Video: Don’t Call It Beats (H∆SHTAG$ Episode 4)

Video: Don’t Call It Beats (H∆SHTAG$ Episode 4)

The fourth episode of Red Bull Music Academy’s web series H∆SHTAG$ is all about beats. Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke, Lunice, The Gaslamp Killer, Benji B, Shlohmo and XXYYXX talk in short bits and pieces about the rise of the beat scene, bedroom productions, Low End Theory, and how a new wave of producers transformed both hip hop and electronic music.

The fourth episode of Red Bull Music Academy’s web series H∆SHTAG$ is all about beats. Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke, Lunice, The Gaslamp Killer, Benji B, Shlohmo, Thundercat and XXYYXX talk in short bits and pieces about the rise of the beat culture, bedroom productions, Low End Theory, and how a new wave of producers transformed both electronic music and hip hop.

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