download amsterdam’s finest – happy 3010 promomix

“It’s life Jim, but not as we know it”.  After psych-rock, funk, italo, electro and.. well practically every genre in music that’s been around after the 70’s, you can now see a new artificial musical constellation in the skies. The upcoming example has been …

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download supa kool dj uncle q – a tribute to yukimi nagano

While the albums of the Swedish collective known as Little Dragon aren’t really fitting our cozy niche of beat-related music, the other projects of lead-singer Yukimi  Nagano are much to our taste. She has sung for Koop, works with José González and appears as …

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portformat – the repeat factor

Last year Tokyo Dawn announced that they would re-start their label and, although it took a bit longer than planned, they kept their word. After Comfort Fit’s 2nd album (check the previous post) it’s time for Portformat to drop his debut today: “The Repeat …

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comfort fit – polyshufflez lp and remixes

The German beat-wizard known as Comfort Fit has returned after 5 years to drop his sophmore album called ‘Polyshufflez‘ on Tokyo Dawn Records. And what a return it is. Whereas his 2005 (free) release consisted mostly of sample-based material, Polyshufflez blends in …

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download j rawls – hotel beats vol 1.

Yet another beat-tape? Hell no! J. Rawls (known best as one-half of Lone Catalysts) drops an oldschool 50mins compilation of pure unadulterated hip hop beats.  You may have thought he would go fully instrumental after his 2 Liquid Crystal Project albums, but no less is …

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3 latest tracks

I almost forgot, during our little break I also managed to crunch out 3 new tracks. You can check them out below:
no need to rush by niwa
Slow soulful but rough track. I couldn’t resist cutting up the (well-known) sample and adding some boomin’ drums and …

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download elaquent – in colour vol. 3

We’re still up on the backfill from our summer break, and since we tipped you before on Elaquent’s marvellous releases we can’t forget vol. 3 of his ‘In Colour’ series. While a lot of artists seem to get a little bit numbed an dull on their releases after …

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download zo! – …just visiting too

Ok everybody’s bitching about the gloomy, grey and darker days of autumn. In the end, ofcourse, you are the one that defines the gloomyness. So here’s a bit of slick neo-soul’ish stuff. Invite your best friends over, light some candles and let the red wine flow.

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download infiniteskills presents: nine

After I saw a guy walking past, wearing a “J Dilla Saved My Life” shirt (yea they still sport those. . .) I remembered a release from last year that I want to share with you.  Not to diss the lost US prodigy but to show that the world holds more great …

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download sands – online blends vol. 1

After the Sandmania cassettes and Sandies Blends CD’s, Spinnin’ resident DJ Sandman has now set out to take over the internet with a new series of mixes called Sands Online Blends.

As usual Sandman lays down the new hip hop bangers mixed with the hottest …

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nation of elzi – earth like zion is ep

One of the ‘hot’ topics this summer was whether the new (Dutch) hip hop acts lacked an important aspect of our culture: soul. Judging by the majority of releases and live-shows it seemed the emphasis nowadays lies more on electronic harshness, taking the …

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adaptation / the hunter, the tracks

Soooooo, somewhere before our little summer-break we noted the release-party of Master Surreal and King Jule, where they both dropped their EP’s.
Around that same time Kyteman’s album ‘The Hermit Sessions‘ skyrocketed in The Netherlands, ensuing in a shitload of …

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return of thebeats

Well that vacation took a while longer than expected… When I checked the date on the last post I kinda slapped myself in the face: 4 moths old, OUCH.
So here’s just a little post to let you know we’ll be actively getting back to work after this weekend. There’s …

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4 ep releases and 1 free download

I gotta keep this short since I’m in the middle of moving to a new pad, and I’m e.x.h.a.u.s.t.e.d. =)
Next Friday (the 29th of May) 4 EP’s will be released at 1 party:

Master Surreal - Adaptation
King Jule - The Hunter, The Tracks
Klap van de Molen & homies - …

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thebeats @ bangers 13/02

Have you survived your hangover from Utreg Centraal 5, and are your muscles beginning to loosen up a bit after a whole night of dancefloor madness last friday? Good, since Swurdin & Boemklatsch are hosting their monthly Bangers party again, this time the 13th of …

mixingmonthly.net

If you're a frequent reader of thebeats.nl the names FS Green and Full Crate shouldn't be unknown to you. If you're not, this introduction on their website mixingmonthly.net should suffice for now:

"Both Full Crate & FS Green are producers who love to play music. Since …

utreg centraal 5

On friday the 6th hip hop lovers in Utrecht will flock together at Tivoli for the 5th edition of 'Utreg Centraal' to celebrate and support their hometown artists of our culture. The event will be organised by Boemklatsch and Habek, which will result in a broad …

moosefrog

If you were born in the early 80s and you were into beat-music early on you probably remember 1998, the year Kruder & Dorfmeister released their instant classic 2CD mix compilation 'The K&D Sessions'. Between hiphop and house heads to rock and jazz lovers, everybody …

download truly pheasant - tweed prison tapes

Our boy Johnny Supreme (check the link for his dope beats) recently tipped us about Truly Pheasant & The Sjoel Of Hardknocks - Tweed Prison Tapes. Kinda funny since I already checked it when it came out, in a time when thebeats.nl was just a blob in my imagination. Now …

download dj synflood mixes

I bet everyone has ran into the problem I was facing today: a full harddrive.