the beats

drop6: the cd

December 23rd, 2008 by niwa | posted in beats, downtempo, electronic, hiphop, show, triphop |

During the Amsterdam Dance Event I went to the DROP #6 event, as reported here.

The evening was pretty dope, especially concidering that ADE did not host a lot of beat-related events aside from all the dance/techno/electro action going on. OT 141 was a good location, with the stage close to the entrance and in the back a bar to lounge in.

The musical part of the evening consisted of a two-beat showcase of each producer which got judged by the audience. The beats that got the most reaction from the crowd were put on a CD that you could pick up an hour after the showcase. That was a really nice touch on the evening considering the tickets were only EUR 5,- and after a couple of weeks you could pick up a second CD for free, on which the producers remixed each other’s tracks. All that was packaged in a neat cardboard cover tray:

After the showcase Comfort Fit performed a really chilled out live-set which I unfortunately only could check half of. All in all this was a cool initiative by DROP and hopefully they’ll have more of this stuff in the future.

For your listening pleasure: a couple of clips of…

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