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Flying Lotus ++ Live on Gilles Peterson 3.10.10

beatdimensions — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:20:56 +0000

All i can say is “Cosmogramma”

You need to click here…

Ras G – BTS Radio Live Set #001

beatdimensions — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:43:49 +0000

I hope you are all familiar with the BTS radio show.
Andrew Meza first aired this radio show a couple years back, Since then they made a couple of legendary shows….download this ras G live set here…

Hudson mohawke ++ BBC essential mix

beatdimensions — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:28:54 +0000

Hudson Mohawke take to the decks for radio 1’s essential mix. 92BPM
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Hudson Mohawke Exclusive FADER Mix

beatdimensions — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:07:48 +0000

Hudson Mohawke didn’t want to give a tracklist for this exclusive FADER mix, perhaps because he didn’t want us to know the contents of the inside of his mind. Beatboxing, grime, new jack swing, glitchy stuff with big bass, futuristic R&B all make up parts of the mix, just like they do his music…..read more of the interview

click to download the mix

Hudson Mohawke @ Deviation w/ Benji B

beatdimensions — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:08:54 +0000

Hudson Mohawke drops by the Deviation studios to chat Butter, his come up and all things in between w/ Benji B.
Oh yea, he also lays down some exclusives during his scintillating set. 92BPM!!

Deviation Show Special feat. Hudson Mohawke – Nov 01 2009 by 92bpm

Mono/Poly Interview @ sonic router

beatdimensions — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:51:59 +0000

Mono/Poly did a great interview with sonic router
He also shared a mix of hard beats from Dubstep to forward thinking Hip-hop.
‘This is a mix of stuff from several producers including myself’
click for the interview
click to download the mix

Interview: Dizz1

Yuri — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:39:49 +0000

******* Beat Dimensions Interview with Dizz1 *******

When/how did you 1st find out about BD?
I got it when it first dropped while i was living in Melbourne?
I remember bumping it at the club and watching faces screw up all over the room!

What got you into production?
I been playing drums since I was 8 .
I used to have a scratch/ turntable crew when I lived in Japan back in 99 and all the boys were making killer scratch beats so whenever one of them left his MPC unattended I was all over it!
Wasn’t long after that I bought one!

What has been your inspiration/bands you listened to in your come up?
Dad brought us up with good music but Ill never forget when I first heard hip hop!
Got a Run DMC tape in year 5 and went to a PE concert in year 6!
Proper life changing experience! : )
Was into everything from heavy metal to jazz to jungle through high school and started buying vinyl from about age 16 which continues to grow and inspire as I write this…

Fill in the blank “_________ changed my life” (what changed yours?) Artist? Song? Something else?
Breaking my neck and temporarily becoming quadriplegic in 2003…
Also see above about DMC and PE in 1989 and 1990 respectively…

Up tempo or low tempo?
Depends how much oolong tea Ive had : )

What’s the 1st thing you did when you got the email that you were picked for BD2?
A little dance…

There seems to be much more interest in this beat scene with every passing day. How big can/will it get?
42

Hardware or software? What do you use?
I use my trusty lappy with Ableton live 8, a midi keyboard and when Im at home my Virus TI keyboard…

How is the beat scene where you’re from?
Yeah we have a few crews putting on some heavy nights down here and we are lucky to have some dons in Sydney including Mark Pritchard and Steve Spacek who recently became official “Aussies”!

Aside from being selected for BD2, what has been a crowing achievement musically?
I was accepted to attend the Redbull Music Academy in Barcelona in 08 which was fuckin unbelievable! Also to scratch alongside virtuoso guitarist Slava Gregorian, and tabla player Bobby Singh at the Sydney Opera House was crazy!

Where’s the future taking you?
Here, just got back.

Dizz1 – Sydney, Australia – http://www.myspace.com/dizzleone

From the archives, Flying Lotus interview

Juha — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:08:22 +0000

Early 2007, Flying Lotus played in Amsterdam for the first time. This took place at the Paradiso, and was also organised by Cinnaman. The Beat Dimensions EP was released soon after that, and the rest is history.

Fortunately we have public radio in the Netherlands, and on that radio there are some very alert people – like Radna Rumping, now host of Future Vintage, then Benjamin hip hop journalist. It was Radna who interviewed FlyLo then. Listen to that interview here.

The cats are biting, a dialogue with Flying Lotus part one

Juha — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:44:09 +0000

Recent RZA-ally Flying Lotus (real name Steven Ellison, Los Angeles, 1983) has released two EPs on Warp Records. He is about to present his first album, Los Angeles, which will be available from June. In honour of this, the Bimhuis in collaboration with Beat Dimensions has invited Flying Lotus to perform in Amsterdam next week. audioculture.org asked him some questions.

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Juha van ‘t Zelfde «You are about to release an album on the renowned electronic music label Warp Records from Sheffield. While growing up in the US, did you listen to any of the artists (Squarepusher, Aphex Twin, Autechre) that helped establish this label?»

Flying Lotus «Yeah, I listened to their stuff quite a bit. Especially Aphex, Broadcast, and Squarepusher. Those are still some of my favorite folks. It’s funny though, because of their past, I never thought they’d be interested in releasing anything I made, but that’s the beauty of Warp, they’re not caught up in their past, they’re constantly trying to move forward.»

JZ «So how did you and Warp meet? Did you send out material, or do they have an advanced radar system that tracks musical talent?»

FL «A little bit of both. My stuff was buzzing around the office for a bit. Then Prefuse heard my stuff and started raving about it.»

JZ «Does releasing music on a label with a strong identity as Warp influence your take on music making? Have your methods and equipment changed? If you look at another recent genre, dubstep has been evolving through collective mimesis of a current style, like the Loefah-bassline, the Coki-synths, and the 8-bit-continuum of Rustie, Zomby and Darkstar. Do you think there is a certain aesthetic you are part of? And is that a conscious decision, to be either part of it or to try to ignore it?»

FL «For a while, I felt the pressure of being on Warp, but I think playing shows influenced my music more than anything else, which I realize. You just kind of have to stop and remember why you started in the first place. In my case, I was just having fun. So I’m trying hard to hang on to that feeling.

Methods have just gotten tighter, I am learning new techniques, as far as eq-ing goes. I just want my sound to be as big as possible; and yeah, the equipment has changed too, but I hardly use any of the crap I buy.

I try not to be part of any one scene, I try to be part of it all. I love it all, I make all that kind of music, so I just try to do my thing. I try not to pay too much attention to what people are doing, but it’s important to stay current, and keep up with what’s happening in bass music. A lot of kids these days are turning this music into a fad, and its kind of discouraging. I feel like I’m going to have to switch it up again, too many cats are biting.»

(To be continued)

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Flying Lotus will play a special experimental live set at Beat Dimensions at the Bimhuis on Friday 2 May. He will be joined by fellow Warp-prodigy Hudson Mohawke, and Amsterdam beat scientists Cinnamon and Aardvarck.