The place to find and share independent music. From hip-hop to pop, dubstep to drum n bass; Beatnik is your filter.
Latest Posts
A night of warm, disco-ish house.
Don’t miss Brooklyn genre bending masters, Metro Area Live at the Oval Space this weekend.
The brainchild of veteran producers Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani, Metro Area was born out of the duo’s dichotomous love of both the old moods of R&B, disco and boogie and the more cutting-edge sound of innovative house and techno
Stick the kettle on, sit back and brew to Boxbeats Vol. 2— a super chilled instrumental hip hop project put together by the beat collective Phonophanatic out of The Netherlands.
The 2nd installment in the Phonophanatic Boxbeats series and just like Vol. 1, expect a broad variety of exclusive, instrumental hip-hop beats crafted by a group of young but deadly-talented producers from around the world.
It’s free to download via the player and for more info on each artist and on the series visit the bandcamp.
First Impressions is the debut album from The Robert Digweed Collective.
It offers some fresh new ideas to Jazz from a generation of new blood.
These arrangements of distinctly recognisable Jazz standards have been removed from their creative origins and stylised with a Jazz-Funk Fusion aesthetic.
Check out the remix project Second Chances with the likes of Herma Puma, Handbook and Debian Blak to name a few.
Low riding with Whiz Khalifa.
Taken from Krush & Orange Juice.
Beatnik’s Creative Director Ali Raymond drops his midweek mix.
This week it’s an extra special mix in conjunction with good friend and rising print creative Lisa King as she celebrates the launch of her latest collection ‘Street Flora’ which features the ‘Screwprint’ and her pop-up shop in London’s Boxpark Shoreditch.
Lisa King has worked with an array of designers, from Boudicca and Diane Von Furstenberg, to Calvin Klein and Armani and was even been commissioned to work on the centre piece dress for the Victoria and Albert’s exhibition Kylie Minogue: Image of a pop star in 2007. This spring she also launch a super cool printed shoe collaboration with Clarks Originals.
Her pop-up shop opens from 23-30 May. Find more info on facebook.
Other Screwprint Sessions include Ghostpoet, Django Django, Debian Blak to name a few.
More info on Lisa King and the Screwprint collection.
Remember if you like any of the music featured please support the artists.
Tracklist
Shy Girls – Under Attack (The Drum Remix)
The xx – Together
Oppaa – Nquestia
Koreless – Sun
Pále feat. Joshua Idehen – Playing Truant
Hiatus feat. Shura – We Can Be Ghosts Now
Basement Jaxx – Being With U
Daughter – Youth
Tropics feat. Gavin Turek – Courage
Ghostpoet – Meltdown
Noisses – Burning Star
Pedestrian – Hoyle Road
Anushka – I Have Love 4 You
Debian Blak – Hawks & Spies (Real Remix)
After their stunning debut Crooks & Lovers in 2010, the anticipation can not be measured for Mount Kimbies follow up Cold Spring Fault Less Youth.
Influenced according to the duo by being on tour for two years straight it has a bigger and more free sound than their previous records. It also contains features which is a new direction for the guys.
Stream the 11 track gem over at NPR.
Here’s on of our favourites from the release—’You Took Your Time’ featuring the crooning rapping of UK vocalist King Krule.
We just can’t get enough of new young rapper Bigg Dogg.
This time as part of his crew Ground Up Gang, there’s no denying his huge talent as he kills this cypher.
Download this track with Ground Up Gang’s free mixtape The Foundation.
We were floored by the beauty of this new track from UK’s own Snakehips and have had it on repeat since.
It boast a super cool video too.
Can you recognise the chorus?
Handbook nicely spreads an array of dusty beats with his latest chilled offering.
Born in Scunthorpe, UK, but raised in York, Handbook is one of the most talented beatmakers we have come across while surfing the oceans of internet.
Dustworks is released via Pragmatic Theory and adds further weight to their super cool discography.
If you’re liking what you hear be sure to check Handbook’s mix exclusively for Beatnik.
A soulful drum n bass track to motivate your week from two legends in the genre.
14th return after a slight hiatus with a minimalistic and vocal lead rework of two garage classics— ‘Are You Sleeping?’ by Indo vs ‘Never Gonna Let You Go’ by Tina Moore.
It’s so good to see the electronic duo return with such a punch.
Download for free via the player.
You might also like
Mayer Hawthorne and Jessie Ware teaming up is enough to turn any head.
Wonderfully connecting both sides of the pond.
For this fridays guest mix we have the retro-futuristic duo Futurecop.
Formed back in 2007, Manzur Iqbal and Peter Carol started to create music together that reminded them of their childhood. Since then they have gone on to tour all over the world receiving support and acclaim from the likes of Tiesto, Diplo, Annie Mac, even Kelly Clarkson, and all through out this journey their sense of nostalgia has remained central.
2013 has already been a big year for the Cop with the release of singles ‘Misanthropist Wolf’ and ‘Superheroes’ gaining major support. Plus with the planned release of two albums coming later this year things only seem to be getting bigger.
For their mix, Futurecop have put together a typically poppy retro infused collection of tracks to get your friday off to a good start. Or any day for that matter.
‘Our mix is a collection of tracks we love, vintage, dancey yet heartfelt. All the artists are people we really admire, because they break down genre boundries.’ – Futurecop
Futurecops Soundcloud
Futurecops Facebook
Tracklist
Rilo Kiley – Pictures of Success
DWNTWN – Hungry Hearts
Futurecop! feat. Kristine – Superheroes (Azure Blue Remix)
Futurecop! – Atlantis 1997
Miami Nights 1984 – Ocean Drive
Ocean Drive Lifelike – Discomachine
Pictureplane – Real is Feeling
College – Révélation
Futurecop! – Misanthr:)pist Wolf
Viceroy & French Horn Rebellion – Friday Nights
She – Headshot
Boys Noize – What You Want (Christine Remix)
Justice – Helix
Jamin Winans – The City Surf
Another great remix from one of our favourites—Four Tet.
Happy Friday.
A Thievery Corporation & Tycho collaborative EP is more then enough reason to press play.
An arresting release. Lets hope for more.
Words can’t describe our love for new artist MOKO right now. Effortlessly cool, with the gorgeous injections of trip-hop and early dance elements like Massive Attack joined with a whole heep of soul make ‘Hand On Heart’ another gem from the South London singer.
It’s a feeling we all get when we have found the next big big thing.
Get ready for a vocal extravaganza tonight as the amazing and extraordinary Boxettes prepare to marvel and delight at London’s The Jazz Cafe.
If you don’t know by now The Boxettes are a all female vocal group featuring the female world beatbox champion Bellatrix, and four of London’s finest new vocalists.
Support comes in the form of electronic wizard Debian Blak who himself as a number of releases with one fifth Boxettes— Neo Joshua.
