nikolai – rebel without a chance (featuring production by me?!?!?)

so this is awesome. Nikolai, an independent emcee out of Australia, has just dropped his debut album on Alcatrax Records. i just got the cd in the mail. i did the beat for the album’s third single, ‘This Haze’. i was going for a sort of Dr. Dre vibe with the string stabs and a [...]

Mr. J. Medeiros – Her Wings (Them Stars Remix)

I don’t know if I made it clear in my last post about Mr. J. Medeiros, but I really like Of Gods and Girls. This is a remix I made of ‘Her Wings’. It isn’t a huge departure from the original, aside from the chorus which definitely gives the song a different energy.
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Born Mind

I had a goal this year which was basically to make one song every week and stick to it for the whole year. I ended up doing it for a couple months until I realized nobody was really listening so I stopped. Now that I have this website and I know there are at least [...]

Seven

been experimenting with dance music stuff lately, learning synthesis and other super fun things. came up with a neat little riff on the bass and this track came out of it. it’s short and simple, but i like it :]. reminds me of that blur song for some reason. is that just me?
Seven
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With Apologies to the Board

I feel like a lot of the time my best stuff is made by accident.This song (hopefully) sounds similar to Boards of Canada (hence the title) — I’d actually been trying to recreate the sounds they use for a while, but it was only when I stopped trying that I actually came close. It’s really [...]

Hold Ya Head Up (ft. Alpha Omega)

For those of you who aren’t familiar, Alpha Omega is an emcee from LA, and one of their best kept secrets. We’d been trying to collaborate on something for a loooong time now, and it finally came together a couple months ago. It’s a very personal track, AO spits some of the deepest shit I’ve [...]