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focusing in on a corner of music: beats. everything that has a beat and isn't too hectic. from old jazz, funk & soul to downtempo, hiphop and breakbeat. read album reviews, audio production tips and more!
Recent Posts Tagged With 'electronic'
boemklatsch & swurdin present: bangers
Over the last months I got some comments about the music and styles we’re covering on thebeats.nl, and especially about the apparent lack of electronic beats. At first I was dismissive about inc...
elaquent: massive free downloads!
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 MP3...
blocsonic / comfort fit live (past event)
“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...
3 free dutch beattapes
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 shou...
niwa’s audio corner #002: free vsti(i)’s 02: fish fillets
To me, compressors are a must-have. Whether you want to emphasize a single sound, pump up your drum loops or just lift the loudness of a signal without generating hard peaks, a decently set up compres...
niwa’s audio corner #001: free vst(i)’s 01 - cyanide
Since Skidz is droppin’ knowledge on his favourite part of music (records and originals), I have decided to share some stuff about my production methods, tools and views. It will be mainly based...
spinnin’ live: black sheep / boemklatsch presents a-trak
There’s a lot going on this friday in our little country when it comes to beats, and we’re presenting you with some of the highlights. Maybe it’s time for us to put up a little agend...
id.eology #046 - because best things are free
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 them...
bmkltsch release / rof!
Now that “More Than Meets The Ear vol. 2” is finished, we’ve finally got some time to get back to regular posting again. And there’s been a lot going on while we were ‘aw...
eat concrete
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...
comfort fit - forget and remember
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 C...
refreshing sound sessions
Tonight there’s a nice show @ Ekko (Utrecht, NL) where the band Mocky plays _and_ gets remixed live by Jazzanova, Stevendepeven and Domu. The evening is a concept of Heineken (the beer brand), i...