Sep 26

That mothafucka Koen from Groningen is back with a his latest “Outputs 2″ EP. Always coming correct with the soulful beats…just listen to “916″.

Koen – 916

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Nov 10

Talented Dutch producer Dukehugh, hailing from Groningen, seems to amaze us time and time again. This time with the “St. Louis To Madrid” remix EP he dropped yesterday on his Bandcamp. You remember Olivier DaySoul‘s “Mr Saint Louis” EP produced by Odissee right? Well Hugo manages to conjure up four remixes each with a totally different take. This thing is all over the place and goes from Broken to Dub and from Future Soul to Bossatronic. Please leave a nice comment if you enjoy this free download…I know you will!

Olivier DaySoul – Labor (Duke Hugh Futuresoul Remix)

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Olivier DaySoul – In The Now (Duke Hugh Bossatronic Remix)

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Nov 05

Dutch producer Koen sent me another freebie yesterday, so I thought why not share this RoSpit “For The Money” with you guys. I’m liking the production a lot and once again this cat from Groningen is holdin’ it down…worldwide. Show them what you got homie, cuz I know you got a lot!

RoSpit – For The Money Ft. T. Calmese (prod. by Koen)

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Aug 17

outputs-front

Dutch producer Koen (from Groningen to be exact) released a free, digital download – “Outputs” - consisting of 7 beats. All beats were produced by Koen except for “681″ which was produced by Koen & Jay Hats. Wake up Jay…wake up! I know you sleeping somewhere in your studio, while we’re all anxiously awaiting your debut album. Perhaps 2011 is your year…who knows. Many thanks to Koen for dropping this free download HERE on his Bandcamp.

Koen – 323

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Koen & Jay Hats – 681

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Nov 11

Ro_Spit

Straight from the D we bring to you Ro Spit. This performer has rocked mics at venues across Metro Detroit area, Chicago, and Ohio. Vastly expanding his fandom eventually opening national acts including The ClipseWale, and Talib Kweli as well as performing with seasoned veterans such as DJ Premier and Slum Village.

RO will be droppin’ his album, “The Closest Thing to Him”, early 2010 and we were excited to hear our buddy Koen (from Blocnotes) has produced it entirely. It features artists such as Black Milk, Marvwon, Guilty Simpson, Illite, One Be Lo, Monica Blaire, Elzhi and more. Also Ro Spit has a collaboration EP with 14KT coming out.

Ro Spit – Yours Truly Feat. Stretch Money & Monica Blaire (Prod. by Koen)

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Oct 26

nangdo

Just got an email from our homie Koen from Blocnotes about a producer from the Netherlands called Nangdo. He’s all about chopping up 70′s/soul/breakbeats/whatever- stuff. We’re really excited about this “02″ track and you’d better keep your eyes on this cat from Groningen, cuz he’s making moves next year. He finished his new mixtape and is doing some beats for several dutch MC’s. European and Stateside MC’s…better holla at this guy before he blows up.

Nangdo – 02

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Jun 25

nextop

A couple of days ago an envelope dropped on our mat. It turned out our pal Koen had sent us their upcoming album “Nextop”. Now for those who’ve never heard of Blocnotes before…here’s the 411.

Hailing from Groningen, this Dutch trio consists of beat-genius Koen and MC’s Roelie and Vinnie. They’ve been making music for quit a while now and left somewhat of a hiatus…only to return brick-hard with a brand new 11 track album called “Nextop”.

Now we’re known to be the pickiest motherfuckers this side of the planet, but our verdict is BUY! The first two tracks on the album (“Je Hoort Ons” and “Een Lijn”) are so damn dope, we didn’t need to hear any more. It was a done deal and no surprise they made a VIDEO of “Een Lijn”. It was done by Patrick Louwerse and blew our minds. Check it out by clicking on the word VIDEO! As long as we’re doing shout outs…big ups Rebekka Thenu for the additional vocals. Ya’ll can download the sampler HERE (via Nalden.net) and don’t forget to BUY “Nextop” at Freshcotton when it drops the first week of July.

Okay here’s the deal! We are giving away an early copy of “Nextop” (plus some neat stickers) for the most original comment about their new song/video “Een Lijn”. Leave as many as you like and next week you might find something on your doormat as well!

Blocnotes – Een Lijn

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Jun 06

shawn-jackson-koen

Today has already started out to be a wonderful day…musically that is. One of Groningen’s finest Koen – also one third of Blocnotes – just hit us up with an unreleased Shawn Jackson track that (to our knowledge) was never released. Now apperently we need to keep telling ya’ll how stupidly fresh Mr. Jackson is and that he’s one of L.A.’s best. Massive shout out to our fam at Tres Records and A-Side Worldwide for keeping it live and Koen for the sickness!

Shawn Jackson – Soopafly 2 (Prod. by Koen)

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Jun 26

Once again, a Dutch producer on MoovmntDotcom. If you already had Moovmnt in your daily siteroll, you knew The Netherlands is home of some of the world’s greatest producers like FS Green, Sir OJ, Hayzee, Louis Bordeaux, Nicolay, I.N.T. The next producer we will introduce is Koen.    

Koen is the producer behind the Dutch hiphop group ‘Blocnotes’.  With previous releases as Koen & Vuitton “Je favoriete overburen” and the BTS mix. Koen is becoming one of the driving forces in the Dutch beat community.

Blocnotes will release a new album entitled “Nextop” soon, fully produced by Koen. Koen might even compile a solo CD of instrumentals this year. We’ll keep u posted on that.

Koen – 289

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Koen – Beat Snippets 2008

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Blocnotes – Mijn Droom (Download “Je favoriete overburen”)

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Koen On BTS Radio (Download)

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