Mantra

Melbourne emcee Rob Tremlett, aka Mantra, is back with a new autobiographical single and a new record deal with Ten To Two Records of Seth Sentry fame. Beats gets him on the line to shoot the breeze...
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Behind The Decks: P.Smurf Posted 23 May 2013 @ 11:42am 16 views 0 comments Are you a member of any crews? Daily Meds, Reverse Polarities, Sketch The Rhyme and Big Village Records.   Do you have any record releases to date? What are they? Where can I get them? Daily Meds have released a self titled EP, plus our debut album Happy Daze. I have recently released my debut solo EP The Story So Far, and have also contributed to the Big Things Vol.1 and 2 compilations....
Behind The Decks: Midnite Sleaze Posted 22 May 2013 @ 11:14am 40 views 0 comments Where's the strangest place you've woken up? A vineyard.   Describe yourself using the title of a song. Get Lucky.   What was the weirdest thing you believed as a child? That I was Batman.   The most awkward moment you've had as a DJ? Having the music cut out at our first festival gig.   What would be the worst dance track in the world to be tortured with on repeat? David...
The Tongue Posted 21 May 2013 @ 12:24pm 69 views 0 comments Sydney’s battle MC extraordinaire, The Tongue, is back with album number three that will (hopefully) not be his last. After opening for the likes of Public Enemy and Dizzee Rascal, releasing three mixtapes, two albums and one EP as well as being a crucial member of the ever-expanding and fiercely loyal Elefant Tracks family, it has been a while since The Tongue did a tour of his own. He’s...
Flatbush Zombies Posted 17 May 2013 @ 10:17am 50 views 0 comments There are two ways to go when you’re a rapper who gets blog-famous, discovered on YouTube and written about on the strength of a solid mixtape. You can be like Drake, Kid Cudi, Wale and all the other rappers who signed to a major label and then kicked off a career of releasing disappointing albums that, restricted by worrying about your sample-clearance budget and demographics, lack the...
Q&A: Known Associates Posted 16 May 2013 @ 1:55pm 241 views 0 comments What do you love about making music? Mouf: I like the fact it's strait from my imagination. I can conjure up songs from my mind from scratch and produce anything I want with no barriers or anything to stop me. It's freedom at its finest. So I guess the thought process of making music is what I like the most, getting in the zone and writing lyrics. Ciec: I love the whole process from making a...
Tom Showtime Posted 16 May 2013 @ 1:43pm 175 views 0 comments What do you love the most about the ghetto funk/nu funk genre?   It’s a mid-tempo genre that blends breakbeat, funk, hip hop, and bass music with lots of bootlegs and mash-ups – guaranteed party starting business. It’s basically larger sounding, more dance-floor friendly versions of the tracks you love, laced with hyped hip hop lyrics and fuelled by big beats and bigger bass lines.  ...
Mobin Master Vs. Tate Strauss Posted 16 May 2013 @ 12:36pm 128 views 0 comments Two of Australia’s biggest dance music stalwarts, Mobin Master and Tate Strauss, are about to embark on a nationwide tour with their new club anthem Dreams. Mobin and Tate have been producing, collaborating and DJing as part of Melbourne’s club scene for years. They were pulling in the crowds before EDM was big, earning the attention of international names like Tiesto, Laidback Luke and...
Far East Movement Announce 2013 Tour Posted 16 May 2013 @ 10:34am 177 views 0 comments Far East Movement will be bringing beats from the dance floors of LA to our backyard for a secret Melbourne show this July. The US electro-rap superstars have toured alongside some of the biggest in the business including Lady Gaga, Jay-Z, Rihanna and Lil Wayne. Their smash hits Like A G6, Live My Life (feat. Justin Bieber) and Turn Up The Love (feat. Cover Drive) shot them to notoriety.
Q&A: Tee Mac Posted 15 May 2013 @ 7:27pm 225 views 0 comments When and why did you start rapping? At the age of 19. I was influenced early on by groups such as Public Enemy and 2 Live Crew, also NWA, but my main influence was and always will be 2pac.   Have you collaborated with any other hip hop artists? Locally I worked with an artist called T Dub on the Sunshine Coast. We have our own crew called Paypah Stackaz. Internationally I’ve worked with...
Clubfeet Reveal Single Launch Posted 15 May 2013 @ 6:52pm 126 views 0 comments Melbourne five piece Clubfeet have announced a national tour to celebrate the release of their latest single Cape Town. It follows the January release of their sophomore album Heirs & Graces. Aside from Garnering critical acclaim, it spawned the hit singles Heartbreak and Everything You Wanted. The latter now has over 600,000 plays across YouTube and Vimeo.   Cape Townis a homage to...
10 Years Of Darkbeat Posted 15 May 2013 @ 2:16pm 108 views 0 comments 2013 is a year of milestones for Melbourne’s foremost underground electronic collective, Darkbeat. Currently celebrating its 10th anniversary, founder Daniel Banko’s ‘empire’ has recently expanded into a record label of the same name and, in acknowledgement of all of its achievements over the last decade, is releasing its first ever three-disc compilation. It also marks the direction which Banko...
RaRa Posted 14 May 2013 @ 4:05pm 319 views 0 comments Melbourne hip hop quartet RaRa are frontier men. This youthful foursome made up of Ll’vo (Darren Parisella), Lovely Me (Nathanael Dixon), River Deep (real name) and KL (Cale Foley) are here to tear down your perceptions of Aussie hip hop through confronting messages and complex beats. “We’re trying to break away from that ‘skip hop’ stigma that Aussie hip hop has. RaRa is creating vibes and...
Behind The Decks: Chestwig Posted 14 May 2013 @ 3:53pm 32 views 0 comments Where's the strangest place you've woken up? I’ve never woken up anywhere strange, or ever at all.  Life is dreamy.   What was the weirdest thing you believed as a child? That I could sing really really good.   The most awkward moment you've had as a DJ?  I was about to play a little stage at a festival in Germany, and the sound guy decided to move my...
Eloquor Posted 10 May 2013 @ 11:06am 104 views 0 comments Prepare to get your mind blown when Melbourne MC Eloquor [Donny Pelsoczy] unleashes his third effort, From The Oceans Of Karana, this month. A ‘concept record’ in the truest sense of the word, this is one epic baby that is literally akin to an offspring rather than a mere piece of music in more ways than one. “I’ve got a five-year-old son and I also have a one-and-a-half-year-old, so...
Tribeadelic's 17th Birthday Celebrations Posted 9 May 2013 @ 2:53pm 127 views 0 comments Tribeadelic are celebrating their 17th birthday with a huge party next month. It's set to be a night to remember with all four rooms being opened for the monumental evening.   The Tribeadelic Room will feature, Time Lock, Everblast, Chromotone, Fractail Glider, Legohead and Billy the Kid. The Subsonic Room will be graced by the sound of Weeked Heroes-Felix, MSG, Dylan Griffin, Mood...
Von-D, Caspa and Perverse For Heavy Innit Posted 8 May 2013 @ 5:19pm 140 views 0 comments Heavy Innit are set to deliver a night of heavy bass music with fresh and exciting internationals in tow. London-based DJ and producer, Von-D is renowned for his ability to fill dance floors, fuse genres and hold his own in collaborations with some of the biggest names in underground music. He’s a regular on Rinse FM and with a strong technical grounding at the centre of his eclectic and...
Breach And Route 94 Announce Melbourne show Posted 8 May 2013 @ 5:13pm 153 views 0 comments Two of the UK's most foremost producers are set to descend on Melbourne. Breach spent his formative musical years in Bristol and from there he moved on to live in Amsterdam. He recently released his ground-shaking Jack EP on Claude Von Stroke's Dirtybird label, which has received support from the likes of Claude himself, French Fries, Julio Bashmore, Midland, Eats Everything, Dusky, Dark...
Rudimental Posted 8 May 2013 @ 11:18am 133 views 0 comments It was little surprise that Beats’ original interview slot with UK drum and bass sensations Rudimental was postponed. The evening before our scheduled chat, the band’s new single, Waiting All Night, hit number one in the UK single charts. You’d expect nothing less than a gigantic celebration and you can’t begrudge the band a little lie-in after a couple of shandies. “We were 30,000 copies...
Spoonbill Posted 7 May 2013 @ 1:10pm 76 views 0 comments Melbourne producer Spoonbill is an innovator of music. Nine years ago, when he first started making beats, he had no idea that his music would resonate so strongly with the ‘bush doof’ scene. After just releasing his new EP Boca Fiesta, Spoonbill’s human side, Jim Moynihan, caught up with Beats to invite us to a mouth party, stack some feedback, build a house and finally let us go...
Omar-S 2013 Melbourne Show Posted 4 May 2013 @ 9:23am 600 views 0 comments Having already been announced for the Vivid LIVE festival in Sydney, Omar-S has added a Melbourne date to his Australian itinerary.  One of Detroit's most revered contemporary producers, his 2013 tour comes off the back of his latest release Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself.   The techno and house stalwart was meant to return to Melbourne in 2011 for a show alongside Robert...
Bombs Away Posted 2 May 2013 @ 10:26pm 109 views 0 comments With new track Drunk Arcade ready for release, Bombs Away are living the high life after honing their skills for years. One half of the brother duo, Sketch, spoke to Beats ahead of their upcoming visit to Villa. Former Perth club promoters-turned-nationwide DJs and producers Tommy Shades and Sketch have always been all about the party, churning out hits like Party Bass and Super Soaker...
Party Profile: Big Dancing Saturdays Posted 1 May 2013 @ 6:46am 88 views 0 comments When is it? Every Saturday.   Where is it? Laundry Bar, Fitzroy.   Who's playing? Mafia, Mat Can’t, Get Busy, M-Phazes and Brooklyn Queenz.   What sort of shit will they be playing? Hip hop, party, trill.   What's the crowd going to be like? Party People.   What will we remember in the AM? That you had a fucking amazing time!   What's the wallet damage? Pub prices...
Opiuo Posted 1 May 2013 @ 6:13am 160 views 0 comments Oscar Davey-Wraight is not your run-of-the-mill beat maker. Specialising in funkadelic bass music and glitch hop, this producer from New Zealand, now living in Melbourne, is an artist of the old fashion creed. Beats converses with him about his recent work and he brand new his live show.  Opiuo aka Oscar Davey-Wraight's recent Butternut Slap EP series is something else. His intricate and...
Terrafractyl Posted 30 Apr 2013 @ 11:33am 178 views 0 comments At first glance, classical music and psytrance seem like unlikely bedfellows. Aside from Infected Mushroom’s 2000 album Classical Mushroom and the amusing moniker of Russian darkpsy producer Psykovsky, you’d be forgiven for thinking the two styles of music have very little in common. But for Melbourne producer Felix Greenlees — who performs as both psytrance-oriented project...
DJ Woody Posted 30 Apr 2013 @ 11:29am 234 views 0 comments It sounds like the lengthy flight over from England has left DJ Woody feeling slightly unbalanced when he answers the phone a day prior to the opening gig on his first Australian tour. “Still recovering from the flight I think. Landed yesterday at 5am, so still disorientated a little bit really,” he says. Thankfully he’s permitted a day of rest before grabbing hold of the decks to scratch...
Behind The Console: Solaires Posted 30 Apr 2013 @ 10:51am 151 views 0 comments Where's the strangest place you've woken up? A paddock in Altona, no idea how I got there, last thing I remember I was in the city. A local old chap gave me a lift to the station. He was a good guy. I also once woke up folded awkwardly upside down in the front seat of a stranger's Suzuki Swift. It was weird.   What was the weirdest thing you believed as a child? That suede was pronounced '...
Dirty South Posted 26 Apr 2013 @ 7:27am 102 views 0 comments In Australia, we know him best for his infectious singles and chart-topping remixes for the likes of Snoop Dogg and U2, but in America, Melbourne DJ/producer Dirty South (Dragan Roganovic) is in the process of transforming his image, having just released his debut album Speed Of Life. Featuring collaborations with Joe Gill, Rudy and Ruben Haze (a very different, ‘indie’ side project...
Sonny Fodera Posted 24 Apr 2013 @ 5:33pm 210 views 0 comments In Australia, Sonny Fodera is already well-known for his smooth brand of deep house, but this year the local DJ/producer is about to go worldwide, starting with a move to Europe and cementing it with his (very aptly-named) debut full-length, Moving Forward. Signed to Chicago’s renowned house label Cajual Records and listing the imprint’s head honcho Cajmere as a close buddy, Fodera is well...
ShockOne Posted 24 Apr 2013 @ 10:40am 208 views 0 comments No-one could be more relieved than Perth-born/UK-based DJ and producer ShockOne (Karl Thomas) is right now. No-one could be more delighted and surprised either, given that his debut album Universus not only came together after three long years in the making, but also managed to spawn two chart-topping singles with Crucify Me and Chaos Theory. Even more remarkably, the...
Derrick May Posted 23 Apr 2013 @ 12:01pm 360 views 0 comments Many say that Derrick May can be a difficult person to interview. After many aborted attempts – during which he thought the same – Beats finally caught up with the Detroit techno legend for an extended chat and it turns out he is funny, fascinating, extremely passionate about his music and is finally considering going back into the studio. Good news is worth waiting for. Derrick May could be...