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Three of Kansas City's best oddball beat-makers, Dan Matic, Wandering Mayor (pictured) and Bmoody (all repping the Outer Peoples crew) will have tracks coming out on the awesome, Belgium-based record label, Urban Waves, through the second volume of the "Intergalactic Travels"…
Kansas City's Osiris-1 (on the beat) and Abnorm (on the rhymes, and pictured above), recently cranked out a brand new track, "Gary Coleman." Abnorm runs with Osiris' gamer beat, laying down a chorus that brings it all together, "Life's an arcade, gotta find what's worth…
![MONTHLY MIX FOR DEMENCHA: Sigrah [April 2013]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/screen-shot-01-EDIT.jpg&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
Kansas City DJ/producer, Sigrah, just knocked out our Featured Mix for April. On the 160 BPM, juke and footwork tip, this mix is a warm indication of what is lurking in his Serato crates and greater music collection. While we're no strangers to the juke sound over here at…
![FEATURED ARTIST OF THE MONTH: Two4One [April 2013]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/screen-shot-EDIT.png&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
Kansas City-based rap duo, Two4One (Belligerent & Dutch Young), have only been creating music together for about a year, but they're quickly building a rep based on their blistering, energetic live hip hop performances throughout the Midwest. As you'll see in this video…
Kansas City was blasted on a national scale at least twice last year resulting from occurrences at Kauffman and Arrowhead Stadium, beginning with some extended heckling of a Yankee at their own All-Star Game. The Matt Cassel and Eric Winston debacle didn’t exactly uphold the…
![REVIEW: Hymnlayas – “Lift Ya Hands Hy” [Wilshire District]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hymnlayas-EDIT-2.gif&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
Kansas City hip hop vets, Tommy Lift, Mic Brass, and DJ Hylanda are The Hymnlayas and they have just released their first full-length album, Lift Ya Hands Hy. The beat collective has gathered up an impressive roster of guest appearances with their minimalist, loop driven…
Paris-based DJ/producer and Moveltraxx label head-honcho, Big Dope P, recently asked us to host just one track from Jersey-dweller, DJ Tiga's new Jersey Club and trap EP - Beat'n Down Yo Block, which recently saw a release on Moveltraxx. From our perch in the Middle of…
![Loose Squares Label Showcase w/ Murderbot, Calculon, Sinistarr, Austin Speed @ Union [5/31]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/CHRISSY-MURDERBOT-EDIT.jpg&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
Chrissy Murderbot's Sleazetone Records sister imprint, Loose Squares, are throwing a showcase party at the Union in Westport on May 31. This is probably one of the better looking DJ lineups to come through Westport in a while, including Murderbot himself, Calculon (San…
![“FUTURO” w/ NMEZEE, Sigrah & guest Leonard DStroy @ Riot Room [4/16]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/@MollyMalonePhotography_DemenchaKillDevilClub-34-of-41-EDIT.jpg&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
Every 3rd Tuesday of each month, area DJ/producers, NMEZEE and Sigrah, lend their styles to the Riot Room's patio. From juke, kuduro, electro, techno and a smattering of other jingles, the pair seem to be on a mission to exercise any and every forward-thinking electronic…
[photo courtesy of Javonne French for Demencha Magazine, 2012] Given any amount of attention to KC’s rap scene for damn near a decade you’re most likely familiar with CES Cru, whose multi-faceted, electric, elastic flows have consistently dominated a city brimming with a…
