By Chris Mills | April 19, 2012 at 2:44 pm | No comments
DRplus2, Osiris-1 and DJ Maangoman are chalked in to throw down some beats at the Front Space gallery on Cinco De Mayo in the Crossroads district of KC. Starting at 7:00, this should unfold as nothing short of a showcase of of just three of the finest electronic beat-makers out...
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By Chris Mills | March 26, 2012 at 1:23 pm | No comments
[pictured: Headfella, Kansas City]
So this latest edition of SSS at Demencha is arriving about 13 hours late. Better late than never, I guess. These are some tracks, some local but most not, that have caught my ear within the past 7.5 days. Click HERE for previous SSS...
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By Chris Mills | March 6, 2012 at 2:18 pm | No comments
Major apologies for the late notice on this one. As a key member of one of the West Coast underground's more reputable hip hop groups, Chali 2Na and the Jurassic 5 clan carved their names into the golden era of hip hop with catchy tracks like "Quality Control" and more...
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By Chris Mills | February 27, 2012 at 2:06 pm | No comments
This is just an example of the randomness that floods my e-mail inbox on the daily. Chicago's KidKing just released this video on youtube last week and it's about three minutes and forty seconds of some rather tenacious, non-trap themed rhymes. By the way, I like all...
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By Madame E | February 12, 2012 at 9:58 am | 2 comments
As a DJ, production dabbler, dancer, former radio gal, and lover of all things musical, I am happy to accept the new privilege of contributing to Demencha. While attending an arts high school I became trained in classical orchestration and also found an affinity to underground...
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By Chris Mills | August 30, 2011 at 11:24 am | No comments
Where to begin with all the great music up on the Symbol Heavy site? We just got hip to the Symbol Heavy stuff a couple of months ago, and I get the feeling that a lot of other beat heads sleep on their site from time to time as well. The KC-based, Symbol Heavy collective,...
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By Chris Mills | November 24, 2010 at 4:13 pm | One comment
Found Missin' will be available on December 7th. Can't friggin...
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By Chris Mills | September 26, 2010 at 5:50 pm | No comments
From Darwinism to future collaborations, it sounds like underground rap legend, Tech N9ne, had a real solid conversation with Weezy at Rikers...
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By Chris Mills | September 20, 2010 at 4:45 pm | No comments
DJ Spinna & MC Kriminul made up the Jigmastas, an East Coast underground rap group who KC local Joc Max collaborated with on this 12". Apparently there are zero decent (bloggable) pictures of Joc on the internet, so I took a picture of the record I got from DJ Shad's...
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By Chris Mills | May 19, 2010 at 6:10 pm | No comments
The Progress EP (front cover)
The Progress EP (back cover)
You already know how LA native, verBS, killed it at the Jackpot in Lawrence, KS a couple of weeks ago when him and MURS came through on tour. But this CD I picked up off him (in exchange for a Demencha mag) at...
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