Kev Brown Goodies @bandcamp

Kev BrOOOOooown rOOwoon roOOOwwwwn!


Den favourite Kev Brown has been busy getting his releases over on bandcamp, they range from the "Brown Album" which was Kev's take on Jay-Z's (then) retirement album (and one of the best renditions as well) to his underground hand to hand show CD "Open Mic Knight" featuring some circa '99 Kev Brown flows over pre MPC2000XL production.

Also included are the very dope (and worth paying for) commentary joints (Vol.1 & 2); where Kev breaks down the stories behind a few of his more famous productions (backed by a bottle of Bacardi and pot of coffee respectively ha!!). He put these out for free on his blog a few years back but you can cop them now if you missed on the "name your price" steez.

Finally theres the more recent Kev Brown Instrumentals VoL I which has a collection of well known joints, remixes and cheeky beats in one tight release! check them out below or better yet, head over the bandcamp yourself and purchase a joint or 2!

J-Dilla, Still Shining Documentary // Archive Slum Village Soundcheck footage!

Ok so its now February or "Dilla Month" as some heads like so say! so they'll no doubt gonna be a spike in J.Dilla blogs / podcasts / events and all sorts seeing as February marks both his birthday and the anniversary of his untimely passing; just remember if he's a favourite of yours (like he is for me) that his music is around all year for you to enjoy so dont just go crazy for 4 weeks a year! heh.

A couple new videos have surfaced of late; both of which are pretty interesting to Dilla fans, the first of which a 13 minute long collection of clips showing the original Slum Village line up (Jay Dee, T3, Baatin) circa 2000 preparing for their first live show in LA which involved Dilla DJ'ing using x2 MPC3000's and a discman! haa..

From an outsiders point of view there really isn't much going on and you could easily write it off as nothing to get exicted about; however there isn't a lot of candid Dilla, (or slum for that fact) footage. You may remember some behind the scenes Frank N Dank joints (showing Dilla's lab and the filming of the McNasty Filth video) but here seems a lot more natural and relaxed.

It's also dope as its a throwback to the original SV line up and to a time before playing up to the camera for Youtube existed...(case in point I dont think any of these dudes even acknowledge the camera for the 13 minutes of footage!)

Anyway the video shows the group rehearsing, going over some technicals, a bit of BS'ing and a last minute trip to radio shack for cables (heh I know them ones).


SLUM VILLAGE - SOUNDCHECK - DILLA PLAYING BEATS



*beat heads on some I HAVE TO KNOW THAT BEAT, wanna look out for Track 16 from Another Batch, the outrolude from "Its Like That" off Welcome To Detroit, Toshi / Nothing But Your Love (Jay Dee Remix)

next up the Still Shining Documentary from B.Kyle of Okayplayer.

He dropped the trailer to this earlier on in the week and like most music nerds im looking forward to peeping the behind the scenes stories retold by those who he worked closest with.

If my mind serves me right B.Kyle was actually putting together a DVD featurette for the Shining back when it dropped in '06, for whatever reason this bonus DVD never saw the light of day so its quite possible this has been in the works since then, its dropping on Feb 7th whether it'll be something to buy or a free stream is yet to be seen but I'll be checking it out for sure either way!


J.Dilla - Still Shining Documentary Trailer

Wizard At Will Beat Tape - Homework Vol 1.

For those unfamiliar with Wizard At Will (not to be confused with UK's Wizard) he's a long time Louis Den supporter and participant, been repping since '07 submitting homeworks pretty much every week since the challenges opened up.

He also took part in the 2008 and 2009 leagues and we've seen his beatmaking skills go from strength to strength as part of being inolved in what we're about over here, anyway for anyone wondering what it is that gets you the front page treatment, well Wizard At Will really reps for Louis Den and homeworks; case in point during the 2009 league dude was very ill laid up in hospital at one point and where most people's mind would be furthest away from beats, he insisted on still making his weekly deadlines going as far as to borrow another persons laptop to get a beat done...down to making IPHONE JOINTS! while he was away from his studio!

Annyway Wiz has collated some of the homework beats and league joints over the years into a neat little collection, he's in the middle of setting up a bandcamp but you can bag Volume 1 below! *update, bandcamp link added!.



01. Intro
02. Middle East
03. Sell Out
04. Expendables
05. Hair Band
06. Mid Tro
07. 707
08. Japan
09. The Wrong Sample
10. Week 3
11. 81
12. Unplug
13. Week 9
14. Bonus Track
15. Bonus Track 2
16. Outro

DOWNLOAD: mediafire | bandcamp

Salute wiz!! I've been told they'll be future volumes!

Louis Den Lab Sessions 81 / 82

Dont be sleeping on the LDBB Ustream, we broadcast every Sunday from the lab at around 18:00 GMT bringing you plenty of jokes and bangers submitted for the homework of the week!, heres a little round up of the last 2 joints in case you may have missed them.


Homework 83 - Disco Week




Last weeks homework was back at the Den with myself and Kelakovski; we wanted heads to dig through the Disco crates and see if they could change them dancefloor joints of yester year into some fresh bangers! I got a bit carried away doing the live mutes (hahaha) and accidently cut the wifi off so this joint is in 2 parts.


Homework 82 - Stax Of Soul



The aim of Homework 82 was to flip samples from the iconic "Stax" catalog, no Kela in the stream that week as myself and AB0181 had to do some sneaky overseas to Berlin to begin filming for BCD3! we still decided to get busy with a ldbb stream which we did from the hotel equipped with the room's ethernet and some dope German beer.

This weeks homework is still open and we'll be streaming from the lab at the usual time of 18:30, read a few posts below to see the theme and if you wanna get down! submit beats to homework@louisden.com

New Myke Forte - "Soulishius"

Our man Myke has been busy on the boards, chopped it up breifly with him yesterday telling me he's been getting into his Logic setup a lot more (Myke usually rocks the MPC2500) and messing with played stuff, he emailed me a little suttin afterwards which I thought was craaaazy!.

Checked his Soundcloud to see that he had upped it on there too, check out his new joint below entitled "Soulishous" its definately some of that good good!.

Soulishous by mykeforte

Be sure to follow @MykeForte on Twitter and on Soundcloud to get access to his latest joints!

Homwork 83 - Where I'm From

Homework 83 - Where Im From




RULES
This week the goal is to flip a sample by an artist who is from the same home town as you; you're to go through their catalog to find something to get busy with and build a fresh beat using sampled elements.

We'd define where you are from as from the same city (or nearest city) as you, try and get a local name rather than using a tenious link of "they are from the same country as me" this can either be where you are living now or where you grew up depending on the crates quality!

but this should be an interesting challenge as the geogrpahy will limit your samples!

any genre is cool but obviously make it interesting...and let us know who you flipped!! maybe let the break ride out at the start!

DEADLINE
Beats are due Sunday 6th Feb, gonna try make the stream for 18:30, really sorry if you guys wait wait and wait some more doesn't always go smooth heading to the lab!

right Im off to dig through some Ozzy Osbourne and UB40 ish!!

Homework 82 - Disco Fever

This weeks homework was an idea I had floating about for a couple of weeks; when we asked for suggestions after last weeks stream Evil Needle came with suttin similar so we're running with it for this weeks theme.


Homework 82 - Disco Fever



This week the challenge is to flip Disco joints into new bangers! house DJ's have been doing it for eons and hiphop has been borrowing from Disco crates from day dot, so lets get it.

RULES
This week the you have to turn in a beat that uses samples from Disco music, usual rules apply; VST's, Drums etc can be from your own stash of libraries and instruments just as long as the sample forms the main part.

DEADLINE
Get the joints to us by Sunday 30th January, email entries to homework@louisden.com ,as usual we'll be streaming from http://louisden.com/live between 18:00 and 18:30 GMT so get your beats in!

Homework 81 - Stax Of Soul

What up! been a minute since the last homework dropped; Xmas and New Year has passed us by and its time to get back to business! the LOUIS DEN 2011 LEAGUE is coming, please beleive; if you dont know already; pre signups can be located at the louisden forum - http://louisden.com/forum with a proper announcement coming soon.

New Year New Homework, lets get it!

Homework 81 - Stax Of Soul



Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the label became known as Stax in 1961, given that makes it a cool 50 years old this year we'd like you guys to dig through the catalogue and turn in some ill beats.

Artists birthed from the label include Otis Redding, William Bell, The Dramatics, Isaac Hayes, Eddie Flloyd and a whole gang of others!

RULES
To create a beat using the extensive "Stax" catalogue, get over to the wikipedia page, youtube / spotify; research and give the catalogue a listen; try your best to source your samples from good rips OR better yet go for a real life dig!! cant beat it, usual louisden rules apply; feel free to use your own drums/vst's to bulk up the beat; just make sure the sample forms the main part! *** be sure to research the albums you are digging from to make sure they are from the Stax catalogue ** submit beats to homework@louisden.com.

DEADLINE
Beats are due Sunday 23rd January, so thers no session this sunday (16th Jan) you've got the whole week to get cooking!, see you in the stream @ http://louisden.com/live

LINKS/RESOURCES
List of stax releases - http://staxrecords.free.fr/covers.htm
Stax Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stax_Records

Mr Porter releases "N" Beat Tape

* photo credit: Doug Coombe


Producer Mr Porter (50 Cent, Eminem, Pharoahe Monch, Black Rob, D12) aka Kon Artis from D12 has leaked a beat tape he had created back when Nas was shopping beats for his last album "Untitled". Apparently Mr Porter likes to craft whole beat tapes in the style of how he imagines the artists upcoming LP should sound.

Rather than let these gather dust he's put them out as a free download!! good man!, peep the swipe below for the full details.

Mr Porter via Twitter Round the time Nas album was titled it I was submitting beats for it. This was also a good start to jump back into the game because after the tragedy of Proof and Dilla I wasn’t fucking with music. So while coming outta depression I made a beat cd for the Nigga album. When I submit music to artist I do a album worth of songs the way I hear the album and they pick what they like (yea it’s my OCD way of submitting music). Any way I’m gonna share that album with my fans and friends this morning. God sent snow today so since u niggas aint goin no where enjoy these beats that never saw the nigga album.

1. N*gga Intro
2. Beautiful Thang
3. Emotions 1
4. How Can I Leave Her
5. Emotions 2
6. Money
7. Smoking Gun
8. What Can I
9. N*gga Outro

LINK: sendspace

Sonnyjim & Kosyne - EG Professionals (prod Kelakovski) (dir AB0181)

Heres a new oldie, the music video from the track EG Professionals by myself and Sonnyjim; the track is taken from the "Compilation Vol 1" that was released by EATGOOD Records around 18 months ago.

We got camera supremo AB0181 down to shoot and edit the video to the Kelakovski produced head nodder and whilst its been done for some time it's only recently surfaced; so give it a peep and see what you think.


Sonnyjim & Kosyne - EG Professionals (Dir AB0181)



If you like what you hear; dont be shy you can head over to iTunes and cop the whole compilation which features more tracks/remixes from the EATGOOD camp and production from Kelakovski, Kosyne, Eyebs, Sivey, Shears, Darren Paul & R2ThaBeatz.

Jaisu Beat Tape Vol 8 & Striaght Out The MPC Beat Tape

Den heads AB0181 and Jaisu (Beatfanatic) return with another blazin instalment of the pioneering Beat Tape series; theres some monsters here in the tried and tested sample then blap format, raw sewage in your water cooler face action...



If you're feelin it, be sure to hit the Youtube page up and leave a comment; better yet go and cop Jaisu's debut release "Straight Out The MPC" which see's him collate the favourite beats from the video series with some sneaky new joints for a more than reasonable $5 (I copped mine!) over at Jaisu's bandcamp.

2011 should be a dope year for J, get em son!

LINKS

Jaisu Beat Enquiries (jaisubeatsandbooking@gmail.com)

Jasiu's facebook page

Follow @Jaisu on Twitter

More iddish from AB0181

Follow @AB0181 on Twitter

** plug plug **, we've got an ill lil section on Jaisu in the latest instalment of Behind Closed Doors Vol 2, check the DVD preview out over here, and cop it here.

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

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





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

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

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

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

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

LINK: Facebook Event

magOwl - Page One

What up folks, Happy 2011! Hopefully this year goes off with a bang!, theres a lot instore for Louis Den so stay tuned with us!

Before any newness though I'd like to get a few things blogged I never got a chance to before 2010 bounced so peep the following posts for some goodness!.


magOwl - Page One

LINK: bandcamp


Den regular magOwl has put together a compilation of beats and peices entitled "Page One", some are Louis Den submissions from his various homeworks whilst others are bits he had stashed away.

I wish I got a chance to blog this while the first few downloads were free as you might have been in with a chance to bag it; but it's only a measly $5 so dig deep if you feel it! you can stream it from his bandcamp to see what it's all about.

A few works from magOwl himself..

This is a selection of beats from the last year, year and a half, or so. Some are entries from the LouisDen beatbattles (www.louisden.com), so if you're keeping tabs you might have heard a few. But on the other hand there are others on here that should be new to any and all.

The lot was produced by me, magOwl, using Renoise (www.renoise.com) aided by the old Ensoinq EPS 16+, the Boss SP-303 and a healthy amount of vinyl.

Have a listen, download the album for free (no minimum), or if you're feeling it, spend a few quid; i.e. buy me a beer or two.

For inquiries (purchasing beats, collaborations, general questions) email me at: magOwl@gmail.com

Homework 80 - Bigger Than Hiphop

New homework! thanks for holdin out for the week break;

Homework 80 - Bigger Than Hiphop



RULES
This week is all about branching out; theres no theme to beat except we want you to display your beat skills outside of a traditional "blap" not to say anyone is generic in the least! but more that this week is your carte blanche to step out and hand in literally whatever you like for your homework...be it jazz, soul, drum & bass or ghettotech!

Show us what you can do when we free the walls! this is a non genre specific homework but it would be nice if you cooked something up specially rather than that 2 year old dubstep beat you had laying around!

DEADLINE
Beats are due Sunday 19th December, email to homework@louisden.com

Jaisu - Prelude To The MPC EP + Promo Vid

Jaisu is finally hitting his blap hungry followers off with a release!, "Straight Out The MPC" is a collection 30 beats spanning his explosive Youtube beat tape series as well as sneaky new treats that have been crafted inbetween.

Before you can get your hands on that though he's dropped the "Prelude To The MPC" EP which features instrumental versions of released joints Jaisu has produced as well as a few sneaky vocal tracks, this and the "Straight Out The MPC" Beat Tape can be obtained from his bandcamp page linked below.

Visual accompaniment to these new releases comes courtesy of the Den's AB0181 who went in to provide a crazy costume changing sequence of Jai in the lab, peep!

Jaisu - Prelude To The MPC Promo Vid by AB0181



I think you can agree that they're both killin it!! Go bag them treats now!

Jaisu's Bandcamp

'Like' Jaisu on his Official Facebook Page

Follow @Jaisu on Twitter

Mykeforte.com launched + LEO beat tape!

Mykes emerged from the lab with a new beat tape and shiny website to show us, you may have noticed him in our BFF links to the left but for those who dont know you can now get the lowdown on everything Myke Forte and Audiopixel related at his new digital outlet www.mykeforte.com, he's got his discography, up to date news, blogs and more!

To celebrate the launch he's dropped the latest instalment of the Zodiak Beat Tape series in the form of Leo! go bag and be sure to check out the site!

A quick word from Myke about the release
"This one was quite tricky to finish as I didn't have a theme for this so I decided to try and interpret sounds by mood, and the fact that the Leo star sign is in the summer I wanted feel good beats, but not all of them came out that way. Give it a listen after the download, pass it on and send feedback. Peace.


Myke Forte - Zodiak::Leo


01 WarmUp (Sun Spirit)
02 SummerBreak (Zesteemed)
03 2Halves (VainConfidence)
04 Opalfruits (PassionAte)
05 illvillain (Domination)
06 NoJokes (Commandeer)
07 CruiseControl (Confidence)
08 OnaipChops (Cre-action)
09 Alionate (Self-Centered)
10 NeonBlack (Enlightened)
11 SoulAfrica (LionPride)
12 BeginingEnds (Presentfuture)
13 TalkingFlowers (Social Butterflies)

DOWNLOAD: bandcamp | megaupload


So remember thats mykeforte.com, hit dude up on Twitter @MykeForte if you wanna stay up to date!.

S-TYPE - Medusa EP free download

Den badman, league 08 winner and Tartan Bully S-TYPE has recently dropped the Medusa EP on the Phuture Labs label; dont let the title fool you bumping it wont turn your ears to stone but your neck may feel like it after the crazy head nods it'll generate!. The 3 track EP is genre crossing fusing elements of Electronica, Hiphop, Future Beats and more but rather than trying to pigeonhole you'd be better off bumping it (LOUD) and letting your ears form their own opinion


S-TYPE - Medusa EP (Phuture Labs 2010)

1. Terry Nutkins
2. Mr Lizard
3. Medusa

DOWLOAD: MP3's @ Phuture Labs | Wavs @ Soundcloud


Be sure to follow @S_TypeBeats on Twitter, "Like" him on his official Facebook page and check his Bandcamp if you wanna hear more heat!.

Jon Phonics Goodies - Run For Cover x TBear EP

I love it when I've got a backlog of stuff to blog for no other reason that it means are boys are really on this ting! Next up is Jon Phonics who seems to have ditched sleep in favor of delivering more slabs of future funk.

Run For Cover & A.M
Jon has a 7 inch single dropping early next year with the Chakra Sounds label to serve as a warm up he's put the tracks Run For Cover and A.M out to get y'all ready, you can bag those at the Chakra Sounds Bandcamp page, download and digest!! as bonus he makes his music video directoral debut in the promo vid for Run For Cover which you can peep below!.


Jon Phonics - Run For Cover Promo Video



JP x TB = EP
A couple weeks back Phonics and T'Bear (star of beat cypher 11) decided to put together a selection previously released works and stuff they had in the vaults to form a free EP entitled ‘TB aka TBear V’s Jon Phonics’ EP, so you got bangin beats from JP and dope bars courtesy of the charasmatic TB all for free, go grab it!


Local Hero Presents ‘TB aka TBear V’s Jon Phonics’ EP


01. Intro
02. Sex On Drugs
03. Reach For The Top
04. Celebrate
05. Free At Last
06. Deeper Underground
07. More Forward (Ill Rhythmikz Mix)
08. Broken Mans dreams (Feat. Mr. Drastick)
09. Changes (Feat. Yasine)
10. Remember (Feat. Sir Smurf Lil’ & Raggo Zulu Rebel)
11. More Forward (Original Version 2006)

DOWNLOAD: mediafire


Be sure to hit up @JonPhonics on Twitter if you want to stay glued to his releases/movements!

Evil Needle Beatmaking Video #2

Check the super dope fresh Evil Needle cooking up a heatrock in the lab powered by Reason and what looks like Leffe (big up)..

Evil Needle Beamaking Video #2



Nice work Needz! always bringing heat in the homeworks!, If you want to peep more blaps from him be sure to check his Bandcamp where he is archiving a lot of his louisden works.

Evil Needle Bandcamp
Follow @itsmeneedle on Twitter

BUG winter mix for RadioMagnetic +Quandron Remix

Hot on the heels of his last beat mix Radio Magnetic have recruited BUG to deliver an exclusive mix; head over there to peep 15 selected treats perfect to chill/zone out to as a backdrop for your wintery vibes.


1. Floating Points Ensemble – Post Suite
2. Sampha – Rainstars
3. Aaron Carl – Sky
4. Flying Lotus – Do The Astral Plane
5. Olivier Daysoul – In The Now (Duke Hugh Boassatronic Remix)
6. Afta-1 – H(eye)LAND (feat. Nikko Gray)
7. Full Crate – Cut The Barb
8. Floating Points – People’s Potential
9. Theo Parrish – Sketches (A1 / Untitled)
10. DVA – Just Vybe (feat. Fatima)
11. A Made Up Sound – Rear Window
12. Joy Orbison – Ladywell
13. Maddslinky – Further Away (feat. Tawiah)
14. Stac – Head On Me (Part Time Heroes Remix)
15. Quadron – Average Fruit (BUG’s Punch-Up)

Download / Stream over at Radio Magnetic

The mix also closes with his recent illy remix of Quadrons Average Fruit if you want to listen to that outside of the mix he's got it up on his SoundCloud page to stream peep below.

Quadron - Average Fruit (BUG's Punch-Up) by BUGMusic