The moonlight was bright making this on an overnight bus to France on tour years ago… this became “Drug Moon” on PremRock and I’d “Shelf Life” EP, marking the last long European Tour for me (5/6 weeks), and a wild run of dates that changed me forever…
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Originally made this beat on an overnight bus to Le Mans, France, 2016, and it’s fitting; a younger version of me, travelling and touring almost endlessly for those years, making music that quells the restless heart. Maybe it’s time to put it out yeah?
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Keeping my reps up on these pads while I attend the twins, so I’ll be ready to rock when the time comes. It’s one thing about the winters here I enjoy, cookin’ up the skills and vibes to bring it to y’all.
Hit me for private lessons on fingerdrumming if interested 😎
#practice #padlife
Always felt I could defeat beat block w this style of production; tight chops, 16 level bassline, Premier style drums
This became “Harder Than A Brick” ft. Roshin, Ambeez & TassNata on the Basements of Badmen Vol. 3 on Hand’solo Records
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And what a feature it was! Percee killed it, and my guy @antronvision came with killer horn parts to seal it.
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Here’s a little heat for you going into the weekend, from a joint a I produced for my guy @ShuaJames #padlife
Appreciate the love, thank you for accepting me as more than just a pad pusher #padlife
This song is about being haunted, both by my ex, and the ghost that inhabited my apartment
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One for all us cornballs here, flipping the Eagles; a courageous flip, or a bridge too far? #padlife 😉
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Dollar bin Dad doing the damn thing #padlife
Last pre-Dad routine, see you on the flipside #dadbeats #fingerdrumming #mpc #beatmaker #makingbeats #neverstop #beats #padlife
Not bad for a Dad to be … TGIF = thank god it’s fresh
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Don’t do many beats like this but when the sounds I unearth lead, I must follow. Hope y’all are having a great week!
TGIF = Thank god it’s fresh
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Beats for sale #padlife
Sampling weird jazz records into rock-like chord progressions through the prism of hiphop production under finger-synth stylings is my church … TGIF = thank god it’s fresh
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Becoming a Dad later this month has me in my lullaby beats bag, enjoying the quiet summer mornings before they make their entrance.
Hoping y’all are having a great summer!
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Somber start to this week folks, introspecting some future Daddy things after a great weekend at Bastid’s BBQ & prenatal classes. Always been inspired by those Mom’s & Dad’s out there who stay active artistically; this one’s for you
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Overlooking the Toronto Harbourfront got me in my bag y’all. With these twins due next month I’m pulling out the stops, pushing out the slaps
Hope everybody is having a great summer!
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It was an honour rocking shows this weekend at the incredible Northern Lights Music Festival in Sudbury.
Oh and shout out Nina Simone for these piano chops 😎😎😎
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Bringing the ruckus this week to the Whitby Music Fest… and maybe I’ll just keep bringing it around wherever I go, leaving little morsels of it for y’all to chew on.
Pickup your Monday and drop it off Friday with me at the Town Pump House in Whitby!
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Pad pals Fresh Kils & Creeasian throw down a two part beat symphony on their MPC’s… all in a days work for these two pad pushers, who’llpad jockey’d their way into your hearts if you let em #padlife
Weekend of shows with my dear old tourmate PremRock was awesome, but I ain’t stoppin’!
Come out to Freeplay this Friday April 25th where I’ll be doing a set of beats to accompany 2 open entry video game tournaments, Mariokart & Streetfighter, free arcade games all night with a $15 cover
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As a lover of soundtracks, how could I not be drawn to the eerie pianos & strings Severance?
What kind of card carrying MPC’ist would I be if I didn’t flip this?
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Alongside my original collaborators when I began The Fresh Kils Trio, Andrew Ivens and Anthony Rinaldi, comes a lil ditty we only sorta like to call “Measure The Meater” 🤷🏻♂️
Fresh Kils = MPC, shaker, Kaoss
Andrew Ivens = bass, guitar, Moog
Anthony Rinaldi = tenor & bari sax
#jazztrio #padlife
Stumbled onto the incredible work of Emma Harner this past year, and couldn’t help but be inspired to flip her song “Do It”
Happy Monday y’all!
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Dj Uncle Fester & Fresh Kils, as The Extremities, really were him, them and us for a hot minute, live mashing records, fingerdrumming routines and scratching up a storm
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An instrumental MPC routine of “Move Back” from my EP “Educated Guesses” w/ the incredible Henry Canyons, which features his brother Ollie on the hook, and a killer horn section composed by my guy Octavio Santos!
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I live for the funk, I die for the funk…
I may be guilty of is letting the sample sources lead my creative path, sometimes too much, sometimes just right. I just love the loop, so I let it rock, building elements around it. There’s no right way, but what do y’all think?
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Jankjazz from the Orange Lodge in Brooklyn between showcases had me in my bag. Shouts to @premrock.bsky.social for helping shoot, and for the ill preview of his new record I got while there. Possible Canadian sightings in the works
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Post tour neo-noir boxcar grooves from the silver lodge…
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