Lazerbeak
Biography
Lazerbeak
Super Producer
Lazerbeak is a thug. Do not be deceived by the nice-guy introductions backstage. Beak is responsible for some of the hardest lavabangers in hip hop, period. Catchy, rib-crushing, filthy.
In his basement workshop, Beak works mostly with a MPC2000XL. He layers propulsive, hard-hitting drums with driving guitar and keyboard melodies. He paces after the addition of each element, ducking to avoid the overhead pipes, playing air drums, and calculating his next layer.
Beak’s sequencing is a large part of his sound. “After you’ve got the main structure, to make it a real song, you have to take it all part again. It’s like a battle with the beat, every time.” And Beak always wins. When it’s over, the effect is some helicopter-at-the-omnitheater shit. He’ll take a beat down to its most essential elements before letting it off the leash to explode into anthemic proportions.
Lazerbeak got involved with the Doomtree crew through his high school friendship with Stef (P.O.S). But by then he’d already been playing music for years. Since 8th grade he played with The Plastic Constellations, the indie rock group that would go on to tour the country, signed to French Kiss Records. Stef, having heard Lazerbeak’s music with TPC, encouraged him to start making beats. Beak got a loan from his folks to buy his first MPC from Guitar Center. Stef came over in the afternoon to show him the ropes. No looking back.
To date, Lazerbeak has produced over 400 beats. His production appears on almost every Doomtree release, including all three of P.O.S’ solo albums. He's now completing the production for the upcoming Sims solo release and working on a solo endeavor of his own.
Most recently, Doomtree released Lazerbeak’s collaboration with Mike Mictlan. The two schemed for years to write and record the disc. For much of that time Mike was living in L.A. Lazerbeak sent Mike beat CDs in the mail. Mike rapped his verses to Lazerbeak over the phone. Big dreams, big phone bills. Now the fruit of their labor is available in all its glory as Hand Over Fist. Legend Recognize Legend.
Solo Projects
Hand Over Fist (with Mike Mictlan)
The Word
April 13, 2010
Decided to take this week off from the blogosphere due to the combination of just getting back into town from a crazy week in Chicago, and still attempting to recover from this annoying chest cold that will not quit. Next Tuesday it will be both on and popping again though over here, that’s a promise. Hope you have a wonderful week doing all sorts of outdoor stuff in this awesome weather. Below is a Bonus Video Jam of a truly epic nature showdown between several buffalos, a …
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April 06, 2010
Wow, what a sweet weekend. Paid Dues Festival went down last Saturday and the whole crew was there to perform and take in the entire massive event. I’m still catching up on sleep and trying to recount all the awesome things that took place, but for now here is a brief recap of what transpired, along with a handful of pictures I was able to take (still working on getting better at taking more). I have to say that I love the west coast more …
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March 30, 2010
So the Paid Dues festival is finally upon us, and the whole crew is gearing up to head out to San Bernardino this weekend to perform at Saturday’s big event. It is going to be epic! I’ve never really ever been to one of these mammoth outdoor summer festival shows where a million artists perform and the crowds look like enormous waves swaying back and forth. Still can’t believe Doomtree is on the same bill with a slew of insane rap LEGENDZ (Ice Cube, Tha Dogg Pound, Raekwon, …
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March 23, 2010
I’d like to take this time to welcome my dear friends P.O.S, Dessa, Plain Ole Bill, and Isaac “Camera Guy” Gale back from their epic 2-month cross country Every Never Is Now tour. From everything I’ve been told, it was an enormous success. Here’s a pretty sweet picture from the tour off of Isaac’s new tumblr page:
Can’t wait to catch up with my ultimate homies. For now though, …
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March 16, 2010
Man this last week has been great: snow melting, daylight savings time, first spring cookout, eating the greatest grilled chicken wings ever, outdoor brew crushing. I love it. Think it might almost be time to attempt some pickup basketball games again too, gotta work out the kinks on my Mader Fader move. Oh and I finally finished watching all five seasons of The Wire. Never thought I’d ever get so sucked into a show like that (I’ve always been more of a movie …
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March 09, 2010
Just got back from a big long weekend in the Chi attending my Grandpa’s service. My extended family is spread out pretty far and wide across the country, so it was great to be able to see so many wonderful people and catch up over the weekend, all while celebrating the life of the one and only Guts Mader. My cousins are awesome. It was a wonderful service too. I got in late last night so I didn’t really have a chance to prepare anything for the blogosphere. I am making a lot more progress with this Lazerbeak solo album though, so maybe I’ll just catch you up on all of that for the time being…..
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March 02, 2010
Hey, welcome back. March is finally here and it’s starting to feel like winter is slowly dying off (in an awesome Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe type of way). I couldn’t be more thrilled. We actually grilled on Sunday for the first time this year and watched the USA/Canada gold medal hockey game. I ate my face off, and watching hockey actually ended up ruling. The game was super close and even went to sudden death. Is it possible that hockey is in fact not lame? I’ll keep you posted …
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February 23, 2010
Hey there. Been in the studio for about the last week or so wrapping up all the tracking for this new Sims full length. We’ve been working on this project together for the last couple years, and I’m thrilled to say that it is super close to nearing completion. Not to toot my own horn or anything, but it is quite frankly an absolute monster. So excited about this one, definitely each of our best work to date. Between that …
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February 16, 2010
First off, I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone that came out to the Rhymesayers Haiti Benefit show last Tuesday. In total there was over $30,000 raised!!! SO proud to see our city and scene stand up together and contribute like that. It was a beautiful evening. Also, Saturday’s show at Sauce was nutz. Another sell out, and a wonderful time had by all. Maybe I just haven’t been going to as many shows lately, but that …
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February 09, 2010
So another football season has come to an end. I honestly don’t know what I’m gonna do with my Sundays for the next 6 months. Our Super Bowl party was nutz. Think I might still be recovering actually. Roons won the first annual chili cookoff with her outside the box chicken chili recipe (there was a blindfolded taste testing judge and all). Six crockpots in total! So many foods devoured. So many (too many) brews crushed! Definitely still recovering. Below are …
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