Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 posted in beats, download, downtempo, electronic, free music, funk, hiphop, release | no comments »
Bass! How low can you go? I have no idea actually, but Kenlo Craqnuques (say whuuuuut?) goes more deep than low on his latest free beat-tape called "Brun". Forget head-nodding because this is just off. Not just off the grid but ...
Bass! How low can you go? I have no idea actually, but Kenlo Craqnuques (say whuuuuut?) goes more deep than low on his latest free beat-tape called "Brun". Forget head-nodding because this is just off. Not just off the grid but ...
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 posted in albums, beats, download, downtempo, electronic, free music, funk, jazz, review, triphop | no comments »
For more than 5 long years he was one of my IRC counterparts, chatting away deep into the night, discussing everything from school and relationships to politics and drugs. And ofcourse we swapped music, loads of it. Our own tracks ...
For more than 5 long years he was one of my IRC counterparts, chatting away deep into the night, discussing everything from school and relationships to politics and drugs. And ofcourse we swapped music, loads of it. Our own tracks ...
Friday, July 16th, 2010 posted in .nl, beats, compilation, download, downtempo, electronic, hiphop | no comments »
Last monday Organik Records released SirOJ's "Castlevania" on 7" (buy it here) so this would be a good time to put his work in the spotlight once more. I have no idea when the beat collection called "Vibe Out - ...
Last monday Organik Records released SirOJ's "Castlevania" on 7" (buy it here) so this would be a good time to put his work in the spotlight once more. I have no idea when the beat collection called "Vibe Out - ...
Thursday, July 15th, 2010 posted in beats, compilation, download, downtempo, free music, funk, hiphop, jazz, soul | no comments »
German hip-hop beatsmith Suff Daddy has been making a household name of himself over the last couple of years, dropping his Hi-Hat Club collection and "The Gin Diaries" on Melting Pot Music. Next to that he's teamed up with Pilskills ...
German hip-hop beatsmith Suff Daddy has been making a household name of himself over the last couple of years, dropping his Hi-Hat Club collection and "The Gin Diaries" on Melting Pot Music. Next to that he's teamed up with Pilskills ...
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 posted in .nl, albums, beats, download, downtempo, free music, funk, jazz, release, review, soul, triphop | no comments »
Back in the days when I was a teenager, before beats stuttered, samples came first and the synths came later... Ok the 90's downtempo/beat music has evolved a lot in the last 20 years but that doesn't mean keeping to ...
Back in the days when I was a teenager, before beats stuttered, samples came first and the synths came later... Ok the 90's downtempo/beat music has evolved a lot in the last 20 years but that doesn't mean keeping to ...
Monday, July 12th, 2010 posted in albums, beats, download, downtempo, electronic, free music, review, video | no comments »
Derek Vincent Smith, does that name ring a bell? It didn't for me, but I'm glad I ran into the full-length album "Passing By Behind Your Eyes" that Derek has produced under the moniker Pretty Lights in 2009. When I tried ...
Derek Vincent Smith, does that name ring a bell? It didn't for me, but I'm glad I ran into the full-length album "Passing By Behind Your Eyes" that Derek has produced under the moniker Pretty Lights in 2009. When I tried ...
Saturday, July 10th, 2010 posted in beats, download, downtempo, electronic, free music, hiphop, release, soul | no comments »
Time for some freshness! We've just got an e-mail from Mishoo promoting releases by some of his friends, including a beat-tape by Bagir-Ba. This (now) 20 year-old producer from Brooklyn lays down 20 minutes of fresh chilled out beats, for ...
Time for some freshness! We've just got an e-mail from Mishoo promoting releases by some of his friends, including a beat-tape by Bagir-Ba. This (now) 20 year-old producer from Brooklyn lays down 20 minutes of fresh chilled out beats, for ...
Thursday, July 1st, 2010 posted in albums, beats, downtempo, electronic, release | 2 comments »
We're back from the hiatus! To give a short 'n simple explanation for our break: I wanted to release some tracks.. didn't happen. We wanted a new layout for the site.. didn't happen! In the meanwhile the new releases, old ...
We're back from the hiatus! To give a short 'n simple explanation for our break: I wanted to release some tracks.. didn't happen. We wanted a new layout for the site.. didn't happen! In the meanwhile the new releases, old ...
Saturday, December 5th, 2009 posted in beats, compilation, download, downtempo, electronic, free music, jazz, soul | no comments »
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 ...
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 ...
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 posted in albums, beats, downtempo, electronic, hiphop, triphop | 1 comment »
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 ...
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 ...
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 posted in albums, beats, downtempo, electronic, triphop | 1 comment »
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 ...
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 ...
Thursday, November 19th, 2009 posted in .nl, beats, downtempo, electronic, hiphop, triphop | no comments »
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) ...
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) ...
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 posted in beats, compilation, download, downtempo, electronic, hiphop, release, soul | no comments »
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 ...
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 ...
Friday, November 13th, 2009 posted in beats, compilation, download, downtempo, free music, hiphop, jazz, soul, triphop | no comments »
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 ...
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 ...
Thursday, May 7th, 2009 posted in albums, beats, download, downtempo, hiphop, review, triphop | no comments »
While I was checking online statistics about downloads and plays of the material we review at thebeats.nl I made an interesting discovery: Polish people like beats, old hiphop and downtempo! In itself this may be not such an eye-opening fact, but ...
While I was checking online statistics about downloads and plays of the material we review at thebeats.nl I made an interesting discovery: Polish people like beats, old hiphop and downtempo! In itself this may be not such an eye-opening fact, but ...
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 posted in albums, beats, download, downtempo, free music, hiphop, release, triphop | 1 comment »
Recently I had an epiphany while I was listening to Powell's Beatnicks Tape #02: If this is #02.. there must be a #01 (doh!). And there was. German MPC/Microkorg handler Hubert Daviz was the man for the freely downloadable volume one, ...
Recently I had an epiphany while I was listening to Powell's Beatnicks Tape #02: If this is #02.. there must be a #01 (doh!). And there was. German MPC/Microkorg handler Hubert Daviz was the man for the freely downloadable volume one, ...
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 posted in albums, beats, downtempo, electronic, release, triphop | no comments »
The Tokyo Dawn Records restart has been official for a while now. To keep everyone informed they started a weblog, keeping us up to date of releases to come and plans that are in the making. The first brand-new TDR release ...
The Tokyo Dawn Records restart has been official for a while now. To keep everyone informed they started a weblog, keeping us up to date of releases to come and plans that are in the making. The first brand-new TDR release ...
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 posted in downtempo, hiphop, info, soul, triphop | no comments »
Hey all, I finished a new track last night called 'No Need To Rush'! It's a soulful track with a raw edge to it, you can check it out in these places: my website SoundCloud Last.fm Virb Hyves MySpace Or just click the player below: Also, since it takes ...
Hey all, I finished a new track last night called 'No Need To Rush'! It's a soulful track with a raw edge to it, you can check it out in these places: my website SoundCloud Last.fm Virb Hyves MySpace Or just click the player below: Also, since it takes ...
Monday, February 2nd, 2009 posted in beats, download, downtempo, free music, funk, hiphop, jazz, triphop | no comments »
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 ...
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 ...
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 posted in beats, download, downtempo, electronic, free music, funk, hiphop, mix, triphop | 1 comment »
I bet everyone has ran into the problem I was facing today: a full harddrive. Normally I just delete some temporary random stuff, or throw out some apps I haven't used in ages and the problem is solved. But this ...
I bet everyone has ran into the problem I was facing today: a full harddrive. Normally I just delete some temporary random stuff, or throw out some apps I haven't used in ages and the problem is solved. But this ...
Sunday, January 18th, 2009 posted in beats, download, downtempo, electronic, free music, hiphop, mix | no comments »
Last christmas I did two 45min sets at Swurdin & Boemklatsch's monthly party called Bangers. The first set includes some of my own tracks and other chilled out downtempo beats and hiphop, the second set is more dance and breaks ...
Last christmas I did two 45min sets at Swurdin & Boemklatsch's monthly party called Bangers. The first set includes some of my own tracks and other chilled out downtempo beats and hiphop, the second set is more dance and breaks ...
Thursday, January 15th, 2009 posted in beats, download, downtempo, free music, hiphop, mix | no comments »
Waka X of TMBase, an online friend an beat-lover, used to do over a 100 mixes for the now defunct Radio Analog in Romania. In a moment of nostalgia he created a new mix to reminisce about those times, the ...
Waka X of TMBase, an online friend an beat-lover, used to do over a 100 mixes for the now defunct Radio Analog in Romania. In a moment of nostalgia he created a new mix to reminisce about those times, the ...
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 posted in beats, download, downtempo, electronic, free music, hiphop, release, soul, triphop | 7 comments »
A couple of days ago Mishoo The Drumkit released his free online EP called 'Born In The Land Of A Thousand Hills'. Being an unkown artist to me I was triggered by the impressive line-up of producers, since it looks ...
A couple of days ago Mishoo The Drumkit released his free online EP called 'Born In The Land Of A Thousand Hills'. Being an unkown artist to me I was triggered by the impressive line-up of producers, since it looks ...
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008 posted in .nl, downtempo, electronic, funk, hiphop, show, triphop | 1 comment »
Another month, another round for the Bangers party @ Ekko! Every last saturday of the month swurdin.net and Boemklatsch bring you the hottest new dance music, and the finest upcoming acts. Although it's not stated on the flyer your boys niwa, ...
Another month, another round for the Bangers party @ Ekko! Every last saturday of the month swurdin.net and Boemklatsch bring you the hottest new dance music, and the finest upcoming acts. Although it's not stated on the flyer your boys niwa, ...
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 posted in beats, downtempo, electronic, hiphop, show, triphop | no comments »
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 ...
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 ...
Thursday, December 11th, 2008 posted in beats, download, downtempo, electronic, free music, hiphop, jazz, mix, radio, triphop | no comments »
Due to the unfortunate passing of a relative Flying Lotus had to cancel his visit The Netherlands to perform a live-set. Despite this, he did do an awesome 2 hour set for the BBC Essential Mix radio show. I'm guessing ...
Due to the unfortunate passing of a relative Flying Lotus had to cancel his visit The Netherlands to perform a live-set. Despite this, he did do an awesome 2 hour set for the BBC Essential Mix radio show. I'm guessing ...
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 posted in contest, downtempo, electronic, triphop | no comments »
Here's a quickie for all you (home) producers out there. Soundcloud, the new and upcoming share-your-and-comment-on-other's-music community, has put up a remix contest of a Jazzanova song. This blogpost explains it all so I can keep it clean and simple. You ...
Here's a quickie for all you (home) producers out there. Soundcloud, the new and upcoming share-your-and-comment-on-other's-music community, has put up a remix contest of a Jazzanova song. This blogpost explains it all so I can keep it clean and simple. You ...
Monday, November 17th, 2008 posted in albums, beats, downtempo, review | 4 comments »
I don't need to explain who DJ Premier is, now do I? Great, because trying to write a general article about him would result in a 1000+ pages book. And even if you do know about him, or think to ...
I don't need to explain who DJ Premier is, now do I? Great, because trying to write a general article about him would result in a 1000+ pages book. And even if you do know about him, or think to ...
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 posted in albums, beats, compilation, download, downtempo, free music, funk, hiphop, jazz, soul | 3 comments »
Since there are some rumors going around that the once pioneering and trend-setting netlabel Tokyo Dawn Records may or may not have a relaunch (the website states 'back late 2008'), this would be a good moment to go back in ...
Since there are some rumors going around that the once pioneering and trend-setting netlabel Tokyo Dawn Records may or may not have a relaunch (the website states 'back late 2008'), this would be a good moment to go back in ...
Saturday, October 25th, 2008 posted in .nl, downtempo, electronic, funk, hiphop, jazz, show, triphop | 2 comments »
Right now the annual Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is happening in .NL. This 2-sided event pleases those who have a vast general interest in dance music as well as the people who just want to get on the dancefloor and ...
Right now the annual Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is happening in .NL. This 2-sided event pleases those who have a vast general interest in dance music as well as the people who just want to get on the dancefloor and ...
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 posted in .nl, beats, download, downtempo, free music, hiphop, jazz, soul, triphop | 1 comment »
It seems I've slept on another great little gem, and it's even by a fellow countryman. Ouch! 19/76 is one hell of a melancholic piece by Dutch producer Crookram. Released on the Hungarian Budabeats netlabel, this 6-track EP goes from downtempo ...
It seems I've slept on another great little gem, and it's even by a fellow countryman. Ouch! 19/76 is one hell of a melancholic piece by Dutch producer Crookram. Released on the Hungarian Budabeats netlabel, this 6-track EP goes from downtempo ...
Saturday, September 27th, 2008 posted in .nl, albums, download, downtempo, free music, jazz, soul | 2 comments »
The Dutch netlabel Fant00m has re-released Mentz's classic 2004 EP "Relocate". At the time, when acts like Nostalgia 77 and Cinematic Orchestra were gaining notoriety, the 4-track release was quite unique for being one of the only freely downloadable pack ...
The Dutch netlabel Fant00m has re-released Mentz's classic 2004 EP "Relocate". At the time, when acts like Nostalgia 77 and Cinematic Orchestra were gaining notoriety, the 4-track release was quite unique for being one of the only freely downloadable pack ...
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 posted in beats, compilation, download, downtempo, electronic, free music, hiphop, jazz, soul, triphop | 1 comment »
While I was checking out my weekly plays at last.fm (I'm a statistics-freak) I noticed a whole bunch of new people playing my track "When She Looked At Me (I Saw Her Wondering)". Since it was released by the Creative ...
While I was checking out my weekly plays at last.fm (I'm a statistics-freak) I noticed a whole bunch of new people playing my track "When She Looked At Me (I Saw Her Wondering)". Since it was released by the Creative ...
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 posted in albums, beats, download, downtempo, electronic, free music, hiphop, jazz, soul | 2 comments »
Sometimes your friends get you on to some good stuff, and sometimes they do it without even knowing it. One good way to check out new music is last.fm. This website not only keeps track of all the MP3s you ...
Sometimes your friends get you on to some good stuff, and sometimes they do it without even knowing it. One good way to check out new music is last.fm. This website not only keeps track of all the MP3s you ...
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 posted in .nl, compilation, download, downtempo, electronic, free music, funk, hiphop, jazz, show, soul | 1 comment »
"August, die she must" was Simon & Garfunkel's take on the oncoming autumn every year. But before the summer fades away into rain and falling leaves, august always leaves us with some treats. This year, next to the usual festivals, ...
"August, die she must" was Simon & Garfunkel's take on the oncoming autumn every year. But before the summer fades away into rain and falling leaves, august always leaves us with some treats. This year, next to the usual festivals, ...
Monday, July 14th, 2008 posted in .nl, albums, beats, downtempo, hiphop, jazz, show, triphop | no comments »
The Austin (Texas) based label Beats Broke has released the new Arts The Beatdoctor EP "Progressions" on July 8th! The 5-track piece can be bought digitally, but there's also a limited-edition that consists of two 7"s in an eco-friendly package (recycled ...
The Austin (Texas) based label Beats Broke has released the new Arts The Beatdoctor EP "Progressions" on July 8th! The 5-track piece can be bought digitally, but there's also a limited-edition that consists of two 7"s in an eco-friendly package (recycled ...
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 posted in .nl, albums, beats, compilation, download, downtempo, electronic, free music, funk, hiphop, jazz, mix, soul, triphop | 5 comments »
This week I realised I should keep an eye on .NL hiphop more closely. Even if it isn't for the MC's (it's a well known fact that I really don't like the Dutch language) it should be for the beatcreators. ...
This week I realised I should keep an eye on .NL hiphop more closely. Even if it isn't for the MC's (it's a well known fact that I really don't like the Dutch language) it should be for the beatcreators. ...
Sunday, June 8th, 2008 posted in albums, beats, download, downtempo, free music, hiphop, jazz, triphop | 3 comments »
Ahh the good old triphop sound. The vibe which hasn't been forgotten, but which few producers now (including myself) are capable of recreating. So we're going back to 2004, ten years after the release of Portishead's trend-setting album "Dummy". In ...
Ahh the good old triphop sound. The vibe which hasn't been forgotten, but which few producers now (including myself) are capable of recreating. So we're going back to 2004, ten years after the release of Portishead's trend-setting album "Dummy". In ...
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 posted in albums, beats, downtempo, funk, hiphop, jazz, soul, triphop | no comments »
I could never make a Top 5 list of albums, simply because there are too much beautiful tracks out there. But since it's 2003 release on Tru Thoughts, "Maps From The Wilderness" by UK native TM Juke has always been ...
I could never make a Top 5 list of albums, simply because there are too much beautiful tracks out there. But since it's 2003 release on Tru Thoughts, "Maps From The Wilderness" by UK native TM Juke has always been ...
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 posted in albums, beats, compilation, download, downtempo, electronic, free music, funk, hiphop, jazz, soul, triphop | 2 comments »
Where most (inter)net-labels focus on a certain style and gather their artists around it, iD.EOLOGY decided to bend the rules a little and form their releases not on genre, but around the artists themselves. This approach results in an everlasting ...
Where most (inter)net-labels focus on a certain style and gather their artists around it, iD.EOLOGY decided to bend the rules a little and form their releases not on genre, but around the artists themselves. This approach results in an everlasting ...
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 posted in .nl, albums, beats, compilation, download, downtempo, electronic, free music, hiphop, mix, radio, show | no comments »
Founded by Pete Concrete, the dutch record label Eat Concrete (website / MySpace) is gaining more and more acclaim worldwide in the realm of instrumental electronic boom bap music. My first experience with one of the label's artists was the ...
Founded by Pete Concrete, the dutch record label Eat Concrete (website / MySpace) is gaining more and more acclaim worldwide in the realm of instrumental electronic boom bap music. My first experience with one of the label's artists was the ...
Sunday, March 30th, 2008 posted in albums, beats, download, downtempo, electronic, free music, hiphop, jazz, mix, triphop | 2 comments »
It's sunday evening, time to chill out to some free music before the new week starts! One of my all-time favorite free albums is (click to download) "Forget And Remember" (2005) by Comfort Fit. It was released through the now de-funct ...
It's sunday evening, time to chill out to some free music before the new week starts! One of my all-time favorite free albums is (click to download) "Forget And Remember" (2005) by Comfort Fit. It was released through the now de-funct ...
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 posted in albums, downtempo, jazz, triphop | no comments »
Like I stated in the "about" page, we are here to inform you. Not to give you download links, sorry. Besides, if there was a simple download link here, you would miss out on all the other cool stuff you're ...
Like I stated in the "about" page, we are here to inform you. Not to give you download links, sorry. Besides, if there was a simple download link here, you would miss out on all the other cool stuff you're ...
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 posted in beats, download, downtempo, free music, funk, hiphop, jazz, mix, soul | 3 comments »
Let's start off with some free music! Mentz recently pointed me to the MondayJazz website. This collective brings you a fresh blend every monday containing what they call "a careful selection of newjazzbreakfunkfusion hiptriphopbrokendubsoul tunes which happens to be alternative for ...
Let's start off with some free music! Mentz recently pointed me to the MondayJazz website. This collective brings you a fresh blend every monday containing what they call "a careful selection of newjazzbreakfunkfusion hiptriphopbrokendubsoul tunes which happens to be alternative for ...
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