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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We were chilling at KCRW with Anthony Valadez last night and boy what a night it was. We’ve been doing so many things and staying up till 4am was pretty tiring. Had a blast though and we got to select some tunes that Anthony played at the end of his show. Check out his show HERE and show sum love..
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This Friday we go for Broke @ the Stroomhuis in Eindhoven. Bangin’ parties like these keep us on the grind and trust me shit will get hectic! If by any chance you are on the South side and feel like going ape-shit till 6am, this is the right party for you. To make sure we come correct we’re diggin in the crates to surprise ya’ll with some shit you might have never heard or haven’t heard in a long long time. Not just that new shit, but this time we take you back. As long as it’s soulful, we’ll be playing it. DJ Dish and our lil’ homie Jameszoo are going to be joining us upstairs and for the rest of the line-up click here.

Check our buddy Chad who looks like a young Denzel if you ask me. We wanted to do something special so we shot this promo video with the help of Joao Costa. Enjoy and perhaps see you Friday.

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When our colleagues at Laidback Radio asked us to do the ‘Pick of the Week’, we were like lets do this! Now our very first pick is one that we are truly very excited about. We’ve been friends with Jay Hats for a while and admire his musical genius. Just like LaMelodia, Jay is also from Eindhoven. And next to being a producer, he’s also a sound engineer.

Jay Hats’ music is best described as a crossing between tropical world music (loaded with frantic percussion) and contemporary club music. Jay’s music sounds like an honest breath of fresh air on a warm summer night and we dare you to take a dive into this tropical, future vintage. Let Jay take you on a trip around the world with a wide variety of arrangements cleverly blended into one album.

Together with Jay we’ve been working on getting his debut album the release it deserves and we are happy to inform you that it will be out this summer. Stay tuned on more music from the tall man…soon! Keep smiling bro..oh and follow Jay on Twitter or Facebook!

Jay Hats – Playing Her Feat. Rones (Laidback Intro)

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It took ages, or so it seemed, but finally all the audio was gathered and we asked JayHats to mix everything down so it sounds just right. No crappy sound, although please keep in mind that the beats you heard live at the battle may sound a bit different from this compilation. If you truly want to relive the moment I suggest you play these beats in a residential area, preferably as loud as possible. For those who weren’t at the Beat Battle at the Rooms of Red Bull…ya’ll missed a CLASSIC! Either way we asked all contestants to donate one beat so we could put together this compilation album. We called it “The Afterthought” because we thought it necessary to look back on what the f*ck happened that night. Since we know a little extra is always welcome, we added some bonus beats from the number 1 (Hayzee), number 2 (StatikMusic) and number 3 (J’83). Get this FREE download by clicking HERE..

Many thanks to all the beat makers for their beats. Johanna from Apple Juice Break for doing the artwork and JayHats for being the coolest motherfucker out there! This whole event was brought to you by ‘A Moovmnt with Nalden’ so don’t forget to thank Mr. Nalden too. After the jump I put this ill picture Arenda de Hoop shot during the battle and you can find the tracklist in there too…hella nice!

Hayzee – DOOMFOOD

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Bluntspeakers – Indigo Flirt

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BEAT BATTLE AT THE ROOMS OF RED BULL: “THE AFTERTHOUGHT”

01 J’83 – Dr Wiley’s Groove
02 Y’skid – Played Out
03 Marcus Sebastian – Nasty Lady
04 1st Angle – Yo
05 Jay Bordeaux – Attack 2A
06 Bluntspeakers – Indigo Flirt
07 Hayzee – Roustabouts
08 Dukehugh – Gemkraft
09 Dyno – Sosis Mas
10 Louis Bordeaux – A Lo-Fi Hymn Before The Cosmic Rain
11 I-Sa – Syco3
12 Wan – BoomClickClap
13 StatikMusic – Drummond
14 FS Green – HEmawfuckinMAN
15 Presto – Colloseum
16 I.N.T – ChinChin Salute (Cats Come Wack)

Bonus Beats

17 J’83 – Boss #7
18 StatikMusic – MetalBrass
19 Hayzee – DOOMFOOD

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