.

As a heads up, Lewis' new one is dropping in a couple weeks its called Mercury Backburner.

Read the full write up from LuigiBo87 at hiphophypedog
Cop a free DL of B's Talking Chairs Beat Tape

B. Lewis On Myspace

B. Lewis Bandcamp

B. Lewis Blogspot

Follow @blewis17 on Twitter

The New School: Day One - Xperiment

* the following post is a summary/swipe of "THE NEW SCHOOL" series penned by LuigiBo87 and posted at hiphophypedog, Louis Den are covering the articles as LDBB fam are also featured!.


Xperiment - Wait & See

After moving to Colorado from San Antonio in 2000, Xperiment found a love for Hip Hop music and began to try his hand at beat making. After 9 years of hard work and self teaching, he's finally ready to take over with his unique style of beats.

Having already worked with artists such as Sunkenstate, Curren$y, Braille, and more, Xperiment is definitely one to keep your eyes and ears on!

LINKS

Read the full writeup at hiphophypedog

Xpetiment Myspace

Follow @xperimentbeats on twitter

www.xperimentbeats.com

The New School from LuigiBo87

Music head and blap aficionando LuigiBo87 has been dipping his toes into producer centred blogs/releases/compilations via the hiphophypedog blog and twitter, bringing you his Best Of Beats 2009 compilation at the top of this year to his Dust Of The NES compilation which featured 8-bit / chiptune inspired beats.

This time round (in association with hypedog) he plans to bring you 10 producers to watch for 2010, with some of the list containing Louis Den affiliates we figured we'd may as well mirror his posts here and let you know who else you should be watching out for and hopefully put you onto some new producers!.

lets goo.

Homework 61 - I Usually Rock Around 120 BPM

Ok the Little Brother sample flip challenge was dope, a lot of usual names missing from the mix (come on people!!) but still some great offerings including a full remix EP of little brother accas/samples from Evil Needle..crazy!, ok so this time round we're going to a homework suggestion and is a lot more open to interpretation and not necessarily sample based..lets do it.


Homework 61 - I Usually Rock About 120 BPM


*challenge suggested by S-TYPE

This week we figured going for something a little more different; poached form the "homework suggestions thread" over at the louisden forums S-TYPE suggested having a set BPM challenge rather than a sample theme or flip.

So why not try it out!, the rules are simple; make a beat at this particular tempo!!..theres a lot of scope for some cross genre business (thats not an invite to turn some europop or hiphouse!), just try and keep it funky, to inspire you here are some 110+ BPM hiphop joints you would have heard in the past (just a random selection


LINKS/RESOURCES
A few songs 110 BPM+ to get some ideas!!
De La Soul - A Rollerskating Jam Named Saturday
De La Soul - Me Myself and I
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - The Creator
Wu Tang - Gravel Pit
EPMD Ft LL - Rampage
Joe Budden ft Busta Rhymes - Fire



RULES

To turn in a fresh beat (samples/non sampled anythings cool) which is at 120 BPM, email entries to homework@louisden.com, ideally attach the mp3 straight we dont really want to be messing with download wait limits and captcha codes!.



DEADLINE

23rd May 2010 (extended!), lab session will be around 18:00 we dont wanna chase links in the session!!..we'll be broadcasting live from the lab at http://tinyurl.com/ldbblive newcomers are welcome!! just email your beats over and get in!.



peace



kos.

New Homework #60 - Little Brother Reflips

Thanks to everyone who came out to Beat Cypher 9 last thursday, we were joined by Eric Lau, Beat Butcha, Metabeats and Louisden's own Jeekay who tore the house down!!, we'll be returning in June with more beat cypher action so stay tuned for news of that (and the footage/dvd...give us time!)

Now, back to the beat battles. It's been a while since we last had one, mostly down to the release of Behind Closed Doors volume 2 and getting the beat cypher geared up for 2010. But we're back with more challenges, starting with this one (if you hadn't realised, the league is now closed, we are on challenges until the 2010 league begins).


Homework 60 - "Little Brother Reflips"




Last week (as well as the unfortunate passing of Guru from Gangstarr :(, RIP!) saw the release of Little Brother's album "Left Back". Their final set contains beats from Khrysis, Denaun Porter, S1, Caleb and more. To mark Phonte and Big Pooh bowing out, we figured why not re-visit some of the samples used by their various producers over the years?



RULES

Dig out a Little Brother sample used in any of their songs over the course of their career (these are LB releases only, not solo projects), standard Louis' Den rules apply, synths are OK, sample must form main part of your beat.



DEADLINE

Sunday 2nd May 2010, submit beats to homework@louisden.com (please email the beats directly, links make the beat collection process a bit tricky so avoid it if possible)....so thats EMAIL to homework@louisden.com no forum PM no myspace message...EMAIL!!.

LINKS/RESOURCES

Google is your friend!, but heres some starting places, although we hate to sample snitch..check the text file - http://www.sendspace.com/file/t4mqvr

and remember you've got the mixtapes "And Justus For All" and the "Gangsta Grillz" releases to dig up samples from if you know them!.


get to it...we're back!.

Beat Cypher 09 - DONE!

* PHOTOS BY PROVERBS of COMABEAT

Man its getting harder and harder to rank the cyphers..the standard is just soooooooo dope.

METABEATS
I knew dude was sick but I didnt know he could drop em like he did; had the whole future soul sound on lock; we had been the in the lab with the rest of eatgood makin new ish and he deffo saved his sneakiest treats for the cypher...SALUTE!.

JEEKAY
Prolly be prepared the most out (incorrectly) thinking he needs to keep up with the big boys but dammmmn he tore it down synth ish, he played across the board with soulful played ish right down to red eye death bangers..stoopid.

BEAT BUTCHA
Standardly dope mixes were on point big booming sound wasn't disappointed in the slightest..all that rugged ish the kids love, a lotta synth action too, Butcha got that heat!!, shame his sample flipped beat got lost in a HD crash but butcha was on point all night.

ERIC LAU
"Eric lau it" as pete kept saying (picked up in the audio haha you are crazy P), Eric came with it..head crack all night; considering he didn't know what to expect he definately did his thing!! superb beats all night.

wowowow gassed at the standard

Aite so props to everyone who came down, Phonics, Shears, Sivey, Jaisu, Arch, Mozart, Raul, Figz, Myke Forte, Dean from 12 Original Players, Dockmini, Kelz, Eyebs, Percy Filth.

and Crizzle / the eatgood fam for holding down runnings Beard, Taharka and Kate holdin down the door for most the night (eek...)

Everyone who repped in the open beats/battle and all the new faces Thomas, Kilawatt, Gifted Music, Proverbs, Soweto Kinch, Vice.

If you missed out...shame on you..DONT SLEEP! WE BACK JUNE.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

Beat Cypher 09 Spotlight - Eric Lau

Ok so despite the beat cypher being done, we still had one more spotlight blog to post, Meta's didnt arrive but Eric's was left so here go!.



1) 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 Eric Lau, im a producer and i make music from a hip hop perspective regardless of genre. Been producing for around 7-8 years.

2) Was there a defining moment (event / hearing a record etc) that led you into making beats / becoming a producer?.
Yes! My friend lending Hip Hop Ejay to me when I was at Uni! Premier/Pete Rock made me want to become a beat maker. Dilla made me want to become a producer.

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?
First equipment was a standard PC with Hip Hop Ejay and a plastic microphone. Beats were kinda jiggy and a lot more commercial sounding.

4) Whats the one bit of advice youd give to anyone starting out today?
Have fun with it!

5) What can heads expect from you at LOUIS DEN BEAT CYPHER?
Me basically! I havent had many hip hop releases recently so expect to hear some harder stuff.

FYI..eric SMACKED IT!!..footage coming soon.

LINKS

Guilty Simpson - For The D (prod Eric Lau) - FIRE!

Follow @EricLauMusic on Twitter

Eric Lau on Myspace

RIP Guru of Gangstarr

DJ Premier (L) and Guru (R) - Gangstarr

Fat shout to Guru of Gangstarr who unfortunately passed away on Monday from Cancer, he had been previously in bad health following a publized coma earlier in March (with reports of a partial recovery early April) but the news of his death still comes as a shock.

Guru formed one half of the legendary duo "Gangstarr" along with DJ Premier on cuts/production; they dropped nothing but classic LP's through duration of the 90's, following their last full set "Ownerz" (2003) if you ignore the contract fulfilling best of "Mass Appeal" (2007); Guru went on to seek outside production releasing another 2 solo albums and followups to his "Jazzmatazz" series which fused elements of hiphop/jazz.

If you are unfamiliar with the music of Gangstarr; then its never too late!! go do some homework and hunt down the classics, I expect Cro to spin some niceness at tomorrows cypher!

Thank you for the music!

LOUISDEN SALUTE!
REST IN PEACE!

Beat Cypher 09 Spotlight - Beat Butcha

Next up we've got Beat Butcha!, formerly based in the UK and now living in the Netherlands; I've been hearing butchas blaps for quite a few years now from his earlier material with UK group Paragon, right up to his international placements of the current day..proof that hard work produces results!! check the quick spotlight and free links at the end!.

1) Hey!!, please introduce yourself to everybody; let us know who you are what you do and how long you've been doing it!.
The names Beat Butcha, uk producer based in the netherlands, been making beats for about 11-12 years, seriously (release wise) for about 5-6 years. Have worked & released music with alot of ppl, UKwise: Jehst, Klashnekoff, Roots Manuva, Stig, Plan B, Ghetts, Wretch 32, Scorcher, just to name a few, USwise: Havoc (mobb deep), Sean Price (bootcamp), Red Cafe, Sha Stimuli, Infamous Mobb, Immortal Technique, Agallah and had more placements coming which I dont want to disclose incase the demos dont get finished...

2) Was there a defining moment (event / hearing a record etc) that led you into making beats / becoming a producer?.
I always liked rhythm & beats, I got into djing around the same time that I started making beats so it was a natural progression, theres no defining moment, I just decided to try it out one day on my shitty computer.

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?
First equip was my first computer in 98 which cost about 200 quid and it was shit, I used Cool Edit 96 lmao, I eventually saved up for a mpc2000 and my first beats werent actually too bad they were way too quantized and too lofi quality wise but i had good samples and i knew the quantizing was a problem so I soon fixed that. I produced by first vocal track after about a year which eventually came out, obviously Im alot better now lol.

4) Whats the one bit of advice youd give to anyone starting out today?
Creatively, get ur skill levels up and stay creative, try and be unique in some way, try and be as musical as u can be.
Business wise this is one of the hardest grinds u can imagine, there's nothing simple about it, so think very carefully if u want to make this a career. Don't think you're gunna make any decent long term money just selling the beats u make, even to ur american idols, coz the majority of them aint paying decently, u have to have fingers in lots of pies.
Trust me I know, the real money is the trades (self employed electricians & plumbers)

5) What can heads expect from you at LOUIS DEN BEAT CYPHER?
Ill be wearing a disguise, so rappers wont reckognize me lmao....
Im bringin exclusive jawns u prolly aint heard from me before, some of which are beats from forthcoming placements with some of the US artists im working with.

LINKS

Kill Em With The Flow (instrumental) - Butcha produced Banger for the emcee Skandal

Lil Eto & Jai Black - Captial Murda (prod V Don, Beat Butcha on live guitar & bass!)

Follow @BeatButcha on Twitter

Beat Butcha on Myspace

Beat Butcha on Soundclick (plenty of instros here to cop!)

Beat Cypher 09 Spotlight - Jeekay

Okay so I just posted the beat cypher info below just in case you didn't know (it has been on the right hand side for the last month or so but hey!).

So yeah continuing the beat cypher tradition we've got another set of Beat Cypher Spotlight blogs which profile each of the producers that'll be taking part in the showcase.


First up is youngest in charge Jeekay who was introduced to the ldbb fold via Jon Phonics waaay back in our 2008 league; since then he's been killing the weekly challenges and 2009 league contributing flamers week in week out!!, he chops it up below.

1)Hey!!, please introduce yourself to everybody; let us know who you are what you do and how long you've been doing it!.
Easy folks, i'm Jeekay, i'm 20 years old and I live in London. I've
been making beats for just over three years and i've been involved
with the Louisden family for about two!

2) Was there a defining moment (event / hearing a record etc) that led you into making beats / becoming a producer?.
I remember hearing 'Defeat' by Afu Ra whilst watching a skate video
when I was about 15 and being absolutely mesmerized, to the point
where I was rewinding the tape over and over again just to hear the
beat. That was the moment that sparked my interest in Hip Hop, which
in turn made me want me to get a set of turntables. I lost interest in
dj'ing when I was about 17, but by this time i'd familiarized myself
with guys like Pete Rock and Preemo and I decided it was time to start
making beats myself.

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?
I started out on a demo version of Fruity Loops on my parent's PC in
their spare room. My dad bought a turntable with the intention of
recording his LPs to MP3, but I started using it to record records
into FL and eventually I bought my own PC and set up a makeshift
studio in my room with the help of an old hi-fi my mum's friend gave
me! I got alot of helpful feedback from Jon Phonics when I first
started out and I used to burn new beats to CD and play them in a
friend of mine's car during breaks at school. I'd always try to make
the next CD better than the last which really helped me develop my
sound.

4) Whats the one bit of advice youd give to anyone starting out today?
It's been said a million times, but just do you. Whether you feel like
making something with someone like Styles P in mind or if you prefer
making beats that sound like they'd work on an Omarion album, don't
hesitate to experiment. I have weeks where all I want to do is make
smooth stuff, but then the next week I feel inspired to make something
a bit tougher and I find it's best to just go with the flow.

5) What can heads expect from you at LOUIS DEN BEAT CYPHER?
Hopefully a few decent beats, played by someone who looks like he'd
probably fit in more comfortably at a wine bar than a beat cypher.

LINKS

Jeekay - Cheeky Bits (2010) - Compilation of beats and a remix

Hit up Jeekay on Myspace

Louis Den Beat Cypher THIS THURSDAY!

It's been a while since the last beat cypher with GHOSTTOWN, WIZARD, CHEMO and BUDGIE...December '09 to be exact, but after a short break we're back for our run of events for 2010 starting with 22nd April!!.

ON THE BOARDS This time round we've got some smashers onboard for the beat cypher which'll be set to be nothing but a night of killer blaps!!.

ERIC LAU - Having released a few projects including an EP with DUDLEY PERKINS , a solo LP on Ubquity and more, Eric is one to watch with constant name checks from the likes of BENJI B and GILES PETERSON as well as production work for ODDISEE, GUILTY SIMPSON, LUPE FIASCO and more!! he's bound to tear the beat cypher up with soulful headnodders and screwface BANGERS!.

BEAT BUTCHA - A staple on the UK cricuit for a few years and now based in the Netherlands, Butcha has becoming more of a target across the waters with production landed for HAVOC of MOBB DEEP, SEAN PRICE, LIL ETO as well as placements over these shores with TERRA FIRMA, KLASHNEKOFF, JEHST, GHETTO, SONNYJIM, MICALL PARKNSUN and more!...get your screwfaces ready!.

METABEATS - Got heads ringing with is debut LP METAPHYSICAL which dropped back in '07, since then he's produced joints for his label mates at ASSOCIATED MINDS, currently he's getting to release the SLEDGEHAMMER KISSES LP with MUDMOUF as well as being busy with other production work and international DJ spots!.

Finally, reppin for LOUSDEN we've got the underdog with the IMMENSE sound....JEEKAY!!, having been down with the LOUISDEN movement since our 2008 league and constantly showing his face (travelling from london to boot!!) we've given the last slot to JEEKAY, currently honing his craft he's putting the finishing touches to a beat tape release with his production camp ILL RHYTHMIKZ (producers JON PHONICS, JJ MALONE), he's been a face of many a bucks fizz beat battle and open beats so we know Jeekz has no problem hanging with big dogs!.

ON THE MIC We've got the legend that is JEHST aka BILLY BRIMSTONE aka THE DRIFTER, you know the name you know the projects over the years and now he's blessing brum again (his first time since our first beat cypher back in OCT '08) to take to the mic in emcee form, he's already blessed us with bangers back in the first cypher and now we'll get a taste of some brand new material (and hopefully a sneak peep of the upcoming DRAGON OF AN ORDINARY FAMILY album dropping this year on YNR)

Joining Jehst will be a mashup of artists from the dope Cardiff based label ASSOCIATED MINDS, with their in house producer METABEATS taking part in the showcase we figured we'd get a couple heads from the camp to bless us with bars also..but they've done one better and are bringing most of the squad with them!!! expect nothing but madness fromsome the emcess on the label (RALPH RIP SHIT, RUFFSTYLZ, SKAMMA) as well as some beatbox action from the legend that is BEATBOX FOZZY.

OPEN BEATS / BEAT BATTLE / DJ CRO we've got the usual OPEN BEATS where producers of all levels are encouraged to bring some material to test the crowd reaction (3 beats max) and those feeling like they want to take something home can compete in the legendary BUCKS FIZZ BEAT BATTLE where names dawn out of a hat can compete for a bottle of bubbly and bragging rites as the Louis Den Bucks Fizz Beat Battle Winner!!...finally it wouldn't be a beat cypher with 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/BATTLE, 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!!.

Ok Now you know all the details we'll see you there!!
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Louis Den BeatCypher 09
Live Hiphop Production Showcase & Beat Jam
ERIC LAU | BEAT BUTCHA | METABEATS | JEEKAY
JEHST | ASSOCIATED MINDS (ruffstylz / ralph rip shit / skamma / beatbox fozzy)
+open beats/beat battle/DJ CRO


22nd April 2010
Downstairs @Plug Digbeth
79 Digbeth High St
Birmingham
B5 6DY
9PM - LATE
£4.00 ENTRY BEFORE 10PM £5.00 AFTER
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Louis Den Beat Cypher is supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

Myke Forte - Taurus Beat Tape

Myke is another LDBB head whose been busy in the lab as a few weeks back he dropped the "Taurus" beat tape; the next one in line from his Zodiak series for those unfamilar with his beat tape concept..peep game in Mykes own words.

Anyone for Horoscopes? One day i had an idea for an album, which was to explain in lyrical content what traits each star sign had, but i decided that it was too much work so i thought i would express it through music (Instrumentals). With one of these Beast Tapes already complete here is the next instalment... "Taurus" hope you like this one, was quite trick for this star sign i dont know why maybe cause its not my own, or i just dont know much people who's bithday is around this time of the year. Anyway here it is with "Gemini" to Follow.

Peace.


If you slept on Aries you can pick it up here from when we blogged it on louisden.com


Heres the Taurus joint!!.




01 Layers (Beautiful)
02 Everyword (Loyal)
03 Soulful (Loving)
04 Suspectpackage (Jealousy)
05 Madman Pon Campus (Redeyes)
06 Liveit (Determined)
07 Horns Move (Direction)
08 Hustle (Finnaciality)
09 Fast Money (Wealth)
10 100pennies (Greedylishous)
11 Fruits (Colourful)
12 Talormade (Elegantism)
13 Cosmicpalm (Self-Indulge)
14 Colouredwater (Brightlights)
15 Royal Roses (VenusTrap)
16 Acidsoul (Sensual)
17 Taurus (Quirky)

DOWNLOAD:http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T53YUYX7




Props to Myke and keep up the hardwork!

Hit up Myke on Myspace

Follow @MykeForte on twitter

Check his latest blaps over at SoundCloud

Wizard - Chill Pill Instrumentals

Wizard is a busy dude, constantly dropping snippet tapes of fresh beats and blessing the net with free releases; he not long ago dropped yet another free project entitled "Chill Pill" which is an album length compilation of smoothed out head nodding insturmentals, perfect to kick back with and zone out to.

Some joints are brand new and some have been laced by artists, some are sneaky league joints haha!! ALL fire tho..so peep game!.


Wizard - Chill Pill [2010]

01. Call My Name
02. Got It On Lock
03. Rhodes
04. What Now
05. Your Name?
06. Cold City
07. Whole
08. No More
09. You Never Left
10. Good With Those
11. Zone-D
12. Sea Breeze (Do It)
13. I Remember
14. Isaac
15. Swerve That
16. Green
17. AndOne
18. Leave With Me
19. Without Love

DOWNLOAD:http://usershare.net/lo00de4sjj6p



Also if you never got a chance to peep the "Massage Parlour" music beat tape (which featured far eastern samples...be sure to scoop that too, Wizard stays workin; its hard to keep up with dudes work ethic!!


Wizard - Massage Parlour Music[2009]

01. Relax
02. Shank
03. Noodle Crack
04. Sakura
05. The Chase
06. Crazy Village
07. Wilding
08. Chicken & Rice
09. Hey!
10. Master
11. Tradition
12. Swinging Swords
13. Crab Technique
14. Final Boss
15. Rum Music (Bonus Beat)
16. Why (Bonus Beat)

DOWNLOAD:http://sharebee.com/7c21b807

Holla @ Wizard on MySpace

Follow @WizardBeats on Twitter

Jon Phonics - Half Past Calm 2 Trailer & Goodies

LDBB Resident Jon Phonics is putting the final touches to his sophmore release "Half Past Calm 2", If you've been following the league blaps from Jon you'll know he's got a lot of fire in the vaults and with guest features from the likes of M9, Jehst, Obba Supa, Cyrus Malachi, Verb T, Kashmere, Micall Parknsun, ME (yerrrr gettin my raaap on), Ramson Badbones & more its gonna be one this years key releases no doubt!.

Word form Jon is that they'll be 300 physical copies available to compliment the free download so be sure to scoop one up (Half Past Calm #1 received limited pressings and got CLAPPED pretty much straight away so no sleepy!).

Half Past Calm 2 Trailer



Oh and as a bonus be sure to check out his promo mix of 80's funk/soul and boogie entitled Clean Your Cot Darn Room, I've bumped it a couple times and it serves as the ultimate "Get Sh*t" done mix of 2010...got washing up to do?, housework?, organizing beat files??, months of blogging?? pop it on and watch your productivity skyrocket!! (mix done whilst Phonics was actually cleaning up so he's there in spirit with you)

POP POP...links below..oh and if for some reason you've been on another planet and still need an introudction, 1) welcome to earth and 2) cop a free download of HALF PAST CALM #1 to get you in the mood for what phonics is cooking up for us, and 3) cop the very dope free DL of Jonathans Bits and Pieces an instrumental beattape joint he dropped at the end of 2009.

LINKS

Jon Phonics @ Bandcamp

Jon Phonics Twitter

Jon Phonics @ Soundcloud

Jon Phonics @ MYspace

Super Blog Update Coming!

Yes yes yawl, theres a lot to catch up on blog wise and we've kinda been out of the loop! but hopefully the next few entries will explain why and get us all up to date.

STAND BY!, im goin in.

.kos