Omaha World-Herald: “Ex-Omahan Picks up the Beat”
The Omaha World-Herald just ran a feature on Beats Broke and our latest EP Progressions by Arts The Beatdoctor. It’s hillarious we got top billing in the World-Herald over the new Conor Oberst solo record, and the two latest Saddle Creek signings.
Heres’s what they had to say…
Music Notes: Dutch hip-hop?
Ex-Omahan picks up the beat
By Niz Proskocil
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
Published Sunday, July 20, 2008
Nebraska native Ryan Goeller wants to expose American ears to Dutch hip-hop.
Goeller, who moved from Omaha to Austin, Texas, in 2002, runs a hip-hop record label called Beats Broke.
“My friends were making better music than what was for sale,” Goeller said about his decision to start the label.
Beats Broke recently issued its second release, “Progressions,” by Utrecht, Netherlands-based Arts the Beatdoctor.
The recording is a double 7-inch vinyl EP with a limited-edition pressing of 500. Included in each package is a download card for a digital version of “Progressions.”
“As left-field as it may sound to a mainstream music listener, there’s definitely a niche market for this type of thing,” said Goeller, a graphic designer at an Austin ad agency.
Beats Broke launched in December 2007 with the release of Kapabel & Inf’s “De Avonturen Van.”
The label’s focus is giving overseas artists exposure in the United States. Future releases are under way, and Goeller hopes to branch out into electronic music.
For more information, visit www.beatsbroke.com.
July 20th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
HAHA! Before that even got pressed I was burning copies of the KAPABEL & Inf album for my friends. I live in Omaha and bar none Max Fischer is by far the best MC in this town.