The Beatmakers
No Nose
from: France
snapshot: working with glitch, abstract hip-hop environments characterized by the French beats scene. It is towards the end of the 90s that he discovers hip hop culture and electro and begins to create compositions mixing style and destructuration. Having published on several local labels under Di'fekt and his other disguise Quato. His working method is based on the use of samples and synthesizers of all styles, always keeping things fresh and off-beat. tools of choice: Maschine, an SP 404 SX and effects pedal. 
Matt Kuartz
from: Manchester, United Kingdom
snapshot: murky tape style boom bap beats for the soul tools of choice: Akai MPD24, Stanton T60, Vestax PCM 06 Pro, Teac V615, Matsui 1230 and it all runs into Ableton Live 
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Oso Blanco
from: Los Angeles, CA
snapshot: Blues, Jazz, and Funk from my father, Psychedelic Rock from my mother. A Hip Hop head since the second grade when I bought Enter the 36. Had the opportunity to play clarinet at Carnegie Hall in New York, but nothing has grabbed me like making beats. tools of choice: Maschine, SP-404sx, Macbook
Gaz Korbier
from: Barr , France
snapshot: Sample Eater tools of choice: Maschine MK2, MPC 2500
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Matt Bloom
from: San Francisco, CA
snapshot: I roam forgotten worlds and lost galaxies to find lost chords and ancient wavelengths. While I lead a lonely life I stay in contact with the human civilization through letters in the form of cassettes. tools of choice: I speak synthesizer and am fluent in samplers
Behind Clouds
from: USA
snapshot :multi-genre cloud hopper tools of choice: abelton live, sp404sx, midi keyboard
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Edison
from: Oakland, CA
tools of choice: Ableton, Octatrack, Rytm
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Scyesblu
from: Los Angeles, CA
snapshot: Beat maker from Southern California, been making music since 1998. Beats made primarily with sounds from records, no sounds from any software instruments. tools of choice: Abelton, Maschine, MPC 2000XL, MPC Studio
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Hg
from: Oakland, CA
snapshot: northern bay Area native doin' this for a minute. im rooted in that 90'-96' sh*t, tho when it comes to the beats i try to be versatile in my approach. tools of choice: Maschine MK2, Protools. shout out to the MPC 2000XL, the ASR10, and the EPS, all which ive used in the past.
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from: United Kingdom
Maitre D
from: Berkeley / Fairfax, CA snapshot: Producer/DJ, working in various genres, a lover of all styles of music. In addition to creating & performing, he works as senior instructor with Oakland nonprofit, Today's Future Sound, teaching digital music for Bay Area youth tools of choice: Abelton Push/ Live Suyite, Arturia V soft synths, Roland SP 303/404/555, Akai MPC 2500, Technics 1200's, Pioneer S9, various live percussion, and a small army of studio musicians |
EddouXL
from: San Jose, CA
snapshot: producer and multi-instrumentalist. when he's not digging in the jazz and international bins, he's enjoying long walks on the beach (preferably at dusk) with his wife and daughter. tools of choice: MPC 2000XL, chekere, sticks, blocks, agogo, tambourine, bells, shakers, finger snaps, hand claps, and other assorted percussion. 
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Dr. Drumah
from: Salvador, Brazil
Snapshot: Dr. Drumah is the stage name of the Brazilian drummer and beat-maker Jorge Dubman. His main focus is jazz-rap, creating beats influenced by the great beat-makers of the nineties, adopting a boom-bap production style. His research into samplers include jazz classics, soul and Brazilian music. tools of choice: FL Studio, MPC1000 and SP-303
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DEEP
from: Lower East Side, Manhattan
Snapshot: After enjoying a fun career in Hip Hop as the crazy half of the 2 Hungry Bros (producing for mcees Homeboy Sandman, Fresh Daily, 8thw1, P.SO, Likwuid, LIFE LONG, Creative Juices, Johnny 23 crew, and many more) the ambitious beatmaker, Deep ventured into Beat Tape Scene in 2015. Deep has enjoyed much praise and love and continues to entertain with his edgy experimental boom bap sound...
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冬K_Lo⋀f冬
from: Asheville, NC
Snapshot: ambient, downtempo, hip hop, jazz, fusion, trance
ChasBeats
from: Thessaloniki, Greece
Snapshot: moody lo-fi, downtempo, hip hop tools of choice: Reason 8, Logic, Metric Halo 2882, vinyl samples
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