http://bit.ly/snaxxx to download

Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, & 15 produced by 2% Muck ( http://soundcloud.com/twopercentmuck )
Tracks 1 & 14 produced by DJ Rich-Dog ( http://soundcloud.com/dj-rich-rok )
Track 8 produced by Paper Tiger ( http://soundcloud.com/paper_tiger_doomtree )
Track 9 produced by Mike Frey ( http://soundcloud.com/mikefreymusic )

Track 3 features Lizzo ( soundcloud.com/lizzomusic )
Track 4 features Greg Grease ( soundcloud.com/greg-grease )
Track 9 features Freez ( soundcloud.com/freezaburna )
Track 11 features Spyder Baybie Raw Dog ( soundcloud.com/spyderandmuck ) & P.O.S ( soundcloud.com/yeahrightpos )
Track 12 features La Manchita (http://lamanch1ta.bandcamp.com/), Spyder Baybie Raw Dog ( soundcloud.com/spyderandmuck ) & P.O.S ( soundcloud.com/yeahrightpos )
Tracks 13 & 14 feature Spyder Baybie Raw Dog ( soundcloud.com/spyderandmuck )

A lot has changed in the four years since Mike Mictlan released Hand Over Fist, his first full-length album in collaboration with Lazerbeak.  He’s played a key role in helping Doomtree, his rap crew for over a decade now, steadily climb into the national spotlight; touring the world over again and again, playing major summer festivals (Lollapalooza, Paid Dues), and winning over critics the likes of Pitchfork, MTV, Spin, and Rolling Stone off of their collaborative 2011 release No Kings.  

SNAXXX is the culmination of those four years grinding it out on the road, and it marks a giant leap forward from Mike’s previous solo work. His million-mile-a-minute delivery, tongue twister patterns, and abstract introspection remain completely intact, but there is a much more playful, ambitiously creative side that now creeps heavily into the mix.  Musically, SNAXXX takes the traditional everything-plus-the-kitchen-sink Doomtree sound and blows the doors off the hinges.  New comer 2% Muck (Tha Clerb, Spyder Baybie Raw Dog) produces 11 of the 15 tracks, and it’s his rapid fire snare patterns, crushing low end, and blown out synth lines that anchor and shape this new sonic direction for Mike. SNAXXX also features a slew of Minnesota’s finest up and coming rappers (Lizzo, Greg Grease, Spyder Baybie Raw Dog, Freez) along with lifelong Doomtree partner-in-crime P.O.S, who shows up on two of the album’s cuts.   

Doomtree is releasing SNAXXX out into the world for absolutely free while Mike wraps up his next official full length, in order to give people a taste of where he’s at now and where he’s headed.  Just think of it as the stepping stone between Hand Over Fist and the future world of HELLA FRREAL. And make sure to catch Mike out on P.O.S’ We Don’t Even Live Here Tour throughout the rest of the year and into 2013.

Pay-what-you-want

Mike Mictlan "SNAXXX"

Lyrics and vocals by Dessa
Produced by Lazerbeak and Andy Thompson
Mixed by Joe Mabbott at The Hideaway
Mastered by Bruce Templeton at Microphonic Mastering
Art by Kai Benson

Dessa - "I Already Like You"

Shayan Tabrizi Final Project MUSC - "Propane" - DjBrizi ft. Royal Primo & Wesley Yang

Inspired by ASTN's cover, I tried my hand at my favorite Billie tune. Had a blast using auto-tune for the vocals.

Happier Than Ever - Cover

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GAME 6

"sleepdrone/superposition" by P.O.S off of Chill, dummy out now on Doomtree Records.


Doomtree Webstore: http://store.doomtree.net/artist/p-o-s
iTunes: bit.ly/POSChilldummyiTunes
Bandcamp: bit.ly/POSChilldummyBandcamp

featuring Allan Kingdom, Astronautalis, Eric Mayson, Kathleen Hanna, Hard_R, Lydia Liza, Lizzo, Nicholas L. Perez

Chill, dummy

sleepdrone/superposition

P.O.S "sleepdrone/superposition"

Cannon 2016 Instrumental

Kinder Care (My First Words)

Mike Mictlan "Creeper Status"

Mike Mictlan "WZRD SCIENCE" feat. Greg Grease

Spicy Peeñ

Flick Tha Bic

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The Vast Unknowable (2018)
Joseph Connor, soprano saxophone

The Vast Unknowable

Out now. Stream/buy/watch: smarturl.it/nightstone

Night Stone is the new electronic project from veteran producers Lazerbeak and ICETEP. Both artists have spent the last decade building a bulletproof discography of credits - Lazerbeak with everyone from global sensation Lizzo and bluegrass legends Trampled By Turtles to the Grammy-winning Minnesota Orchestra, and his own Doomtree crew; and ICETEP with Chicago’s first lady Psalm One, indie-rap behemoth Astronautalis, and singer/rapper/renaissance woman Dessa.

The two began working together on various Doomtree projects in 2015 and instantly bonded over their shared love for French house, electro, and techno, musical territories that neither producer had ventured into previously. What began as a shot in the dark quickly evolved into a sound all their own, mixing highly melodic instrumentation with dance floor-ready beats and a nod to the 90s R&B they were both raised on to create an uptempo and supremely joyous soundtrack.

Once the instrumentals were in place, Beak and ICETEP realized there was still something missing and went off in search of the perfect guest vocalists to add the urgency and harmonic clarity the album was missing. Enter Sophia Eris, Lady Midnight, Channy Leaneagh of POLICA, and MMYYKK of astralblak, the four cornerstones of Night Stone’s self-titled debut album. Sophia Eris, who moonlights as Lizzo’s official DJ and hypewoman, throws down confident bars and affirmations on four of the album’s bubbliest bangers, while neo-soul slayer Lady Midnight adds a lyrical depth and spiritual energy reminiscent to the project reminiscent of peak Sade. Then there’s MMYYK of Afro-future funk all-stars astralblak, who mixes mantras and self-love proclamations with a voice as mountainous as the man himself, and Channy Leaneagh of electro-pop kingpins POLICA who lends her ethereal voice to the appropriately titled “Night Rider.”

The beats on the other hand, influenced just as much by classic production duos Cassius and Daft Punk as they are by the synthy quiet storm of legendary acts like Luther Vandross, New Edition, and TLC, manage to walk a fine line between a myriad of genres, all while keeping your mind and body moving in time to the intricate grooves. Polyrhythmic percussion and booming kick drums meet analog synthesizers, Chic-esque guitar riffs, and boisterous horn stabs in a triumphant tidal wave of sound, and the vocals from some of this generation’s most up-and-coming talents only help to ground Night Stone firmly at the forefront of current electronic music.

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