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First_Spaceshit_On_The_Moon_frontThree Fresh Instrumental Beat Tapes | Boom! I'm back from vacations eventually and got a lot free stuff to let you heads know about... In case you finished auraly digesting my post from two weeks ago, here is three fresh beat tapes of promising underground producers from Canda, the US and Germany. Have you ever heard about Elaquent, Hi-Res or fLako-san?

fLako - "Footprints" (MP3)
Hi-Res - "Watch" (MP3)
Elaquent - "Pixelated Mess" (MP3)




If you are not familiar with the traditions of beat tapes, let me give you a brief introduction. Producers publish beat tapes to introduces themselves to the scene and pave the way for possible cooperations. Usually, these tapes are collections of beats rather than perfectly produced songs. Typical beat tapes show a variety of styles in maybe 20 different skits, each lasting one to two minutes. The best-known beat tapes are "Donuts" by J Dilla (I mean, face it) and the "Rap Beats Vol. 1" CDR by Samiyam.

Here's three free beat tapes for beginners

First_Spaceshit_On_The_Moon_frontfLako is a Chilean-German producer from Berlin now living in London. His tapes "The First Space Shit on the Moon" was published via the Kwatro collective and features 30 sketches of warm and semi-electronic Rap beats. His tape is highly musical, razor sharp and sounds pretty much now. Definitive must-have, kids!

Download fLako's "The First Space Shit on the Moon" via zshare

hi-res-1080Next in line is Portland cat Hi-Res. This funky guy released his soulful tape "1080 Beats" via myspace just recently, and it's really worth a listen. Dusty-jazzy beats and samples set Hi-Res apart from most producers in the game and save the kid a top ranking in the Post-Dilla charts. So clap your hands to what he's doing.

Download Hi-Res' "1080 Beats" via zshare

In Colour Vol 3 Front Cover (by Varan)Finally, don't miss Canda's finest Elaquent. "In Colour Vol. 3" is the third installation of a series of beat tapes which are deserve your attention all together. Elaquent is working with vocal samples and cut-up Rap vocals that made people compare him to Prefuse73. Maybe the most underground, most rough tape in this collection.

Download Elaquent's "In Colour Vol. 3" via mediafire

About the Author

Phlow-Author Bettina RhymesThis article was written on 20.July 2009 by Bettina Rhymes. Bettina Rhymes is the journalist alter ego of Sven Swift. Swift runs the established CDr- and Netlabel 12rec.net and acts as a Netaudio DJ every now and then. Next to his job at Phlow Mag, he writes reviews about free music at RUBored.org. Read more articles written by Bettina Rhymes.

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10 comments

  • Immer wieder schön...

    Gravatar of ichselbst ichselbst said on
    20. Jul 2009 at 11:00 pm
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  • thanks for pointing these cats out. also check me out @

    http://myspace.com/malakaiproductions

    2 free beat tapes up! peace

    Gravatar of malakai beats malakai beats said on
    20. Jul 2009 at 11:36 pm
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  • Glad you are back! Kick back to cool stuff. Well, I didn't know about the beat-tapes yet, so thank you for putting this up!

    Gravatar of 020200 020200 said on
    21. Jul 2009 at 1:10 am
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  • A really nice package, just don't understand the strange mediafire/zshare distribution. I think the sounds are worth a proper hosting, they'll get lost on these hosting platforms.

    Gravatar of fabien fabien said on
    21. Jul 2009 at 11:37 pm
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  • you are right. dunno either. but all these cats use zshare & mediafire... it makes sense if you want to publish mixtapes that include copyprotected material but as these beat tapes are all perfectly new music... the idea of alternative copyright/ cc/ whatever are not well-known in the scene.

    Gravatar of Bettina Rhymes Bettina Rhymes said on
    22. Jul 2009 at 8:50 am
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  • yeah, exactly. i mean what about archive.org? or a proper netlabel?

    hope these guys read this. :)

    Gravatar of fabien fabien said on
    22. Jul 2009 at 8:13 pm
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  • well, i imagine there's much work to do spreading the words... nice stuff sven, thanx.

    Gravatar of applejux applejux said on
    22. Jul 2009 at 9:21 pm
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  • worry not, im reading it...lol
    i use mediafire just because its an easy-to-use free file host that lets me track the downloads. i used to use zshare, but then it stopped working for some reason...
    suggestions?

    btw, thanks for downloading ICv3. shoutouts to the homies Hi Res and fLako as well.

    one love,
    -eQ

    Gravatar of Elaquent Elaquent said on
    23. Jul 2009 at 7:15 am
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  • i'm confused a little beat, but the tape beatles [http://www.ubu.com/sound/pw/tape_beatles.html] do not belong in this genre, do they?

    Gravatar of martin martin said on
    25. Jul 2009 at 10:24 pm
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  • haha, no that's a another field - interesting anyway, but he "beat tapes" i'm referring to are nearly exclusivly hip hop!

    Gravatar of Bettina Rhymes Bettina Rhymes said on
    26. Jul 2009 at 9:43 am
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