Arts The Beatdoctor will be releasing Progressions tonight in Utrecht (the Netherlands) at Ekko. It’s only a $5 Euro cover, and the doors open at 20.00, with the show popping off at 20.45. Keynote Speakerz will be opening the show (we hear they’re “ill with skill”), and Boemklatsch DJs Illvester and Mike Mago will keep the party going late into the night after Arts’ performance.
If you’re in America, you can start drinking in celebration at 2 pm (Central Standard) this afternoon and imagine you’re at the party. Just grab the EP, put your headphones on and clinch your eyes shut really really tightly.
Arts the Beatdoctor was also recently featured on KINK FM promoting the party and his new EP. Listen to the Monday, July 7th episode starting at the 23.00 hour.
411mania.com gave Progressions a glowing review today. They declared it an “INSTANT BUY!” on iTunes this week, and the EP took out some serious players like the new Beck, Ratatat and Maroon 5. Take THAT Maroon 5…
Here’s what they had to say:
“Arts the Beatdoctor—Progressions EP—now here’s a real find for me. Hip / Hop that is smooth, has a great beat and is very compelling. $3.99 for 5 tracks including a remix, INSTANT BUY! This is good stuff, right down my alley for hip hope. I liked what I heard from Evidence, and this is like that but with vocals. I’m excited to hear the full songs, but we must soldier on.”
The Austin Chronicle has a small feature on Beats Broke this week. As it turns out, Americans love Holland for more than it’s wooden shoes and hash bars…
Heres’s the scoop:
Kapabel & Inf
For the Love of the Game
Perhaps even stranger than the notion of Dutch hip-hop is that it made its American debut here in Austin via local imprint Beats Broke Records with last year’s release of Kapabel & Inf’s De Avonturen van. “The Dutch don’t get so bogged down with the commercialism of it all,” prefaces label head and Nebraska transplant Ryan Goeller, who discovered the little-known genre through his association with rapper Max Fischer. “It reminds me of the golden era of hip-hop in the Eighties, before all of the skits and shout-outs started coming in.” On Tuesday the label extends its global reach with the release of Progressions, a DJ Shadow-esque 7-inch EP from the Utrecht, Netherlands-based Arts the Beatdoctor. “Dutch is kind of a bastard language, very harsh and guttural, but a little bit romantic like French,” offers Goeller. “There’s a feeling to it that’s just as interesting as the music itself.”
“Progressions” is also available digitally via iTunes, Amazon.com and the following digital music retailers (with more stores picking up the title daily):
Bell Mobility Full Track
eMusic
GroupieTunes
lala
Last.fm Radio
Limewire
Livewire Mobile / Groove Mobile
Mbop Digital
MediaNet Digital
Mix and Burn
mTraks Download
Napster
Navio / gBox
Pure Tracks
Rhapsody
Rogers Wireless
Ruckus Network
SecuryCast Download
Slacker
Sprint
T-Online
Verizon
Thank you again to everyone who helped make this release possible. We appreciate you all so very much.
Arts The Beatdoctor - “Progressions” EP Available: Tuesday, July 8th
It’s almost here! One week from today Arts The Beatdoctor’s “Progressions” will be available worldwide. Many thanks to Skiggy Rapz, Wudstik and Pax & Pry for contributing to the record.
“Progressions” is a double seven-inch (2×7″) vinyl EP, limited to 500 numbered copies. Included in each package is the digital version of the album in high-quality MP3 format (320 kbps). Recycled chipboard packaging with vegetable-based inks make this eco-friendly gem a must have for the collection!
The digital version of the album will also be available for separate purchase. A fifth bonus track is included, which does not appear on the vinyl issue.
Both the physical and digital versions will be available in our online store. Physical versions will also be available at UndergroundHipHop.com in 2-3 weeks, and you can also pick up “Progressions” MP3s from your favorite digital retailer (i.e. iTunes, Amazon.com, ect).
Check out Sneaky Pete’s myspace page where you can pre-order his album “Monkey Business” and receive 20% off. The record contains two Inf beats, and a special guest appearance by our very own Max Fischer.
Additional congratulations go out to Sneaky Pete & Inf who peaked at the number three spot this week on the college radio rap charts according to RapAttackLives.com with Sneaky Pete’s “U Don’t Know.” The single held strong at number seven last week.
Sneaky Pete is also performing at the Webbie Awards Gala After Party tonight in New York City with Ludacris!!! This is all thanks to WeMix.com, a website Ludacris developed to discover up-and-coming talent (thus noticing Sneaky Pete). Webby award-winners, who include David Byrne, will.i.am and Stephen Colbert, will then party late into the night with NYC DJ legend Stretch Armstrong.
Looks like Sneaky Pete may be getting the “Colbert Bump.”
This is one of the most spectacular pieces of animation I’ve ever seen. I remember instances of wall art put into limited motion a time or two in the past, but this one completely destroys all previous attempts. It is, for all intents and purposes, a short film created entirely with animated graffiti.
I am proud to announce that Beats Broke is releasing the new Arts The Beatdoctor EP entitled “Progressions” on Tuesday, July 8th.
A preview track from the new EP will be available on our site on Thursday, June 12th. We’ll also be revealing the cover art at that time.
The release party will be exactly one month later, on Saturday, July 12th at Ekko in Utrecht, NL. Keynote Speakerz will be opening the show, with the Boemklatsch DJ’s playing the after party.
The EP will be available as a double 7-inch record, limited to 500 units, with a free digital download card included in each package. The digital version will also be available worldwide via your favorite digital retailer, and on our site at www.beatsbroke.com.
Europeans, take advantage of the weak U.S. dollar and import these albums now at an exchange rate of only $6.42 euros!!! You can actually purchase an album (with overseas shipping) cheaper than a U.S. customer could buy it (without shipping). How crazy is that?!?
Thank the U.S. government and their continued war efforts for these hip-hop values…
