By Chris Mills | December 28, 2011 at 12:26 am | No comments
With more artists in KC doing experimental, beat music derivatives this year, I thought this separate chart would only be right. I don’t think I had near as many favorite local beats to refer to when the Demencha writers put together their 2010 music picks last year. But in...
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By Chris Mills | December 27, 2011 at 2:46 pm | No comments
As we mentioned over the weekend, KC-beat guru, Leonard DStroy, has a new album coming out soon. Soon is today. The Elm & Oak label is calling this a "collage album", featuring over 50 beats in just nine tracks. The name behind the album seems rather simple now. We've always...
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By Chris Mills | December 22, 2011 at 2:02 pm | No comments
"Attention Deficit High Definition" (ADHD), the long-awaited beat album from Kansas City sound-shaper, Leonard DStroy, drops on Tuesday, December 27th. Elm & Oak decided it would be only right to throw out a leaked single from the project which sounds like a rather...
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By Chris Mills | December 20, 2011 at 12:13 pm | One comment
Who knows where he did this at, but here's to Kutty Slitz in...
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By Chris Mills | October 22, 2011 at 3:46 pm | No comments
The latest edition of the Think 2Wice & Lotus Camp presented Superb parties at the Union is cracking off tonight. With some of KC's finest selectahs in FSTZ, Jason Kidd, LC, cQuence, Lenny D and Steez Harvey aka Shaun Duval, you will NOT find a better place to dance tonight...
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By Chris Mills | July 30, 2011 at 1:32 pm | One comment
Kutty Slitz swung through the Record Bar late last night to the delight of friends, fans and Cru after taking what was surely an unpleasant, extended vacation. It was rather moving. Kutty's charm amongst his peers has not seemed to dissipate whatsoever. I'd forgotten how...
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By Chris Mills | July 14, 2011 at 11:17 am | No comments
This is probably the crispiest video we've seen from the Ces/Marmo force yet. And there's been a lot of them. Ces Cru has our full support and hopefully we can land an interview with them for the Demencha Magazine soundcloud page sooner rather than later depending on how...
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By Chris Mills | July 5, 2011 at 4:19 pm | No comments
Leonard DStroy's newest, the Inner Exit EP released on Friday, is a collection of some of the most sparkling beats we've heard all year. Lenny is predominantly known as the producer behind local indie hip hop stalwarts, Deep Thinkers and Kutty Slitz (who we hear is coming...
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By Chris Mills | May 24, 2011 at 6:49 pm | No comments
Spawned by Mark Lowrey and Sephiroth, the Mark Lowrey Vs. Hip Hop series has become a go-to regular event at venues like the Record Bar in Westport and Czar Bar in the Crossroads. On Friday, Mark is taking this show to a much bigger venue - Crosstown Station. We're not...
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By Chris Mills | May 15, 2011 at 11:45 pm | No comments
I finally got around to writing Kutty Slitz a letter today, but have yet to send it off. A friend said I'd have to get "clearance" or something to send the letter to him which I'm kind of confused about. Kutty is presently incarcerated, but I hear he's supposed to be...
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