"...The day of; like, you ever stay up ‘til 9 a.m. to finish a paper for
school and go to school with no sleep? It’s kind of like that..."
"Literally; like, up ‘til the last minute. At some point, I finally feel good about the track; We
don’t take instructions from anybody because in the end you have to trust yourself and your own creative process and do what you need to do and make your
music."
"We don’t deal with A&Rs, we don’t deal with people’s
opinions, we don’t deal with managers or them bringing us song ideas ever... We’re very internal; we just decide at some
point 'hey, we’re getting close, this is when I think it should come out'.
We aim and strive for that moment and we work tirelessly and change songs
up until the last minute and because I’m mixing it and because I’m producing
a lot of it and because I’m tracking a lot of it, or all of it, we have
the ability to do anything at any moment." - Noah "40" Shebib
If you find yourself agreeing with this quote, cop this beat_tape, and you're welcome :)
You know, lately, I feel our cat-monster Skifcha has been in a sort-of transition; he's been producing these tracks that seem to juxtapose themselves with the standards in hard dance music as a more insightful understanding of that labyrinth that is 140 beats per minute. I know it might seem a bit off for some of his fans; cause Skifcha's supposed to be just grinding bassheads and snapping snares, right? RIGHT?! Well, let me assure you that this growth in soundscape this year so far has done way more then just add genres to the kid's resume (what's chiptune anyway?); it's also seemed to change the way he goes about his beats, and that's something I'm pretty hype to hear: a little less formulaic "step" and a little more classic "dub" That doesn't mean that I don't dig his complextro-esque fuck-your-face "...finish him..." shit (wait till you hear his track on our comp) but it is nice to hear tracks like these, and know that at least there are some kids on this island taking the time to study those classic roots.
This is a mix I'm glad I've gotten the chance to upload, mostly because other issues prevented me from hearing it that night as I would have liked to (loitering around the DJ booth as I usually do). Marred by horrible weather among other things the gig quickly turned into a bunch of bass-heads and their close friends spinning sets for each other, waxing poetic in the back about what this scene could become. I for one was incredibly invigorated by the talent I saw displayed at the lounge last week; it gave me the drive to work on creating a viable, sustainable scene for us on the island for the electronic revelation that's been quickly crawling it's way into charts and festivals across the nation. Make no mistake; electronic music is becoming our generation's medium. But more to the mix at hand, I feel like this set is a prime example of where our scene is currently; Amplify's style is, well let's say expansive, he reaches from far corners of different sub-genres and pulls them together to create cohesive sets that mesh and flow; and honestly, what more could we club-goers really ask for when swaying around with drinks in our hand? So if you agree bump this mix; and if you dig this mix go hit up his soundcloud/mixcloud and post ghetto comments everywhere (oh yeah, and tell him we sentcha lol)
