Thursday 26 November 2009

Louis Den Beat Cypher 08 - December 10th 2009

In October we had APATIGHT, DOCKMINI, KNOX BROWN and NAIVE down to smash to cypher, was a lively event with plenty of banging beats!! some saying the best cypher yet...video evidence is here courtesy of LouisDen's AB0181.

BEATCYPHER 07 - ROUND ONE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAOmnHRDnzs&feature=channel

BEATCYPHER 07 - ROUND TWO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAohgHflA5A&feature=channel






Now (and a dropping the news a little later than we would have liked) we are BACK!! for the Xmas beatcypher and at a new home after going back to the Sunflower Lounge to secure Decembers date we were told they had changed the music policy and werent too keen on the "Smoking" that went on outisde...not sure what the whole mess was down to im guessing (as the owner was there that night of beat cypher 07) they didnt like the fact we overran slightly and maybe our little "car beats" session outside, so umm yeah we are now at the BIRMINGHAM SOUND BAR which is a much sicker venue (but comes at a price)...so please smoker squad, go for a little wander before you do what you do, dont want to bait up this joint too! and doooo come out and support, plenty more overheads this time so we gotta keep this one going (bring a mate and tell them bring a mate, and tell em both to bring beats!!)...also theres drinks offers at this new venue so do dig in those pockets and enjoy a few to some ill beats!!.


ON THE BOARDS
BUDGIE
Louis Den's own BUDGE is reppin on the boards for this one..you've heard the range from the screw face bangers to the smooth jam mack soundtracks, Budgie is a sick producer and sought after DJ...he's bound to impress!!

WIZARD
Hastings based producer and one half of the OZB'z Wiz is a LDBB vet reppin since homework #4 back in 2007!!, he's been waiting patiently to get on the bill and now its his turn..you know the beats, the boombap bounce to the chilled out headnodders and the endless free releases he churns out!...wiz is a total package and one of the hardest working beatmakers in the UK!

GHOST TOWN
Sick production team originally from Leeds now based in london (and mostly just a 1 man operation). Ghosttown have credits for Foreign Beggars, Mystro, Guilty Simpson, Phat Kat and more...check the thread I posted earlier in this week for look into their new london based "squat" lab..expect sick beats!

CHEMO
Badboy producer (no not for diddy..you know what I mean). Chemo's put the work in behind the boards for years now and has the credits to prove it JOE BUDDEN, KYZA, TRIPLE DARKNESS, VAKILL, SEAN PRICE (do we need to continue??!). Fresh out the Killamonjaro labs Chemo's out to bless the den with BANGERS!.

and on the mic we have Birminghams own JUICE ALEEM (big dadda/shadowless) fresh off his release JERUSALAAM COME.

VERB T blessing us for the second (but 1st official time hopefully) after not being able to show for what was the second beat cypher (with S-TYPE, JAISU, DARREN PAUL & ROEG DU CASQ)..Verbs was unable to make it due to family commitments but he's back with a vengance to finally rep for the beat cypher!.

and finally SLEAZE DA DON aka Hermes Trismegistus from the south coast (originally West Bromwich) Sleaze is a dope emcee with a unique delivery and style...teaming up with Eat Good's SONNYJIM for a joint EP (coming soon on eatgood/greasy vinyl) sleaze is here is here to show brum what he's all about. Sleaze recently dropped his LP THEOLOVISION on his own imprint "GREASY VINYL" which features producers WIZARD, BEAT BUTCHA, GHOST, ENDEMIC and more!.

Plus of course the usual!.

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!!.


NEW VENUE
Reason for the promo train on this LDBC being a bit late was because we were venuless!!, after going back to the Sunflower Lounge to secure Decembers date I was told they have changed the music policy and werent too keen on the "Smoking" that went on outisde...not sure what the whole mess was down to im guessing (as the owner was there that night of beat cypher 07) they didnt like the fact we overran slightly and maybe our little "car beats" session outside, so umm yeah we are now at the BIRMINGHAM SOUND BAR which is a much sicker venue (but comes at a price)...so please smoker squad, go for a little wander before you do what you do, dont want to bait up this joint too! and doooo come out and support, plenty more overheads this time so we gotta keep this one going (bring a mate and tell them bring a mate, and tell em both to bring beats!!)

aite then...book them tickets!!! lets see the year out with some illy blaps


Ok Now you know all the details we'll see you there!!
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LouisDen BeatCypher 08
Live Hiphop Production Showcase & Beat Jam
BUDGIE | CHEMO | GHOSTTOWN | WIZARD
JUICE ALEEM | VERB T | SLEAZE DA DON
+open beats/beat battle/DJ CRO


10th December
Soundbar Birmingham
250 Corporation St
Birmingham
B4 6SE
9PM - LATE
£4.00 ENTRY BEFORE 10PM £5.00 AFTER

DJ IQ ..FLASHING LIGHTS

DJ IQ hit us up back in April for Beat Cypher 04...seeing as Louis Den is like the mafia; once you're in the family we keep tabs on you lol well we've got some news on IQ as he's set to drop his new mixtape "Flashing Lights" next week (30th Nov to be exact) Featuring Sonnyjim, Ramson Badbonez, Hey Zeus, Kashmere, Jehst, Stac, Joker Starr, Micall Parknsun, Professor Green, Gen, Pride, TB, Asaviour, Eva Lazurus and Beats by DJ IQ, The Mighty Hoax, Joker, Hudson Mo, Samiyam, Kid Sublime, check the illy promo animation for the mixtape.





It sure looks like one to keep an eye on!, hit these sites for more info!

www.DJIQ.co.uk
www.twitter.com/iamDJIQ
www.myspace.com/mancanmusic

Sunday 8 November 2009

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS VOL.2


Behind Closed Doors Hip Hop Production DVD Magazine Vol.2 (to give it it's proper title) is almost here... and myself and Kosyne are maaad busy putting the final touches on it.
Filming for vol.2 started in July 2009 and concludes next week... after that we are ready to unleash the beast! So stay tuned for another teaser and a brand new BCD website. Enjoy the trailer peoples...1
Andy.